Cement News tagged: International
Asia Cement to benefit from Chinese region
Asia Cement Corp, one of Taiwan’s leading producers of cement, will see substantial growth in sales because of the rise of the central Chinese region as the mainland government will move to boos
Pretoria Portland Cement to expand
PPC announces R1.36 billion Batsweledi cement capacity expansion project.The board of the company has approved the investment of R1.36bn to increase the company"s inland cement capacity in South Afric
US, Mexico said to be near anti-dumping resolution
Mexico and the United States could be on the verge of resolving a 15-year dispute over Washington’s antidumping duties on Mexican cement, amid growing political pressure in the United States to
Indian cement prices expected higher
Indian Cement prices are expected to rise sharply in the near future say local analysts. After a good spell of monsoons across the country and increased emphasis on infrastructure development, the dem
H+H hit by weaker British volumes
H+H International, Europe’s second largest producer of aerated concrete, was its first half EBITDA drop by 24.3 per cent to DKr116.8m (€15.7m) on a turnover 5.6 per cent lower at DKr645.9m (€86.8m), a
Mexico Ara, Cemex announce joint project
The third largest Mexican home construction company Consorcio Ara and Mexico’s largest cement producer Cementos Mexicanos (Cemex) announced a joint construction project, it was reported on Augus
Cement Plants in GCC Countries increasing
The number of cement plants in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries stood at 32 at the end of 2004, according to a report of the Qatar-based Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GO
Athi river registers profit
Athi River Mining yesterday posted an increase of 64 per cent in its after-tax profit for the first six month to June 30. Surendra Bhatia, the firm’s Managing Director, announced that the profits-afte
Giant Cement, USW hope to end strike
Rumors of striking employees at Giant Cement, Harleyville, South Carolina being told to "hit the road" Friday morning were not true, a company spokesman says. "The rumor this morning that we fired ove
North America leads profit improvement at Holcim
Holcim’s turnover in the first half of the year rose by 24.6 per cent to SwFr.7,870m (€5,077m) and the operating profit at the EBITDA level improved by 18.4 per cent to SwFr.2,037m (€1,314m), as
Moctezuma wins cement market
As a result of the expansion of the installed production capacity in the north of Mexico, Corporació Moctezuma raised its market share in the cement industry in the last two years from two to 10 per c
Taiwan’s Asia Cement to invest more in China
Asia Cement Corp (1102.TW) said its board has decided to invest a combined US$3.3m in a cement firm in Chengdu, central China, through two investment arms. Separately, a
Senate to release findings on cement competition
A sub-commission named by Colombia’s senate to investigate claims that cement giants Cemex, Holcim and Argos are restricting competition in the domestic market is set to present its findings in
Anhui conch sees profits tumble
Government-imposed anti-inflation measures and soaring energy costs dealt a huge blow to the profitability of Anhui Conch Cement, China’s largest cement maker, in the first six months of the yea
Lorient cement plans
Plans by Cimarmor, a subsidiary of the Belgian registered Fuenciment, and run by Messrs. Carlos Borck and Javier Abad, to build a cement grinding plant at the port of Lorient in Brittany in western Fr
Oman’s Raysut to increase cement output
Oman’s Raysut Cement Co. (RCC) said on Wednesday its third production line would increase total output to almost 2Mta to meet the country’s increasing demand. The new line, with a capital