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Cement Production Up By 14.7%19 May 2005, Published under Cement NewsIn April, Ukraine cement production rose by 14.7 per cent compared with April 2004, to 1,121,000t. Additionally, in April, cement production rose by 64 per cent compared with March. In 2004, cement production rose by 19.3 per cent or 1,719,000t compared with 2003, to 10,635,000t. More than 15 factories produce cement in Ukraine, and their total annual capacity is more than 20Mt. |
IEEE/PCA conference opens in Kansas City18 May 2005, Published under Cement NewsEdgar Buehler, Chairman of IEEE-IES today welcomed delegates to the opening of the 47th IEEE Cement Industry technical conference in Kansas City USA. With some 896 delegates attending the meeting, Mr.Buehler described the event as ’the largest cement conference in the western hemisphere’ and atrributed its success to all those involved in it’s organisation and delegates support. Andy Winston organising Commitee Chairman then introduced Mr.Roy Owens, VP Monarch Cement Company, who presented th... |
Challenges to cement manufactures in Uganda18 May 2005, Published under Cement NewsAccording to Mr Mbuvi Ngunze, Managing Director Hima Cement, one of the biggest power consumers in Uganda, electricity power tariff hikes have hit the manufacturing industry hardest. While there is a construction boom at present, from the cement industry perspective, the growth is just average at about 7-8 percent. Its not spiking up like it was running four years ago – he noted. Since we bought into the business in 1999, we have doubled the capacity, which has also come with efficiency ... |
Qatar cement shortages looming18 May 2005, Published under Cement NewsCement continues to be in short supply in Qatar hitting the construction industry. Nasser Al Mir, a member of the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI), told Al Sharq yesterday that he had a word with the general manager of Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC), Mohamed Al Sulaiti, and he said that 12 shiploads of cement were expected to arrive here soon to take care of the shortage. Al Mir said that haphazard imports of cement were not going to resolve the problem of shortage. "The co... |
Concrete consumption in Spain hits record18 May 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe consumption of concrete in Spain reached a record 82.35 million cu m in 2004, an 1.6 per cent year-on-year increase, according to data of Spanish Association of Concrete Producers (ANEFHOP), released on May 17, 2005. The all-time high consumption resulted from the high number of construction works carried out in Spain, which offset the drop in public tenders in 2004. The president of ANEFHOP, Francisco Alonso Carpi, however, expressed his worries for the future of the sector over t... |
Conch Group invest in cement project in Guangxi18 May 2005, Published under Cement NewsConch Group headquartered in Hefei, capital of East China’s Anhui Province, signed an agreement with Beiliu City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, under which, the group will invest about 1.5 billion yuan to construct two dry-method cement clinker production line with daily output of 5000tpd each, a supporting cement grinding project and a surplus heat power generation project in the city. Yulin and Beiliu cities in Guangxi abound in limestone resources. Meanwhile, they have convenient t... |
High prices in Saudi17 May 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Saudi Ministry of Commerce has been forced to intervene in the cement market to bring the prices down. Reaction to the move by the Ministry of Commerce was mixed. Distributors were apparently comfortable that the pricing strategy helped the market rather than harmed it. The market is divided into two parts, a part that sells a bag of cement for SR14 per bag to buyers with permits and a part that sells for SR18 in the black market for buyers without permits to build.The distributors allow... |
Indian cement production up 7.24 per cent17 May 2005, Published under Cement NewsCement production clocked a 7.24 per cent rise in April at 11.41Mt as against 10.49Mt in the year ago month. Dispatches grew by 9.25 per cent to 11.46Mt from 10.49Mt during the monthly review period, cement manufacturers association said in its latest updates. Exports of cement posted a 20 per cent growth in April to 0.48Mt from 0.4Mt in the same month last year. However, export of clinker showed a decline of 12.24 per cent to 0.43Mt from 0.49Mt in the review period. The cement industry’... |
Peru’s April cement sales17 May 2005, Published under Cement NewsPeru’s overall cement sales in April rose 0.7 per cent to 405,535t from the 402,624t sold in April 2004, as the economy continued to expand, the National Association of Cement Producers, or Asocem, said Monday. In the first four months of the year, cement sales totaled 1,538,415t, a 4.9 per cent increase from the same period the year earlier. Cementos Lima SA led in April, selling 210,465t of cement, which includes 66,911t for export, the association said. Separately, the government sta... |
Pivdentsement to upgrade second line17 May 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Pivdentsement company (Olshanske, Mykolaiv region), a large Ukranian cement producer, has decided to upgrade the second clinker kiln by 2006. A spokesman said that modernisation of the kiln will allow its production to double and potentially reach 1.2Mt annually. Pivdentsement operates two lines at present, which combined can produce as much as 1.24Mt of cement. According to the information from the Agency for Development of the Stock Market Infrastructure, 90 per cent of Pivdentse... |