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Madras Cement quarterly net profit down 44%

Madras Cement’s net profit for the first quarter of 2013-14 dropped by 44 per cent compared to the corresponding qua...

Event preview: XXX FICEM Technical Congress

The XXX FICEM Technical Congress is being held at the Delfines Hotel and Casino in Lima, Peru, during 2-4 September ...

Lafarge hit by winter weather and lack of carbon credit sales

Lafarge's first-half turnover eased by 4.8 per cent to EUR7248m (US$9628.3m) and the EBITDA declined by 14 per cent ...

Dangote sees 53% pretax profit rise, Nigeria

Dangote Cement plc announced a NGN107.7bn (US$670m) profit before tax for the first half ended 30 June 2013. Acco...

Cementir improves first-half margins

Cementir's turnover improved by 2.2 per cent to EUR472.4m (US$627.6m) during first half of the year as improvements ...

Lafarge opens Sagunto laboratory

Lafarge has inaugurated its first R&D laboratory in Europe at Sagunto, Spain. The centre, which is the company’s sec...

Cementos Portland Valderrivas reduces losses

Spain’s Cementos Portland Valderrivas cut losses by nearly 99 per cent to EUR0.6m (US$0.8m) despite a sharp decline ...

HeidelbergCement India notes INR80m 1Q13-14 loss

Higher input costs as well as a rise in fuel and power costs pushed HeidelbergCement’s Indian subsidiary into the re...

Cemex plants earn US Energy Star Certification

Cemex USA announced that five of its cement plants have earned the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy S...

India’s JK Cement reports 55% drop in 1QFY13-14FY

JK Cement reported a 55 per cent drop in its net profit at INR310m (US$5.22m) for the quarter ended 30 June 2013 as ...