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EAPC to convert yen loans, Kenya

East African Portland Cement Co. plans to convert its yen-denominated loans into other currencies,

India cement prices to increase in western region

Cement companies in the Western part of India are reportedly said to hike the prices by INR7-10/50kg bag due to an in...

GCNet rejects link to substandard cement, Ghana

Managers of the electronic clearance platform at the Tema port in Ghana, GCNet have rejected suggestions that they ma...

Arabian Cement Co net rises 48%, Saudi Arabia

Arabian Cement Company said net profits last year rose by almost half against 2009 despite a fall in gross profits

Lafarge Morocco 2H profit drops as revenue falls

Lafarge Ciments, the Moroccan affiliate of Lafarge, posted a 17.6 per cent drop in second-half profit after underperf...

FLSmidth starts construction of new China manufacturing plant

FLSmidth’s business unit in Qingdao, China, has celebrated the start-up of construction for FLSmidth’s ne...

PPC scales back following local downturn

Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) has clamped down on overhead costs – other than advertising and strategic projects – b...

EU steel, cement firms to sell US$8.6bm CO2 -Citi

The European Union’s steel and cement industries could raise EUR6.3bn combined by 2012 from the sale of excess ...

Semen Padang to build new factory, Indonesia

Indonesian cement producer PT Semen Padang plans to build a new production unit in West Sumatra with an investment of...

Holcim invests CHF40m in Untervaz plant?

Holcim is spending CHF40m (EUR31m) in modernising its plant in Untervaz, Switzerland. One particular feature the inst...