Cement News tagged under: international
Strabag to begin construction of Hungarian plant15 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsAustrian construction firm Strabag is set to begin building a HUF33bn (US$169m) cement plant in the Kiralyegyhaza, southern Hungary, next September. The plant, which is expected to produce 830,000t of cement per year with 100 employees, should be completed by 2009. Strabag plans to use much of the cement for its own projects in the region, but will also sell on the domestic and regional market. Strabag is a major provider of building services in Central and Eastern Europe, and employs ove... |
Orient plans cement unit in Rajasthan15 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe CK Birla group is betting big on cement. The Kolkata-based business conglomerate’s Orient Paper & Industries has recently won a limestone mining lease renewal case in Rajasthan and is planning to build a cement plant in that state. The group has about 3.4 million tonne of cement capacity through two units in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra under its flagship company Orient Paper. "Our board is scheduled to meet on January 30 to decide on this. I can’t comment anything more on this," m... |
Construction firm ups cement production15 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe Saigon Manufacturing and Commercial Company will open its second concrete factory on Jan. 12. The plant has an investment capital of VND12bn (US$750,000) and all its equipment comes from Europe. The factory will raise the firm’s production capacity from 100m3 to 200m3 per hour. |
Pakistan cement makers seek more incentives12 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsAll Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has asked the government to provide further incentives and export facilities including infrastructure facilities at ports so that they might be in a position to compete in the export market in Africa, Sri Lanka and Gulf countries. The capacity of cement plants have increased to 33 million tonnes, at the end of 2006 as compared to 21Mt in January 2006, while the present domestic demand is around 22Mt, said representatives of APCMA at a me... |
Zambia needs more cement producers12 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe Zambian government should come up with incentives to encourage more companies to start cement manufacturing as a way to meet an increasing demand for the commodity, an official has said. There was need to encourage competition in the cement market to ensure stability in both supply and the price of the commodity in the long term, Private Sector Development Association Chairperson Yusuf Dodia was cited by Friday’s Times of Zambia as saying. Dodia said the Zambian government must e... |
China’s Jiangxi Cement denies takeover rumors12 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsJiangxi Wannianqing Cement Co Ltd has denied rumors that the company may be taken over by Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd or Lafarge. In a statement filed to Shenzhen Stock Exchange, the company said the board and management have no intention to participate in any such share transactions. |
Sarawak contractors urge Ministry to retain cement’s old price12 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsHousing developers and contractors in Sarawak have urged the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs to maintain the old prices of cement for the benefit of the people, especially house buyers. In a joint statement, the Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers Association (SHEDA) and Kuching-Samarahan Contractors Association (KSCA) expressed their concern over the hike in cement price announced recently. They said it would eventually increase the price of houses and put hou... |
Authority Says Over 64,000t of cement imported, Ethiopia12 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsQuality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia said that five investors have imported over 64,000t of cement during the past two months. Authority Inspection and Regulatory Affairs Service Director, Almaz Kahsay,told WIC yesterday that the investors licensed by the Ministry of Trade and Industry to import cement in a bid to alleviate the cement shortage in the country imported over 90 per cent of the total amount from Egypt and the balance from Pakistan. According to her, the authority ha... |
Kazakh co to invest 200 mln rubles in Russian cement plant 200712 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsKazakh holding Caspian Resources expects to invest about RUB200m this year in developing the Kuznetsky cement plant in the Kemerovo Region, a source in the regional administration told ITAR-TASS Thursday. Caspian Resources, or Kaspiyskiye Resursy, acquired the cement plant earlier this year for an undisclosed amount from a group of individuals from Moscow and the city of Novokuznetsk, where the plant is based. The bulk of investment is expected to be spent overhauling the plant and... |
Cement contractor charged with obstructing justice in grand jury investigation12 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe president of a Riverview cement company was indicted today for obstructing justice and lying to a federal grand jury investigating payment of bribes to city of Detroit officials. Alan Pighin, president of Century Cement Co., is named in a seven-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit. A grand jury originally charged Pighin with making false statements in July. The obstruction of justice charge was added today. Pighin has pleaded not guilty to the charges, his lawyer S... |