Cement News tagged under: international
HeidelbergCement reduces West African exposure09 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement, as part of its policy of concentrating on businesses with an important market presence, has sold its interests in two small West African cement producers to Damnaz Cement Company Ltd, a privately owned Nigerian company. The deal involves 50.7% interest in Cement Company of Northern Nigeria, which as an integrated cement works at Sokoto in northern Nigeria with an annual production capacity of 0.5m tonnes per annum and a 93% stake in Société Nigérienne de Cimenterie in Nig... |
Cemex to double Panamanian plant’s production09 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsCemex has begun the expansion of its new plant in Panama - it aims to double production (to reach 2.4Mta of cement) via the investment of US$270m as the Panamanian construction trade enjoys an unprecedented boom. The cement and construction-materials group will install a clinker oven and a mill at the plant in Bayano, 50km north of Panama City, explains Cemex’s director in Panama, Felipe Zambrano. The Mexican firm has had a presence in Panama since 1994. |
Titan America Improves Operational Efficiency with Pavilion Technologies’ Cement Control and Optimization Solution09 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsPavilion Technologies today announced that Titan America has achieved increased operational efficiency with Pavilion’s Cement Control and Optimization Solution. Titan America sought the Pavilion Raw Material Preparation application to improve the stability and utilization of its raw mill at its Pennsuco facility in Miami, Florida. Since the implementation, Titan’s Pennsuco plant has achieved a 10 per cent increase in mill operating time by significantly reducing the number of mill starts and... |
Iran to export surplus cement09 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsIran plans to export cement as its production is expected to surpass the country’s demand through the launch of 15 new projects in the next nine months. Iran has produced nearly 20Mt of cement in the past six months which is 13 percent higher than the same period last year, said Iran’s Industries and Mines Ministry acting director, Ali Akbar Mehrabian. Cement production efficiency index has hit 96 per cent that shows the production is half percent ahead of the planned schedule added the of... |
Regional cement prices keep soaring, Russia09 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsCement prices have already doubled since the beginning of the year in Russia, yet the price growth reached its peak in August and September 2007. In the Sverdlovsk Region, the price race is actually comparable to that in Moscow. ‘It all depends on a particular supplier and their pricing policies. Nevyansk plant, for one, chose to freeze all the prices, whereas Gornozavodskcement raises prices by 7% to 10% on a monthly basis,’ SK Master Investment and Building Company’s Sales Manager Siamud... |
Taiwan Cement to Own 30% of Southern China Cement Market in Five Years08 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan Cement Corp., one of Taiwan’s leading producers of cement, said it would see annual production capacity reach 45Mt in 2012 in the wake of merging with Chia Hsin China. The production capacity will help Taiwan Cement to grab a 30% share in southern China cement market. Chia Hsin said its Jingyang and Union cement plants located in the mainland each scored over 20 million renminbi in earnings in the first half of this year. Thanks to the price hike in cement in the mainland market ... |
Lightening stroke knocks out power to Holcim cement plant08 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsPower has been partially restored to Westport’s Holcim cement plant after a lightning strike at a Transpower substation knocked out electricity supplies to the plant. Cement plant staff and Transpower contractors had been working long hours to restore power since the lightning strike yesterday morning, Holcim general manager, cement, Ross Pickworth said today. ``Power has now been partially restored, and available power is being reconfigured to maximise availability to plant operations... |
Iran produced over 19Mt of cement in 6 months08 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsIran produced 19.737Mt of cement in the first half of current Iranian year (started March 21, 2007), the Ministry of Industries and Mines reported here on Friday. The figure shows a 13 per cent rise when compared to that of same period in previous year. Of the figure, 3.5Mt was produced from Aug. 23 to Sept. 22, indicating a nine percent rise from 2006 and 2.7 percent over its nominal capacity – 102.7 per cent. |
Crash of cement prices, Nigeria08 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe price of cement in the South-South and neighboring states tumbles as Ibeto Cement Company resumes production in Port Harcourt. Construction companies and individuals, who have been worried over the rising cost of cement in the South-South zone and neighboring states, may now have cause to smile. This is because the price of cement has crashed following the resumption of cement production at Ibeto Cement Company. A bag of cement which sold for N1,550. in retail shops last month, now sel... |
Two cement plants in Kazakh east fined for antimonopoly breaches08 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsTwo cement plants in East Kazakhstan Region - Heidelberg Vostok Cement and the Semey Cement Plant limited liability partnership - have been fined for violating the anti-monopoly legislation. "On the results of an audit it was established that the Heidelberg Vostok Cement and Semey Cement plants were limiting the access of direct consumers to their products during 2005-06 as well as using various contractual relations with consumers and maintaining prearranged prices, which are violation... |