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Cement Consumption in Spain up again20 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe cement consumption in Spain expanded 5.1 per cent year-on-year in the first half 2005 to 25.19Mt, the Spanish cement makers association Oficemen said on July 19, 2005. In June 2005 alone, the cement consumption rose 3.4 per cent year-on-year. The cement consumption in the period from June 2004 to June 2005 totalled 49.21Mt, rising 4.5 per cent from the period June 2003-June 2004. The cement output in Spain in the first six months of 2005 totalled 24.23Mt rising 4.8 per cent year-on-year... |
New Lorry Fleet For Lafarge Cement20 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Cement UK has invested more than £7m in a new lorry fleet, leading to quieter, safer, more environmentally-friendly transportation of its famous Blue Circle brand of cement from its Cauldon Works, near Ashbourne. Over two years the company is replacing its old fleet with 109 state-of-the-art lorry tractor units from DAF, and 43 bulk tank trailers from specialist manufacturer, Feldbinder. Alaister White, Lafarge’s logistics manager, said: "Once the replacement programme is complet... |
Vietnamese cement demand to rise20 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Ministry of Construction has forecasted that cement demand in Vietnam in the remaining months of this year will rise by 10 per cent to more than 15Mt. The total demand this year is estimated at 29Mt. The Vietnam Cement Corporation, which now holds half of the domestic market share, plans to produce and sell 6.5Mt of cement and clinker in the second half of 2005, with around 3Mt of cement in the third quarter. The corporation will also import 1-1.05Mt of clinker in the remaining months, ... |
Eurocement to build new plant20 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsRussia’s holding Eurocement Group plans to build a cement plant in Russia’s Voronezh Region, Irina Plotnikova, the spokeswoman for the regional governor told Prime-Tass Tuesday. The Governor of the Voronezh Region Vladimir Kulakov and the President of Eurocement Group Mikhail Skorokhod have reached agreement on the construction, she said. The production capacity of the plant is estimated at 2Mta, while investment in the project is to be about US$300m, she said. Eurocement is current... |
Dr Pharoan visits Algeria20 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Algerian cement industry investments promotion company reportedly signed on July 17 a contract with the Saudi "Pharaon Commercial Investment Group Limited" regarding the purchase of 35 per of the issued capital of Beni Saf cement plant, reported the July 18 edition of Al-Khabar newspaper. Pharaon Group’s sponsor is Dr Ghaith R Pharaon, international investor and industrialist who maintains financial and trading interests in various parts of the world. The current production of Beni S... |
Senator calls for boycott of CRH20 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsBuilding firm CRH has criticised Irish Senator Terry Leyden for comments he made in the Seanad calling for shareholders to withdraw their investment in the company due to its involvement in the construction of a "wall of shame" in Palestine. Mr Leyden made the comments earlier this month, alleging CRH provided cement for the construction of the controversial security wall in the West Bank. But in a letter to the senator, managing director of CRH Declan Doyle said his remarks were based o... |
Cementos del Caribe to hold merger meeting with shareholders19 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsColombian cement company Cementos del Caribe has called a July 29 meeting for stockholders to approve its merger with seven other cement companies, according to local news reports. Cementos del Caribe will absorb seven other companies: Cementos del Valle, Cementos Paz del Rí, Cementos Rioclaro, Colclíker, Tolcemento, Cementos El Cairo and Cementos del Nare. Caribe is a subsidiary of Cementos Argos and the move is designed to create a larger company with assets to compete more effecti... |
Tokyo Cement invest heavily on the Company’s Infrastructure19 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsOne of the leading cement manufacturing, importing and distribution companies in Sri Lanka - Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) Ltd has recorded a consolidated turnover of Rs 6bn for the year 2004/05, an appreciation of 12 per cent over the previous year. In the Annual Report 2004/05 of Tokyo Cement, its Chairman, Deshamanya A Y S Gnanaam, said that however the consolidated net profit after tax and minority interest amounted to Rs322m, marginally down from Rs .337 million in 2003/04. Ensuri... |
Poland’s cement and clinker production falls YoY19 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsPolish cement companies produced 49.39Mt of cement and 36.36Mt of clinker in the first half of 2005, a fall from first half of 2004, an SPC report released on July 13 stated. The total sales of cement amounted to 48.44Mt from 54.18Mt a year earlier, with 46.16Mt sold in the country and 2.27Mt sold abroad. Clinker total sales amounted to 2.8Mt in H1, out of which 622,000t were exported. (PAP) |
Nuh Cimento to raise annual exports to $100m19 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsTurkish cement and clinker producer Nuh Cimento will increase its annual exports to between $85m and $100m from the current $30m, following the launch of its third clinker production line in Hereke, northeastern Turkey. The new line will increase Nuh Cimento’s clinker capacity to 4.2Mt from 2.8Mta. The line was put into operation concurrently with the company’s second 60MW power plant. The new power plant together with the first 36.5MW unit will meet all energy needs of Nuh Cimento’s H... |