Cement News tagged: Trading

Cement truck drivers strike

21 October 2005, Published under Cement News

Nearly 2000 South Korean cement truck drivers staged a partial walkout Friday to demand government subsidies and better job security. Experts said the one-day walkout will have little impact on the c

Armenian cement market

20 October 2005, Published under Cement News

"Ararat Cement" and "Mika Cement" are dominant on Armenia’s cement market. A study conducted by the RA Commission for Protection of Economic Competition showed that in 2004 the cement market was

Siam Cement Group expects sharp rise in export sales to Middle East

19 October 2005, Published under Cement News

SCT Co, the international trading arm of the Siam Cement Group, expects sales in the Middle East to grow by 30 per cent next year from a record two billion baht this year to tap growing wealth in the

Importing cement from Germany and Scandinavia

19 October 2005, Published under Cement News

Importing cement from Germany and Scandinavian countries will be appraised to curb cement deficit in Latvia, the Latvian Builders Association’s (LBA) president Viktors Purins told Latvian news s

Govt considering import of duty free cement from India

Govt considering import of duty free cement from India

19 October 2005, Published under Cement News

The Pakistani government is considering to allow the import of duty free cement from India as reconstruction of the quake-hit areas will need huge supply of cement, sources said here on Tuesday. Sourc

Holcim markets new product

17 October 2005, Published under Cement News

Vietnamese bricklayers demonstrated how to use a new cement of Holcim Vietnam apparently called “Build and Bowl” (sic) at Tan Cang Tourist Park during a customer meeting last week. This product is p

Cement shortage slows construction

Cement shortage slows construction

17 October 2005, Published under Cement News

A breakdown in the plants of two major suppliers of cement in Western Canada earlier this year, combined with high demand from oil fields in Alberta, has led to shortages of cement. "They can’

Jordan to boost cement imports?

13 October 2005, Published under Cement News

The government’s decision to reduce customs tariffs on cement from 25 to 10 per cent should encourage importers to increase purchases of this commodity, market experts told The Jordan Times. Jor

Cement company workers walk off the job

12 October 2005, Published under Cement News

Bermuda Cement Company (BCC) workers downed tools yesterday because of job insecurity in the wake of what they see as a hostile take-over by the West End Development Company (Wedco). And the strike ha

Southern Cross case

11 October 2005, Published under Cement News

The Philippine Bureau of Customs has endorsed the filing of criminal charges against an official of Southern Cross Cement Corp. and its broker. Aside from recommending the filing of criminal complaint

Import of cement via land route demanded

11 October 2005, Published under Cement News

Abdul Rauf, president of the Pakistan Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), has asked the government to allow the import of cement from India and Iran for the reconstruction of million of

Government suspends cement exports for the time being, Iran

05 October 2005, Published under Cement News

According to local news reports, cement is back on the government’s umbrella coverage of subsidies again and there would be no more exports until further official notice, said the minister of commerce

Cement prices up 8-10 per cent

03 October 2005, Published under Cement News

The UAE Contractors Association has warned cement companies that it will take action if prices are raised beyond the recent 8-10 per cent rises. Officials told Gulf News that some

Vietnam’s cement industry told to target exports

30 September 2005, Published under Cement News

President Tran Duc Luong has asked the cement industry to become an exporter soon instead of being an importer as at present. Speaking at a meeting with officials of Vietnam Cement Corporation in Ha

Cement prices seen leaping in 2006

29 September 2005, Published under Cement News

Vietnamese cement prices are forecast to rise next year due to increasing prices of imported material, according to local reports. The import price of clinker has in the year to date grown

Dissolution of Cement JSC postponed

29 September 2005, Published under Cement News

The winding up of Cement JSC has been postponed temporarily. The term for issue of certificate on dissolution registeration on the part of the Federal Tax Service (FTS) expired on September 26, 2005,