Avatar

Forum Moderator

Registered User

Lafarge expands in China

Lafarge has undertaken to moves to strengthen its cement interests in China. The first involves the building of a se...

Wienerberger moves into Russia

Wienerberger AG is investing €30m in a brick plant at Kiprevo, in the Russian province of Vladimir, some 130 km to th...

Buzzi Unicem to raise additional equity

Although Buzzi Unicem already has one of the strongest balance sheets among the international cement groups, it is pl...

Saint Gobain expanding in Russia

Saint Gobain Isover is more than trebling its capacity to produce insulation materials in Russia, where it is already...

Grasim joins the top 10

KumarMangalam Birla, the chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, could not have hoped for a better birthday gift. Shortly...

Boy 9, to face death penalty?

Michigan, US: A 9-year-old boy is expected to face a judge next week for allegedly defacing a concrete floor with his...

Kesoram plans to raise cement capacity

Kesoram Industries, the BK Birla group flagship, plans to invest Rs 350 crore to raise the capacity of its cement pla...

Cement prices in UAE fixed

The price of bulk cement in the UAE was fixed at a maximum of 280 UAE dirhams (US$76.2) a tonne and the price of a ba...

Buzzi Unicem plans further share purchase

Buzzi Unicem, the Italian cement and concrete group, is reported to be planning to increase its stake in Dyckerhoff, ...

Cementos Portland Valderrivas posts profit increase

Cementos Portland Valderrivas, part of Cementos Portland Valderrivas SA, generated net profits of just under Euro148....

;