Cement News tagged: Corporate

Cemex aims for 4Q04 Ebitda of US$560m

14 December 2004, Published under Cement News

Cemex plans to report more than US$560m in Ebitda fourth quarter this year, which would represent a 10% jump over the same quarter last year, Cemex said in a statement.

Shree Cement expects good run in North India

14 December 2004, Published under Cement News

Cement prices are expected to firm up in the coming months, on the back of nearly 8%-9% growth in demand. Rajasthan-based Shree Cement is confident of achieving a good growth in both its top and botto

Cemex: Latin Equity Preview

13 December 2004, Published under Cement News

Cemex SA the world’s third-largest cement maker is scheduled to release its fourth-quarter earnings forecast before the market opens today. Cemex’s fourth-quarter earnings before interest,

Helwan Cement Announces 9M FY04 Results

13 December 2004, Published under Cement News

Helwan Cement announced 9M FY04 results ending September, wherein the company posted a LE1.8 million net profit balance compared to a LE44.8 million net loss incurred in 9M FY03. Sales revenues advanc

Somani to set up cement plant in Bhavnagar

Somani to set up cement plant in Bhavnagar

13 December 2004, Published under Cement News

Somani Cement Company Ltd of Vadodara is setting up a 1000tpd cement plant at Bhavnagar with an investment of Rs150 crore. Financial institutions, foreign institutional investors and insurance compani

Italcementi’s Ciments Francais sees post-bid investments in Egypt

13 December 2004, Published under Cement News

Italcementi SpA’s quoted unit Ciments Francais SA plans to invest to improve efficiency and logistics at its Egyptian affiliate Suez Cement after the planned takeover, according to Ciments Franc

Wolseley downgrade say analysts

Wolseley downgrade say analysts

13 December 2004, Published under Cement News

Deutsche Bank has transferred coverage of Wolseley and undertaken a major review of the company. In its view most of the group’s key markets have peaked and are likely to decline in 2005. “As a

UltraTech Cement revenue to touch Rs.27bn

10 December 2004, Published under Cement News

UltraTech Cement, a unit of the Aditya Birla Group, is set to register a 12 percent rise in revenue to touch Rs.27bn ($614m) this fiscal. OP Puranmalka, the chief marketing officer of UltraTech Cement

Dollar weakness to drive up sales for Cemex

09 December 2004, Published under Cement News

A wobbling dollar means more solid sales for Mexico’s Cemex as currency appreciations in its operations from Barcelona to Bogota are seen translating into higher greenback revenues.

HeidelbergCement seals EUR 1bn refinancing loan, Germany

09 December 2004, Published under Cement News

HeidelbergCement has signed a EUR 1bn (US$1.3bn) loan to refinance its outstanding debt facility

Shiva board approves fresh issue of equity shares, India

09 December 2004, Published under Cement News

Shiva Cement Ltd., has informed BSE that the Board of Directors of the Company at the meeting held on December 06, 2004 have approved the following:

Government may allow Cemex to increase stake in Gresik, Indonesia

07 December 2004, Published under Cement News

The Indonesian government is considering an option to allow Cemex to increase its stake in the country’s largest cement maker PT Semen Gresik to 49 or 51 per cent, according to local news report

Efforts to reopen CCI unit

06 December 2004, Published under Cement News

Representatives of the Cement Corporation of India Employees Union (CCIEU) and Staff and Workers’ Union (SWU), Adilabad, will meet the Chief Minister, Y. S. Rajashekhara Reddy, on December 7 to

Austrian Lasselsberger wins permit for Czech plant

06 December 2004, Published under Cement News

Austrian ceramics and building materials group Lasselsberger GmbH will build a 2.5 billion crown (US$108m) cement factory in the Czech Republic, the company’s Czech unit said on Friday. The f

Cimpor buys Spain’s Branas de Brins

06 December 2004, Published under Cement News

Portuguese cement company Cimpor has bought Spanish company Branas de Brins for Euro 7.51m. Cimpor said late on Thursday its Spanish subsidiary Noroeste Corp., signed the contract to buy Branas de

Raysut Cement proposes RO15m rights

06 December 2004, Published under Cement News

Raysut Cement, Oman has proposed to come out with a rights issue of five million shares at a price of RO3.000 per share aggregating to RO15 million. The rights offer is to part-finance the company’s