Cement News tagged: International
Lafarge to offer lighthouse holidays?
Lafarge has paid more than UK£100,000 for a redundant East Lothian lighthouse put up for sale at the end of last year.
Century Textiles reports fire at plant, India
Century Textiles & Industries Ltd has informed BSE that due to fire in electrical substation, cable and electrical equipment connecting the raw Mill & kilns got damaged on August 12, 2006 a
China’s top producers in 2005
Following is a list of the output of the top ten cement enterprises in 2005 as reported by China’s Cement Net:
US$3bn to reconstruct Lebanon
Financial experts are predicting that it will currently cost around US$3bn to rebuild Lebanon’s war ravaged infrastructure and buildings, reported Emirates Today.
Higher costs and taxes will slow cement growth
Increasing power costs, railway tariffs and higher tax incidents coupled with poor coal quality will check the growth of the cement industry in the year 2006-07, which reported a 10 per cent rise in
Magyar Cement preparing lawsuit against Holcim
Hungary’s Magyar Cement said Saturday that it is preparing a Euro 200m lawsuit against Holcim, in the Swiss courts.
China speeds up reshuffle of cement industry
China will designate ten major domestic cement enterprises and give them preferential policy support in project examination and approval, land use and loan use. Some industry experts say that the mov
US building materials still in short supply
Although home builders in many parts of the USA are beginning to experience a decline in buyer demand, the shortage of some key building products is continuing. Chief among the products in tight supp
Iran’s cooperation with Belarus
During his recent visit to Belarus, Minister of Industries and Mines Alireza Tahmasbi signed four cooperation agreements with Belarus state officials. Director General of the International Relations D
Lebanese cement supplies badly disrupted
Cement production in Lebanon has, not surprisingly ground to a halt throughout the country as continued Israeli attacks have made such strategic operations highly dangerous to operate.
Lafarge quizzed over its high Kenyan involvement
Kenya’s Trade and Industry Minister Mukhisa Kituyi has said the government was uncomfortable with Lafarge’s dominance in the domestic cement and that it wanted more competition. Lafarge c
Siam City seeks higher prices to combat costs
Siam City Cement PCL (SCCC), Thailand’s second-biggest cement maker, said on Friday its 2006 net profit would be lower than the 4 billion baht (US$107m) earned in 2005 as costs rose. Revenues th
Kuwaiti-Jordanian Holding investments
Kuwaiti-Jordanian Holding Company (KJHC) has started investing in Jordan by establishing a US$250m new cement factory, said the company’’s CEO Reem Badran. KJHC’’s capital is s
New Lafarge research centre opens
Lafarge has unveiled a research centre in Staffordshire. The technical laboratory, based at its Cauldon production centre, will replace its former laboratory in Kent. The UK£2m development includes la
Cement company plans ’dome’ silo
Plans have been submitted by the Bermuda Cement Company to construct the new cement storage and distribution centre, freeing up the old site for future historical and tourism-orientated development. T
HeidelbergCement in second 2Mt Russian venture
Coming just over a month after the announcement of the Volsk joint venture, HeidelbergCement is announcing the building of a second new Russian 2Mta works.