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Monthly output at 3.077Mt, Egypt

Egypt’s cement output stood at 3.077Mt in September 2005, down from 3.148Mt in August 2005, the Central Bank of...

ACC to raise power capacity, India

Cement major ACC is set to ramp up its captive power capacity to over 300mW by the second half of the current year fr...

Cement cos asked to cut prices or face export ban, India

The Indian government and the cement industry appeared to be on a collision course, with the industry department aski...

Kabul seeks lifting of ban on cement export from Pakistan

The Afghan government has expressed serious reservations on Pakistan’s decision to ban cement export to Afghanistan a...

SAIL plans JVs with cement companies, INDIA

Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), India’s largest steel company, is planning to tie up with leading cement p...

Holcim strengthens strategic alliance

The boards of Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd (GACL) and Ambuja Cement Eastern Ltd (ACEL) have decided to combine the two ...

Satisfying first quarter for Heidelberg

Significant growth rates were achieved in almost all countries. In Europe and North America, the adverse seasonal eff...

Nigeria to Import 10.5Mt of cement in 2006

Minister of Industry, Fidelis Tapgun said yesterday the country has concluded plans to import about 10.5mt of cement ...

India Cement sees further growth

India Cements has raised US$75m from the sale of five-year convertible bonds and the company is getting ready to repo...

Holcim’s branding dilemma

The recent switch by Holcim Indonesia to re-brand its local cement under the Semen Holcim name is apparently having m...