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UK Cement works to reduce emissions

Lafarge Cement UK, has recently announced significant investment plans to cut emissions from its Dunbar works in Scotland by installing a UK£20m gas scrubbing system. The new system will cut the w...
News - 27 July 2005

Lafarge India to add capacity in India

Lafarge India is planning to hike its production of portland slag cement (PSC) by 0.4Mta which would take its total installed capacity of PSC and fly-ash based portland pozzolona cement (PPC) to 3...
News - 26 July 2005

Cement plant pares plans to burn tires

After two years of reviews and revisions Lafarge North America has filed a new application with the state Department of Environmental Conservation to burn 4.8 million tires annually at its Ravena ...
News - 25 July 2005

CSN steps into cement market

The proposed new business of Brazilian entrepreneur Benjamin Steinbruch, majority shareholder and chairman of steelmaker CSN (Companhia Siderurgica Nacional) is reportedly moving ahead. The cement...
News - 22 July 2005

New Lorry Fleet For Lafarge Cement

Lafarge Cement UK has invested more than £7m in a new lorry fleet, leading to quieter, safer, more environmentally-friendly transportation of its famous Blue Circle brand of cement from its Cauldon...
News - 20 July 2005

Shui On to expand cement business by acquisition

Shui On Construction and Materials Ltd. announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2005. The net profits of the group reached HK$483m, an increase of 2.27 times. The project of Ruiho...
News - 19 July 2005

CO2 trading worth more than cement

European cement producers ’could make more from carbon trading than from exports’  In essence, producers could make more cash by reducing exports and trading surplus carbon emission allowances und...
News - 15 July 2005

Shares of Malaysian producers rise

Shares of local cement producers rose yesterday on news of a 50 per cent jump in the product price, as investors bet that business prospects would improve following the increase. YTL Cement Bhd, a...
News - 13 July 2005

Cement price jump surprises association

Malaysian ready-mix producers, caught off-guard by the 50 per cent jump in cement prices to RM180 per tonne since July 1 2005, say the higher price will aggravate the slowdown in the construction ...
News - 12 July 2005

Cimpor – the plot thickens

Spokesmen for Cimpor Portugal said Fundacao Joe Berardo sold 22m shares in the company on July 5, retaining 29,680,539 shares corresponding to 4.42 per cent of share capital and 4.45 per cent of th...
News - 11 July 2005