Cement News tagged under: international
Cement sector’s capacity may expand05 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsPakistan: with all the expansions coming online left right and centre, investors are confused about how much total supply of cement will be there in the market. According to calculations of cement sector analysts total capacity of the industry at the end of fiscal year 2006 would be around 21.5Mt as compared to 17.9Mt at the end of fiscal year 2005. Against this supply of 21.5Mt, it is expected that the local demand will reach 17Mt, whereas exports are likely to show a growth of eight per ce... |
Cement ship sinks in Italian storm05 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsBad weather has battered much of Italy, sinking a cargo ship off the north-west coast after strong winds drove it into a breakwater. The boat’s 13 crew are safe, but authorities fear more than 14,000 litres (3,000 gallons) of oil could leak from the ship’s tanks. The Georgia-registered bulk cement carrier Margaret dragged its anchor in high winds, hit a pier and sank in shallow water just off the commercial port of La Spezia "The situation is for the moment under control, our vigilance is at... |
HeidelbergCement to buy Danish importer02 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement, the sole cement producer in both Sweden and Norway, has signed an agreement with the Bach group to acquire Randers Cement and DK Beton. Randers Cement is the sole surviving independent cement importer in Denmark. Hitherto, its single import terminal in the port of Randers on Jutland has drawn supplies mainly from the Catalan cement producer Uniland. Once HeidelbergCement receives official clearance for the deal, the Randers terminal is likely to be included in the waterbo... |
Cementir invests in white cement02 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsCementir, which acquired Aalborg Portland Cement last year, is building a new import terminal for white cement at Tampa in Florida. This terminal, which will come on stream in 2006, will be supplied with white cement both from the Aalborg works in Denmark and from Sinai White Cement in Egypt. Also scheduled for completion next year is a doubling of capacity at the Anqing white cement plant in the Anhui province of China. That will take the annual capacity at this works to 0.2Mt The Itali... |
Afghanistan cement project02 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe US trade & development agency recently provided a grant to the local ministry of mines & industries to enable the completion of a project feasibility study regarding various cement manufacturing projects. As a result, the ministry subsequently retained the services of US-based Box International consulting to complete the study. The project would reportedly involve the rehabilitation of existing cement plants as well as the construction of a new 1Mta facility. As things currently stan... |
Growth in building materials production02 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsIn Jan-Oct 2005 Armenia produced building materials worth 10.373bn AMD - 20.4 per cent more than in Jan-Oct 2005, reports the trade and economic development ministry. The sales grew by 35.4 per cent to 10.318bn AMD, the exports by 99.4 per cent to 5.231bn AMD. Ararat Cement’s output grew by 35.6 per cent to 6.967bn AMD, the sales by 44.3 per cent to 6.926bn AMD, the exports by 82 per cent to 3.677bn AMD. Mika Cement’s output dropped by 3.5 per cent to 3.086bn AMD, the sale grew by 19.4 p... |
Russia Partners calls for Eurocement meeting01 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Russia Partners fund of the United States, which owns over 40 per cent of Russian cement company Eurocement has sent a request to the Eurocement board, calling for a shareholders meeting, A1 said in a press release. A1, a subdivision of the Alfa Group consortium, is partnering Russia Partners in a project with Eurocement and is a consultant for the management of these assets. Russia Partners wants the meeting’s agenda to include the re- election of all executive bodies in the company. ... |
Cement plant inaugurated01 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsCementos Dominicanos (Domicen), built at a cost of over US$113.5m by Italian (Colacem) and Dominican investors, was inaugurated by President Leonel Fernandez in Sabana Grande de Palenque, San Cristobal Province, reports Listin Diario. The plant has a production capacity of 1Mta of cement and 850,000t of clinker per year. It will create approximately 250 direct jobs and will have local management. Domicen’s production will reportedly represent one-third of the demand in the DR and that will ca... |
Florida Rock gets approval to expand01 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsFlorida Rock Industries is to be allowed to double the cement-making capacity of its cement plant on County Road 235, Newberry City Commission decided in a unanimous vote. But the company will have to develop new noise-abatement policies and cooperate with the city in additional air-quality tests, among other conditions. The city and Florida Rock still have to devise a development agreement laying out specific policies for those and other conditions. But the Monday night meeting marked the fi... |
Lafarge Indian project hits hurdle01 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsLafarge’s plan to start a greenfield project in Jharkhand has run into problems due to the non-availability of the required grade of limestone in the state, although government sources claim otherwise. Sources in the company said a deposit of cement grade limestone, which could be mined, is yet to be identified in Jharkhand but added that the greenfield project could be set up in any of the 22 districts and plans for further expansion are also on the anvil. State government officials, th... |