Kenya import challenge
Faced with high elecricity costs, local cement manufacturers are finding it difficult to compete with Egyptian imports.
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Greek Titan
Greek cement producer Titan Cement will raise to 94.8 per cent its stake in Macedonian cement company Cementarnica Usje, buying the 46.5 per cent, held by Swiss cement maker Hol...
Gresik dispute intensifies
Cemex is preparing to take the Indonesian government to court over its long-delayed plan to take over the country`s largest cement maker.
Greek Titan
Greek cement producer Titan Cement will raise to 94.8 per cent its stake in Macedonian cement company Cementarnica Usje, buying the 46.5 per cent, held by Swiss cement maker Hol...
Cement firms extend production break
Many Indian cement companies have decided to extend their 10-day production holiday across the country, following delay in the expected rise in demand and prices.
Lafarge Halla pulls out of Tong Yang Cement
Lafarge’s Korean cement arm, 39.9% owned by Lafarge and the remainder by financial investors, has sold its 25% stake in Tong Yang Cement Corporation to Tong Yang Major Corporati...
Quarry battle
Lafarge Aggregates is still bidding to set up a super-quarry on the Hebridean island, in what has become Scotland`s longest-running planning dispute, dating back to 1991.
Holcim establishes new Foundation
Holcim is setting up a worldwide prize competition for sustainable construction projects to promote future-proof solutions that meet the differing requirements of economic growt...
World Economic Forum creates Global Greenhouse Gas Register
At the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Milan, Italy, the World Economic Forum announced it is creating a Global Greenhouse Gas Register to...
Sales fall at Gresik Indonesian cement maker
PT Semen Gresik said Tuesday cement sales for the first ten months of this year fell 4.6% on year to 11.83 million metric tons due to a drop in exports.
World – Value of carbon trading doubles in a year
According to the World Bank, the Kyoto protocol on climate change is stimulating increasing flows of carbon finance to developing and transition economies, even though it is not...
Kenya – Bamburi and Worldwide Fund for Nature regenerate degraded Shimba Hills forests
Lafarge-owned Bamburi Cement, no stranger to conservation issues, is teaming up with the Worldwide Fund for Nature in a project that is to regenerate the degraded forests of Shi...
Nigeria – Ashakacem renew MoU with Savannah Conservation
Leading Nigerian cement producer Ashakacem, part of Lafarge, and Savannah Conservation Nigeria (SCN) recently renew a five year-old Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between them.
Lafarge: raising price targets
Deutsche Bank is raising its target price for Lafarge to Euro 65.0 from Euro 60.5. On its new target price Lafarge would trade on a 2005E PE of 11.2x, 16 per cent below its...
Bulgaria – Zlatna Panega opts for old tyres
The Bulgarian subsidiary of HeidelbergCement, Zlatna Panega is planning to generate 15 per cent of its required energy from old tyres.
Romania – Holcim Romania opens eco-friendly concrete station
Holcim Romania is investing 1.5m euros in an eco-friendly concrete station in Sibiu.
India – Shree Cement plans fuel recycling plants
Shree Cement is planning to set up mini-fuel recycling plants with assistance of German equipment supplier KHD Humboldt GmbH. The plans come within the framework of a major cost...
World – Value of carbon trading doubles in a year
According to the World Bank, the Kyoto protocol on climate change is stimulating increasing flows of carbon finance to developing and transition economies, even though it is not...
Hima Cement safety
After winning a silver medal as Uganda`s best investor of the year, the management and staff of Hima Cement celebrated two years of no lost time accident (LTA) at their factory.
Caribbean debate
Caribbean Cement Company Limited has instructed its lawyers to take legal action in response to what it has described `as inaccurate, mischievous and defamatory statements` made...
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