Statistics Centre Abu Dhabi(SCAD)issued its monthly report on the prices of building materials for the month of October 2012.The report presents an analysis of the movements in the prices of the various materials used in the construction ...
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A Portland Cement Association(PCA)forecast has predicted a 7.5%growth in 2012's cement consumption,up 50 basis points from its summer forecast.However,the PCA has said that instability in the political landscape makes projecting 2013 ...
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On October,the national cement production is a little more than September and 11.5 percent than last October.But the growth speed is 5 percent slow than the same period of last year.Meanwhile,the flat glass production reduced 1 percent than ...
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The Indian Government said that this move will allow firms to conveniently switch to uniform norms for selling their products. With the revision, its now mandatory for FMCG companies to pack and sell products such as biscuits and milk ...
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Pakistan's largest cement maker and exporter Lucky Cement Ltd has evinced interest in setting up a manufacturing plant in India in the first such overture since New Delhi allowed foreign direct investment (FDI) from its western neighbour ...
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Holcim's Swiss headquarters have approved a feasibility study into the construction of a new cement plant in Colombia. Miguel Angel Rubalcava, President of Holcim (Colombia) S.A., made the announcement at the 9th National Congress on ...
United Kingdom-based fashion retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S), in reponse to environmental watchdog group Greenpeace's Detox campaign to stop chemical pollution of the Earth's waters, has committed to eliminating by 2020 toxic chemical ...
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A Portland Cement Association (PCA) forecast has predicted a 7.5% growth in 2012's cement consumption, up 50 basis points from its summer forecast. However, the PCA has said that instability in the political landscape makes projecting 2013 ...
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The largest ever vertical roller mill in Bangladesh s cement industry, owned by Bashundhara Group (BG), was inaugurated on Monday 12 November 2012 at a ceremony in Khulna. Mayor of Khulna, Talukdar Abdul Khaleque, along with managing ...
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Fujairah Cement has revaled a continued turnaround in its fortunes as sales increased by 10% in the nine months to September 30 to $120.8m. The company also said that it achieved a net profit of $7.7m, compared with a loss of $9.3m in the ...
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Kuwait Cement Co (KCEM) has reported a drop profit for the three months ending September 30 to KD2.43m, compared with a profit of KD3m earned during the same period a year earlier, Arab Times has reported. Total current assets rose to ...
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Umm Al Quwain Cement Industries has said that oversupply in the real estate market is continuing to impact on demand for cement - a trend which it expects to continue throughout the year. "We expect this year to be a tough year for the ...
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City Cement has revealed that the breakdown caused by a technical failure at its second mill could lead to it losing sales of up to $13.3m (SR: 50m). In a statement to the Saudi stock exchange yesterday, the firm said that it could take up ...
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Lanka Cement PLC plans to enter into a joint venture with other international cement manufacturers to set up a cement grinding and packing plant in an area outside the high security zone in Kankesanthurai, according to Lanka Cement Managing ...
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Steel manufacturer CSN has announced plans to set up four cement assets in Minas Gerais state. The company wants to grow its current cement production capacity of 2.4Mt/yr to 5.4Mt/yr with an investment of US$491m. CSN has proposed setting ...
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