Cement News tagged: International
252 Lafarge employees still missing
Lafarge is still reporting that 252 of its 625 employees working at its cement plant in Aceh, Indonesia are still missing after the tsunami swept through the facility on December 26, 2004. 362 others
Mary Nour 189 days and still counting
Today sees the Mary Nour entering its 189th day of enforced idleness in the port of Altamira, Mexico while it awaits a court ruling over its eventual fate. Over Christmas and New Year holiday period,
Falsified cement data?
According to a report in the UK press Lafarge workers falsified data on cement supplied to its ready mixed concrete customers Lafarge has been selling its ready mixed concrete customers cement contai
Cemex Venezuela: higher domestic demand boosts profits
Cemex Venezuela said on Thursday its 2004 net profits rose to 208.1 billion bolivars from 44.2 billion bolivars a year earlier as domestic cement and concrete demand grew with the country’s econ
Holcim marches into India
Holcim has entered into a strategic alliance with Gujarat Ambuja Cements to enter the growth market of India and also makes a public purchase offer to the shareholders of The Associated Cement Compani
Ambuja Cement India Ltd to make public bid for ACC and Ambuja Eastern
Ambuja Cement India Ltd to make public bid shareholdings in The Associated Cement Companies Ltd and Ambuja Cement Eastern Ltd. Ambuja Cement India Ltd (ACIL) will be the alliance vehicle. Holcim has e
Japanese hike prices on rising materials costs
To counter the increasing prices of raw materials such as coal and iron ore, steelmakers, cement producers and electric utilities are getting ready to pass the higher costs onto their product prices.
EAPC eyes Sudan market to raise sales
East African Portland Cement Company plans to have increased its sales figures in Sudan and Rwanda by the end of December. Managing director, Zakayo ole Mapelu, said yesterday that they would spend u
Hans Bauer to step down
Hans Bauer, CEO of German cement producer Heidelberg Cement, will step down from his post as of January 31, 2005, it was reported on January 19, 2005. Bauer, 60, is resigning
Cementos Argos has revamp
Cementos Argos has become the holding company in cement, concrete, and mining business which represent 18 per cent of the overall investments portfolio of Grupo Empresarial Antioqueno (GEA). Cement c
Cement Demand in Spain at 47.8Mt in 2004
Cement demand in Spain increased 3.5 per cent year-on-year to 47.8Mt in 2004, the Spanish Cement Makers Association (OFICEMEN) said on January 18, 2005. The 2004 increase was lower than the 4.4 per c
CRH linked to possible Spanish acquisition
With consolidation in the European cement sector showing some acceleration of late, trying to gauge where the next deal is coming from provides industry analysts with some interesting speculation. Hig
Siam Cement to invest, but not in cement
Siam Cement, Thailand’s largest industrial conglomerate, plans to invest up to US$390m this year, but most of the money to be used for the acquisition of paper and petrochemical firms, Kan Traku
HeidelbergCement to invest more in Ukraine
This year HeidelbergCement company plans to invest around Euro 20m in modernization and development of its Ukrainian subsidiaries, Kryvyi Rih Cement and Dniprodzerzhynsk-based Dniprotsement (both loca
Azores cement sales up 7.4 per cent
Cement sales in Portugal’s autonomous region of the Azores Islands registered a 7.4 per cent year-on-year increase to a total 26,400t in November 2004, data from the Azores regional statistics o
Raising the roof for refurbishment
The cement kiln at Lafarge’s Cauldon Works is undergoing a GBP750,000 refurbishment. Ian Mycock, Cauldon Works manager, says: "We shut down production every year to carry out vital routine main