Cement News tagged: International
Steppe Cement 1H Pretax Profit $15.6M Vs $11.5m
Steppe Cement said Wednesday that first half pretax profit was $15.6m, compared with $11.5m the previous year.
Cement factory licence ’stands’, Saudi Arabia
Councillors who voted against a new cement factory in Askar yesterday overstepped their authority, say government officials.
Unstable cement prices hit builders
Escalating prices of cement could wipe away gains being made in the construction and estate industry.
Kenya: Delay in JKIA Project Linked to Cement Shortage
An acute shortage of cement, and heavy rains during December, has delayed the completion of Phase One of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport’s expansion plan.
Kesoram Industries starts cement production ahead of schedule
Kesoram Industries Ltd has started cement production at its Unit III facility one month ahead of schedule on September 4, 2007
Orascom continues to expand
Orascom Construction Industries increased first half turnover by 46.5% to US$1,731.3m (E£9874.1m) and the EBITDA rose by 48.1 per cent to US$515.0m (E£2,937.5m),
India Ambuja August cement shipments up three per cent YoY
Ambuja Cements, India’s third-largest cement maker, said on Wednesday its August shipments rose three per cent to 1.15Mt from 1.12Mt a year earlier
Producers see lower earnings from core business in Taiwan
Taiwan’s cement firms are suffering shrinkage in earnings from core business in domestic market while posting growth in mainland China.
Bamburi moves on disputed site
Bamburi Cement has begun exploratory drilling for limestone in Kanziku and Mathima locations of the newly-created Mutomo District.
Cement price may pick up due to higher costs: ACC
Sumit Banerjee, MD of ACC said they have not seen cement demand drop during the monsoon and the realisation has been stable. Though, he says there is a possibility of price pick up due to higher cost.
Cement shortage grounds Sabah’s building industry, Malaysia
Sabah’s booming construction industry has ground to a slowdown, as the six months- long cement shortage remains unresolved.
Private equity puts down foundations
The recent spate of news stories on private equity funding, and some growing unease about their sometimes, rather secretive, methods of doing business, prompts us to look at their activities in the bu
Readymix sells part of business for EUR49m
Irish cement maker Readymix today said it has sold selective parts of its precast concrete products business to construction materials manufacturer Acheson and Glover Ltd for EUR49m in cash.
BazelCement inaugurates restored Achinsk cement plant
BazelCement inaugurated Achinsk Cement Plant, which has been idle since 2000.
Mugher Earns 409mln Birr in Gross Profit, Ethiopia
Mugher Cement Enterprise, the state-owned cement producing giant in the country, secured over
Construction starts on Jiangxi Jinxi 5,000tpd line
The Jiangxi Provincial Economic and Trade Commission and the Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau approved the second phase of the new dry cement clinker production line of Jiangxi Jinxi Cement