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Ohorongo Cement plant inaugurated, Namibia

German firm Schwenk Zement KG on Thursday opened its Ohorongo Cement factory in Namibia,

Shree Cement: sluggish demand, rising input costs hurt margins

Shree Cement’s result for the December 2010 quarter again highlights the difficult conditions for the sector

Cimentos Liz applies to hold IPO, Brazil

Brazilian cement company Cimentos Liz has filed a request with securities regulator CVM to hold an IPO on the São Pau...

Italcementi’s Asian volumes improve

Italcementi’s turnover declined by 4.3% last year, or by 6.6% on a comparable basis to €4,790.9m, of which consolidat...

Egypt uprising disrupts cement industry

Mounting political turbulence in Egypt has resulted in a number of local cement producers temporarily closing product...

HeidelbergCement

HeidelbergCement's preliminary figures show a 5.8% increase in turnover last year to €11,764m and the EBITDA recovere...

Ambuja Cements 2010 net profit rises

Ambuja Cements Ltd, India’s third-largest cement maker by capacity, Thursday posted a 3.8% rise in its 2010 con...

South Africa bank buys stake in Ohorongo, Namibia

The Development Bank of Southern Africa Ltd., a state-owned lender, will acquire a 7.3 per cent stake in Schwenk Zeme...

Canadian cement industry applauds impact of economic plan

The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) today applauded the findings of the Seventh Report to Canadians on the Impleme...

Southern Pakistan prices increase

Cement companies in the Southern region have raised prices by PKR20 per bag