Cement News tagged: Corporate

Gujarat Ambuja cements update

21 July 2006, Published under Cement News

Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd., has announced the following business outlook to the Mumbai stock exchange:

Buzzi Unicem raises cash

21 July 2006, Published under Cement News

Buzzi Unicem raises Euro 17.3m by selling one million treasury shares shares to parent company Fimedi SpA. The shares, which were sold yesterday, had a book value of Euro 8.7m.

Italian-Thai warns of poor Q3

21 July 2006, Published under Cement News

Italian-Thai Development, one of the country’s biggest construction company, said yesterday that it expected a second-quarter net profit similar to the previous quarter’s 197 million baht.

Titan Cement H1 pretax

21 July 2006, Published under Cement News

Credit Suisse First Boston expects Greece’s Titan Cement to announce pretax profits of Euro 141m for the first half on sales of Euro 722m. Operating profits are seen at Euro 155m, the broker sai

Holcim launches A$260m August 2009 issue

Holcim launches A$260m August 2009 issue

20 July 2006, Published under Cement News

Holcim Finance (Australia) Pty Ltd has launched a A$260m August 2009 issue. The notes are expected to price at between 35 and 38 basis points over the three year mid-swap/bank bill swap reference rat

Peru’s Cementos Lima 2Q Net rises

20 July 2006, Published under Cement News

Cementos Lima SA posted second-quarter net income of 27.9 million soles (US$8.6m) compared with PEN20.8 million in the same quarter in the previous year, the company said Wednesday. Total revenues ro

EBRD still in discussions with Garadagh

EBRD still in discussions with Garadagh

20 July 2006, Published under Cement News

The EBRD suspended the acquisition of a stake in the equity of Garadagh Cement and the head of the EBRD local office in Azerbaijan Raymond Conway informed Azer-Press that the activity related to inves

Government Orders Semen Gresik to Postpone EGM

19 July 2006, Published under Cement News

The government has ordered PT Semen Gresik Tbk (SG) to postpone the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (EGM) from the initial schedule of July 28 to wait for the conclusion of 24.9% shares

Rinker Q1 profit up 14 per cent, Australia

18 July 2006, Published under Cement News

Australian building materials maker Rinker Group Ltd. said its quarterly profit rose 14 percent after it raised prices, but its shares fell nearly 4 percent after it forecast lower earnings than analy

India Cements posts record net profit

18 July 2006, Published under Cement News

India Cements Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 112.59 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, which figure, it says, "far exceeds even the highest ever annual profit registered by the company at R

Tanzania Portland shares likely to be oversubscribed

18 July 2006, Published under Cement News

Shares of the Tanzania Portland Cement Company (TPCC), which were recently floated to the public, are likely to be oversubscribed, it was learnt in Dar es Salaam yesterday.

HeidelbergCement CEO Scheifele says co will continue eastward expansion

17 July 2006, Published under Cement News

HeidelbergCement AG chief executive Bernd Scheifele told Handelsblatt his company intends to continue its aggressive expansion strategy in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Bacnotan H1 net profit PHP111m, Philippines

17 July 2006, Published under Cement News

Bacnotan Consolidated Industries said in a statement to the stock exchange that it posted net profit of PHP111m for the six months to June.

Anhui Conch to buy cement assets from parent

14 July 2006, Published under Cement News

Anhui Conch Cement Co, China’s largest cement producer by output, plans to buy cement-related assets from its parent, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation.

Texas Industries boosted by land sales, US

13 July 2006, Published under Cement News

Turnover in the year to the 31st of May rose by 13.1 per cent to US$943.9m and the trading profit jumped by 38.1 per cent to US$88.3m, thanks to a US$12.4m gain on property disposals, without which th

Lafarge to issue Euro bonds, France

13 July 2006, Published under Cement News

Lafarge SA will launch a US$1.5bn (EUR1.18bn) bond issue in the USA, it was reported on July 12, 2006.