Cement News tagged: International
Cement sector to show 10 per cent gain
The Indian cement industry is upbeat about its results this fiscal following its financial performance in the first three quarters ended December 31, 2005. Industry sales rose 9%, while net profits sh
Govt to monitor cement shortage
Trade Minister, Ken Valley, making the statement yesterday at the weekly post-Cabinet briefing said: "The background to this decision is that for some time the industry has been making representation
New cement plants expected soon
Indonesia will build a number of new cement plants soon to meet rising demand for the commodity in 2009/2010, an executive said. Demand for cement would be on the increase in line with the government`
Russia’s Eurocement to build new cement plant in Voronezh
Russia’s Eurocement Group plans to build a 1Mta cement plant in the city of Voronezh, Mikhail Skorokhod, the company’s president, said Thursday.
Solon opposes incentives for new cement makers
Joey Sarte Salceda, chairman of the House committee on appropriations, Philippines, has questioned the timing and motive of a government proposal to grant incentives to new cement players. "At a tim
Lebanese cement makers profit from regional boom
The regional construction boom has caused the price of building materials to skyrocket, allowing Lebanon’s stagnant cement industry to rebound from a period of decline caused by a dip in local c
Banks loans to But Son
Four leading State-owned banks and one foreign bank on April 5 signed a credit contract worth US$165m for the But Son Cement Company to help it build its second large-scale production line. Under the
Tonasa to build new cement plant
PT Semen Tonasa, a subsidiary of state-owned PT Semen Gresik, said it will build a new cement factory with an annual production capacity of 2.5Mta. The feasibility study on the project to be built at
Moving forward on Pueblo plant
GCC of America is going forward with a cement plant, executives said Wednesday during a visit to Pueblo. They said negotiations over electricity rates continue, but will not block the project. Constru
EuroCement Group to invest more in Katav
EuroCement will invest over 70m RUR into its Katav Cement Works in 2006. This should allow the works to increase their output up to 1.25Mt in 2006 and 1.4Mt in 2007, the spokesperson for EuroCement sa
Wall Street looks closely at Huaxin
China is the world’s biggest consumer of cement, eating up 40 per cent of global production by volume. Despite government efforts to curb overbuilding, cement will continue to play an important
China’s Sinoma signs with Lafarge
China’s Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd said it has signed a US$74.25m deal to build a cement production line in Zambia for Lafarge SA, the world’s biggest cement maker. The Shang
Nevada Cement, union reps still negotiating
Nevada Cement Company officials and union representatives are still haggling over one contract item, and a meeting has been scheduled for April 24 to discuss that final issue. Nevada Cement Executive
EIB approves loan for cement firm
The European Investment Bank, Luxembourg has approved a Euro 35 million seven-year term loan facility for DG Khan Cement Company Limited to facilitate the expansion of its Khairpur cement plant, said
Lafarge bowing to investor pressure
Lafarge, owner of a 53.2 per cent stake in Lafarge Nor
ACC monthly cement production, India
ACC cement production and despatch figures for the month of March 2006 were as follows: cement production 1.739Mt; cement despatches 1.746Mt. Over the January-March 2006 period, cement production was