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India: cement despatches up but demand still slow

Cement despatches may have grown in September after a lull, but demand is yet to pick up

Gamesa to supply G80-2MW wind turbines to Lafarge Ciments

The wind turbines will be installed in the third phase of the Tetouan wind farm in Morocco. In addition to the supply...

Holcim Vietnam buys local cement plant from Cotec Group

Holcim Vietnam Ltd. has purchased a cement factory from Vietnam’s Cotec Group to expand its production in the c...

Sinai Cement may double capital to E£700m

Sinai Cement, an Egyptian cement producer, plans to double its capital to E£700m (US$125m) by distributing 35m free s...

US Cement capacity reductions

The US Portland Cement Association (PCA) in the US has issued its latest update on new US cement capacity which indic...

Cemex halts investment projects

Within hours of announcing its 3Q results, Cemex has brought out a statement that saying that almost US$500m of annua...

Belarus Government set to get US$529.3m loan from Chinese bank for expansion

The Belarusian government wants to obtain a US$529.3m loan on easy terms from a Chinese bank for the expansion of the...

Yamama Cement Jan-Sep ’08 net profit down 13%

The net profit of Saudi cement producer Yamama Cement Company (YCC) (SAU:3020) dropped to SAR526m (US$139.8m)

Russian co to build RUB10.5bn cement plant near Novosibirsk

Russian industrial and construction concern Sibir (Siberia) plans to build a 10.5 billion ruble cement plant in the N...

Kikwete lays stone for new cement plant, Kenya

The cement factory, owned by Maweni Limestone Limited, a subsidiary of the Kenya-based Athi River Mining Company,