Cement News tagged under: international
Egypt to cancel El Wadi Cement licence over delays23 November 2009, Published under Cement NewsEgypt’s licensing committee has decided to cancel El Wadi Cement’s production licence over start-up delays, and is reviewing four other licences, the head of the Industrial Development Authority said on Sunday. The committee will decide within two weeks whether to cancel the licences of the remaining firms with at least one more licence expected to be cancelled, Amr Assal said. The four cement companies still being reviewed include al-Arabiya al-Wataniya, El-Nahda Industries, North Sinai C... |
Law firm to investigate Florida price fixing23 November 2009, Published under Cement NewsEarth Times reports that Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, a national law firm with an office in Bonita Springs, has been contacted by various individuals and entities in Florida regarding allegations that companies involved in the direct sale of cement and concrete have engaged in price fixing. Reporters say, the firm is investigating these price fixing allegations, and is offering free case evaluations to anyone who may have been a victim of such practices. According to the reports received by ... |
Vietnam Firm to operate 2Mta cement plant in early 201023 November 2009, Published under Cement NewsHa Tien 1 Cement Joint Stock Company (HT1) plans to run trial on Binh Phuoc cement plant, one of the largest of its kind in Vietnam, in December and operate it in early 2010. The plant has a total investment of VND4.8 trillion (US$268.49m) and an annual capacity of 2Mt of cement, the Voice of Vietnam Radio said late last week. Once operated, the facility located in Thanh Luong commune, Binh Long district is expected partly to ease the current cement shortage in southern Vietnam. Southern ... |
Lafarge Aberthaw rededicates war memorials, UK23 November 2009, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Cement is to rededicate war memorial plaques discovered on the site almost two years ago. The company will stage the event on Wednesday (November 25), when the pair of plaques will be rededicated in a service attended by relatives of the former cement workers named on the roll of honour. Staff member Rolly Hughes discovered the memorials in an old disused building in 2007, and persuaded plant bosses to restore the plaques to their former glory and piece together the history of the ... |
Kenya: Cement firm granted final licence20 November 2009, Published under Cement NewsCemtech-Sanghi group on Thursday announced it had received the final operating licence for its proposed KES6bn (US$80m) cement plant in Pokot.The firm said Kenya Investment Authority managing director Susan Kikwai, issued the permit on October 30 in Nairobi. The investment certificate number 0280 came as the group finalised with Pokot leaders, community, landowners and their lawyers, the acquisition of 650 acres of land at a cost of KES100m. “We will construct our ultra-modern, environment... |
Namibia: European bank to fund Ohorongo Cement20 November 2009, Published under Cement NewsThe European Investment Bank (EIB) this week agreed to provide €82m (about N$906m) for the construction and operation of the Ohorongo cement factory located 435km north of Namibia’s capital Windhoek, the EIB said on its website. This will be Namibia’s only operating cement production plant. It will help to supply both the domestic market as well as demand in Botswana, Zambia and post civil-war Angola. “The European Investment Bank is pleased to be able to provide Namibia’s only cement fact... |
Indonesia’s Semen Gresik to build cement bagging plant in Papua20 November 2009, Published under Cement NewsPublicly listed cement maker PT Semen Gresik wants to build a cement bagging plant in Papua with an investment of up to IDR150bn (US$16m). The project is part of the program of the state company to expand distribution network to the eastern most region of the country, its President Dwi Sutjipto said. The country’s largest cement maker is also planning to build special port in that region that will cost up to IDR30bn. The cement bagging project is expected to be implemented next year, Sutj... |
Cement plant rescued by Putin expects to stall ahead of one Russia congress20 November 2009, Published under Cement NewsEnterprises in the Pikalevo production complex in Leningrad Region, which stopped working for six months forcing the town residents to block off a federal highway in the summer, may again stop production precisely by the time of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s arrival in St Petersburg for the 11th One Russia party congress this weekend. After a six month-long halt to production at Pikalevo enterprises, due to an inability to agree on prices for raw materials on 2 June, the city’s residents ... |
India: cement industry to get a big boost20 November 2009, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s state government on Wednesday cleared the long-awaited concession policy for use of limestone by cement units. The move is likely to facilitate setting up of a number of cement plants. The magnitude of investment may be up to around INR64,400 crore (US$13.8bn) in the state. During Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor Summit (VGGIS)-2009, the state government had signed 34 MoUs with private companies to set up cement units at an outlay of INR42700 crore. In two earlier VGGIS in 2007 and 2... |
China development body bans new cement and glass sheet projects20 November 2009, Published under Cement NewsChina’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has issued a document to ban the construction of new cement and glass sheet projects, a serious step to curb production overcapacity in the two industries. The document of the NDRC, the country’s top economic planner, issued on Wednesday, orders all projects that had not started construction by September 30 to stop immediately. As for certain key construction projects, their applications should be submitted to the NDRC, not local gov... |