Cement News tagged under: international
Antigua negotiates opening of cement market13 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsHopefully bringing an end to the chronic cement shortage plaguing the region, Antigua & Barbuda and the OECS have emerged successful in their bid to the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) to suspend the tariff on cement imported into the region. At the just concluded 17th meeting of COTED on external trade negotiations, held 8 and 9 September in Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda, on behalf of the OECS countries, submitted to the Council a proposal to suspend the Common External Ta... |
Antigua negotiates opening of cement market12 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsHopefully bringing an end to the chronic cement shortage plaguing the region, Antigua & Barbuda and the OECS have emerged successful in their bid to the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) to suspend the tariff on cement imported into the region. At the just concluded 17th meeting of COTED on external trade negotiations, held 8 and 9 September in Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda, on behalf of the OECS countries, submitted to the Council a proposal to suspend the Common Ex... |
Cement industry in India - On strong foundation12 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsRiding on increased activity in real estate and boom in infrastructure development, the Indian cement industry is on a roll. The Indian cement industry, which is ranked second in the world in terms of production, is fragmented, with the top five players accounting for nearly 50 per cent of the installed capacity of about 160 million tonnes and with small, regional players holding the balance. The Indian cement industry is 70 years old. Some of the latest installations are the be... |
Venezuela seizes sugar and cement plants, ends Port deal12 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Sunday that his government expropriated a sugar mill, a cement plant and would take over the administration of a port from private sector hands in Lake Maracaibo. "I give the order publicly right now to end the Puerto La Ceiba concession ... we’re putting an end to that (administrative) concession," Chavez said during his Sunday televised show, according to a transcript. Lake Maracaibo, located in northeastern Venezuela, is known for heavy ... |
Hazaribagh to have a cement unit12 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsBurnpur Cement, Inida, proposes to come up with a cement unit of 1000tpd capacity and a 50MW thermal-based power unit at Hazaribagh in Jharkhand. The total project will cost Rs500 crore. While the civil work will commence by Dec 2006, the unit is expected to be ready by Dec 2007. Meanwhile, Ambuja Cement Eastern (ACE) is proposing to merge with Gujarat Ambuja Cements (GAC), its parent company. ACE has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that meetings of shareholders would be held on 13 Se... |
Work starts on homes at cement site12 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsAn old cement works in one of Scotland’s top property hotspots is being turned into hundreds of luxury homes. A fleet of bulldozers has moved in to start work on the former site of Castle Cement, in Coatbridge. House prices soared by more than a third last year in the Lanarkshire town, where the average cost of a house is now £110,000. Regeneration specialists at Durham-based Banks Development have now started clearing the 32-acre site at the old cement works. Demolit... |
At least two good years ahead for Indian cement cos - ABN AMRO12 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsIndian cement companies have at least two good years ahead with capacity lagging demand as the country steps up spending on infrastructure, a fund manager said on Monday. "Plants are running at almost 100 percent capacity. Some supply may come only towards end of next year and that too could actually be postponed to 2009, resulting in firm cement prices," Prateek Agrawal, head-equities, ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd., told Reuters. India’s annual cement capacity now stands at ... |
Power plant signs agreement with cement companies11 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL), in India, has finalised a plan for cent per cent utilisation of the fly ash produced by the Raichur Thermal Power Station (RTPS) by 2010. The KPCL is keen to make its thermal plant in Raichur environment-friendly and has signed an agreement with several cement manufacturing companies for safe disposal of fly ash. According to Muralidhar Rao, executive director (Thermal) of the RTPS, KPCL had signed an agreement with ACC of Shahabad (Gulbarga... |
Power plant signs agreement with cement companies11 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL), in India, has finalised a plan for cent per cent utilisation of the fly ash produced by the Raichur Thermal Power Station (RTPS) by 2010. The KPCL is keen to make its thermal plant in Raichur environment-friendly and has signed an agreement with several cement manufacturing companies for safe disposal of fly ash. According to Muralidhar Rao, executive director (Thermal) of the RTPS, KPCL had signed an agreement with ACC of Shahabad (Gulbarga) ... |
Cemex plans new UK grinding and blending facility11 September 2006, Published under Cement NewsCemex has announced plans to construct a new grinding and blending facility for blended cements in the UK, at the Port of Tilbury near London. The company says the new facility, which will have an annual capacity of 1.2Mt, represents a US$49m investment and could become operational during the first half of 2008. The primary product manufactured on-site would be CEM3 - a blend of traditional cement (Ordinary Portland Cement) and slag - which gives improved workability in unhardened concrete a... |