+ Follow BLUE CIRCLE Tag
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[Title] => The heart of La Farge
[Summary] => For many workers of Continental Operating Corp., the first thing they check upon entering the Bulacan plant is the color of the flag fluttering in the breeze. A green flag means the plant is on target to meet its production commitment for the month; a yellow flag, that the target is at risk; a red flag, that the target is compromised.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-06 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey
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[Title] => Alsons snaps 2-yr losing streak with P62-M net income in 2001
[Summary] => The Alcantara-owned Alsons Cement Corp., broke out from two consecutive years of losses, earning P62 million in 2001 on the back of a P1.11-billion gain from the sale of its shares in Iligan Cement Corp.
Figures submitted by the Mindanao-based cement company to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showed the non-recurring gain offset the previous years’ losses and would have resulted in another comparable loss had the deal not been consummated.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-16 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Christina Mendez
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[Title] => Alsons Cement, Holderfin agree on debt-to-equity deal
[Summary] => Mindanao-based Alsons Cement Corp. and Holderfin B.V., the holding company of Holderbank Financiers Glaris Ltd., will be exercising a debt-to-equity conversion that will involve about P3.53 billion of the former’s debt load.
Alsons wrote the Philippine Stock Exchange that its board of directors approved in a special meeting the conversion to equity of a portion of the loans obtained from Holderfin through the issuance of shares to Holderfin’s assignee, Cemco Holdings Inc.
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-14 00:00:00
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[Title] => Republic Cement eyes 4 cement firms
[Summary] => Hoping to fortify its position in the local cement industry, Republic Cement Corp. (RCC) is planning to acquire four cement firms, the company informed the Philippine Stock Exchange.
RCC senior vice president and corporate information officer Renato Sunico said the company’s board has approved the purchase of shares of Continental Operating Corp., Southeast Asian Cement Holdings Inc., FR Cement Corp. and Lloyds Richfield Industrial Corp.
[DatePublished] => 2001-11-24 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Christina Mendez
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[Title] => Fortune Cement prepares for entry of Lafarge
[Summary] => Fortune Cement Corp. (FCC) will reorganize and restructure its operations in preparation for the impending entry of the Lafarge Group, the Paris-based global leader in construction and building supplies.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, FCC corporate information officer Gilbert Garcia said the company’s board had authorized management to enter into various service agreements with Lafarge Cement Services Inc.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-21 00:00:00
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[Title] => Villar scores cartel over cement prices
[Summary] => Cement prices have soared by close to a staggering 300 percent during the past few years due to the insidious manipulation of the foreign cement cartel, Sen. Manuel Villar charged yesterday.
Villar stressed that from as low as P40 per bag in the 1990s, cement now costs between P130 to as high as P150 per bag. "This reflects a staggering increase of close to 300 percent," said Villar. As recent as December 1998, cement only cost P44 per bag.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-15 00:00:00
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[Title] => Cement protagonists to strike truce?
[Summary] => The raging cement war may temporarily come to a halt as a deal has been struck between the so-called "Big Four" cement manufacturers and Taiwan Cement Corp. (TCC) which has been accused of dumping.
The deal, which was agreed upon only last month, indicates that TCC will stop importing cement from Taiwan for local distribution while the Big Four—— La Farge, Blue Circle, Cemex and Holderbank—— will also stop exporting cement to Taiwan.
TCC also agreed to source its cement needs from Cemex’s Apo plant.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-09 00:00:00
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[Title] => Villar lashes out at ‘cement cartel’
[Summary] => The cement cartel in the country has successfully pushed up cement prices way above their normal value, threatening to stymie the country’s development initiatives, Sen. Manny Villar said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-08 00:00:00
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[Title] => Local cement companies shut down due to cheap imports
[Summary] => Several local cement companies have temporarily shut down their plants due to full stocks and the flood of imported cement.
According to the Philippine Cement Manufacturers Corp. (Philcemcor), the umbrella organization of local cement manufacturers, Davao Union Cement, FR Cement at Teresa, Rizal, Apo Cement in Cebu, Solid Cement in Antipolo, Continental Operating Corp. and Republic Cement at Norzagaray, Bulacan and Solid Cement have shut down in the face of full stocks.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-06 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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[Title] => RP team of Blue Circle family is global champion
[Summary] => The Philippine team of the international Blue Circle family proudly won the top prize in the recently held Blue Circle Industries Chief Executive’s Performance Excellence Award competition in Amsterdam.
Outstanding resoucefulness and forward-looking ingenuity amid extremely adverse business conditions brought out the best in the Philippine team which bested counterparts in six other countries – Chile, the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Greece and Malaysia.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-05 00:00:00
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BLUE CIRCLE
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[Title] => The heart of La Farge
[Summary] => For many workers of Continental Operating Corp., the first thing they check upon entering the Bulacan plant is the color of the flag fluttering in the breeze. A green flag means the plant is on target to meet its production commitment for the month; a yellow flag, that the target is at risk; a red flag, that the target is compromised.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-06 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey
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[Title] => Alsons snaps 2-yr losing streak with P62-M net income in 2001
[Summary] => The Alcantara-owned Alsons Cement Corp., broke out from two consecutive years of losses, earning P62 million in 2001 on the back of a P1.11-billion gain from the sale of its shares in Iligan Cement Corp.
Figures submitted by the Mindanao-based cement company to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showed the non-recurring gain offset the previous years’ losses and would have resulted in another comparable loss had the deal not been consummated.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-16 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[Title] => Alsons Cement, Holderfin agree on debt-to-equity deal
[Summary] => Mindanao-based Alsons Cement Corp. and Holderfin B.V., the holding company of Holderbank Financiers Glaris Ltd., will be exercising a debt-to-equity conversion that will involve about P3.53 billion of the former’s debt load.
Alsons wrote the Philippine Stock Exchange that its board of directors approved in a special meeting the conversion to equity of a portion of the loans obtained from Holderfin through the issuance of shares to Holderfin’s assignee, Cemco Holdings Inc.
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[Title] => Republic Cement eyes 4 cement firms
[Summary] => Hoping to fortify its position in the local cement industry, Republic Cement Corp. (RCC) is planning to acquire four cement firms, the company informed the Philippine Stock Exchange.
RCC senior vice president and corporate information officer Renato Sunico said the company’s board has approved the purchase of shares of Continental Operating Corp., Southeast Asian Cement Holdings Inc., FR Cement Corp. and Lloyds Richfield Industrial Corp.
[DatePublished] => 2001-11-24 00:00:00
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[Title] => Fortune Cement prepares for entry of Lafarge
[Summary] => Fortune Cement Corp. (FCC) will reorganize and restructure its operations in preparation for the impending entry of the Lafarge Group, the Paris-based global leader in construction and building supplies.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, FCC corporate information officer Gilbert Garcia said the company’s board had authorized management to enter into various service agreements with Lafarge Cement Services Inc.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-21 00:00:00
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[Title] => Villar scores cartel over cement prices
[Summary] => Cement prices have soared by close to a staggering 300 percent during the past few years due to the insidious manipulation of the foreign cement cartel, Sen. Manuel Villar charged yesterday.
Villar stressed that from as low as P40 per bag in the 1990s, cement now costs between P130 to as high as P150 per bag. "This reflects a staggering increase of close to 300 percent," said Villar. As recent as December 1998, cement only cost P44 per bag.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-15 00:00:00
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[Title] => Cement protagonists to strike truce?
[Summary] => The raging cement war may temporarily come to a halt as a deal has been struck between the so-called "Big Four" cement manufacturers and Taiwan Cement Corp. (TCC) which has been accused of dumping.
The deal, which was agreed upon only last month, indicates that TCC will stop importing cement from Taiwan for local distribution while the Big Four—— La Farge, Blue Circle, Cemex and Holderbank—— will also stop exporting cement to Taiwan.
TCC also agreed to source its cement needs from Cemex’s Apo plant.
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[Title] => Villar lashes out at ‘cement cartel’
[Summary] => The cement cartel in the country has successfully pushed up cement prices way above their normal value, threatening to stymie the country’s development initiatives, Sen. Manny Villar said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-08 00:00:00
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[Title] => Local cement companies shut down due to cheap imports
[Summary] => Several local cement companies have temporarily shut down their plants due to full stocks and the flood of imported cement.
According to the Philippine Cement Manufacturers Corp. (Philcemcor), the umbrella organization of local cement manufacturers, Davao Union Cement, FR Cement at Teresa, Rizal, Apo Cement in Cebu, Solid Cement in Antipolo, Continental Operating Corp. and Republic Cement at Norzagaray, Bulacan and Solid Cement have shut down in the face of full stocks.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-06 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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[Title] => RP team of Blue Circle family is global champion
[Summary] => The Philippine team of the international Blue Circle family proudly won the top prize in the recently held Blue Circle Industries Chief Executive’s Performance Excellence Award competition in Amsterdam.
Outstanding resoucefulness and forward-looking ingenuity amid extremely adverse business conditions brought out the best in the Philippine team which bested counterparts in six other countries – Chile, the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Greece and Malaysia.
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