Anhui Conch Cement purchases stakes.
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd said it and its subsidiary, Anhui Ningguo Cement Factory, signed an agreement on Dec 25 with Anhui Changfeng Cement Co Ltd to purchase a 10 pct stake the
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Melon uses tyres
Chile`s Cemento Melon has begun using used tyres to fire its kiln no 9 at its industrial plant in Region V municipality La Calera, Melon communications manager Ignacio del Rio c...
Vietnam Binh Phuoc.
Ha Tien 1 Cement Co. yesterday broke ground for a factory with annual capacity of 2Mta in the southern province of Binh Phuoc. The US$310m factory covering 77.8 hectares of land
Indonesia seeks investors for Gresik
The Indonesian government has been approaching potential investors from Japan and South Korea to purchase Cemex Asia Holding`s 25.5 per cent stake in the country`s largest
Pakistan cement demand
Demand for cement grew during the second quarter of the current fiscal year but the rate of growth declined compared with the first quarter, a statement issued here Friday quote...
Government cuts import duties
The Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has decided to slash P5 off the definitive safeguard duties imposed on all cement imports over the past two years after loc...
Buzzi Unicem takes formal control of Dyckerhoff
At the beginning of January, Buzzi Unicem paid €2.6m for a 0.5% interest in the Dyckerhoff ordinary share capital, taking its stake to 50.07% and thus a majority. Assuming the ...
China - Tibetan Goatian moved to protect air quality
One of Tibet’s major polluters, Goatian Cement, has been moved away from the outskirts of Lhasa into a deep valley at 30km distance.
USA – Judge throws out environmentalist anti-mining suit
Environmentalists seeking to void a permit for limestone mining from a quarry along the Mississippi River, north of Ste Genevieve, have suffered a setback as their lawsuit has b...
Christmas cheer continues
The Christmas break will come now very soon but until the very end days of December, the dry bulk markets, will have maintained their firm note. The Capesize market has continue...
KPPU to monitor cement industry
The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has said that it would keep a watchful eye on cement producers in Indonesia, due to suspicions over a cement cartel in the...
Serbian Novi Popovac
Serbian cement maker Novi Popovac said on December 22, 2003 it planned investments of Euro 20m for 2004. The funds will be used for modernisation of cement production facilitie...
Cemento Yguazu plans cement mill
Brazilian-Paraguayan cement importer Cemento Yguazu has plans to build a cement mill and clinker oven in Paraguay, according to a letter of intent signed by Cemento general mana...
Tunisian-Algerian Cement Company for Sale
The Tunisian-Algerian state-owned white cement company Sotacib will soon be put on sale.
Cimpor stake bought by Lafarge
Cimpor Cimentos de Portugal SA said France`s Lafarge paid 4.07 eur per share for the additional 17,742,705 shares or 2.64 per cent stake it bought in the Portuguese cement maker...
Jamaican cabinet approves additional duties
The Jamaican cabinet has accepted a recommendation by the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission to apply an additional 25.83 per cent tariff on imported cement.
Sumitomo Osaka Cement to expand waste processing
Sumitomo Osaka Cement plans to spend 4 billion yen over a two-year period starting in fiscal 2004 to increase its processing capacity for waste products used as raw materials.
Cimpor stake bought by Lafarge
Cimpor Cimentos de Portugal SA said France`s Lafarge paid 4.07 eur per share for the additional 17,742,705 shares or 2.64 per cent stake it bought in the Portuguese cement maker...
Lafarge to divest of stake in Molins
As part of its continued efforts to improve its balance sheet following the acquisition of Blue Circle Industries, Lafarge has signed an agreement to sell its 40.9% in Cementos ...
Dyckerhoff names Wolfgang Bauer chairman
German cement maker Dyckerhoff AG said its supervisory board has named Wolfgang Bauer chairman from March 1, 2004, succeeding Peter Steiner.
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