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Jiangxi Cement price drops slightly03 April 2007, Published under Cement NewsAccording to the Jiangxi Province Price Monitoring Center, in March 2007, the province’s average sales prices of 42.5 and 32.5 ordinary Portland cement stood at RMB297.50/t and RMB268.75/t respectively, down 4.95 per cent and 7.78 per cent over the previous month and up 1.28 per cent and 5.39 per cent YoY. The average sales prices of 42.5 and 32.5 Portland blast-furnace slag cement reached RMB313.00/t and RMB272.14/t respectively, down 0.63 per cent and 1.75 per cent over the previous m... |
Grasim Industries and Aditya Birla – cement sales up03 April 2007, Published under Cement NewsCement production at Grasim for the period April-March 2007 has moved up by 8.33 per cent at 325.19 lakh mt as against 300.19 lakh mt during April-March 2006. Cement production for the period April-March 2007 moved up by 8.33 per cent at 325.19 lakh mt as against 300.19 lakh mt during April-March 2006. Dispatches grew by 8.46 per cent at 325.63 lakh mt in April-March 2007 vis-a-vis 300.22 lakh mt in the corresponding period last year. Cement production and dispatches for the mon... |
Cement, glass output expected to grow 10 per cent this year02 April 2007, Published under Cement NewsChina’s building materials industry will grow steadily with cement and glass production rising about ten per cent and profits keeping increasing, according to relevant departments of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The departments held that the internal and external environments are good for the development of building materials industry in 2007. Foreign investors eye China’s building materials sector with transnational M&A and integration of China’s building m... |
Yemen: cement prices increase astonishingly02 April 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe prices of cement increased dramatically last week from YR 1100 to YR 1400 for a 50kg bag. The increase is due to increased demand, as well as price hikes by traders. Mohammed Shuneif, the deputy chairman board of General Cement Corporation said that there is a higher demand for cement due to the GCC, as it produces only 30 per cent of the market’s needs. “The price for one bag of cement that is produced by General Cement’s factories is YR 1018. Therefore, we are searching for trader... |
Pakistan cement industry registers 12.1 per cent growth02 April 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe cement industry performed well and attained significantly high growth of 12.1 per cent during first half of current fiscal year (2006-07), according to State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) quarterly report. The report says that the remarkable performance of cement sector was attributable to the enhanced installed capacity, which had more than doubled during last five years, as well as to the rise in local demand. During this period, strong external demand was also another major cause of the ... |
KKR to make first acquisition in China02 April 2007, Published under Cement NewsUS buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) has made its first acquisition in the Mainland by taking a controlling stake in a small cement maker. KKR agreed to pay less than US$100m for control of the Henan-based Tianrui Cement. KKR declined to comment while Tianrui could not be reached for comment, said sources to the South China Morning Post. China’s cement industry is ripe for such a strategy as there are no real national players and larger companies at the provincial level contr... |
Novel experiments on cement yield concrete results02 April 2007, Published under Cement NewsUsing a brace of the most modern tools of materials research, a team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Northwestern University has shed new light on one of mankind’s older construction materials –cement. Their refinements to our understanding of how cement and concrete actually work, reported this week in Nature Materials,* ultimately may make possible improvements in the formulation and use of cement that could save hundreds of millions of dollars in ann... |
Use of Portland cement in gov’t projects ordered02 April 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) of the Philippines has ordered all its district offices in the region to use Portland or first-class cement in all government infrastructure projects so as not to shortchange the government. In a memorandum, engineer Daniel G Domingo, DWPH-CAR assistant director and officer-in-charge, directed the district engineers in the Cordillera not to use other kinds of cement except Portland or face c... |
Holcim Romania plans investments worth €86m02 April 2007, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Romania this year plans to make investments worth €86m in a series of projects including the modernization of the grey cement production line in Campulung. The project will be finalised by 2008. Other investments are related to environment care, logistics, ecological concrete and aggregate facilities, personal and professional development programs for employees, as well as social responsibility projects. Over the period 1997 - 2006, the company spent over 391 million EUR for busi... |
Chinese company studies extension of cement factory in Yemen02 April 2007, Published under Cement NewsA team of ASMC Chinese company started on Saturday carrying out works of topographical survey for project of extending Bajil Cement Factory. The survey aims at studying establishment of a third production line for the factory at a total cost of US$113m. Director of the factory, Abdul-Karim Harah, estimated volume of the production for the third line at 850,000tpa, making it clear that the project includes supplying the factory with modern equipment, which helps in reducing environmen... |