Cement News tagged: International
Mexico cement output rises four per cent Jan-Sept
Cement output in Mexico is up more than four per cent in the first nine months of the year, rising to meet demand from a buoyant housing sector and more public works in a recovering economy.
Govt approves investment for Cement JV
The Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment has agreed to Nghi Son Cement Joint Venture Company’s proposal of raising investment capital by $248 million, local media said. The company, t
US concrete makers contend with scarcity of cement
A shortage of cement imports and tight domestic supplies are forcing Delaware concrete manufacturers and suppliers to cut back on work hours and raise prices. The strong US housing market has domestic
Bio Bio takes the green route
Chilean cement producer Cementos Bio Bio (CBB) in Bio Bio region, southern Chile, will invest $40m in its forestry operations within the next nine years, CBB general manager, Ulises Palli, said. The
SHC restrains Army from interfering in cement company quarry
Karachi: Sindh High Court Friday restrained Army officials from interfering in mining activities of Pakland cement limited in lawsuit for injunction against interference by defendents on mining conces
Mexican cement plant officials debate new plant
Representatives for Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, the Mexican company considering building a cement plant in Pueblo County, were in town last week. Grupo Cementos has been considering building a cemen
Cementos Alfa invests Euro12m in exta milling
Spanish cement maker Cementos Alfa has invested Euro12m in raw material milling at its clinker plant in Mataporquera, Cantabria region, northern Spain, it was reported on November 11, 2004. The milli
Pakistani cement sector shows robust growth in Q1
The cement sector showed robust growth in the first quarter of the current fiscal year with 93.1 percent capacity utilisation while analysts are optimistic that the growth momentum will continue for t
Buzzi Unicem improves margins thanks to Dyckerhoff
Underlying turnover at the enlarged Buzzi Unicem group increased by 6.1 per cent to €2,097.2m during the first nine months of 2004 and the operating profit at the EBITDA level showed a 13.0 per cent a
More on the Rawang expansion
Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd (LMC) will see the cement-grinding capacity of its Rawang plant increase by 800,000t by July next year when it commissions an additional cement mill there. The company ha
India Cement Output up 20% in north
Major cement companies in northern India have increased production by about 20% from mid-October to meet growing demand from the construction sector, an industry executive said Thursday. "There has
Demand for cement to shoot up
A continuing construction boom in Qatar may see the demand for cement go up steeply over the next two years. According to a study conducted on the region’s cement industry by Kuwait-based Globa
Lafarge says its Indian brand push is costliest
Lafarge spends more on brand promotion as a proportion of sales in India than any other country in the world, the company’s chairman, Bertrand Collomb, told Business Standard today. "The market
Maltsovsky Portlandcement output higher
In the past ten months of 2004, Maltsovsky Portlandcement, a major supplier of cement in Russia and Europe, made over 3Mt of cement, a 3 per cent boost year-on-year. Last year the factory made over
Growth of China’s building materials industry slows
The growth of China’s building materials industry has been slowing down quarter by quarter this year owing to the government’s macro economic control measures since the second half of last
Garadagh cement increases output
Garadagh Cement has put out about 1Mt of cement since the beginning of this year. The chairman of the board of Garadagh Cement Uwe Koehler told Azer-press that it was planned to put out 1.3Mt of cem