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Higher costs to crimp India cement makers’ profit

Higher fuel costs will have dented quarterly earnings of India’s leading cement companies, but their outlook remains upbeat thanks to strong demand in a growing economy. Cement consumption in t...
News - 19 April 2005

Polish cement sales fall

The combined sales of cement in Poland dropped by about 25 per cent year-on-year to 1.1Mt in the first quarter of 2005, mainly due to the prolonged winter which had caused a halt in construction wo...
News - 15 April 2005

Uralcement to raise capita

At an AGM of Uralcement held in Pervomaysky Korkino of the Chelyabinsk region shareholders of the company made a decision to raise the authorized capital by 32.4 per cent from RUR308,452 to RUR408...
News - 13 April 2005

Holcim to invest more in Romania

Holcim Romania, plans to invest around 32 million euros this year in Romania, financial daily Ziarul Financiar reported on Tuesday.  Holcim Romania’s turnover rose by 30 percent in 2004 from the pr...
News - 12 April 2005

Export and find new markets

Local Malaysian cement manufacturers should seek new markets abroad for their material by partnering Malaysian construction companies with operations overseas, International Trade and Industry Min...
News - 12 April 2005

Mykolaivtsement Reduces Cement Production

In March, the Mykolaivtsement company (Mykolaiv, Lviv region, Ukraine), a large producer of cement, reduced cement production by 16.7 per cent or 10,800t compared with March 2004, to 53,900t   Acc...
News - 12 April 2005

Lafarge prepared to cut cement prices

Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd, says it is prepared to cut the selling price of its material to defend its turf as an industry price war escalates.  Cement prices have recently tumbled, hit by slow de...
News - 11 April 2005

Concrete prices fall in wake of cheaper cement

The Cement & Concrete Association Malaysia (CCAM) confirmed that a price war is under way in the industry, but said cement prices have dropped only in certain areas.   Association president Othman...
News - 07 April 2005

Morocco cement firms invest to match demand

Moroccan cement producers are spending nearly US$1.0bn by 2008 to increase output and productivity to meet higher demand and fend off competition from cheaper imports, analysts said on Tuesday.   ...
News - 06 April 2005

Holcim confirms new plant in Morocco

Swiss cement group Holcim’s Moroccan subsidiary on Monday announced a partnership with a local private group to build a US$290.6m cement plant that will produce 1.7Mt a year.  The new plant will e...
News - 05 April 2005