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Lafarge posts stronger fourth quarter results

Lafarge SA on Friday swung to a fourth-quarter net profit of EUR62m and looked ahead to a 2011 in which it said it ex...

DG Khan profit declines, Pakistan

The profit after tax of Pakistan cement producer DG Khan Cement Company has declined to PKR 192.136m (US$2.25m) in th...

Spanish consumption continues at minimum levels

Spanish cement consumption in January 2011 was 1.5Mt, a figure which goes back to 1988 consumption levels.

China cement consumption to top 2bnt

Cement consumption in China is expected to reach a record 2bnt in 2011, up 7% YoY, Xiangzhong Kong, Secretary General...

Nigeria: cement scarcity to end in 2011

Joseph Makoju, chairman of the Cement Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (CMAN), has predicted an end to the perenn...

USA: Cemex seeks permission to test burn alternative fuels at Florida plant

From corn husks and peanut hulls to carpets and roofing shingles, the owners of Cemex’s Brooksville South cement plan...

Tajikistan: two mini cement plants to star operations in 2011

Two mini cement plants are expected to be introduced into operation in Tajikistan this year, according to the Ministr...

Ukraine’s cement output rises

In January 2011, Ukrainian cement production rose by 96.2%, compared with January 2010, to 258,000t, the State Statis...

Indonesian state-owned Semen Baturaja Cement to go public

Indonesian state-owned cement company PT Semen Baturaja plans to go public in the third quarter of this year, Pandu D...

New kiln capacity contracts rose in 2010, FLSmidth announces

In 2010, FLSmidth announced in its annual report that optimism and customer interest gradually returned after a marke...