For example, out of that came UltraTech Cement, which is now India's largest cement firm.
The Lagan Cement Group supplies similar products from a large cement plant at Kinnegad in County Meath.
As for cement, Gokongwei expects a glut in three years, but says 34-year-old Apo Cement will remain competitive.
In December he consolidated his previously public cement holdings with his private investments across 14 African countries into newly listed Dangote Cement.
True understanding of cement came from the oil industry over the last hundred-plus years and without cement, there would be no drilling.
Unfortunately, the cement job is not regulated, not even the cement composition.
Another equipment manufacturer, Sinoma, acquired a 40 percent global share in the cement equipment market by helping developing countries to build their cement-production capability.
Sichuan Shuangma Cement Co. jumped 10.1% in Shenzhen, while in Hong Kong, West China Cement climbed 5.1% and China National Building Material Co.
If the venture goes ahead it will be the second largest cement supplier in Ireland behind Irish Cement, which is owned by the multinational CRH.
It matters not how good the cement job or the plug and cement for abandonment, both cement and casing will deteriorate over time and eventually fail.
Thus, India's Shree Cement, which has long suffered from water shortages, developed the world's most water-efficient method for making cement, in part by using air-cooling rather than water-cooling.
"Halliburton has stated publicly that it tested the Macondo cement before pumping it on April 19th and 20th, and that its tests indicated the cement would be stable, " Bartlit's letter said.
Capacity in the flagship cement business was just 9 million metric tons, barely 18% of its capacity today -- and Switzerland's mighty Holderbank was trying to dominate the Mexican cement market through its Apasco subsidiary.
While it remains to be seen if Calera can produce cement strong enough to be useful in construction, the company is toying with a radical business model: It will give away cement while charging polluters a fee for removing their emissions.
He delved into full production of these items in the early 2000s and went on to build the Dangote Group, West Africa's largest publicly-listed conglomerate, which now owns sugar refineries, salt processing facilities and Dangote Cement, the continent's largest cement producer.
Lagan Cement Group recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Quinn Building Products that may lead to a joint venture (JV) between the two groups whereby they would combine their cement and building products businesses based in Ballyconnell, Derrylin, Kinnegad, Belfast, Cork and Benelux.
"We have known for some time that the cement used to secure the production casing and isolate the hydrocarbon zone at the bottom of the Macondo well must have failed in some manner, " the letter said, noting that BP used a "nitrogen foam cement" recommended and supplied by Halliburton.
Although, average cement prices in Brazil are low, and foreign giants such as Switzerland's Holderbank and France's Lafarge have recently bought cement plants in the country, Votorantim can charge more than its competitors: it has a stranglehold (critics call it a monopoly) over the business in Sao Paulo, the largest and most profitable centre.
The cement industry is largely controlled by one player--Cemex--and its billionaire chief, Lorenzo Zambrano.
Once when I was a little boy I received as a gift a toy cement mixer.
In 1991 IR transported 67% of the nation's iron and steel and 59% of cement.
When his cement-making business opens up, there is an entire city to patch and restore.
With three million dollars of additional loans from the bank, he founded Afghan Cement, in 2007.
This synthetic chalk could substitute for some of the Portland cement now used in construction.
The government has said it will negotiate individually with each of the cement companies.
Over half of Indonesia's cement goes to rural areas where people buy it to build houses.
The county I live in sued a city that wanted to build a cement plant.
Cape Hatteras stilt house, is impressively grand in spite of all the raw wood and cement.
Most of all, they needed timber to burn limestone in order to make cement.
Taniguchi was also inspired to use cement furnaces to aid in the disposal of household garbage.
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