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Jaypee commissions new grinding and blending plant, India14 January 2010, Published under Cement NewsJaypee Himachal Cement Grinding and Blending Plant, a unit of Jaiprakash Associates Limited, was commissioned on 14 January 2010. Construction of the plant began in 2005, and during the construction process more than 1200 people deployed on the project. The plant has a cement capacity of 1.75Mta, which is set to help the overall development of the Region and also the entire State of Himachal Pradesh. Features of the plant include: • blending operation, for which WAMS of Italy supplie... |
Cemex to lay off 124 workers in Pennsylvania14 January 2010, Published under Cement NewsCemex told the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry it will temporarily lay off about 124 employees at its Wampum cement plant in Beaver on or about March 19. The plant will build inventories until then and continue shipping once the temporary layoffs occur, Cemex spokeswoman Jennifer Borgan said. |
Qassim Cement appoints board chairman, Saudi Arabia14 January 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe management board of Saudi cement producer Qassim Cement Co (QCC) appointed at a meeting last Monday Abdullah al-Seif as board chairman. Abdul Aziz al-Zabad was elected deputy board chairman. The current board of directors has a three-year term, ending December 31, 2012. |
Holcim plans to raise Indian capacity14 January 2010, Published under Cement NewsHolcim plans to raise capacity in India 20% by 2015 to cater for increasing demand. The company plans to raise its capacity in the country to 60Mt over the next five years, from 50Mt currently, Paul Hugentobler, a member of the executive committee of Holcim, told Dow Jones Newswires on the sidelines of an industry conference. Mr. Hugentobler also said that Holcim expects to invest up to US$1bn for the addition, and may set up two or three greenfield plants in the country, each with a manu... |
Binani expect prices to Rise in north, Maharashtra13 January 2010, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s Binani Cement Ltd expects cement prices in northern India and in the western state of Maharasthra to rise soon because of continuing strong demand from the infrastructure sector, its managing director said Tuesday. "There is a possibility of INR4-INR5 a bag (50kg) rise soon," Managing Director Vinod Juneja told Dow Jones Newswires over the phone. Construction activity picks up during the first six months of a calendar year, Juneja said. Cement prices in India--the world’s second-l... |
India cement producers expect improved December quarter13 January 2010, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s top four cement companies – ACC, Ambuja Cements, Grasim and UltraTech Cement – are expected to report, on an aggregate basis, a 36.4% YoY growth in net profit in the December ‘09 quarter, while net sales of these players are forecast to rise by 5.1% YoY, according to estimates of ETIG and eight broking firms. Besides, going by various estimates, the cement industry is anticipated to show among the fastest growth, in terms of rise in net profit in the third quarter of FY10. These f... |
Semen Gresik looks for new factory location13 January 2010, Published under Cement NewsState-owned cement producer PT Semen Gresik Tbk is looking for a new location for an additional factory after a high court turned down the company’s appeal over the denial of a license to explore the karst on the Kendeng mountain range in Sukolilo, Pati, Central Java. “We are still researching potential areas on Java Island,” Saefudding Zuhri, the company’s spokesman, told tempointeraktif.com Tuesday. Among the areas being looked at were Rembang and Grobogan in Central Java. The company a... |
Andhra Pradesh: prices may rise, India12 January 2010, Published under Cement NewsCement prices are seeing a resurgence in prices after remaining downbeat in the last quarter of 2009. The southern region, which had seen steep falls has led the recovery. Dealers in Andhra Pradesh believe that the pick up in prices was partially on account of the Telangana issue. They expect a temporary hike in prices to continue for a while. In an interview with CNBC-TV18, GP Goenka, Chairman, Andhra Cement gave an outlook on cement prices and spoke about the company’s business going for... |
Illegal dwellers evicted from PPC land, South Africa12 January 2010, Published under Cement NewsPretoria Portland Cement (PPC) on Monday justified its actions to enforce a court order to evict illegal occupants from company-owned land, near the its Mooiplaats dolomite mine, close to Pretoria. Contractors demolished shacks on Monday morning after PPC enforced the court order. PPC said in a statement that an illegal expansion of the Itireleng settlement started in July and that, by October, some 170 shacks had been erected on PPC property. The cement producer stated that in addition t... |
New Iran project to come on-stream12 January 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe Khuzestan Cement Company in southwestern Iran is set to inaugurate its new project on Wednesday. The project would add 5500t to the country’s cement production capacity, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting reported. ""Some 1,100 billion rials (approx $110 million) plus EUR39.6m has been invested in the project,"" IRIB quoted Khuzestan Cement Company’s Managing Director Morteza Lotfi as saying. With over 2.5Mt of cement production capacity per year, Khuzestan is among the three b... |