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JK to foray into power generation business

Delhi-based JK Organisation has decided to invest INR15,000 crore over the next four years, includin

Keralan builders looking to tackle rising prices, India

As builders elsewhere team up to explore opportunities of setting up a cement plant to tackle rising costs, Kerala bu...

Holcim Slovensko plans investments, Slovakia

During a visit by Prime Minister Iveta Radicova to Holcim Slovensko’s Rohoznik works in Slovakia, a company spokesman...

Lafarge looks to sell plasterboard unit – report

Lafarge is looking for a buyer of its plaster division Lafarge Gypsum, according to media reports.

Vietnam sales at 11.19Mt in first-quarter 2011

Vietnam’s cement sales stood at 11.19Mt in the first quarter of this year, fulfilling 20.5% of the sector’s full-year...

Mangalam benefits from strong northern India demand

Mangalam Cement, which is controlled by the BK Birla group, has benefited from strong demand in the northern part of ...

Al-Duqm joint venture project on hold, Oman

A proposal to build a cement plant in Oman’s northern city of Al Duqm has been put on hold due to lack of long-...

Mixed results for Yanbu and Yamama, Saudi Arabia

Two leading Saudi Arabian cement producers, Yanbu Cement and Yamama Cement, have posted mixed first-quarter 2011 resu...

South African monthly sales down 2.1%

Cement sales in South Africa during March 2011 were down 2.1 per cent month-on-month.

JP Cement prepares to expand its Shahabad plant, India

JP Cement Corporation Ltd is set to undertake the expansion and upgrading of its plant at the industrial township of ...