Forum Moderator

Posts

Pent-up demand expected to boost cement sector

Malaysia’s currently sluggish cement sector should pick up in the long term, riding on pent-up demand due to construc...

Italcementi revenue up

Revenues for Italian cement producer and distributor Italcementi SpA rose by 5.7 per cent year on-year to Euro 4.528b...

Colombia’s Concrecem plans to export to US market

The first stage of the plant of Colombian cement manufacturer Concrecem, owned by Cementos Andino, started the produc...

Indonesia’s February cement consumption jumps

Indonesia’s cement consumption, rose 13.7 percent by volume in February, compared to the same month of 2004. S...

South African downturn?

SA’s largest construction company, Aveng, did well in the residential and retail boom, through its ownership of...

Cimpor FY04 net profits unchanged

Cement company Cimentos de Portugal SA said Thursday that despite flat sales and higher costs it posted consolidated ...

Tasek In JV

Malaysia’s Tasek Corporation Bhd will set up a joint venture with Saigon Cement Joint Stock Company in Vietnam ...

Balcem Produces 146,000t

Ukrainian cement plant Balcem, formerly known as Balakleyski cement, produced a total of 146,000t of cement in Januar...

Sebi clears Holcim open offer

The Securities and Exchange Board of India today approved the Swiss giant Holcim’s open offer to bid for stake ...

Cement carrier detained again

A cement carrier operated by Norway’s Kristian Gerhard Jebsen that was detained in the US for security failings...