Cement News tagged: International
Indonesia April cement consumption up 6.9% YoY
Indonesia’s cement consumption, an indicator of economic activity, rose 6.9 per cent by volume in April from a year earlier, the country’s largest cement maker said.
Taiwan’s Asia Cement board approves new China investments, bond issue
Asia Cement Corp said its board has approved new China-bound investments and a plan to issue corporate bonds. A company investment arm will invest US$4.9m in its subsidiary in China’s Hubei prov
Shree Cement Ltd 10.85 per cent drop
Shree Cement Ltd has reported a 10.85 per cent drop in its profit before tax to Rs 18.23 crore. The company has grown net sales by 14.77 per cent in the March quarter despite a difficult operating env
Adelaide Brighton upbeat
A mining boom would more than compensate for falls in housing construction demand for cement maker Adelaide Brighton in the next few years, chairman Malcolm Kinnaird said yesterday. Mr Kinnaird and ma
China’s cement output growth slowing?
China produced 179.68Mt of cement in the first quarter, a 1.4 per cent year-on-year increase. The output of clinker added up 122.59Mt in the period, rising by 8.2 per cent over the previous year. The
Phuc Son cement plant starts production
Phuc Son Cement Company on Tuesday commissioned the first stage of its cement plant of the same name in the northern province of Hai Duong, Vietnam after ten years of development. The company, a joi
Cement producers in scramble to lift output
There is no cement shortage in SA, as some have suggested, but there will be one if action is not taken now, Barloworld CEO Tony Phillips said last week. Two of SA’s four big cement makers have
Price war costs cement firms
Malaysian cement companies are expected to suffer losses in the first half of this year because an ongoing price war is affecting margins, sectorial analysts say. “The current price war is worse than
Romanian cement market estimates
The Romanian cement market will remain in 2005 at the level registered last year, of Euro 300m, the incremental increase of the market being strictly related to the ROL - EUR exchange rate evolution,
Spanish Cement Consumption at 16.04Mt
Cement consumption in Spain increased 4.21 per cent year-on-year to 16.04Mt in the first four months of 2005, Spanish Cement Makers Association (OFICEMEN) said on May 18, 2005. The increase resulted
New directors for Ambuja Cement Eastern
Ambuja Cement Eastern Ltd has appointed three new additional directors on its board, following the recent majority acquisition into its holding company Ambuja Cement India Ltd by Holcim. The new dire
Cement Production Up By 14.7%
In April, Ukraine cement production rose by 14.7 per cent compared with April 2004, to 1,121,000t. Additionally, in April, cement production rose by 64 per cent compared with
IEEE/PCA conference opens in Kansas City
Edgar Buehler, Chairman of IEEE-IES today welcomed delegates to the opening of the 47th IEEE Cement Industry technical conference in Kansas City USA. With some 896 delegates attending the meeting, Mr.
Challenges to cement manufactures in Uganda
According to Mr Mbuvi Ngunze, Managing Director Hima Cement, one of the biggest power consumers in Uganda, electricity power tariff hikes have hit the manufacturing industry hardest. While there is a
Qatar cement shortages looming
Cement continues to be in short supply in Qatar hitting the construction industry. Nasser Al Mir, a member of the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI), told Al Sharq yesterday that he had a w
Concrete consumption in Spain hits record
The consumption of concrete in Spain reached a record 82.35 million cu m in 2004, an 1.6 per cent year-on-year increase, according to data of Spanish Association of Concrete