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India: brighter times in sight?

ICR offers an overview of the Indian cement sector for CY2012 along with an outlook for 2013-14. Weak demand during t...

Cemex first quarter sales fall 8% in 1Q13

Cemex' first quarter turnover declined by 5.3 per cent to US$3318.6m, while the EBITDA came off by 8.1 per cent to U...

New 1Mta Tajikistan plant to be commissioned in 2H13

A new 1Mta cement plant is expected to be commissioned in the second half of this year in southern Tajikistan. Ac...

GCC posts quarterly first quarter net loss, Mexico

Mexican cement producer Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) posted a net loss of MXN98.6m (US$8.1m) in 1Q13 down from ...

Sinoma International wins new contract in Iraq

Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd's Nanjing subsidiary signed an EPC contract with Iraq-based Faruk Investment...

South Cement to issue CNY1.5bn bills, China

South Cement has said it plans to issue CNY1.5bn (US$243m) in short-term bills with a maturity of 365 days in the in...

InterCement sells 52 per cent in Portuguese C+PA to Votorantim

Brazilian producer InterCement has sold a 52 per cent stake in Portuguese cement and building materials maker C+PA t...

Time for simplicity

The Palmar de Bravo cement plant in Mexico opts for Refratechnik's Integral Service Package for simple refractory man...

Which gypsum?

Arthur Harrisson investigates the use of gypsum in cement manufacture and looks at the alternative sources of sulphur...

PPC's East African promise

South Africa's largest cement producer has set its sights on expanding its presence in Ethiopia and Rwanda and is sta...