Cement News tagged under: Bangladesh
Bangladesh cement exports rise19 March 2012, Published under Cement NewsBangladesh manufacturers and exporters of cement, salt and stone have reported YoY growth of 46.33 per cent in the first eight months of FY2011-12 (July-February). Of these three items, cement accounted for the largest amount as over 200,000t is exported annually while volumes of salt and stone volumes amount to only a few thousand. According to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), Bangladesh's manufacturers exported US$9.76m worth of cement, salt and stone in July-February 2011-12 compared ... |
Lafarge Surma Cement launches flagship brand, Bangladesh05 March 2012, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Surma Cement has announced the launch of its flagship cement brand, Supercrete under the brand theme ‘Dream Lafarge’. Supercrete will now be available with new and improved packaging, Managing Director of Lafarge Surma, Michael Andrew Cowell told reporters at a press conference. “We want to lead the country’s building materials industry and always come up with innovative solutions for our customers. We believe this is our responsibility to share our expertise for the betterment of... |
Lafarge signs MoU for new university supply contract, Bangladesh27 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsBangladesh’s Lafarge Surma Cement (LSC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for its Supercrete cement brand to be used in the entire construction of the new Global University of Islamic Finance and Technology for the cement producer’s Michael Cowell, managing director of LSC and Dr MA Mannan, chairman of the proposed university signed the agreement in the presence of other senior executives from both organisations. Source: The New Nation Bangladesh |
HeidelbergCement inaugurates new mill, Bangladesh12 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement officially inaugurated a new 0.8Mta cement ball mill at its plant in the seaport Chittagong, Bangladesh. The investment costs amount to approximately US$16m and aims to further serve the promising domestic market. Test runs of the new mill have already been conducted successfully at the end of 2011 and production started in the first week of January. "We are very pleased that we are able to officially inaugurate our state-of-the-art cement mill today," says Dr Bernd Schei... |