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Binani inks MoU with Gujarat Govt to set greenfield plant

Binani Cement Ltd today said it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Gujarat

Indonesia’s 2008 consumption up 11.5 per cent

Indonesia’s domestic cement consumption grew 11.5 per cent in 2008 from a year earlier to 38.09Mt, data from th...

Cement sales in southern Africa slow

Cement sales in southern Africa were up 0.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) in December to 921,570t, data from the Cement ...

HeidelbergCement to improve financial structure

HeidelbergCement plans asset sales as part of a sweeping effort to restructure its debts and bolster its capital base...

No cure in sight for current market malaise

While the Cape shipping sector has been showing a modest rebound over the past two weeks, lower down the scale the re...

UAE sees 10% fall in cement prices

Cement prices in the UAE have fallen by almost 10 per cent since the last week of December due to declining demand

India: Dec cement surge could last up to May

The Indian government’s stimulus package-driven boost to infrastructure has caused a demand pick-up in the cement sec...

Strike won’t affect Polpaico’s operations, Chile

A workers’ strike at Chilean cement firm Polpaico’s concrete producer Pétreos will not affect the company...

Giant Cement layoffs

Giant Cement Company is laying off 45 of its hourly and salaried employees, company officials said Monday.

Iran: cement output up 14%

Iran produced 34.658Mt of cement in the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 19-Dec. 20, 2008), showi...