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Court puts industry fine on hold, Argentina

Argentina’s Supreme Court has put on hold a ARS$300m (US$66m) fine imposed on cement companies in 2005 by the compet...

Daiwa sees positive developments for China from 2H

Analysts at brokerage Daiwa have said that while current cement demand in China does not look good and many local pr...

PT Semen Bosowa seeks loans for expansion, Indonesia

PT Semen Bosowa is seeking a US$700m-800m loan from national and foreign banks to expand its business to 10Mta by 20...

Texas Industries returns to full-year profit

Texas Industries' turnover increased by 4.1% to US$647m in the financial year to the end of May, and the EBITDA jump...

PPC in US$133m deal with black investors

South African cement maker Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) is to sell a 6.5 per cent stake to its staff and black inv...

ABB completes test runs at Attock Cement, Pakistan

ABB has successfully completed test runs of its SpectraFlow online analysers at Fauji Cement plant in Attock, Pakist...

Huaxin Cement expects H1 net profit to drop 50%, China

Huaxin Cement Co Ltd, in which Holcim holds an approximate 42 per cent stake, has become the latest Chinese producer...

Starlinger opens new representative office in Uzbekistan

Starlinger & Co GmbH, Austrian manufacturer of machinery for woven plastic packaging production and plastics recycli...

Construction of Pokot plant delayed, Kenya

Construction of a new cement factory in Pokot, Kenya, which was set to be completed by the end of next year is exper...

Sibirsky Cement first-half output rises 11%, Russia

Sibirsky Cement has reported an 11 per cent YoY rise in output for the six months to June 2012 to 1.78Mt, the compan...