Cement News tagged under: international
Afghan cement factory renovation06 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsA cement factory based in Dubai, the International Star Cement Factory, has announced that it will spend US$25m on the renovations of an old cement factory in Ghor district in northern Baghlan province. The international companies will, after talks with the United Sates, India and the Arab States announce the starting date soon. The Ghor Cement Factory was built in 1961 by Czechoslovakian government. At that time the factory had 736 employees. It was later partially destroyed when figh... |
Morocco cement firms invest to match demand06 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsMoroccan cement producers are spending nearly US$1.0bn by 2008 to increase output and productivity to meet higher demand and fend off competition from cheaper imports, analysts said on Tuesday. The industry, which has annual turnover of US$800m, expects demand to keep up the growth of the past four years. This has been fuelled by the state’s drive to tackle major shortfalls in housing and infrastructure and by the needs of a multibillion-dollar development plan for tourism, they said. ... |
China Zhejiang cement prices06 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe average cement retail price in Zhejiang province, eastern China, in March 2005 was 30 per cent lower compared with January 2004, the Zhejiang Price Supervision Department said. The average price of the benchmark 42.5 grade cement was 322.2 Chinese yuan (US$38.9) per tonne in March 2005, down 29.2 per cent from January 2004. The falling price is the result of the higher growth in China’s cement production capacity compared with growth in demand. |
Improved productivity at Titan06 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsTitan America has reduced energy costs by more than US$120,000 per year and increased finish mill production by five per cent with Pavilion’s advanced process control (APC) cement solution. Titan America participated in Pavilion’s ValueFirst™ program designed to reduce a client’s potential risk by evaluating and guaranteeing the expected return on investment (ROI) before project deployment. In just four months, Pavilion’s solution has successfully delivered expected benefits on two cement ... |
Mary Nour case close to resolution?05 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsIn early March, the port authorities of the Public Ministry of Tampico reportedly made a new inspection of the Mary Nour. This was to verify the condition of the 26,000t of cement still on board the ship, after a waiting period close to nine months, while the Mexican courts decided the outcome of this unusual case. Meanwhile, the central Mexican legal authorities have apparently re-analysed earlier judgments against the directors of Commerce for Mexican Desarrollo (CDM), with respect to the ... |
White cement factory offered for sale05 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Tunisian and Algerian State authorites have decided to proceed to the privatisation of the Tuniso-Algerian White cement company (SOTACIB). To this end the SOTACIB has launched an international invitation to tender for the choice of an investor choosing BNP Bank Paribas to act for the sellers. The sealed offers will be written in French language. They will have to arrive by postal way or carrier at the latest on May 03, 2005. at 12 noon (Tunis time), the seal of the office of order of th... |
JK Cement plans plant in Karnataka05 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsJK Cement, India, plans to set up a one million tonne grey cement plant in Karnataka. The company is currently assessing limestone deposits in Bagalkot district in north Karnataka. “Once the limestone mine location is finalised, we plan to invest Rs 400 crore in a greenfield plant to take care of the market needs in south India,” said M P Rawal, president - technical and management services, JK Cement. With JK Cement’s sales in south India touching 50,000 tonne per year, the company felt it ... |
Holcim confirms new plant in Morocco05 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsSwiss cement group Holcim’s Moroccan subsidiary on Monday announced a partnership with a local private group to build a US$290.6m cement plant that will produce 1.7Mt a year. The new plant will enable Holcim Maroc to increase its 22 percent share of Morocco’s US$800m annual cement sales market. Moroccan industrial group Omar Laraqui will sell a 51 per cent stake in local cement maker Asment Oulad Zidane (AOZ) to Holcim Maroc, a subsidiary of Swiss cement maker Holcim, under an agreement sig... |
India’s cement shipments rise05 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsAssociated Cement Companies Ltd, India’s second-largest cement producer, shipped 1.57Mt of cement in March, up six per cent from 1.48Mt in the same month last year, it said on Monday. Meanwhile Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd, India’s No. 3 cement maker, said on Monday cement shipments in March rose nine per cent on year to 1.356Mt from 1.244Mt a year earlier. |
India Aditya Birla FY 05 Cement Sales05 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Aditya Birla group, which controls Grasim Industries Ltd and UltraTech Cement Co, said its cement sales for the fiscal year ended March 2005, rose 5.44 per cent to 26.26Mt. The group said Grasim - India’s largest cement company by capacity - posted sales of 1.25Mt in March 2005. UltraTech Cement’s March sales totaled 1.32Mt The group’s cement production in fiscal 2004-2005 rose 5.6 per cent on year to 26.27Mt, the statement said. |