Cementos de Valle
Colombian cement producer Cementos de Valle earned profits of 89.2bn pesos (US$32.6mn) in 2003, up 11.6% over 2002, Portafolio reported. The company has proposed a dividend of ...
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Lafarge NA marks 20 Years of Trading On the Toronto Stock Exchange
Lafarge North America Inc., the leading supplier of construction materials in the U.S. and Canada, announced that Philippe Rollier, president and chief executive officer, will c...
Union Cement recognized for safety commitments
Philippines: Union Cement Corp.’s Bulacan plant won a grand slam of three major awards in the 50th anniversary of the Philippine Mine Safety and Environmental Association ...
Cement demand in Spain rises
Cement demand in Spain reached 3.4Mt in January 2004, up 1.64 per cent year-on-year, Spanish Cement Makers Association Oficemen said on February 12, 2004. Spanish cement makers...
Orascom wins contract in Algeria
Orascom Construction Industries announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Algerian Cement Company (ACC) has signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract w...
Morocco cement sector gains strength
Moroccan cement firms are set to publish some of their best results ever due to the government’s drive to build housing for the poor and develop the country’s infras...
Palastinian cement sales to Israel?
An inquiry has opened into allegations that Palestinian companies have been supplying cement to make the concrete slabs that form the contentious separation barrier in the West ...
RMC - no surprises say Merrill Lynch
Post the trading statement in December, there should be few surprises in 2003, says analysts at Merrill Lynch, although the precise timing of the Adelaide Brighton sales, inter-...
Bombay stock prices
In the limelight again was cement with cement stocks having a smart rally on news that domestic cement prices may be raised. Grasim zoomed by 4.27 per cent to Rs1154.75; ACC app...
Govt tries to stop Cemex exit
The government said it will try to prevent Mexican-based cement giant Cemex SA from leaving the country by offering a settlement to resolve a protracted dispute over the company...
Chinfon plans extra investment of US$160m
Vietnamese-Taiwanese cement joint venture Chinfon Haiphong has proposed increasing its investment capital by US$160m to build a second line to double its output capacity. The Mi...
ACC India may sell its stake In Everest
Associated Cement Companies, India’s second-largest cement maker, plans to sell its 76.01 per cent stake in building products firm Everest Industries. ACC has initiated ta...
Egyptian cement exports
Egyptian cement exports came in at 7.6Mt in 2003. Egyptian Cement Company exported the highest tonnages at 2.3Mt of cement and clinker (of which clinker was about 600,000t) whic...
South African cement sales rise
South African cement volumes rose by 6.3 per cent y/y in January 2004 to 607,335t after increasing by 13.9 per cent y/y in December 2003 to 671,525t, data released by the Cement...
Buzzi Unicem increases cement sales
Buzzi Unicem generated at turnover of €1461m in the year to the end of December 2003. This is 1.2 per cent lower that in 2002, but adjusting for the considerable weakness in th...
Boral looks to US acquisitions
Building materials group Boral has flagged the possibility of a future capital raising, after declaring that its short-term acquisition plans did not stop with its planned A$867...
French Vicat posts slightly higher turnover
French building materials supplier Vicat SA reported a Euro1.463bn (US$1.863bn) turnover for 2003, a slight increase from Euro 1.462bn (US$1.862 bln) registered for the previous...
SCCC expects strong 4Q
Siam City Cement Co is expected to post strong 4Q03 results thanks to the firm cement price and QoQ improvement in cement demand. Outlook for 2004 appears bright with cement dem...
Greenpeace wants tyre fuel proposal rejected
Greenpeace is calling on the New South Wales Government to reject Blue Circle Cement’s proposal to use alternative fuels such as tyres and oils in its New Berrima plant, w...
Bamburi Eyeing Great Lakes
Bamburi Cement Limited is now eyeing the lucrative Great Lakes region. The company chairman, Richard Kemoli, said in Mombasa that the firm was exploring the possibilities of ex...
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