Cement News tagged under: international
South African football20 May 2008, Published under Cement NewsGearing up for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, PPC has supplied more than 12,000 tonnes of PPC CEM 1 42.5N cement to WG Wearne Ltd for the upgrade of the FNB stadium in Nasrec. WG Wearne Ltd, contracted to deliver all the concrete works on the stadium, have cast over 42 000m“ of ready-mix concrete on site to date. Construction of the multi-million rand stadium started in February 2007 and is expected to be completed mid 2009. Upon completion, the stadium will seat 94 700 spectators requiring app... |
New plant for Belarus20 May 2008, Published under Cement NewsThe Irani company Azarab has reportedly won tender for exploitation of Padkamenne (the Homel region) limestone deposits in Belarus and a cement plant construction. Prime-TASS reports it referring to a source close to the Belarusian government. The foreign investor accepted the requirement of the Belarusian side on creation a cement plant with a productive capacity of 1.8Mta on the base of the deposit. Initially Azarab offered to construct an enterprise with a productive capacity of 1.2Mta. ... |
Turkey’s Marmara leadership20 May 2008, Published under Cement NewsAccording to data from the Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TÇMB), cement facilities in the Marmara region sold a total of 13.3Mt domestically in 2007. Marmara was followed by facilities in central Anatolia, with 8.09Mt. Black Sea region facilities took third place with 5.2Mt last year. Cement factories in the Mediterranean region sold 4.85Mt of cement on the domestic market and facilities in the Aegean region sold 4.90Mt. Facilities in southeastern Anatolia sold 4.17Mt of cement o... |
Lebanese cement consumption rises20 May 2008, Published under Cement NewsA recently released report by the Lebanese AUDI Bank, shows that the amount of the total cement deliveries in Lebanon had increased to 511,981t in the first two months of 2008, up from 466,346 tons in the corresponding period of last year, a 9.8% rise. |
South African cement sales up20 May 2008, Published under Cement NewsDemand for cement in the western half of the Eastern Cape stood at 143,862t in the year to April as against 114,526t in the same period last year. Against that, sales in the eastern part of the province dropped to 160,105t in the 12 months to April, compared to 176,136t over the same period last year. Nationally, sales grew by 10.5% in April according to Cement and Concrete Institute data. Exports to other countries, excluding Swaziland, Botswana, Lesotho and Namibia, were lower last month a... |
Spanish cement demand in decline20 May 2008, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Spain dropped by 10.7 per cent year-on-year to 16.74 million tonnes in the first four months of 2008, the Spanish cement makers association Oficemen said on May 19. The fall was due to the slowdown in the construction sector and the economic conjuncture, Oficemen said. Exports of cement grew by 11.86 pct to 401,327 tonnes in the first four months of the year, while imports declined by 32.66 pct to 3.42 million tonnes. Cement output in Spain totalled 16.1 million tonnes ... |
Conch plans investment in quake-hit region19 May 2008, Published under Cement NewsLeading Chinese cement producer Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd plans to speed up capacity expansion in the aftermath of the most devastating earthquake to hit the country in decades. The company now plans to invest up to 5 billion yuan ($715 million) to build three new plants in Sichuan province -- one in the city of Guangyuan and two in Dazhou -- with a total capacity of 12 million tonnes a year by 2010, executive director Guo Jingbin told Reuters. Anhui Conch, the biggest of a clutch of local p... |
Twiga to spend $100m to expand its Dar plant19 May 2008, Published under Cement NewsTanzania Portland Cement Company Ltd (TPCC) is to invest US$100m in an expansion of its Dar es Salaam plant that will increase its capacity by 90 per cent. Klaus Hvassing, the company’s managing director, told The East-African in Dar es Salaam last week that the firm will increase production capacity to more than 1.4 million tonnes annually by the second quarter of 2009, after the completion of a new kiln. The annual production capacity at the country’s leading cement producer is now betwee... |
Construction costs continue upward rise19 May 2008, Published under Cement NewsDespite talk of bringing down the price of cement and steel, the Indian construction market is yet to reflect little of the government’s efforts to rein in prices. Talk to any of the builders or developers, their complaints are that manufacturers implement a hike immediately but the decision to drop prices is always slow to take effect. Builders say that there is no relief in sight for the next few months and prices are bound to remain high. According to A V Ramaswamy, Immediate Past Chairm... |
Vietnam’s cement price gains19 May 2008, Published under Cement NewsOver the past few days, the price of cement in the domestic market has seen a dramatic price spike defying the Government’s measures to curb price rises. Despite fluctuations in the soaring prices of building material such as steel, cement and bricks in the wake of New Year, Ho Chi Minh City continues to face scarcities and price hikes for building material in May. On May 8-9, the cement price on the retail market skyrocketed to VND85,000/ bag and in some cases to VND100,000/bag. Even those ... |