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China’s export of cement in September
China exported 750,000t of cement valued at US$23.666m in September 2004. The export in January-September reached
Vietnam likely to lack coal for cement production
Vietnam will need 1.3Mt of coal next year, but it is in danger of serious shortage of the material, said officials from Vietnam Cement Corporation (VNCC).
Torah Portland Cement
Egypt: Torah Cement’s 1H FY04 financial results, slightly above expectations, revealed impressive 33.5% annual top line growth arriving at LE281.9million, a function of both improved cement pric
Investors advised to sell shares in...
Analysts at Helaba Trust are advising investors to sell shares in HeidelbergCement, the German cement manufacturer.
UAE cement firms sales
The 11 cement companies in the UAE sold about 10.7Mt of cement in 2003 for an estimated total sales of Dh1.75 billion.
Vietnam to raise cement prices
To prevent further losses, the cement sector must raise prices due to the increasing costs of imported materials, according to the Vietnam Cement Association.
Egyptian Cement Output at 2.634Mt
Egypt’s cement output reached 2.634Mt in July 2004, up from 2.498Mt in June 2004, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said in a report. Local cement sales totalled 2.311 million tonnes in July 2004
Building materials prices soar in Nigeria
A survey conducted by PM Property Guide, Lagos, at building materials markets in the state revealed that the price of almost every building material in the market has increased.
New highway in Paraguay
The executive project report on plans to pave Paraguay’s Concepcion-Vallemi highway will be ready for presentation to the River Plate basin development fund (Fonplata) by end-January, the public
Three Arrested for cement theft
Police authority in Monrovia has confirmed the arrest of three persons in connection to an alleged dubious act of reducing the quantity of cement produced by CEMENCO from its original size of 50kg, th
Demand for cement estimated 33Mt by 2008
According to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper (November 11, 2004), a recently publicised study by the Egyptian Hermes Group foresees the demand for cement in Saudi Arabia to continue to grow until 2008.
Aditya Birla Group launches UltraTech in Hyderabad
Launching UltraTech Cement, the new name of L&T Cement, in Hyderabad on Wednesday, OP Puranmalka, executive president and chief marketing officer of UltraTech Cement Limited, Aditya Birla Group, said
German cement prices
Domestic cement prices are up by an average Euro 12/t from the Euro 30-35/t from 2003. No further market share losses in H2 04. Volumes expected to fall for the national market by four per cent in 200
Mary Nour detention unlawful
With the Mary Nour still docked at the Port of Altamira, Tampico, and the Altamira Customs insisting that the this Panamanian registered vessel should not be allowed to leave, undock or move at all fr
Associated Cement Companies statistics
ACC production and despatch figures for the month of October 2004, are as follows: October 2004 Cement production 1.394Mt. Cement despatches 1.402Mt October 2003 Cement production 1.268Mt.
Saudi cement sales
According to Al-Riyadh newspaper (November 4, 2004), official sources estimated the total cement sales in Saudi Arabia by the local companies at SR 4bn in the first nine months of the current year com