
Kakatiya Cements reports on 4Q financial performance
India’s Kakatiya Cements recorded a 10.47% rise in sales to Rs 63.08 crore and an 86.74% decrease in net profit to Rs 1.24 crore in the quarter ended 31 March 2014.
Stay up to date with the latest news and updates from the cement industry.

India’s Kakatiya Cements recorded a 10.47% rise in sales to Rs 63.08 crore and an 86.74% decrease in net profit to Rs 1.24 crore in the quarter ended 31 March 2014.

Some key facts on India and its cement sector, the focus of the regional report in World Cement’s June 2014 issue.

Cemex’s latest Sustainable Development Report reveals the company’s progress in meeting its sustainability goals, as it strives to meet the challenges thrown up by urbanisation.

Lehigh Inland Cement Company is planning a new flyash terminal; Lafarge Brookfield has begun a pilot project making use of frack wastewater; speculation has begun over Lafarge-Holcim divestments.

Eurocement and Sberbank of Russia have signed a cooperation agreement to secure funding for the construction of new dry process cement manufacturing plants.

Profit after tax fell 18.7% in the January – March quarter, as net sales fall 11.9% and interest costs increase.

News from Chinese equipment suppliers and from within the Chinese cement industry.

Schwenk Putztechnik relies on the Beumer twin-belt turning device for the gentle palletising of bags.

Key EU stakeholders gathered in Brussels yesterday to celebrate the launch of The Concrete Initiative.

Lafarge plans to sell its Ecuadorian cement operations to Peru’s Unión Andina de Cementos S.A.A for an enterprise value of US$553 million.

Stefanie Kaufmann, HeidelbergCement, Germany, outlines a pastureland project involving Heck cattle and wild Konik horses at a quarry near Blaubeuren.

Jacques van Niekerk, Ambuja Cements, India, discusses the critical role of supply chain excellence in the Indian cement industry.