Cement News tagged under: international
Cement scheduled to arrive Wednesday15 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe first shipment of cement to the island of Jamaica which is expected to ease the current shortage of supplies is scheduled to arrive Wednesday. However, the supplies will not be distributed to the market immediately. The shipment will have to undergo at least three days of testing by the Bureau of Standards. Last month the management of Caribbean Cement announced that it would have to import cement from Barbados over the next four months in order to address the chronic shortage of the ... |
Garadagh Cement to Invest US$7m14 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsIn 2006, Garadagh Cement joint-stock company plans to invest US$7m in Azerbaijan, Uwe Koehler, the chairman of Management Board of Garadagh Cement, told local reporters. Koehler said that the funds will be directed at the production, including a construction of a new electric substation. Besides, the company plans to produce 1.3Mt of cement in 2006 as in 2005. Garadagh Cement currently has 550 employees and the salaries will be increased by 12 per cent on average in 2006, Koehler underlined. ... |
Grenada looks to Cuban connections14 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsGrenada is looking at the possibility of getting a shipment of cement from Cuba, to help deal with the shortage now being experienced in the country. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell during a meeting of the House of Representatives on Friday. Dr. Mitchell says he held discussions on the possibility of getting the cement from Cuban with President Fidel Castro, during the recent Caricom/ Cuba meeting in Barbados. The shortage has come about because the sole supplie... |
Mykolaivtsement increases output14 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsIn November, the Mykolaivtsement company (Mykolaiv, Lviv region), increased cement production by 25.8 per cent or 12,500t compared with November 2004, to 61,000t. According to reports, in November Mykolaivtsement increased clinker production by 12 per cent or 4700t compared with November 2004, to 44,000t. In January-November, the plant increased cement production by 10.1 per cent or 90,900t, to 992,000t, clinker production by 10.1 per cent or 73.2t or 794,900t compared with the same period ... |
Motivation vital for high performance14 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsA South African based business analyst Justin Cohen says companies need to motivate their individuals if productivity is to improve. Cohen said yesterday during a training workshop for Lafarge Portland Cement managers that motivation does not necessarily mean good money only. “Companies need to make recognition to one’s positive performance to enhance productivity,” he said Cohen noted that some organisations experience high labour turnover is due to lack of motivation by the staff membe... |
Taiwan Cement plans for southern China13 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsWith one new plant already scheduled to open next February in Yingde, Guangdong Province, mainland China, Taiwan Cement Corporation, Taiwan’s largest producer of cement, recently announced it would invest RMB1.5 billion (US$185m) to establish another new plant in Kueigang, Guangxi Province. Reports Taiwan Economic News. The new investments in the Kueigang plant will likely push the company’s overall annual cement output in the mainland past 20Mt by 2008. At that time, the company will be poi... |
Cemex and Cementir trade concrete interests13 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsCemex is pulling out of Denmark by having signed an agreement to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary 4K-Beton to Cementir, already the market leader in Denmark. 4K-Beton operates 18 batching plants and, with a volume of 0.6m m³, is the second largest producer of ready-mixed concrete in Denmark, when it generated an EBITDA of €2.9m on a turnover of €50.7m. If the authorities approve the deal, Cementir’s downstream operations in Denmark will be very considerably strengthened. As part of the sam... |
Dyckerhoff aims to downgrade Germany13 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsGerman cement company Dyckerhoff AG wants to reduce its dependence on its home market, according to Chief Executive Wolfgang Bauer, as quoted in Boesen-Zeitung. Bauer said the company is looking at expanding its Russian business. He also said Dyckerhoff expects profits to continue to rise next year. |
Case for Indian Competition Commission13 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe government’s belated concern over cartelisation in cement is welcome. It should fast-track the Competition Commission, currently awaiting fresh legislation. Cartelisation among cement majors is not new. Indeed, in many other commodities, too, it is fairly common to see simultaneous price hikes, even from avid competitors (reports The Economic Times). In the past, price arrangements among cement companies did not last long because of extreme fragmentation and large surplus capacity. Any ... |
Ash Resources to boost capacity13 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsAsh Resources, SA’s largest supplier of fly ash, which is added to concrete building products, will spend R15m to expand production capacity on the back of the growing construction market. The strong growth is expected to continue, sustained in particular by the residential construction sector and increased infrastructural spend, Ash Resources MD Graeme Smith said on Friday. The company is owned by one of SA’s largest cement makers, Lafarge SA, and Eskom Enterprises, Roshcon and Ash Black Eco... |