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State and producers royalties dispute

Government and cement producers are reportedly in dispute over the companies’ refusal to pay a two per cent roy...

Looking ahead in 2006

Will 2006 be the year for coal? Since 2003 the dry bulk market has been mainly driven by the Chinese iron ore boom wh...

Gujarat Ambuja describes Holcim plan as `speculative’

Gujarat Ambuja Cement Limited (GACL), which has entered into a strategic alliance with Swiss cement major Holcim, des...

Saudi Arab Cement profit up

Saudi Arabia’s Arab Cement has reported 2005 net profit of SR333m (US$88.80m), up 8.7 per cent from the last ye...

Cost-cutting key as growth momentum slows

The Siam Cement Group, the country’s largest industrial conglomerate, has forecast that the building material i...

ClearWater may buy stake in SCL

Private equity funds like ADM Capital and ClearWater Capital are in talks with the Saurashtra Cement (SCL) management...

VNCC to import 1-1.3Mt of clinker in 2006

The Vietnam Cement Corporation (VNCC), the main cement producer in Vietnam, will import between 1-1.3Mt of clinker th...

Jiangxi joint venture, China

Jiangxi Wannianqing Cement Co, Ltd (Jiangxi Cement) announced on January 5 that the company has clinched an agreement...

Domestic cement deliveries up 7.9%, Switzerland

The domestic cement deliveries in Switzerland’s cement industry increased by 7.9 per cent YoY to 4.268Mt in 200...

TCL to supply cement to Antigua-Barbuda

The availability of cement on the local market to supply the construction industry, especially the new Sir Vivian Ric...