Dangote Cement Plc has emerged Forbes Africa top 25 West African listed companies. The event titled, The Top Listed West African Companies" was a celebration of the success of risk takers and job creators. The award covers the top 25 ...
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Birla Corporation, a flagship company of the M P Birla Group, is mulling setting up its first overseas cement plant in Ethiopia, a top company official said here Thursday. The company has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Birla Corp Cement ...
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UCM Timber (Specialties) Ltd, the only surviving part of the UCM Timber plc business, has been bought out by management for an undisclosed sum. UCM Timber (Specialties) chairman Mark Plews and directors Nigel King and Gary Mitchell have ...
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A mystery shop investigation into roofing battens has indicated “massive failings” in the quality of products supplied to UK construction sites, as well as fraudulent BS marking. The report, by The Wood Shop consultancy for UK ...
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Cemex proposed on Monday to refinance debt due in 2014 as the Mexican cement maker tries to stem heavy losses triggered by the U. S. Housing crisis, and its shares rose more than 5 percent. The company said in a statement that it would ...
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"We will set up a joint-venture with a local partner to build a factory with a capacity of 600, 000-1 million tonnes a year. " he said, adding the company saw demand for construction in Myanmar increasing significantly in coming years as ...
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Steel proved to be a very heavy alternative especially when it came to taller structures. It does provide the necessary rigidity but is not ductile leading to limitations that did not have workarounds. Aluminium proved to be a worthy ...
FLSmidth, a supplier of engineering services and equipment to the cement and minerals industries, said it would supply equipment and technology for the terminal in Jorf Lasfar to the state-run phosphate monopoly. "As the demand for ...
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Nepal News reported that the largest cement factory of the country, Udayapur Cement Industry, has stopped production for past three days due to lack of coal. The largest cement factory in the country has been stymied by one problem after ...
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British Columbia's independent forest practices watchdog says future timber supplies in the province are at stake and the Liberal government needs to get moving on management plans for pine beetle and fire damaged forests. A Forest ...
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Reports about the future of the Canadian paper products industry will remain gloomy until a viable new application for wood fibre is found, an analyst said Monday. The Conference Board of Canada reported Monday the soaring popularity of ...
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Following what had already been a mainly weak trend in 2011, lumber activities among Scandinavian concerns have shown virtually no recovery in the first quarter of 2012. Growth in turnover and results in classic lumber business from January ...
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Indonesian cement producers estimate that cement sales will have grown steadily at 16 percent during the first half of this year, driven by the realization of infrastructure projects and the residential housing boom. Widodo Santoso, the ...
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Kuwait Finance House (KFH) launched a new discount campaign in collaboration with 20 suppliers in the construction materials, furniture, and electric appliances sectors, where KFH clients can take advantage of up to 25% discount on their ...
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From the monolithic attractions of Stone Henge to the first fleeting sparks of man's red fire,since time immemorial stone has been at the centre of what we do.But you needn't strap a flint to a stick and start javelining it around the local ...
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