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Sagar-Vicat venture to begin operations in October, India

The joint-venture cement plant between Sagar Cements of India and Vicat Group of France will begin operations in Oct...

Iran production rises in first four months of Iranian year

Iran produced 24.44Mt of cement in the first four months of the current Iranian year (20 March - 21 July 2012), IRNA...

Lafarge WAPCO pretax profit rises, turnover falls, Nigeria

Lafarge WAPCO said on Tuesday that its 1H12 pre-tax profit rose 19 per cent YoY to NGN12.18bn (US$76m). However, tur...

Semen Gresik new plant construction

Indonesia state-owned producer PT Semen Gresik is expected to start construction of two new cement plants at home an...

Lafarge Malayan Cement confirms price hike

Lafarge Malayan Cement (LMC) has confirmed it will raise the price of cement effective today, 1 August, due to risin...

Trinidad prices to come down

Trinidad Cement Ltd announced that a temporary surcharge imposed on bagged cement has been removed and that cement p...

Bolivian sales increase by 7.36% in the first half

The Bolivian Institute of Cement and Concrete (IBCH) reported Tuesday that sales of cement in the country grew 7.36%...

Lucky Cement-led consortium acquires ICI Pakistan

Lucky Cement, in consortium with other Yunus Brothers Group (YBG) entities, has acquired a 75.81 per cent shareholdi...

Tanzania reiterates support to Dangote project

The government of Tanzania has underlined its support to Dangote Cement to ensure the timely completion of its cemen...

Qatar National Cement first-half net profit rises YoY

Qatar National Cement achieved a net profit of QAR225.3m (US$61.9m) in the first six months of 2012 compared to QAR2...