Cement News tagged: International
Holcim PR machine on the attack
Employees of Holcim France, the French arm of the Swiss cement supplier Holcim, demonstrated in Lille last week against plans by Nord
Three Gorges Area sees new cement line
A 2Mta dry-process cement production line technology upgrading project, the second phase of Kehua Company’s cement project
Costly raw materials in Qatar
Prices of building materials in Qatar which spiked due to the frenzied bout of construction work prior to the Asian Games have yet to cool,
Chile cement sales up 3.5 per cent
Cement sales in Chile during the first 11 months of the year reached 3.78Mt, up 3.5% on the same period 2005, local press reported.
More mergers for China cement sector in 2007
Market prices and the industrial profits of cement industry will remain at a rational level in 2007, experts predict.
Worker killed in UK cement kiln
A man was crushed to death at the Lafarge Northfleet cement works, UK. The Polish national was carrying out routine maintenance work inside a kiln
CRH announces major cement investment in Ireland
CRH plc has announced that its Irish subsidiary, Irish Cement Limited, is commencing a EUR 200m investment project to modernise its Platin Cement Works near Drogheda in Ireland.
South Africa’s Aveng still in talks with Holcim
South African construction, cement and engineering firm Aveng is still in talks with Switzerland’s Holcim Limited on a proposed sale of
Peru domestic cement sales up 16.2 per cent YoY Jan-Nov 2006
Peruvian domestic cement sales totalled 4.61Mt for the period from January to November 2006, up 16.2 per cent YoY, according to data of the country’s association of cement producers
Govt seeks pre-budget proposals from cement industry
Favouring reduction in the central excise on cement, the Industry Ministry has asked India’s manufacturers to submit their proposals seeking relief in the coming budget.
Taiwan’s cement company licensed to expand
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue on Dec. 20 granted license to Taiwan’s Luks Cement Co. Ltd to invest US$72.7m to raise capacity of its production to 2.6Mta in 2008.
Malaysia okays 10% rise in cement price
The government of Malaysia has approved a 10% increase in the price of cement, the first rise in more than a decade, an industry executive said Friday.
China’s Cement Output Exceeds 100Mt in November
According to statistics by the relevant departments, in November 2006 China’s cement output continued to increase and reached 114.9781Mt, up 16.6% YoY.
Lafarge begins cement production in Bangladesh
Lafarge Surma Cement Limited (LSCL), has started producing cement at a $270m Bangladesh project to meet demand from the country’s growing construction sector
Changes afoot at Eurocement?
Market speculation as to the possibility of Filaret Galchev re-aligning some if not all Eurocement Group’s wide diversity of Russian and Ukranian cement assets is gathering some credence among Moscow
Fate of CCI unit in balance
The closed Adilabad unit of Cement Corporation of India (CCI) may be put on auction block if events are any indication.