Cement News tagged: International
Cement demand in Spain rises
Cement demand in Spain stood at 23.87Mt for the first half of 2004, up 3.4 per cent year-on-year, Spanish Cement Makers Association OFICEMEN said on July 14, 2004. Spanish cement output stood at 23.0
Ultra-high-strength silica fume cement
Mitsubishi Materials and Ube Industries have announced their joint development of a ultrahigh strength silica fume cement called Silica Fume Cement Super. By increasing the quantity of silica fume and
Royalty on mining production
The royalty on mining production proposed by Chile’s government to the Congress will not only affect copper miners, but also cement manufacturers since production costs will go up. The governmen
Ashaka Cement denies labour lay-off
Managing director of Ashaka Cement, Alhaji Mohammed Daggash, yesterday said the company has not commenced workers retrenchment. Daggash, in an interview with newsmen at Ashaka, said though the compan
Dhaka For BIS Waiver
Eyeing the land-locked north-eastern states in India to market cement manufactured in Bangladesh, Dhaka has mounted pressure on India for waiving the mandatory Bureau of Industrial Standard (BIS) cert
Votorantim to build new cement plant, Brazil
Brazilian cement company Votorantim is analyzing the possibility of building a cement plant in the capital of Bolivia’s Santa Cruz region, according to local news reports.
TPI : disappointing 2Q04, but full year 2004 promising, Thailand
TPI Polene (TPIPL) announced disappointing 2Q04 earnings with a normalised net profit of Bt701mn down 46% QoQ, but up 44% YoY. This is below estimated normalised net profit of Bt1216mn, this was due m
Relocation for Bau Holding new plant
Austrian Bau Holding to build cement factory in Hungary’s neighbouring country
Producers to appeal ruling on tariff, Philippines
An umbrella group of Philippine cement producers said that it will appeal a recent Supreme Court ruling that struck down a special tariff on imports imposed by the government.
Polish Grupa Atlas gets approval for EUR112m project, Poland
Polish building materials manufacturer Grupa Atlas was granted a permission to construct a cement plant, a mine and a lime-processing plant on the territory of Lodz Special Economic Zone, Lodz provinc
Cement joint venture to invest in production expansion
Ha Noi (VNA)-The Nghi Son Cement Company, a joint venture between the Viet Nam Cement Corporation and a Japanese partner, is expected to submit to the Government for approval its plan to invest US$240
Ron Pearse on Boral
Rod Pearse, the 57 year-old head of Australian building materials giant Boral has successfully led the group for the last four years and under his leadership, Boral has doubled net profit to A$340 mi
ACC plans captive power units
The Associated Cement Companies (ACC) has targeted annual cost savings of over Rs 100 crore by setting up three captive power plants. The plants are to be set up at Tikaria in Uttar Pradesh, Chanda in
Titan America fired up
South Florida construction companies and developers are counting on the opening of Titan America’s mammoth new plant to catch supply up to demand for cement. The US$220m plant will be able to c
Saudi’s Yanbu Cement
Yanbu Cement Co. announced that its first half net income grew by 16 percent to SR 214.3m (US$57.14m) from the same period a year earlier. The company reported its first quarter net income, after
Cement truck kills 17
A wedding ceremony turns into tragedy as cement truck filled with full cargo of bags rolled backwards into the wedding party killing 17 guests and injuring 12 others earlier this week. The driver was