Cement News tagged under: international
Mexico’s Cemex to build $400 mln plant in Arizona19 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsCemex, the world’s top building materials company by revenue, said on Tuesday it plans to build a $400 million cement plant in Arizona. Cemex , which operates in more than 50 countries, said it expected the facility to begin operations by 2012 to serve growing demand in the region. The United States is experiencing a crisis in its subprime mortgage sector, which caters to borrowers with poor credit histories. That has led to a broad slowdown in homebuilding. Cemex’s revenues in the United ... |
Spanish, Tunisian Investors Put $197 Mln in Tunisian Cement Plant19 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsSpanish and Tunisian investors will allocate 250 mln Tunisian dinars ($197.4 mln/142.3 mln euro) in the construction of a cement plant in the region of Gabes, central Tunisia, local media reported on September 17, 2007. The construction works will be launched in the coming weeks, since the project has wrapped up the stages of site choice, feasibility and environmental impact assessment. The plant should be operational from the second half of 2009. With a workforce of 260, the facility wil... |
Cooperation Agreement Signed on Huaxin Cement and Macheng’s Cement Grinding Project19 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsChen Musen, chairman of the board of Huaxin Cement Co., Ltd, signed a cooperation agreement with Li Kaishou, Mayor of Macheng City in Hubei Province on September 13th to construct a 1.1mt/y cement grinding production line project. The production line will adopt an advanced cement grinding production technique. Upon completion of the project’s construction, it will have an annual production capacity of 200,000t of PC32.5 cement and 900,000t of PO42.5 cement, consuming more than 360,000t of in... |
Second Phase of Jinglan Group Sanyuan Cement Project Begins Construction19 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe foundation laying ceremony for the second phase of the 1.6mt/y new type rotation kiln cement production line of Hubei Jinglan Group Sanyuan Cement Company Ltd. was held on September 16th. L¨¹ Youfu, manager of the company, revealed that investment in the production line totals RMB300M. Upon completion of the project, the enterprise will have an annual cement production capacity of 2.2mt, with annual sales income and taxes exceeding RMB500M and RMB50M respectively. The project will also p... |
Huainan Jinshi Cement Project Begins Operations19 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe cement production project of Huainan Jinshi Cement Co., Ltd officially went into operations on September 17th. With a total investment of RMB10M, the 300,000t/y cement clinker deep processing production line will generate RMB50M in output value annually. |
Zhejiang Juhua To Invest RMB100M in Cement Production With Slag19 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsZhejiang Juhua Co., Ltd announced on September 15th that it plans to construct a 420,000t/y solid slag comprehensive utilization project. The project will be a new type dry cement clinker production line involving the production process from carbide slag and slurry compression to cement clinker firing. Of the total investment of RMB162.04M, investment in the construction will account for RMB160.37M. It is expected that upon completion the project will generate RMB92.76M in sales income annua... |
Iran to provide all construction projects with cement19 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsIran will provide all construction projects with the required cement in near future, a Ministry of Commerce official announced here on Tuesday. The cement production was predicted to reach 42 million tons by the end of current Iranian year (March 19, 2008), Abbas Qolizadeh told MNA. Given the 15 percent rise predicted for the cement production in the first half year, the sector witnessed only seven percent growth, he added. The official said that the Economic Council accepted the Minis... |
Guyana’s PM visits Arawak Cement plant19 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsGuyana’s Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds, recently got a first hand look at local cement production when he took time from his busy schedule to visit Barbados lone cement manufacturer, Arawak Cement Company Limited. During the visit to the St. Lucy facility, Prime Minister Hinds met some of Arawak Cements management team, and was briefed on various topics. He also met-up with his long-time friend, Phillip Yeung, Arawak Cement’s operations manager. "I was in Barbados for the African Diaspora c... |
Local cement production exceeded 1.1Mt in Jan-Aug 200719 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsAzerbaijan produced 1.135 million tons of cement during the first eight months of 2007, with a 3.9% increase from the first eight months of 2006. 11.9 thousand tons of cement had been in stock by September 1. The main cement producer is Garadagh Cement. This plant meets 50% of the local cement demand (Garadag Cement is capable of producing 1 to 1.4 mn tons of cement per annum), while the rest is imported. Notably, Azerbaijan produced 1.554 million tons of cement in 2006, with a 0.1% increas... |
Cemex plans major asset sales to CRH18 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsCemex is hoping to raise between €2500m and €3200m from the disposals of cement and other building materials businesses in both the United States and in Europe, mainly to CRH, though some operations may go to other companies. In Europe, the talks involve the San Feliu cement works in the Spanish province of Catalonia and the aggregates, ready-mixed concrete and other downstream activities in Austria and in Hungary. The San Feliu plant is northern-most cement works that Cemex has in Spain a... |