Good rains that are likely to remain strong for the rest of the monsoon are set to keep cement demand under pressure in the ongoing July-September quarter. While demand for cement between May-end and June was supported by pre-monsoon ...
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Lafarge West Africa has reportedly signed an MoU with the Engu State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Nigeria, which paves the way for a new cement plant to commence operations next year. Speaking on behalf of the state, Dr Jude ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,28 commodities increased in prices, 19 fell and 53 remained unchanged on 02/08/2013.The largest rises were Propylene oxide (2.02%),PP (1.51%),LLDPE (1.43%),while the ...
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Egypt s state gas company EGAS is to reduce on the amount of gas factories receive to keep electricity plants running instead during the peak summer months, Reuters has reported. The company said it would divert around three million cubic ...
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Major players in Indonesia's cement industry have each posted solid growth in revenue in the first half of the year on the back of solid demand for the building material, but that has not translated into profitable results for all of them. ...
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In the course of the first half of 2013, Titan further strengthened its fundamental financial metrics, increasing sales, generating positive free cash flow and further reducing net debt. The robust recovery in the USA and resilient demand ...
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In the wake of a settlement to resolve violations of the federal Clean Air Act, a spokeswoman for Holcim, which operates a cement manufacturing plant east of Hagerstown, said the company is weighing its options on how to proceed. "There ...
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Our Rating: Performance, Ride & Handling 4 Comfort & Interior 4 Quality & Design 5 Value & Features 2.5 The Jaguar F-Type is the most important car the British brand has built for nearly 50 years. It’s the car that will ...
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CEMENT, as a building material, is old. The earliest forms of cement were used by the Egyptians and the Romans thousands of years ago. Techniques for making cement that eventually led to modern cement-making were first developed by French ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,18 commodities increased in prices, 35 fell and 47 remained unchanged on 31/07/2013.The largest rises were Methanol (0.84%),Polyester yarn (0.69%),PTA (0.65%),while the ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,30 commodities increased in prices, 21 fell and 49 remained unchanged on 01/08/2013.The largest rises were BR (2.66%),Copper (1.80%),Nickel (1.44%),while the largest falls ...
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Omani cement maker Raysut has reported a 19.6% growth in net profit for the first half of 2013 to OR16.38m from OR13.69m in the same period last year, on the back of increased sales and better price realisation through market optimisation, ...
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Oman Cement Co has said its net profit for the first half of 2013 climbed 3.1% to OR9.3m from OR9m in the same period last year, Muscat Daily has reported. Total production and sales dropped, mainly as a result of the shutdown of one of its ...
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Hempel has won an investment boost from the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation for research into coatings for cement factories and mineral processing plants. Cement production and mineral processing are big and growing ...
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While there was a significant increase in the TEU throughput of Sydney Ports in the 2012-13 financial year, most of the increase was accounted for by empty containers. June 2013 total container trade reached over 172,600 TEU, up by 12.6% ...
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