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Higher input prices push up cement production costs, Slovakia06 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsHigher input costs, including electricity, have been pushing up cement production costs. The Union of Cement Producers (ZVC) warns that it is no longer possible to compensate for the dramatic growth in cement output costs by technological improvements. For example, electricity suppliers increased their prices more than 30 per cent over the last five years, said ZVC President Karol Podhora. He said that other suppliers also have increased their prices and that it is becoming increasingly... |
Lafarge inks agreement to construct works in Rostov Region, Russia06 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe Rostov regional administration has signed an investment agreement with Lafarge, according to local news reports. The agreement calls for building a cement factory, estimated at Euro 150m, in Rostov Region. The enterprise will have an annual capacity of 1.8-2.5Mt. The construction project is to take one or two years. Five potential construction sites are currently under consideration, with the Zhirnov, Chertkovo and Millerovo districts as the most suitable areas because they are ... |
HeidelbergCement expands into Chinese growth region05 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement has signed an agreement on the acquisition of a majority stake of 80% in the Chinese cement manufacturer Liaoning Gongyuan Cement. The company is located in Liaoning province in Northeast China and operates three cement plants in the greater Shenyang/Benxi area, one of which is a newly erected plant near the provincial capital Shenyang with a kiln production capacity of 2,500 tonnes per day. Furthermore the company operates a grinding plant in Inner Mongolia. The total sales... |
ACC Sep cement production up eight per cent, India05 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsACC Ltd today said its cement production figure for September increased eight per cent at 1.35Mt against 1.25Mt for the same month last year. The company’s cement sales figures increased 7.81 per cent to 1.38Mt against 1.28Mt for the year ago period, ACC informed the Bombay Stock Exchange. For the nine month ended September 30, the cement production figure of the company was 13.79Mt, as against 12.85Mt for the same period last year. The cement sales figure for the nine month peri... |
Ministry unveils criteria for cement importation, Ethiopia05 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsBriefing journalists, State minister of trade and industry, Tadesse Haile said with a view to alleviating shortage of cement in the country, the government permitted importation of cement through investors. The criteria was set to enable investors to import cement in line with the decision passed by the government. As part of the requirement, importers should present credentials to attest the legal source of the foreign currency and should justify the standard of the cement by a thir... |
Ministry unveils criteria for cement importation, Ethiopia05 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsBriefing journalists, State minister of trade and industry, Tadesse Haile said with a view to alleviating shortage of cement in the country, the government permitted importation of cement through investors. The criteria was set to enable investors to import cement in line with the decision passed by the government. As part of the requirement, importers should present credentials to attest the legal source of the foreign currency and should justify the standard of the cement by a thir... |
Croatia’s Nexe Raises Stake in Bosnia’s Kozaraputevi to 58.1%05 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsCroatian cement maker Nasicecement, part of construction materials group Nexe, said on Wednesday it has raised its stake in Bosnian civil engineering company Kozaraputevi by 7.1% to 58.1%. Nasicecement bought in July 51% of Kozaraputevi for EUR2.6m, aiming to later acquire the rest of it. What follows is the defining of the business plan for 2007 and the development of a new five-year investment strategy, Nexe said in a statement. It did not, however, elaborate on the amount of ... |
Far East Group to produce 10Mt of cement in Sichuan05 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsSichuan Yadong Cement Co, invested by Far East Group of Taiwan, will start trial operation and production of cement in Pengzhou City, Sichuan. Far East Group has invested US$250m in setting up the cement production plant in Pengzhou. In the first stage of investment, Far East Group invested US$160m in Sichuan Yadong Cement which is expected to produce 1.65Mt of cement a year. When the project fully completes, the cement production base will have an annual designed production capacity of ... |
Cement consumption up 4.4% in Jan-Aug, Colombia04 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsSome 5.23Mt of cement were sold in Colombia during the first eight months of the year, a 4.4 per cent increase compared to the same period of 2005, according to figures from the Colombian cement producers institute (ICPC). The amount of gray cement sold in the country during August was also up, climbing 7.6 per cent YoY to nearly 729,000t, which was the highest monthly figure seen this year and the fourth best figure seen in history. Cement sales in the first half of 2006 totaled 3.8... |
Cement sector investments seen over US$1bn in 2006, Mexico04 October 2006, Published under Cement NewsMexico’s cement industry has announced over US$1bn investments in 2006, four times higher than the average annual investments of US$250m in the period 2001 to 2005. The investments for 2006 include US$670m from Cemex. The sum also includes US$121m by local cement maker Cruz Azul, and another US$121m by the local unit of Lafarge, and some US$130m by Mexican cement producer Corporacion Moctezuma. The total investments of Mexico’s cement sector in the period 2001 to 2005 stood at US$1.25... |