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Colombian Cementos Argos to export 2.5Mt cement to USA 200626 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsColombian cement and cement products maker Compania de Cementos Argos, one of the main cement producers in Latin America, plans to export 2.5Mt of cement to the United States in full year 2006, the newspaper Portafolio said on September 25, 2006. The figure would represent 8.0 pct of the total imports of cement to the USA, expected for the current year. Cementos Argos has the aim to increase the said percentage to 12 pct by 2010. The company recently announced an investment of $275 m... |
Saudi Arabian Cement Co imports 200,000t clinker from China25 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsSaudi cement producer, Arabian Cement Company (ACC), has imported 200,000t of clinker from China, Mohammed Taher Othman, ACC director general, was quoted as saying on September 24, 2006. The imported clinker will be used as a raw material at the company’s plant in Rabigh, southwestern Saudi Arabia. According to Othman, ACC imported 72,000t of clinker from Egypt in 2005. ACC is currently working on an expansion project at Rabigh plant for the launch of a sixth production line with... |
Chia Hsin Cement to Export All Its Output in Mainland China18 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsEncouraged by the consistent rise in international cement prices, Chia Hsin Cement Corporation, one of Taiwan’s largest producers of cement, will totally export output from its two plants in mainland China beginning from next year. Chia Hsin predicted export prices for cement to grow 5% up to 10% year-on-year next year. The company currently operates two plants in the mainland, one named Jingyang and the other Union, both located in Jiangsu province. At present, the export prices for ... |
More cement makers warn of price rises in UK15 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsCastle Cement will increase prices for its bagged products by 10 per cent from the end of the month following last week’s announcement from Lafarge Cement that it will introduce a 15 per cent price rise on bagged and bulk material, reports Construction News. Prices for Lafarge’s bagged cement, including its Mastercrete and Blue Circle brands, are set to rise from October 1, with bulk cement prices ready to rise at the turn of the year. Castle blamed spiralling energy and raw materi... |
Caribbean contractors hopeful for drop in cement prices15 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsStakeholders of the construction industry can anticipate a drop in the price of cement due to the recent decision of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) to suspend the tariff on imported cement for two years. Trade Co-ordinator Dr. Clarence Henry, who presented the proposal on behalf of Antigua and the OECS in Barbados, stopped short of giving a firm commitment to this possibility but suggested that the indicators could lead to a decrease in the chronically fluctuating... |
Cement tags to surge Rs 5-10 per 50 kg ; Anticipating that the demand will surge after monsoon, cement dealers...15 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsAnticipating that the demand will surge after monsoon, cement dealers say the price may go up by Rs 5-10 per 50 kg bag in October in Mumbai and Delhi. The retail price in Mumbai is hovering between Rs 205 and Rs 216 per bag of 50 kg. In Delhi, it is between Rs 195 and Rs 210. Interestingly, despite slight sluggishness in the demand during the monsoon, cement prices remained firm above Rs 200 a bag in Mumbai. "Cement prices will go up on account of high demand in Bombay and surro... |
Private companies import more cement, Jamaica13 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe supply of cement into Jamaica will be significantly increased. A statement from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce says Mainland Cement and ARC Systems will be receiving 44,800t of imported cement. An additional 57,000t is expected to be received by ARC Systems and Buy House Limited before the end of the month. The island’s sole manufacturer of cement, Caribbean Cement Company Limited, says 16,000t will be available from its plant this week. The Industry Ministry says several shipm... |
New law exempts customs duty on imported cement12 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe Emir, H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, yesterday passed a decree exempting various kinds of cement, gravel and reinforced steel imported into Qatar from non-GCC countries from customs duty with retrospective effect from January 1. The new decree is expected to tremendously benefit Qatar’s booming construction industry which is currently plagued by scarcity of different kinds of material. The Emiri Decree No-32 of 2006 was passed yesterday after considering Law No-42 of 20... |
Cement exports to hit 10million (owing to increasing cement consumption in Gulf countries)12 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsCement and clinker exports from India are expected to exceed 10Mt by the end of 2006-2007. The increase in exports is attributed to increasing cement consumption in Gulf countries. The Gulf countries are reporting a 12 per cent increase in consumption annually. |
Exports of cement to hit 10Mt; cement and clinker exports from India is once again set11 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsCement and clinker exports from India is once again set to touch the 10 million tonne-mark by the end of this financial year. Rising consumption in the Gulf countries is the driving force for begind this surge in exports. Industry sources said the export will continue to rise for the next one and a half years at least. The Gulf countries are witnessing a rise of 12 per cent in consumption annually, and the mismatch between demand and supply is expected to continue till FY08. Last time, e... |