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Eurocement Group to implement upgrade program11 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsEurocement Group in line with the upgrade program of enterprises is planning in 2005-2007 to spend more than $560m. In the near future the company will launch the construction of a new modern cement plant to produce 1Mt in the Lipetsk region. The company has reached an agreement to set up a plant with design capacity of 2Mta in the Voronezh region, the company’s press service reported. |
VNCC to raise capacity11 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Vietnam Cement Corporation (VNCC), which now holds 45 per cent of the domestic market share, plans to raise the capacity of its existing cement kilns by 10 per cent in a bid to meet the increasing demand for the product in the country. According to VNCC, the move not only helps increase the output of cement but also to reduce prices of the product, raising competitiveness while the upgrading does not require much investment capital as most of equipment is locally made. The upgradi... |
Bestway Cement acquires Mustehkam Cement10 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Privatisation commission of Pakistan has privatized state owned Mustehkam Cement Limited (MCL) and Bestway Group of UK will take over the ownership, management and control of MCL. The PC had earlier called for bids to privatize MCL on September 15, 2005 and three big companies took part in the bidding process. Bestway Cement Limited offered the biggest bidding amount of Rs 3.2bn and subsequently was offered to take over the MCL. Bestway later on deposited the 25 percent of the tota... |
Holcim Romania sales up 13.6% YoY Jan-Sept 200510 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Romania, a unit of Swiss cement company Holcim Ltd, sales rose by 13.6% year-on-year in nominal terms for the first nine months of 2005. The company’s sales grew by 11.6% on the year in terms of volume during the reported period. The Swiss group reported global sales of EUR8.6bn for the first nine months of 2005, up 34% year-on-year generating an operating profit of EUR1.6bn. The groups’ net profit rose by 58% on the year during the first nine months of 2005, to EUR1.05bn. Sal... |
Denmark and Vietnam cooperate in cement production10 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsA conference on cement production was co-organised by the Danish Embassy and the Vietnam Cement Corporation in Ha Noi on 8 November. At the conference, the FLSmidth Company, a long-standing supplier for Viet Nam’s cement industry, exchanged views with local partners on advanced technologies applied in cement production. Three Vietnamese cement factories designed by F.L Smidth have been put into operation to supply high quality cement for the local market. The company is building ... |
Cemex plans 20% price rise in Latvia10 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsCemex, owner of Latvia’s Broceni cement production plant, plans a 20% price rise in Latvia in 2006, the company reported. Cemex Polish and Baltic president Ruehdiger Kuhn explained that prices in Latvia have to level out with prices in other Baltic states to make Latvia more attractive to suppliers from other countries. The price rise also has to cover inflation rate. Kuhn said that Latvia currently had the cheapest cement among the Baltic countries. One ton of cement costs EUR40... |
Florence cement plant eyes further expansion10 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsA day after a rival touted its proposed Pueblo cement plant, Holcim Inc. on Tuesday disclosed plans to study the possible expansion of its cement plant by 20 per cent Holcim also touted its own environmental upgrades put in place as part of a plant expansion three years ago. The expansion doubled the plant’s capabilities Holcim’s future expansion plans will not impact the proposal for a new plant south of Pueblo proposed by GCC Rio Grande, a Rio Grande spokesman said Tuesday afternoon. "O... |
UAE cement consumption seen up to 11Mt in 200510 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsUAE’s cement consumption is expected to grow to 11Mt in 2005 because of the booming construction sector, the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) said in a report published in early November 2005. Eleven cement companies operate in the UAE, of which eight are integrated cement manufacturers and only Ras al-Khaimah Co for White Cement & Construction Materials is specialised in white cement production. The combined net profit of the eight cement and building materials c... |
New production line of Lafarge Cement operational in Chongqing09 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe second new-process production line of the Chongqing Lafarge Cement Co Ltd started operation in Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality on November 8. With total investment of USD40m, the second cement production line, which started construction in February 2004, will help increase the company’s production capacity from 800,000 tons to 1.8Mt. The production line uses many China-made equipment. Lafarge, one of the largest building materials companies in the world, is among the lis... |
NCB proposes cement projects for North East09 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe government-owned National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCB) has studied the potential for setting up of new cement projects in the North Eastern states, Industry Secretary A K Dua said yesterday. The NCB has suggested that the greenfield cement projects be set up in the North East through the application of Geographical Information Systems and other advanced exploration techniques. Opening a seminar on cement in New Delhi, Mr Dua said the NCB expected the cement deman... |