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Oficemen to sign environmental agreement

In Spain, the cement association, Oficemen, will today sign an agreement with trade unions CCOO and UGT that will com...

Aditya Birla Group launches UltraTech in Hyderabad

Launching UltraTech Cement, the new name of L&T Cement, in Hyderabad on Wednesday, OP Puranmalka, executive president...

India Cement Output up 20% in north

Major cement companies in northern India have increased production by about 20% from mid-October to meet growing dema...

Demand for cement to shoot up

A continuing construction boom in Qatar may see the demand for cement go up steeply over the next two years. Accordi...

Mexico’s Cemex Agrees to sell two cement plants in US

Brazil’s Grupo Votorantim has apparently reached an agreement in principle to buy two cement plants in the US f...

Lafarge says its Indian brand push is costliest

Lafarge spends more on brand promotion as a proportion of sales in India than any other country in the world, the com...

Lafarge plans for tyre burn

Lafarge Brasil has inaugurated a new plant in Matozinhos (Minas Gerais state). The main characteristic of the new pla...

Extra eye to be kept on chimney

Another camera is likely to be trained on an industrial chimney in Rugby to monitor chemicals which pour out. Rugby...

Maltsovsky Portlandcement output higher

In the past ten months of 2004, Maltsovsky Portlandcement, a major supplier of cement in Russia and Europe, made over...

Growth of China’s building materials industry slows

The growth of China’s building materials industry has been slowing down quarter by quarter this year owing to t...

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