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Groundbreaking ceremony for new Syria plant

Turkish construction and engineering firm Guris broke ground Friday on its cement plant in Syria.

Cement industry eyes investment in Eastern Indonesia

The Industry Ministry is targeting the cement industry to aid development in eastern Indonesia, especially Papua. Lim...

Five Holcim (US) Inc plants receive EPA’s ENERGY STAR®

Holcim (US) Inc. announced today that for the third consecutive year, two of its plants – Devil’s Slide in Morgan, UT...

Atbara new line to be inaugurated, Sudan

President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omar Hassan Albashir will inaugurate the fourth line of Atbara Cement factory

Calls for railway line to reduce costs, Uganda

A railway line would boost cement production and lower the cost , Mr Hussein Mansi the Chairman of the Lafarge group’...

Oman Cement 2010 net profit rises

Oman Cement Company’s (OCC) profit edged up to RO24.50m (US$63.6m) in 2010, from RO24.23m achieved in 2009, thanks to...

Boral: bottom line to benefit from rebuilding, Australia

Boral chief executive Mark Selway said he expected sales of building materials to increase in Queensland once reconst...

Indonesian sales exceed target

Cement sales in Indonesia totalled 40.7Mt in 2010, exceeding the 40Mt target set by the Indonesian Cement Association.

Pakistan likely to be hit by rising coal costs

The Pakistan cement sector is likely to feel the heat of the soaring international prices of coal going forward

India calls for reduced VAT on cement

The cement industry last week submitted its pre-budget memorandum 2011-12 to the finance ministry, where it requested...