Cement News tagged: International
DG Khan Cement sales rise 44 per cent
DG Khan Cement profits jumped 14 times to PKR318m in the first quarter of the current fiscal, according a
Lucky Cement donates relief goods to flood victims
Pakistan’s Lucky Cement has donated relief goods for displaced people affected by the recent floods in Sindh
Lucky Cement first-quarter net doubles, Pakistan
Lucky Cement Ltd, Pakistan’s biggest cement producer, reported first-quarter profit more than doubled on higher domestic prices and a 31 per cent jump in sales.
UK construction facing worst decline for more than 30 years
Construction activity in the UK is unlikely to return to growth until 2014, sparking the worst decline for 30 years, according to the latest Construction Industry Forecasts,
Tamil Nadu Cement Corp sells 25% output in open market
Tancem to direct a quarter of its output to open market rather than its usual government contracts.
Xishan Coal to invest cement joint venture
China’s Shanxi Xishan Coal and Electricity Power and Huatong Bridge Group to set up 2.26Mt cement works.
Saudi cement companies beat Tadawul on government spending plan
Latest round of government spending plans buoys Saudi’s Tadawul All Share Cement Index.
Ash Grove Cement temporarily shuts down six plants
Ash Grove Cement announced third consecutive furlough period, closing six plants temporarily.
Jaypee Cement may start Dalla clinker unit in early 2012
Jaypee Cement, the cement division of Jaiprakash Associates, is seeing a delay in the commissioning its 2Mt clinker unit in Uttar Pradesh.
Saudi Cement to buy 40% in Kuwait venture
Saudi Cement Co signs MoU for new Kuwaiti cement company, in which it plans to buy a 40% stake.
Pakistan’s cement exports to India up 53.8%
Cement exports from Pakistan to India increased 53.8% to reach 0.16Mt in the first quarter of FY2012. The rise is attributed partly to an improvement in bilateral relations between the two countries.
Brazilian talk of Cimpor takeover denied
AE Brazil Newswire and Reuters reports that Camargo Corrêa denies talks to buy the rest of Cimpor.
India: Madhya Pradesh wants control on cement units
Citing administrative reasons, the state’s labour department has proposed to bring existing and future cement manufacturing units functioning in Madhya Pradesh under the state government’s
Thailand: supply crunch and floods force SCG to close units
Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand’s top industrial conglomerate, says its building-materials and paper plants have begun shutting down due to logistics problems and raw material shortages.
India: main cement makers prepared for coal shortage
Large Indian cement companies will not be too badly affected by the coal shortage in the country.
Thai Siam Cement halts several plants after floods
Siam Cement PCL, Thailand’s largest industrial conglomerate by sales, expects the sales volume of its building material products in the fourth quarter to be hurt by the severe flooding across th