Cement News tagged under: international
Cuba production increases15 January 2009, Published under Cement NewsThe central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus has increased production of construction materials for the domestic market and export. As per this local report the province already supplies large volumes of limestone, some of which is used in the local steel industry The report added that this year’s plan includes supplying 7000t of limestone to the steel plants of Antillana de Acero and ACINOX. In addition, some 20,000t of limestone will go to the Siguaney plant this year, the only factory t... |
Fauji Cement to install new plant, Pakistan15 January 2009, Published under Cement NewsFauji Cement Co is setting up a new cement plant in Pakistan, The News reported on its website Thursday, citing the company secretary, Shabir Ahmed. The company has entered into a contract with cement plant manufacturer Polysius AG of Germany to supply plant and machinery to produce 7,200tpd of clinker, the website reported him as saying in a press release. |
Finland: Finnsementti close facility for two weeks15 January 2009, Published under Cement NewsFinnish cement manufacturer Finnsementti is laying off all its 50 production workers temporarily for two weeks in Lappeenranta in Finland. The facility will be closed for the two-week period, but customers services and cement deliveries will operate normally. |
Cyprus: Jobs at risk from rising cement costs14 January 2009, Published under Cement NewsAccording to the head of the Federation of Constructors’ Associations, Nicos Kelepeshis, around 200-300 construction workers are registered unemployed by the Labour Department every month and the number will continue to increase if the cement industry doesn’t change its mind. In a briefing at the House Commerce Committee yesterday, Kelepeshis presented a survey that showed there were currently between 1,200 and 1,270 construction workers registered unemployed. This number is expected to inc... |
Bolivia new plant14 January 2009, Published under Cement NewsVenezuela and Iran plan to loan Bolivia $225 million to create a state cement company for the construction of roads and houses. The deal was made between Bolivian President Evo Morales, Venezuelan Ambassador Julio Montes Prado and Iranian business official, Hojjatollah Soltani. |
Anil Ambani group to invest INR105bn in Gujarat14 January 2009, Published under Cement NewsThe Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) Tuesday signed three accords worth Rs.105 billion (Rupees.10,500 crore/US$2.13bn) with the Gujarat government as part of its investment commitment to the state. Addressing the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit here Tuesday, group chairman Anil Ambani said the investments would be made for building a port jetty in Saurashtra, a major power plant and three cement factories. The chairman, whose group’s interests span telecommunications t... |
Lafarge to cut 37 jobs at Ravena14 January 2009, Published under Cement NewsLafarge North America Inc. is eliminating 37 jobs at its quarry and factory here as part of a slowdown in the domestic cement market. Local spokesman John Reagan said employees were told of the job cuts Monday. One hundred and eighty employees will be left after the cuts. Lafarge is part of a global building materials company, based in Paris, with 90,000 employees. It specializes in cement, concrete and gypsum. In Ravena it operates a limestone quarry in addition to a coal-fired kiln and ... |
Lafarge to cut 37 jobs at Ravena14 January 2009, Published under Cement NewsLafarge North America Inc. is eliminating 37 jobs at its quarry and factory here as part of a slowdown in the domestic cement market. Local spokesman John Reagan said employees were told of the job cuts Monday. One hundred and eighty employees will be left after the cuts. Lafarge is part of a global building materials company, based in Paris, with 90,000 employees. It specializes in cement, concrete and gypsum. In Ravena it operates a limestone quarry in addition to a coal-fired kiln and ... |
Anti-crisis infrastructure plans insufficient to reactivate industry14 January 2009, Published under Cement NewsRegional anti-crisis packages to combat the economic crisis by promoting infrastructure development will not be sufficient to reactivate the cement industry in Latin America, an official from Holcim’s Chilean cement company Polpaico told BNamericas. Extraordinary infrastructure development plans recently announced by countries such as Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia will help create jobs and keep a certain level of construction going, but they are definitely not enough to res... |
Anti-crisis infrastructure plans insufficient to reactivate industry14 January 2009, Published under Cement NewsRegional anti-crisis packages to combat the economic crisis by promoting infrastructure development will not be sufficient to reactivate the cement industry in Latin America, an official from Holcim’s Chilean cement company Polpaico told BNamericas. Extraordinary infrastructure development plans recently announced by countries such as Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia will help create jobs and keep a certain level of construction going, but they are definitely not enough to res... |