Cement News tagged: Corporate
More on the Lemona bid
FCC (Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas), the Spanish construction and services group, has gone against the trend in the sector by focusing on the Spanish market with its 100 per cent takeover of c
Greek Titan shows promise
Shares testing new highs. Titan Cement rose 2.87 per cent to close at Euro 32.30, hitting a new historical high intraday, continuing its upward trend on solid fundamentals after it recently announced
Net profit of Semen Gresik to climb
The net profit of PT Semen Gresik Tbk (SG) would start to break IDR1 trillion next year, especially due to the higher net profit of Semen Padang, a unit of Semen Gresik, in the next three years. Som
Vietnam’s cement up again in November
Vietnam consumed 2.4Mt of cement last month, a 6.7 per cent increase over the previous month and bringing total consumption in the first 11 months of the year to 25Mt, according
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UAE Cement Manufacturers 2005 net profits up
UAE’s cement manufacturers are expected to post a 2.5 mln UAE dirhams (US$680.6m) combined net profit for the entire 2005, according to forecasts of cement industry experts on December 5, 2005.
Egypt’s Ameriya Cement profit up 73 per cent
Egypt’s Amreya Cement reported net profit of 129.3 million Egyptian pounds (US$22.4m) for the first nine months of 2005, a 73 per cent increase on a year earlier, the stock exchange
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Holcim makes Management changes
Holcim Ltd said Bill Bolsover, chief operating officer of recently-acquired Aggregate Industries, will become the unit’s chief executive.
Antitrust Authority to settle
The Israeli Antitrust Authority is about to sign a settlement with leading concrete companies, including Readymix Concrete Products (Israel) Ltd. and Hanson (Israel) Ltd., as well as the Manufacturer
LVT enters into co-operation agreement with FLS
LV Technology PCL has entered into a Co-operation Agreement with FL Smidth A/S of Denmark with respect to product research and development activities for the cement industry. As part of the Co-operati
Taiheiyo Cement improves first half trading performance
Some recovery in domestic cement deliveries, higher lime exports and the growing waste processing operations have enabled Taiheiyo Cement Corporation to increase turnover for the six months to the end
Thai Supreme Court rules against Prachai
The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out Prachai Leophairatana’s petition to buy back into Thai Petrochemical Industry Plc (TPI), paving the way for PTT Plc and its allies to take over the country
Florida Rock Industries announces record 4Q
Florida Rock Industries has announced record net sales, record net earnings and record diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2005. Fourth quarter net ea
Thai Holcim unit sets coupon
The Thai financial arm of Holcim Group has set coupons for a bond issue worth 8 billion baht ($194m) expected next week, a fund manager said on Wednesday. The secured bonds, the first issued by Holc
Holcim CEO seeks to have case dismissed
Lawyers for the CEO of Holcim Ltd asked a court Tuesday to dismiss a fraud case alleging shareholder manipulation during the Swiss company’s purchase of a Dominican cement maker. The attorneys
Kuwait Portland Cement net profit falls
The net profit of Kuwaiti cement trader Kuwait Portland Cement fell to 4.3m Kuwaiti dinars ($14.7m) in the first nine months of 2005 from 5.1m dinars ($17.4m) in the same period of
Greek cement firm Heracles 9-month net up
Greek cement company Heracles, majority-owned by France’s Lafarge, reported an 85 per cent rise in nine-month net profit to Euro 86.2m on Tuesday. Third-quarter net profit rose by 215 per cent t