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Mardin Cimento to build new clinker unit21 February 2006, Published under Cement NewsTurkish cement, clinker and ready-mixed concrete producer Mardin Cimento will start the construction of an additional clinker production facility, worth Euro 45m in March 2006, Mardin Cimento CEO Kemal Dogansel said. The new unit, to be built near the company existing plant, will have an annual production capacity of 1Mt when completed within year. Part of the equipment will be delivered from Germany, Denmark and Australia. The new unit is expected to cover the increase in demand, which Ma... |
China’s output of cement in December 200521 February 2006, Published under Cement NewsChina produced 101,860,800t of cement in December 2005. The output in January-December reached 1,038,300,000t, up 11.6 per cent year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. |
Eurocement Group produces more cement21 February 2006, Published under Cement NewsEurocement Group produced 22.5Mt of cement last year. The Ukrainian enterprises of the Holding produced 2.8Mt of cement. Last year it was approved and started the realisation of technical re-equipment program for 2005-2008 with a total budget of US$560m for its Russian factories. It is also planned to spend US$28m to modernise its Ukrainian works. The program is aimed to increase total production capacity by 6.7Mt by 2008 and by 9Mt by 2010. |
Lithuania’s Akmenes raises sales21 February 2006, Published under Cement NewsAkmenes Cementas, Lithuania’s only cement manufacturer, posted 6.173 million litas (Euro 1.8m) in sales for January, a surge of 47.3 per cent from the year-earlier figure of 4.19 million litas. "The growth resulted on a 58 per cent surge, to 30,000t, in cement sales on domestic market," said Arturas Zaremba, Akmenes Cementas CEO. Exports remained almost unchanged, with the top export destinations, as previously, including Latvia, the Kaliningrad region and Finland. The cement manufactu... |
Improving prices in China filtering through20 February 2006, Published under Cement NewsHelped by higher prices at home and some improvements in China, Taiwan’s cement firms with plants in mainland China, including Taiwan Cement Corp, Asia Cement Corp and Chia Hsin Cement Corp, will enjoy higher gross profit margin rates this year. Because of booming demand for cement, mainland China’s largest cement producer Conch Group has raised its cement price by between 7- 10 per cent since the beginning of this year. Taiwan’s cement producers are expected to benefit from the price hike ... |
Indonesia Jan cement consumption flat20 February 2006, Published under Cement NewsDomestic cement consumption reached 2.24Mt in January, flat from a year ago, while exports fell 16.4 per cent year-on-year to 209,554t, the Indonesian Cement Association said. West Java, the biggest market in Java, reported a drop of 19.2 per cent in cement consumption to 330,979t while East Java posted a 22.8 per cent decline to 254,067t, the association said in a report. Meanwhile, consumption in the capital Jakarta dropped 3.7 per cent to 281,282t while Central Java reported growth of... |
Indian bagging expertise20 February 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe Rs 200-crore Karur KCP Packaging company is one of the leading producers of extensible sack kraft paper, polypropylene bags and paper bags from southern part of the country. A major part of the company’s production is booked regularly for the cement sector, apart from a few other sectors. Over the past few years, the company has grown in size. It has even managed to penetrate into overseas markets in some areas, and is trying to consolidate upon its position in exports. Backed up by t... |
Lone Star distribution plant approved20 February 2006, Published under Cement NewsAfter a five-year legal battle, Lone Star Industries was issued a permit Friday to build and operate a riverfront barge facility to load cement in Sayler Park. The Louisville District of the US Army Corps of Engineers announced the approval. Cincinnati lawyer Jason M. Cohen immediately filed a motion in U.S. District Court to lift a January 2003 injunction barring construction. The permit authorizes construction of four mooring berths, three barges, two steel storage silos, access roads... |
More expansion planned by NCF Dhubai20 February 2006, Published under Cement NewsNational Cement Factory , an Abu Dhabi-based cement company which is linking up with Holcim to build a new grinding plant in Abu Dhabi is also studying the feasibility of setting up a new clinker factory in the UAE. Speaking to Khaleej Times yesterday, Abdul Razak, Executive Director of National Cement said: “Currently we are executing a 2.6Mt capacity plant which is expected to be ready by November this year. The second phase will increase our total capacity to 5Mt per year.” The new cemen... |
SCCC sees rise in local sales17 February 2006, Published under Cement NewsSiam City Cement Plc (SCCC), Thailand’s country’s second largest cement maker, expects its domestic sales volume this year to rise six per cent to over eight million tonnes, thanks to growth momentum in the residential construction sector. President Leo Mittelholzer said the company estimated domestic sales volume this year at 8.3Mt, a 6 per cent increase year-on-year, slightly above the estimated cement-consumption growth of five per cent. Real estate, particularly residential project... |