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End of holidays provides varied freight pricing

The end of the holiday season in various parts of the world provided the freight market with a varied mix of price t...

Pakistan capacity utilisation drops to 10-year low

Capacity utilisation of the Pakistan cement industry declined to 68.29 per cent in the first two months of the curre...

GCC profits rise 27.1 per cent in 1H12

Profits of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) cement sector increased 27.1 per cent YoY in the first half of 2012 to...

US first half shipments rise 15 per cent

Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the USA and Puerto Rico for the six months to June reached 37Mt, u...

Turkish investors apply to build Sinai cement plant, Egypt

Turkish investors have applied to build a cement plant in the Sinai region of Egypt, after Egyptian authorities issu...

Huaxin sees 82.3 per cent slide in 1H12 net profit, China

Huaxin Cement said net profit for the first half of 2012 fell 82.3 per cent YoY to CNY95.92m (US$15m). Operating rev...

ANH Refractories revamps cement division

ANH Refractories is launching a revamped range of products for the cement manufacturing sector following a period of...

Yu Shiliang announced as new Sinoma chairman, Chairman

Following the sudden death of Sinoma chairman Tan Zhongming on Sunday, the company has announced that vice chairman ...

Holcim’s Indian interests report August declines

Holcim’s Indian group companies, ACC and Ambuja Cements, have reported marginal declines in cement production and di...

Lafarge Pakistan Cement swings to profit

Lafarge Pakistan Cement reported profit after tax of PKR498.916m (US$5.3m) in the first half of calandar year 2012 c...