...UAE. RELATED ARTICLES: Union Cement Company third quarter net falls 51% | UAE competition forces Oman cement price down 25% | RAK Cement posts US$1.07m loss on tighter market Union Cement Company said it made a net loss of AED 22.3 million last year, with sales declining just over a fifth against 2009, as values and volumes of orders evaporated returns. The Abu Dhabi-listed maker of cement and clinker said the loss compares to an AED 65.1 million net profit the previous year. Revenues fell 20.7% to AED 554.7 million from AED 699.8 million, with gross profits falling to AED 31.9 million from AED 132.2 million. UAE cement companies have seen profits erode over the last 12 months as a drought in projects – mainly in Dubai - has seen steep falls in the volume and value of orders. Some suppliers have been selling into the Oman market to remain in the black, according to analysts and executives at Raysut Cement Company, an Oman producer. Story continues below [pic] |Advertisement |[pic]| | |[pic] | |FEATURED COMMENT | | | |Please click here to comment on this article | A fall in finance income and an AED 1 million loss through fair value adjustments added to Union Cement’s overall loss. Over...
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...Sustainable Development Report 2011 20 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 37 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 54 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 71 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 88 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Holcim’s original cement plant in Holderbank in the Swiss canton of Aargau. 100 The new Ste. Genevieve plant of Holcim US in Missouri. Contents Introduction Performance against targets Chairman’s statement CEO interview Vision and strategy Q “Delivering value to your stakeholders is part of your mission. How do you achieve results while operating with sustainability and integrity? Are incentives for sustainable practices integrated into performance compensation plans?” SD challenges Sustainable solutions and construction Q “What is Holcim’s contribution to improve efficiencies in the building materials industry?” Energy and climate Q “Holcim appears to be ahead of its competitors with regards to its level of carbon emissions. How does Holcim plan to further reduce its CO2 footprint, while providing the construction materials for the schools, hospitals, homes and infrastructure the world needs?” Biodiversity and water Q “Reducing energy use will in turn reduce CO2 emissions and water consumption. How can Holcim ensure that the overall synergies between energy, climate, biodiversity and water are taken into consideration?” Our people Q “There have been complaints from unions regarding labor...
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...Oscars J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash" WINNER supporting role Best Supporting Actress * Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood" WINNER Directing * Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman" WINNER Best Actor Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything" WINNER Best Actress Julianne Moore, "Still Alice" WINNER Best Picture "Birdman" WINNER today's Current Affairs : 03 - 03 - 2015 1) New Delhi Chief Secretary: IAS officer Kewal K Sharma was on 3 March 2015 appointed as Chief Secretary of Delhi. His appointment was approved by Union Home Ministry. At present, Sharma is the chief secretary of Goa. Sharma was appointed as the Goa chief secretary on 1 January 2015. 2) Global Billionaire’s 2015 annual list The United States topped the list with 536 rich people, followed by China at 213 rich people, Germany at 103 rich people and India at 90 rich people. Richest Person : Bill Gates (79.2 billion US dollars). 2nd Richest Person: Carlos Slim ( 77.1 billion US dollars ) Indians in this list : Mukesh Ambani – Reliance Industries Limited, ranked 39, Dilip Shanghvi ranked 44 and Azim Premji ranked 48. 3) Chairman of National Book Trust : Baldev Sharma as chairman of National Book Trust (NBT). He replaced A. Sethumadhavan. 4) Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships: Roger Federer on 28 February 2015 won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title. To lift his seventh Dubai Championship title, Federer defeated world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia 6-3, 7-5. 5) Olacabs acquired TaxiForSure: ...
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...Cemex: High Tech Cement Report title page +names of team members To be done Executive Summary To be done Question A. Based on case data outline the strategy followed by Cemex to achieve its position of prominence in the cement industry. What factors and resources equipped the company to grow so successfully over the period described in the case? Also, compare Cemex with Cisco. Where are they similar and where do they differ? Cemex utilized four key strategies to achieve a position of prominence in the cement industry. First, Cemex innovated state of the art technology to outperform competitors. Cemex leaders challenged the operations groups to develop more efficient ways ways to produce concrete and bought technology through acquisitions. A telecommunications network between 11 plants was established as early as 1988. The IT consulting group, Cemtec, was spun off which utilized online surveys to manage customer relations. Second, Cemex converted the commodity business into a specialty business by helping their end users improve profitability. E.g. in Mexico City, by guaranteeing delivery times of 20 minutes or less, the contractors maximize the cost effectiveness of the crews working on the site. Third, Cemex bought out competition in markets they wanted to expand influence. In some geographies, such as Mexico, Cemex owned >70% market share through acquisitions. Lastly, Cemex embraced risk management as one of its core competencies...
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...operational elements to regularly keep up with the changing market place and sustain it’s leading role. The restructuring of the organization has vastly improved performance. Grouping the cement and the concrete division under the same country manager instead of having two enables specific focus to the end consumer as well as cutting unnecessary internal costs. After organizational restructuring, the company changed it’s geographical focus going from the normal traditional structures in place in Asia, Middle East, Europe and North America, to new adaptable structures in emerging markets. This change included dividing operations into 3 regions, so that each center would be a mix of both emerging and developing – this way. Weaker markets could piggyback on the benefits of developed regions. This approach stemmed from the reality that emerging countries are driving sustainable needs for infrastructure and housing. Changing the product portfolio and market differentiation remained a top priority for Lafarge. Two main projects have been launched by the Boston Company Group, to achieve the right balance of product and market differentiation. BCG launched the Extra Mile and the RTM (Route to Market) projects. The two projects aim to change the product portfolio by adapting the cement characteristics through changing additive quantities, and production processes using...
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...the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact Manager Repository Services: morgan@uow.edu.au. Corporate Social and Environmental Disclosure in Developing Countries: Evidence from Bangladesh Abstract This is an exploratory study designed to investigate the extent and nature of social and environmental reporting in corporate annual reports. Specifically, we examine the relationship between social and environmental disclosure and several corporate attributes in a developing country, Bangladesh. In order to do this, we have developed and utilized a disclosure index to measure the extent of disclosure made by companies in corporate annual reports. This study reports significant differences in levels of social and environmental disclosure, as measured by the mean values of the social and environmental disclosure index in Bangladesh. This study reports that a very few companies in Bangladesh are making efforts to provide social and environmental information on a voluntary basis, which are mostly qualitative in nature. Companies in Bangladesh appeared to have the lowest levels of social and...
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...POTENTIAL AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION LEVEL WITH REFERENCE TO DALMIA CEMENT Submitted by M.MONDURAILINGAM STUDENT VTP1436 V.JEYASEELAN STUDENT VTP1504 S.BHUVANESWARAN STUDENT VTP1488 M.KARTHICK STUDENT VTP1528 ABSTRACT The main objective of the study is to find out the Market Potential and Customer Satisfaction level through scientific tools interviews and questionnaire. The Specific objectives will be met by finding the customer satisfaction level through direct interaction with the customer and by knowing their preference. This will include all the processes like asking questions from the customers through questionnaire which will be included in the primary survey. Once the primary survey is done, secondary survey will be done. The path of the secondary survey will be decided depending on the conclusions coming out of the primary survey. This study includes direct interaction with the customer and this helps us to know the ‘MARKET POTENTIAL AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION LEVEL’ to great accuracy. This study is of great importance to the company which will know about the customer preference to buy a particular brand. INTRODUCTION The cement industry of any nation plays an important role in its development through the construction of infrastructure. India's cement production has increased at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)...
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...SECTOR WISE LIST OF COMPANIES’ ANNUAL REPORTS (Available in SBP Library) Chemicals, Chemical Products & Pharmaceuticals 28. 1. Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Ltd. 29. 2. Bawany Air Products Ltd. 30. 3. Berger Panints Pakistan Ltd 31. Pakistan Pvc Ltd. 4. Biafo Industries Ltd. 32. Sanofi-Aventis Pakistan Ltd. 5. Buxly Paints Ltd. 33. Sardar Chemical Industries Ltd. 6. Clariant Pakistan Ltd. 34. Searle Pakistan Ltd. 7. Colgate Palmolive Pakistan Ltd. 35. Searle Pakistan Ltd. 8. Data Agro Ltd. 36. Sitara Chemical Industries 9. Dawood Herclues Chemicals Ltd. 37. Sitara Peroxide Ltd. 10. Dewan Salman Fibre Ltd. 38. United Distributors Pakistan Ltd. 11. Dynea Pakistan Ltd. 39. Wah Noble Chemicals Ltd. 12. Engro Chemical Pakistan Ltd. 40. Wah Noble Chemicals Ltd. 13. Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Ltd. 41. Wyeth Pakistan Ltd. 14. Fauji Fertilizer Company Ltd. 42. Zulfeqar Industries Ltd. 15. Ferozsons Laboratories Ltd. 16. FFC Jordan Fertilizer Company Ltd. 1. Attock Petroleum Ltd. 17. Gatron Industries Ltd. 2. Attock Refinery Ltd. 18. Glaxo Smith Kline Pakistan Ltd. 3. Byco Petroleum Pakistan Ltd. 19. Highnoon Laboratories Ltd. 4. National Refinery Ltd. 20. I. C. I. Pakistan Ltd. 5. 21. Ittehad Chemicals Ltd. Oil Companies Advisory Committee (Formerly Pakistan Petroleum) 6. Pak Arab Refinery Ltd. 22. Leiner Pak Gelatine Ltd. 7. Pakistan Oilfields Ltd. 23. Linde Pakistan Ltd. (Formerly BOC Pakistan) 8...
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...Pak-AIMS (Institute of Management Science | Top Three Export Commodities of Pakistan | | Program: MBA (Evening) Submitted To: Sir Abdul Qayyum Qureshi Submitted By: Muhammad Tayyab Roll # 111405 Top Three Export Commodities of Pakistan Rice: Rice Export in 2012-13: PAKISTAN’S basmati rice exports are showing signs of an upswing after suffering a plunge in the first six months of this fiscal year because of domestic higher prices, poor marketing and lower prices of India’s basmati. In January 2013, basmati exports were up by 15 per cent, reaching 43,718 metric tonnes compared to 38,294 tonnes in January 2012. Traders are optimistic that the commodity would regain normal levels before the end of the current fiscal year as the price gap between Indian and Pakistani basmati rice has started narrowing. India has been selling rice at a price lower than Pakistan’s – at $100 per tonne against Pakistan’s $1,100-1,150 per tonne. According to Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) Pakistan exported 21,000 metric tonnes basmati rice during the first week of March 2013. Total rice exports during July 2012 to February 2013 have already touched more than $1 billion mark, and during the July-March period, the country exported around 350,000 tonnes, and two million tonnes non-basmati rice. Meanwhile, China has become a major market for Pakistani non-basmati rice, and a record sale of 72,623 tonnes, worth $30 million, took place in January 2013 alone. Besides...
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...comes to the environmental Management, interest and welfare of the people. Dangote Cement is the largest cement manufacturing Company in West Africa with footprints in Nigeria, Benin Republic and Ghana. This Company will be used as a client for this submission because of the environmental risks of cement production in all the locations where the manufacturing plants are situated and the expected social responsibility on the part of Dangote Group as a Company. The company currently has 14 million tones of both production and import into various part of West Africa. There is a plan to add 11.1 Million tonnes of cement production to reduce or eliminate completely the volume of import as part of the operations. The long term goal is to convert the present import terminal to export terminal in the nearest future. (Dangote Cement, ND) Environmental Consideration Dangote group currently has policy on Social Responsibility which they refer to as touching lives. The program is about awarding scholarships and donating monies to various causes through a foundation called Dangote Foundation. From all indications, this social responsibility policy is short of making the environment clean for the people by going green. Cement manufacturing posses a lot of threat to production environment like emission of dust, gases to both human and plants in the areas of production. The case of Dangote Cement is not an exception when it comes to air pollution through dust emission to all the villages...
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...ASSESSMENT OF COMPETITION IN CEMENT INDUSTRY IN INDIA RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA SUBMITTED BY: SUMIT PAL SINGH MBA (2011-2013) VINOD GUPTA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, IIT KHARAGPUR i ACKNOWLEDGMENT I extend my sincere gratitude to The Competition Commission of India, for giving me an opportunity to intern at the commission. In specific, I thank Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Joint Director (Eco) for being a guiding force throughout this submission and being instrumental in the successful completion of this project. Without him every effort of mine would have been in vain. He has been kind and patient throughout, to share with me his precious time, thoughts and insights. Sumit Pal Singh Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur ii DISCLAIMER This project report/dissertation has been prepared by the author as an intern under the Internship Programme of the Competition Commission of India for academic purposes only. The views expressed in the report are personal to the intern and do not reflect the view of the Commission or any of its staff or personnel and do not bind the Commission in any manner. This report is the intellectual property of the Competition Commission of India and the same or any part thereof may not be used in any manner whatsoever, without express permission of the Competition Commission of India in writing. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ..........................................................
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...A PROJECT REPORT ON PROJECT FINANCIANG OF THE PROPOSED 1 x 10 MW CAPTIVE POWER PLANT OF J U D CEMENTS LIMITED AT Vill. Wahiajer, Near Lumshnong Dist. Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya PREPARED BY xxxxxxxxxxxx MBA – xx SEMESTER REGD NO. xxxxxxx Note: This Report is submitted for the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Business Administration of xxxxxxxx University. I, hereby declare that the project entitled as Project Report on Project Financing of the proposed 1 x 10 MW Captive Power Plant of J U D Cements Ltd at Vill. Wahiajer, Near Lumshnong, Dist. Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Business Administration to the xxxxxxxxxx University, India, is my original work and the same is not submitted for the award of any other degree, diploma or any other prizes. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reg No. xxxxxxxxxx Place: Guwahati Dated: Dear Sir / Madam This is to certify that Mr. xxxxxxxxxxx has worked under our supervision and guidance for the project report termed as the project report for project financing of our 1X10 MW Captive Power Plant and that this Report has been allowed to be prepared for his partial fulfillment of the requirement for obtaining the Degree of MBA (Finance) from xxxxxxxxxx University and that no part of this report has been submitted for the award of any other degree, Diploma, Fellowship or other similar titles or prizes and that the...
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...COB Project Risk Report June 2014 |COB Project | Revision History |Change Log | |Revision # |Date of Revision |Owner |Summary of Changes | |01 |06/08/2014 | |DRAFT Released | | | | | | Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2 1.1 Purpose 2 1.2 Scope 2 1.3 Document Maintenance 2 2. Top 10 Risk 3 Appendix A - Project Risk Report A-1 Project Information A-1 Risks (Top 4) from Risk Register A-1 Corrective Action A-2 Introduction 1 Purpose The purpose of Project Status Summary Report is to provide a consistent approach of reporting the status of project activities across all major capital projects. 2 Scope The Project Status Report will identify the process (es) used to create, update, and publish the report. 3 Document Maintenance This document will be reviewed quarterly and updated...
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...PREVENTION AND CONTROL MEASURES AT WORKPROSES INTRODUCTION OF ORGANIZATION CEMENT INDUSTRIES OF MALAYSIA BERHAD Cement Industries of Malaysia Berhad ("CIMA ") group of companies ("CIMA Group" or the Group) has been involved in the manufacturing and distribution of cement and related activities since 1975. CIMA is 100% owned by UEM Group Berhad which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Berhad, an investment arm of the government of Malaysia. The Group effectively combines people skills and technological capabilities to become the third largest cement manufacturer in Malaysia. The Group also ventures into international market namely Singapore. The Group's total asset as at 31 December 2012 stands at approximately RM2.0 billion while the paid up capital stands are RM 142 million. The Group is divided into three main divisions comprising Cement Division, Ready-Mixed Division and Aggregates & Premix Division. In Cement Division, Cimaco Quarry Sdn Bhd provides the required limestone for Negeri Sembilan Cement Industries Sdn Bhd (NSCI). NSCI leads The Cement Division with cement plants in Bukit Ketri, Perlis and Bahau Negeri Sembilan. The two plants combined, make up a total clinker production of 2.95 million tonnes per annum and a total production cement capacity of 5.6 million tonnes per annum, comprising Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC), Type II OPC, Masonry Cement and Portland Composite Cement (PCC). Pemasaran Simen Negara coordinates customer-oriented services such...
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...Retention Challenge 6 Employee retention challenge regarding a transnational/multidomestic strategy 6 Compensation and benefits 7 Training and development plans 8 Health and safety policies 8 Employee engagement 9 The Cultural Differences Challenge 11 A quick reminder about CEMEX’s HR Challenge. 11 CEMEX first solution: its internationalization method 12 The special asset: SHIFT 12 Conclusion 13 APPENDIX 1 i APPENDIX 2 ii APPENDIX 3 iii Bibliography iv Introduction CEMEX is a multinational specialized in the cement industry. It produces and distributes cement, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates and related building materials all over the world. It was founded in Mexico in 1906 and now has annual sales of 15.14 billion US dollars (2011). Is workforce is composed of 44,100 employees worldwide, which 32% of it dispatched in Europe, 23% in Mexico and 19% in United States. According to CEMEX 2011 Sustainable Report, Health and safety and, more generally, employee relation, are both top priorities for CEMEX....
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