Cement News tagged under: international
Turkish news briefs04 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsChairman of cement producer Universal, Mete Bulgun, announced that the company would shortly lay the foundations of a cement plant in the city Osmaniye. The facility will cost US$170m and will have annual production capacity of 2Mta of cement. Some 65% of the plant will be owned by foreign investors, according to Bulgun. The new factory will employ around 800 workers, but no information about the date when it would become operational was provided. Cement company Cimsa in talks to buy Bileci... |
Malaysia - cement, steel shortages04 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe Building Material Distributors Association of Malaysia (BMDAM) is appealing to the Government to intervene and overcome the acute shortage of cement and steel bar supply in the country. Its President, Steven Tai said the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs should intervene to resolve the shortages immediately. Meanwhile, due to a shortage of cement supply, BMDAM representatives had attended two meetings with the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs on Sept 6 and 1... |
Cement prices in southern India likely to hold04 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsCement prices in the South are firm and are likely to hold for now reports Business Line. Normally, prices would drop at this time on slack demand due to rains and the start of the festival season. But the situation is expected to change radically in November when demand picks up. There could be a tightening of supplies and buoyant prices, say industry sources. For now, manufacturers say a tight supply position and healthy demand are helping to hold prices steady. Last month, prices dropped... |
TXI expanding its plant near New Braunfels03 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsTexas Industries Inc. has begun a US$350m expansion at its Hunter Plant that will boost its cement-making capacity from 900,000t to 2.3Mta. TXI already is the largest cement producer in the state. Mexican cement maker Cemex SA also is expanding its New Braunfels plant in a US$250 million project. Construction will take two years, and the plant will in operation by the end of 2009. San Antonio-based Zachry Construction Corp. will lead the contracting job. Zachry also partnered with TXI to ex... |
Azerbaijan Investment Company gains Holcim stake03 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsNegotiations under which Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC) will acquire an equity stake in Garadagh Cement (GC) JSC factory have been completed. The minister of economic development Heydar Babayev of Azerbaijan said that very difficult talks with Garadagh Cement have been finished. “We obtained that AIC will participate in reconstruction of the existing cement factory and building of a new cement producer enterprise to be constructed by Garadagh Cement major shareholder Holcim (Switzerlan... |
Azerbaijan offers Lafarge limestone deposit03 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe Azerbaijani government has made proposal for France’s Lafarge on the occasion of a raw materials site for construction of a new cement factory. Heydar Babayev, the minister for economic development of Azerbaijan, said that they could find a field to provide Lafarge with raw materials for the next 20 years. “It will be a deposit either in Garadagh district of Baku or neighboring Gobustan district (most likely the second option) as the French did not agree to invest in remote regions. Now... |
New Zealand’s supply chains03 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsHolcim New Zealand is continuing to work on further prioritising the three options it is currently investigating to meet projected growth in demand for cement in New Zealand. In May Holcim announced it would focus on a medium-term option to continue operating the existing Westport plant with imports on a sustainable basis; and two long-term options involving building a new dry-process plant at either Westport or Weston, near Oamaru. We are currently working on narrowing the three options to ... |
Romania 1H cement output up03 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsRomania’s cement output exceeded 4Mt in the first half of the year, up 30% on year, boosted by favourable weather and unfolding contracts, the Ownership of Cement Producers, or CIROM, said Tuesday. The raise was double compared to the initial forecasts, and CIROM expects cement output will reach some 10Mt by year-end, CIROM executive manager Ion Crangasu said. Romania’s cement output reached 7Mt in 2006. |
Indian cement firms raise prices again03 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsCement manufacturers have hiked cement prices in the North by 2 per cent with effect from October 1. This is the second price hike since March this year, when the cement industry promised the Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath that it would not hike prices for one year even if there was an increase in the cost of inputs. The last hike was done in July when companies increased prices by Rs 3-5 per 50 kg bag. “Though, we are currently selling the previous stock at Rs 235 per 50 kg bag, once ... |
US Fort Worth may stop buying cement from high polluter03 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsCity Council members will try to succeed Tuesday where state regulators and legislators have not, by voting on a measure aimed at curbing air pollution from cement kilns in Midlothian. The measure would require Fort Worth and its road contractors to buy cement only from lower-polluting kilns. Dallas adopted a similar policy in May. The language would essentially single out a "wet kiln" owned by Ash Grove Cement. However, Ash Grove officials say it’s unfair to single out one type of kiln. ... |