Cement News tagged: Trading
Freight turnover of Kunda port falls
The freight turnover of Estonia`s Kunda port owned by Kunda Nordic Tsement (Kunda Nordic Cement) fell by 15.4 percent to 1.21Mt last year compared with 2004. A total of 454 ships
Savinsky Cement: production up in 2005
Following the results of 2005 Savinskiy Cement Plant JSC (the Arkhangelsk region, incorporated in Eurocement Group) raised the output of cement by over eight per cent to
Builders hope cement strike is avoided
Barely two years after an eight week cement strike that crippled Hawaian construction, there could be an encore. The cement division at a major supplier could go on strike as soon as Wednesday.
Ash Grove cement company expands import capacity
Ash Grove Cement Company has announced it has acquired an import terminal facility from Goldendale Aluminum on the Willamette River in Portland that the company will use to supply its customers in the
VNCC to import 1-1.3Mt of clinker in 2006
The Vietnam Cement Corporation (VNCC), the main cement producer in Vietnam, will import between 1-1.3Mt of clinker this year in order to ensure sufficient material for its production, a source from th
TN scraps dual sales tax on cement
The Tamil Nadu government today issued orders scrapping the dual sales tax system on cement and levying a uniform tax of 14 per cent on all grades of cement at the first point of
Iranian company builds floating silos for cement shipment
An Iranian company in Arak has devised a new method to carry cement across the Caspian sea from Iran to customers in neighbouring countries. It makes use of containers similar to
ACC December cement shipments up
India’s second-biggest cement producer, Associated Cement Companies Ltd, said on Tuesday its December shipments rose 18 per cent to 1.595Mt from 1.348Mt a year earlier.
Gujarat Ambuja December shipments up
Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd. , India’s third-biggest cement maker, said on Tuesday its December shipments rose seven per cent from a year earlier to 1.195Mt. Ambuja’s cement
Indian cement firms lift prices
India’s top cement makers have raised prices by an average 3 rupees per bag in Mumbai, the country’s largest cement market, effective from Monday to cash in on strong demand, dealers said
Omani Raysut Cement new contract
Omani cement producer Raysut Cement has won a contract to supply 200,00t of resistant cement for the expansion of the
Argentina construction industry high note
Argentina’s construction sector registered a 22.3 per cent growth in November, compared with the same month of the last year, a new
Record year for Port Everglades
Cargo volume at Port Everglades, Florida reached an all-time high of 26.6Mt in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, up 4.3 per cent
New concrete plant for Mobile
Standard Concrete Products of Columbus, Ga., and the Alabama State Port Authority have entered into a purchase agreement
China’s export of cement in October 2005
China exported 2,420,000t of cement valued at US$75.295m in October 2005. The export in January-
China expands influence in Africa
China’s growing demand for energy sources and profitable construction deals is leading the world’s most populous country increasingly to swoop into Africa, where it has found abundant raw