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Fall in Spanish demand accelerates

Data from Spanish cement association, Oficemen, shows demand in April was 1.8Mt, representing a

PPC reports lower 1H earnings, South Africa

South Africa’s Pretoria Portland Cement reported a 38 per cent drop in first-half earnings on Tuesday, hit by continu...

Buzzi Unicem reports first-quarter advances

Buzzi Unicem has reported a favourable start to the year with first-quarter advances in volumes, turnover and EBITDA ...

Mexico sees modest rise in cement prices

The producer price index for April, published by INEGI last week, reported an increase of 0.4% in the price of cement...

Better realisations as prices increase, India

Cement majors including ACC, Ambuja Cements and UltraTech Cement have benefited from an increase in cement prices acr...

EPA agrees to rethink parts of new cement kiln rules, USA

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Wednesday that it will reconsider some aspects of its new stan...

Misr Beni Suef net profit falls, Egypt

Egypt’s Misr Beni Suef Cement has reported a 37.3% fall in first-quarter net profit to

Eurocement likely to hold IPO, Russia

Eurocement Group, owned by Filaret Galchev, is likely to hold an IPO late 2011 or early 2012

Taihieyo’s full-year net turnaround, Japan

Taiheiyo Cement Corp improved net loss from JPY37bn to a profit of JPY5.2bn (US$64m) on revenue

Taiwan’s majors see April sales increase over 15%

Thanks to increased domestic demand, Taiwan’s leading cement producers, including Taiwan Cement Corp. and Asia Cement...