Cement News tagged: International
Indian producers report improved monthly sales growth
Leading Indian cement manufacturers have managed to achieve better sales growth in the range of
China cement sector first-half growth
China’s cement industry maintained rapid growth in production, sales and profits in the first half of this
Indocement considers two new factories, Indonesia
PT Indocement, part of the HeidelbergCement Group, is conducting a feasibility study to build two cement factories with a production capacity of 2.5Mta.


Iran cement production up 19%
Iran’s cement production has reached 23.41Mt in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), new figures show.
Boral Indonesia’s permit not extended
The Lebak regency administration in Banten (a province on the island of Java) says it has not renewed the
TXI expands presence in Central Texas
Texas Industries today announced the acquisition of ready-mix and aggregate operations of Cemex USA that serve the Austin metropolitan market.
Dangote Cement 1H11 net profit up 8.9%, Nigeria
Dangote Cement profit climbed 8.9 per cent in the six months through June as sales rose.
Khrew Cement to double production, India
Minister for Industries and Commerce, SS Slathia, today said the production capacity of the government
Messebo & National Cement team up for coal purchases
Following the government directive for cement factories to first use petcoke, and later coal, as alternative
Cement production in Czech Republic grows by 21% in 1H11
Czech cement production grew by 21% YoY to 1.7Mt in the first half of this year and its consumption rose by 11% to 1.4Mt, according to the latest data of the Czech Cement Producers’ Association.

ACC launches new cement brand Concrete+, India
ACC aims to sell 1Mta of its new cement brand `Concrete+’.
ARM’s Tanzania cement plants to start up in 2012
Kenya-based cement maker Athi River Mining plans to start production at its two Tanzanian plants early next year, company officials said.
Profits increase at HeidelbergCement
Heidelberg Cement reported a 25% YoY increase in second-quarter net profit to €208m on revenues of €3.4bn, 3% higher than the same quarter in 2010.

FLSmidth enters into agreement to acquire Darimec Srl
FLSmidth has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% shareholding in Darimec Srl, an Italian company that designs and manufactures girth gears, pinions and custom-made reducers mainly for th
Oman cement to increase grinding capacity
Oman Cement wants to boost its cement grinding capacity to meet increased demand, spurred by the recent boom in infrastructure projects in the country.

Dr Abdullah Abbas Ahmed, chairman o
Taiwan cement sector 2H outlook promising
Taiwan cement sector is expected to deliver a strong 2Q results and its 2H outlook remains "healthy" on strong China profit, says Credit Suisse.