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Ciments Français (Italcementi Group) has released its Q1 results. Against a difficult economic background, the first quarter of 2010 was characterised by very bad weather conditions in Western Europe and North America.
Surya Group is planning to construct a 5 million tpa cement plant in Gujarat, India.
HeidelbergCement issues statement of first quarter results. The company continues to cut costs and repay debt, and admits that it cannot be sure whether poor Q1 results are due to the continuing economic crisis or poor weather.
In South Africa today, China’s Jidong Development Group and the China-Africa Development Fund (CADFund) have signed an MoU with Women Investment Portfolio Holdings (Wiphold) and Continental Cement (Conticem), a limestone mining firm. The MoU relates to the construction of a R1.65 billion cement plant to be located 85 km north of Brits in Limpopo.
A look at how metakaolin’s concrete-improving benefits create a practical path to reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
Cemex has revealed that through a perpetuals bond swap, it will reduce its net debt by some US$ 440 million.
Reports indicate that between 1990 and 2008, industrials was the only sector of the US economy in which greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell.
The private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has agreed to purchase a 15 - 20% stake in Dalmia Cement.
Lafarge has launched a US$ 200 million project to renovate an Iraqi cement plan.
An independent study by Ecofys/Emission Care (commissioned by CEMBUREAU) has been launched on the consequences of an industrial NOx and SO2 emissions trading scheme on the European cement sector.
Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) will establish a joint climate change fund.
Holcim is planning to build a further cement plant in Indonesia to complement the two existing cement plants and grinding station that are already there.