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Cement firm wins kiln dust appeal13 December 2006, Published under Cement NewsCastle Cement has won its appeal to dump kiln dust on site at its Flintshire factory. The cement producer was refused permission by Flintshire council to dump waste at its Padeswood plant near Mold but the decision was reversed after a public inquiry. A Castle Cement spokesman said the firm was "pleased" with the decision. But some local residents are still opposed, claiming the waste could pose a threat to the environment. Penyffordd councillor Colin Bithell, who lives near the plant, s... |
Steep rise in cement prices13 December 2006, Published under Cement NewsQatar cement prices in the local market have gone up considerably following scarcity reportedly due to some disruption in imports in the last few days. Although Qatar National Cement Company, Qatar’s largest cement supplier as of now, has not made any increase in the cement price, some retailers have jacked up the price by as much as 25%, sources said yesterday. Inquiries made by Gulf Times yesterday revealed that the asking price for a bag of cement was QR26 per bag, up from about QR19 to... |
CRH announces selective APAC disposals12 December 2006, Published under Cement NewsCRH plc, the international building materials group, announces good progress in integrating the operations of Ashland Paving and Construction (APAC) which was acquired by CRH’s US subsidiary, Oldcastle Materials, Inc. in August 2006. The integration has focused on overhead reductions and disposals aimed at enhancing the materials focus of APAC. The disposals, in six separate transactions, of certain APAC contracting and asphalt activities in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Texas and Virg... |
Turkey’s cement output up to 36.3Mt in Jan-Sept 200612 December 2006, Published under Cement NewsTurkey’s cement output increased to 36.21Mt in the first nine months of 2006 from 32.67Mt a year earlier, helped by a revival in the construction industry, the Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TCMB) said on December 11, 2006. Of the total, 10.391Mt were produced in the Marmara region, 6.542Mt in central Anatolia, 5.22Mt in the Mediterranean region, 4.5Mtin the Aegean region, 4.38Mt in the Black Sea region, 3.591Mt in southeastern Anatolia and the remaining at plants in southern... |
Brazil cement market on the up12 December 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe civil construction sector is boosting sales of cement in Brazil which this year should surpass 38Mt - thanks to increase of real state credit and more financing lines to housing, according to the national cement industry association SNIC. The entity reviewed its growth forecasts from 5% - 6% to around 8% this year, regarding cement consumption compared to 2005’s figures of 35.42Mt. For the next year, SNIC estimative is for a 5% rise up to 40Mt, same level as six years ago, says SNIC s... |
Lack of lime delays production increases12 December 2006, Published under Cement NewsOne of the key reasons that delays the project to implement stepping-up of production at Garadagh Cement is failure to acquire a new limestone field, Gareth Babbs, Holcim Regional General Manager, CIS, told journalists. "We are currently conducting prospecting. At expansion of 15 % capacity (about 1.5Mt of cement a year), we are ready to invest about US$120m with a three-year construction period." "According to the recent investigation, cement production in Russia with annual capacity of... |
Nova Cimangola Pledges cement supply to Cabinda Province12 December 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe supply of cement, to start next year, for the far-northern Cabinda province is secured in response to demand by local market, said the Cement company’s board of directors chairman, Nelo Victor. The official told reporters that studies leading to transportation of this product from Luanda to Cabinda have already known positive result. "We have been studying way how this product could regularly reach Cabinda. We are in good track and from next year the cement will reach the region ... |
Weak cement prices no deterrent to southern China capacity expansion12 December 2006, Published under Cement NewsChinese cement makers are undeterred by weak prices and are expanding capacity in the south of the country, Citigroup said. "Our latest visit to TCC International Holdings Ltd confirmed that companies’ rapid capacity expansion in southern China is undeterred by the drop in cement prices this year. Greenfield capacity build-up is likely to remain the key growth driver of players in the region," Citigroup said in a research note. Citigroup said TCCI’s 260 yuan per ton costs for its ongoing bui... |
Regional cement sales up 5.5 % year on year12 December 2006, Published under Cement NewsCement sales in the Southern African Customs Union rose by 5.5 per cent year on year last month, but were marginally lower than in October. The Cement and Concrete Institute yesterday revealed that 1.38Mt of cement were sold last month in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland. This was 5.5 percent higher than the 1.31Mt sold in November last year. Regional sales of cement have grown by 9.4 perc ent to reach 1.39Mt in the first 11 months of this year, representing almo... |
Italcementi to build two new works in Kazakhstan11 December 2006, Published under Cement NewsIn partnership with the Kazakh group Mercury and the Turkish contractor Sembol, already active in Kazakhstan in a big way, Italcementi is to build two new dry-process cement plants in Kazakhstan. Each of the new cement works will have an annual capacity of 1.3m tonnes and Italcementi will own 50 per cent of the new plants and will manage them. With its existing cement plant in southern Kazakhstan, Italcementi will then have a nominal capacity of 4.2Mt. HeidelbergCement recently an... |