Cement News tagged under: New Zealand
Golden Bay wins renewable energy award, New Zealand25 May 2012, Published under Cement NewsNew Zealand-based Golden Bay Cement has been recognised for its use of bioenergy to reduce CO2 emissions, winning the Renewable Energy category in the 2012 EECA Awards. The company has cut CO2 emissions by a 58,000tpa and is saving $3m every year in energy costs, as a result of substituting nearly a third of the coal burned in its kiln for wood fuel, sourced from demolition and construction waste. The project makes Golden Bay Cement New Zealand's largest known user of renewable wood ener... |
New Zealand: Fletcher rivals “attacking our market”23 April 2012, Published under Cement NewsFletcher, with a market capitalisation of NZD4.2bn (US£3.4bn), is under attack from firms undercutting prices by up to a third and aiming at Christchurch's post-quake rebuild. Stephen Hudson, Macquarie Equities Research analyst, said new import-based competition had emerged in cement products, insulation, wallboard, laminates and steel categories. Hudson said construction of a new third-player clinker grinding facility had begun in New Zealand and Ling said this Tauranga business was a cha... |