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Lafarge’s Zambia unit building new cement plantZambia’s Chilanga Cement Plc, a unit of France’s Lafarge, is building an 800,000tpa plant to boost cement exports to the Great Lakes region and southern Africa, the firm said on Monday. Chilan...News - 03 April 2007 |
Kawasaki Plant Systems, Ltd to build second production line at Lafarge Cement’s Tetouan IIKawasaki Plant Systems, Ltd announced that it has been awarded an approximately 8 billion yen contract for a cement plant to be used in the second production line at Lafarge Cement’s Tetouan II fa...News - 29 March 2007 |
Lafarge re-launches Kumanga cementLafarge Portland Cement, Malawi major cement manufacturer, yesterday re-launched one of its products Kumanga Cement during a function in Blantyre where the company also drilled customers on how to...News - 29 March 2007 |
Zambia’s second cement plant to start productionZambezi Portland Cement (ZPC) in Zambia’s northern city of Ndola, Copperbelt Province, will start cement production between August and September this year, local newspaper Times of Zambia cited a ...News - 28 March 2007 |
First shipment of Chinese cement arrivedThe first consignment of SA Bureau of Standards (SABS) approved Conch cement from China has arrived in South Africa. Lim Hong Siang, the managing director of Evermont International, said yest...News - 27 March 2007 |
Mykolaivtsement increases cement output by 16.1% to 59,200t In FebruaryIn February, the Mykolaivtsement company (Mykolaiv, Lviv region), one of the five largest producers of cement, increased cement output by 16.1% or 8,200t, compared to February 2006, to 59,200t. ...News - 26 March 2007 |
Cemex extends bid for Rinker againCemex SA has extended its US$11.7bn takeover bid for Rinker Group Ltd for the third time as the Mexican cement company waits for a key regulatory ruling and bets on continued weakness in the US co...News - 22 March 2007 |
World Bank favours cement imports, PhilippinesThe World Bank has recommended importing cement in the short-term period to bring down prices, saying cost competition in the industry “appears to be constrained.” The World Bank in talks with au...News - 21 March 2007 |
British Aggregates Association launches cement market investigationThe British Aggregates Association, BAA, has brought in a specialist firm to investigate claims that the UK cement market is not operating properly. The move is in response to a the growing number...News - 20 March 2007 |
Lafarge Ciments opens EUR20m slag grinding plant in Western FranceLafarge Ciments, the French unit of Lafarge SA, has invested EUR20m (US$26.6m) to open a slag grinding mill in Bassens, western France. The plant will granulate slag, a by-product of the meta...News - 20 March 2007 |