Cement News tagged under: international
Cement prices seen stable for now, India08 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsCement prices are expected to remain subdued with the imminent onset of monsoon. Though many manufacturers have reported a jump in production and despatches for May, sector analysts are of the view there will be no fluctuation in prices for the next few months. Urmik Chaaya, cement analyst with Anand Rathi Securities, said, “There won’t be any considerable change in the prices. The rise in production and despatches would be countered by the onset of monsoon, which would prevent any fluctu... |
Taiheiyo Cement to buy RMC’s Arizona plants07 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsTaiheiyo Cement Corp will spend around US$15.9m to purchase the ready-mixed concrete and aggregate operations that RMC Group runs in the US state of Arizona. The deal, to be completed by year-end through a US subsidiary, will enable Taiheiyo Cement to establish comprehensive production in the U.S. for everything from cement and ready-mixed concrete to aggregate. Cemex which acquired RMC following their agreement in September 2004, decided to sell its ready-mixed concrete and aggregate ... |
Irish CRH To Go On With Swiss Expansion07 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsIrish cement and construction materials group CRH plans to continue its expansion in Switzerland via acquisitions. However: "The expansion opportunities are limited due to the strong market position of Holcim", CRH CEO Liam O’Mahony said on June 6, 2005 in an interview with the Swiss Finanz und Wirtschaft (FuW) business newspaper. CRH has been growing steadily in Switzerland since 2000. The company has acquired local businesses Jura-Holding, Baubedarf and Hastag and currently has a staf... |
Concret-Mix, Camargo to build US$17m mill07 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsParaguayan construction company Concret-Mix will team up with Brazilian cement firm Camargo Corrê Cimentos to build a US$17m cement mill in Paraguay, local press reported. The mill, which will be built in the city of Mariano Roque Alonso, will produce some 200,000tpa of cement when fully operational. Of the proposed US$17mn investment, Camargo will fund US$9.5m and Concret-Mix US$7.5m. The plant could supply 20 per cent of Paraguay’s domestic needs, with the rest being exported to neighbor... |
Shuaiba Paper opens plant in Pakistan07 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsKuwaiti paper bag manufacturer Shuaiba Paper Products has opened the Nishat Shuaiba cement paper bag factory in Pakistan, it was reported on June 6, 2005. The plant was set up in partnership with Pakistan’s cement maker DG Khan Cement and has a capacity to produce some 70 million paper bags a year. The plant’s capacity is planned to be later raised to meet the growing demand for cement paper bags, Shuaiba Paper Products added. The new plant was set up as part of the company’s expansion... |
Westport reopened for business07 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsHolcim’s New Zealand’s maritime problems look to be over after Westport harbour was reopened yesterday for ships laden with cement. The harbour had been closed to cement ships for 48 days because of low harbour bar depths caused by a shortage of rainfall which meant Holcim was unable to ship cement from its Cape Foulwind works near Westport. Holcim cement general manager Jeremy Smith today said tidal flows had removed some 70,000cu.m of sand and gravel at the rivermouth overnight early l... |
Chinese kiln repair accident07 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsNine people were seriously burned in a cement plant accident in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, Monday evening, and six of them were still in danger, doctors said Tuesday. All of the injured, six construction workers and three factory workers, are hospitalized, with the six in critical conditions being treated in ICU (intensive care unit) of the hospital attached to Ningxia Medical College. The nine workers were fixing refractory bricks to the inner wall of a kiln in the plant in He... |
Qatar cement firm to triple output06 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsQatar National Cement Co will almost triple output to 3.5Mta next year to help feed a construction boom, the company’s general manager told Reuters on Sunday. High oil and gas prices have catapulted the tiny Gulf Arab state’s economy into one of the fastest growing in the region and created a booming real estate and construction sector. This has led to a cement shortage which industry sources say has delayed the completion of projects. The company has been importing about 2500tpd mainly f... |
Brazilians to invest in Paraguay cement06 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsA group of Brazilian entrepreneurs, representatives of Brazilian cement maker Camargo Correa Cimentos and the local diversified holding company Votorantim, will invest between $15m and $17m in the construction of a new grinding mill near the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion. The plant will start operating at the end of 2006. It will have an annual production capacity of 200,000t. The plant will be built in Mariano Roque Alonso, which is 15km away from Asuncion. The Brazilian entrepreneur... |
Higher May shipments in India06 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsAssociated Cement Companies has improved cement despatches by 8.3 per cent to 1.524Mt in May 2005 as against 1.407Mt in May 2004. Production improved by 12 per cent to 1.565Mt for the month under review. The Aditya Birla group has reported an increase of 14.2 percent at 2.478Mt in despatches from its cement companies in May 2005. Cement production of the group as a whole rose by 14 per cent to 2.517Mt. Gujarat Ambuja Cements has improved cement despatches by five per cent to 1.097Mt and produ... |