Cement News tagged under: international
Chumpol to end 13-year reign at Siam Cement, Thailand29 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsSiam Cement president Chumpol NaLamlieng said yesterday he would take early retirement at the end of year, bringing to a close his 13 years at the helm of the country’s largest industrial conglomerate. Siam Cement said its corporate governance and nomination committee, made up of five board members, will start a search for a new president, but it is widely expected that Kan Trakulhoon, who was recently appointed the No 2 man, will be Chumpol’s successor. Siam Cement, which disclosed a ... |
7.8Mt of cement produced in 1Q05, Russia29 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsOutput of cement in Russia stood at 7.8Mt in January-March 2005, up three per cent from the figure posted in the same period 2004. Eurocement produced about 1.9Mt of cement in the first quarter of 2005, in line with 2004. In 2004 the holding made more than 9.6Mt of cement, an increase of 13% from the figure reported in the same period 2003, the company’s press service said. |
Asia Cement to invest US$600m in China Ops29 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan’s Asia Cement Corp said it plans to spend over US$600m on building cement plants along the Yangtze River to meet demand in China over the next ten years, the Commercial Times reports. Asia Cement, a unit of Taiwan’s Far Eastern Group, will likely generate total production capacity of 24Mt of cement from its China operations, according to the newspaper. |
Slovak Holcim (Slovensko) posts EUR 1.8m , Slovakia29 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsSlovak building materials producer Holcim (Slovensko) posted a loss of 72m Slovak crowns (US$2.4m) for 2004. Holcim (Slovensko) loss for 2004 was mainly due to the large investments of nearly 2.5bn crowns (US$81.9m) in a two-stage modernisation project at the company’s plant in Rohoznik, western Slovakia. Holcim (Slovensko) generated a revenue of 3.3bn crowns (US$108.2m) from the sales of own products and services for 2004, down by nearly four per cent YoY. The company’s cement out... |
China group to build world’s biggest clinker factory28 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe China Anhui CONCH Group plans to invest three billion yuan ($US362 million) in building three production lines, each with a daily capacity of 10,000 tons of cement clinker in Chizhou, according to a letter of intent signed by the two parties. The project, to be undertaken in three phases, will raise the total production capacity of Chizhou CONCH to 15Mta. The factory, which has two production lines, each with a daily capacity of 5,000t, and one production line with a daily capacity... |
Thailand: India-based NIIT in IT alliance with cement maker Holcim28 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsNew Delhi-based NIIT Technologies has announced that it is scaling up its information-technology alliance with global cement-maker Holcim Group, The Nation reports. Holcim has decided to consolidate its data-centre operations for the entire Asia-Pacific region with NIIT Technologies. Until recently NIIT Technologies was operating a dedicated data centre for Holcim’s ’business critical’ IT applications in Thailand. As part of this engagement, NIIT Technologies will use its data-cent... |
RaK Cement agrees to raise capital to Dh 440m - UAE28 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe extraordinary general assemby of the Ras Al Khaimah Cement Company agreed today to raise its capital to Dh 440 divided into 440m shares. Board Chairman Dr. Abdul Rahman Al Sharhan said the company had posted a net profit of Dh 96m in 2004 compared to Dh 30m in 2003. ’’The high growth in profits was attributed to the increase in sales in 2004,’’ he added. He disclosed that Dh 2.6m of the projected 2005 budget had been earmarked to improve environmental performance of the factory. The m... |
SLA ban on cement spotlighted at Trinco tsunami event28 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsSpeaking at a cultural event Wednesday organized by the Provincial Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs to mark the fourth month after tsunami disaster, Mr.Puratchi, Head of the Trincomalee District Students Front of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), said that Sri Lanka Army (SLA) has imposed ban on transporting cement, sand and other building materials to the LTTE controlled areas to rebuild houses destroyed in tsunami. NorthEast Province Governor, Mr.Tyronne Fernando, atte... |
Panel to study cement issues28 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsA committee has been formed at the behest of the Ministry of Economy and Commerce to look into the causes of the ongoing cement shortage in Qatar and recommend ways to prevent such crises in future. A decision to set up a panel with representatives from trade and industry was taken after a group of businessmen and company officials met the Minister of Economy and Commerce, H E Sheikh Mohamed bin Ahmed Al Thani to discuss the cement crisis here yesterday. Present was Salem Butti Al Nuaimi... |
Pavilion Technologies launchesPavilion828 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsPavilion Technologies, a world leader in advanced process control and environmental compliance solutions, announced today the availability of Pavilion8(TM), an integrated software suite that enables process manufacturers to improve profitability by increasing production, reducing variable costs and ensuring regulatory compliance. Leveraging Pavilion8, Pavilion now delivers industry-specific solutions to manufacturers via its innovative ValueFirst(TM) customer engagement methodology that guar... |