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Indian cement prices up and rising

After a very good rainy season, the construction activity is expected to start in next two weeks throughout the country.

India Supreme Court okays limestone supply to Lafarge Bangladesh

To maintain the balance in the sensitive bilateral relations with Bangladesh, the ministry of forest and environment ...

JK Lakshmi Cement’s net profit more than doubles

JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd (JKLC) has posted a net profit at Rs 142 crore during six months of the current fiscal as compa...

Volgo-Cement inks prelim deal to buy equip from ThyssenKrupp unit

Russia’s Volgo-Cement has signed a preliminary EUR80m agreement to purchase equipment for its yet-to-be-built c...

Plea to expand Ariyalur cement factory

The Perambalur district wing of All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) has urged the State Government to expand the T...

Tanzania cement shortage caused by exports

Tanzanian cement manufacturers need to increase production capacity to narrow the deficit currently experienced by lo...

Downward revisions by Euroconstruct

The latest Euroconstruct Conference held in Vienna, issued its revised forecasts for 19 European construction markets...

Sceptical about rebound in US housing starts

US housing starts bounced 3% month-on-month in October to an annualised rate of 1.229m units, from a revised 1.193m (...

Cemex given extension for divesture of US assets

According to the US Department of Justice’s web-site, Cemex has being given a 21-day extension for it to divest of ...

Holcim Philippines renews power contract

Holcim Philippines Inc. has renewed its power supply contract with the National Power Corporation (NPC) to provide ...