Cement News tagged under: international
Essroc to upgrade plant, US24 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsCement manufacturer Essroc Corporation is planning to spend US$320m to revamp and expand its operations in Berkeley County. Essroc Environmental Affairs Director Hector Ybanez says the company wants to replace two of three kilns on the 849 acre site just south of Martinsburg with one bigger kiln by 2008. Steve Pursley is an engineer for the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Air Quality and reviewed the plans, which were permitted by the state in June 2005. A prelim... |
JBIC provides export credit to Vietnamese cement company24 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed a loan agreement totalling up to EUR74m with Butson Cement Joint Stock Company (BUSUCO) in Vietnam. The loan is co-financed with Societe Generale Tokyo Branch (agent bank) with the Vietnamese government providing a guarantee. The loan will finance the exporting of construction equipment by Japan’s Kawasaki Plant Systems Ltd, a Kawakasi Heavy Industries Group company for a new BUSOCO cement plant in Ha Nam, northern Vietnam. With... |
China moves to boost efficiency23 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsChina’s economic planning agency said Friday it will revamp the nation’s inefficient cement industry with new rules that will cut the number of companies from 5,000 to 2,000 by 2020. The new rules are intended to eliminate redundant projects and are part of the government’s strategy of tightening lending to prevent the economy from overheating. The National Development and Reform Commission said on its Web site the streamlined industry will include 10 big cement producers with production c... |
National cement production declines by 5.6%, Indonesia23 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsTotal volume national cement production has declined by 5.6% to 24.27Mt during January-September this year from 25.7Mt during the same period of last year. The lower production was due to the lower domestic demand until last August. The data of Indonesian Cement Association (ASI) shows that the national cement consumption during the first nine months has declined by 2.4% to 23.55Mt from 24.13Mt during the same period of 2005. The export sales have declined by 31.8% to 1.75Mt from 2.56Mt d... |
Liaison group would be set up for plant, New Zealand23 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsA community liaison group would be set up if Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd decides to build a cement plant at Weston. The company is expected to apply for resource consents early next year and decide in 2008 whether to go ahead with the project. Holcim’s strategy and development general manager Paul Commons said the company had a policy of setting up community liaison groups wherever it had a major presence. If the Weston projectwent ahead, a community liaison group made up of keyc... |
Skyrocketing prices of cement, high interest derail housing projects, Philippines23 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe skyrocketing prices of cement aggravated by the high cost and interest rates as well as low income of the ordinary Filipino is derailing the socializsd housing projects of the Arroyo administration. This was disclosed by Baguio City Representative Mauricio Domogan during a public hearing conducted by the House committee on housing and urban planning chaired by Parañaque City Representative Eduardo Zialcita. The House body agreed with Domogan’s contention that there is a need to take a ... |
C&CA on the road to boost cement sales, Malaysia23 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe Cement & Concrete Association of Malaysia (C&CA) is stepping up efforts to expand the concrete road business. It aims to boost demand for cement and open up opportunities to develop the industry further. However, the association could be facing an uphill task. The last major concrete road built in the country was in the late 1980s. Nevertheless, C&CA executive director Grace Okuda remains optimistic that concrete roads could take off in Malaysia. According to Okuda, there is cur... |
China sees cement demand at 1.2 bln tons in 201020 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsCement demand is expected to reach 1.2 bln tons in 2010 and expand to 1.3bn tons in 2020 as the country’s urbanisation accelerates, China’s top economic planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, said in a statement on its website. Annual cement output is expected to hit 1.25bn tons by 2010, up from 1. 06bn in 2005, the Commission said. It added that China will continue to promote consolidation in the sector to boost its competitiveness. The government wi... |
SIC fines cement makers for non-compliance, Colombia20 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsColombia’s trade and industry regulator (SIC) has fined the local units of cement companies Cemex and Holcim for not having provided the institution with information on price changes, as previously agreed with the authority, Bogotá press reported. Because of alleged price fixing in the domestic market last year, Cemex, Holcim and Cementos Argos agreed in December that if cement prices were changed, they would make available the relevant information, but in May SIC made visits to the comp... |
Donac starts work on $100m cement plant in Dong Nai, Vietnam20 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe Dong Nai Construction Material and Roofing Sheet Joint Stock Company (Donac) yesterday started building a cement plant with total cost of VND1.6 trillion ($100m) in southern Dong Nai province. The facility, covering an area of 17.4ha of land in the Ong Keo Industrial Park, Phuoc Khanh commune, Nhon Trach district, is designed with annual capacity of 2.8Mt. In the first phase costing VND700bn ($43.75m), the plant will turn out 1Mta. The phase, which includes the building of a ce... |