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East India leads in regional cement consumption29 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsEastern India leads the growth in regional cement consumption for the period April 2004 to February 2005, registering a 15.6 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase to 18.1Mt. Delhi also clocked a 13 per cent growth to 3.4Mt, even as the whole of the northern region managed a growth of only 6.2 per cent to 21.9Mt, according to Cement Manufacturers’ Association (CMA). Industry observers opine that by and large, over the past 10 years, the northern and eastern markets have been growing fast. At... |
VNCC stockpiles around 1.5Mt of cement29 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Vietnam Cement Corporation (VNCC)’s cement stockpiles are estimated at nearly 1.5Mt, according to the Ministry of Construction. These reserves and cement output produced by VNCC’s plants will ensure enough cement in the market, helping stabilize prices. At present, cement prices of the corporation still remain stable at VND720,000-760,000 per ton in the north and VND840,000-920,000 per ton in the south. Vietnam is forecast to consume about 2.4-2.7Mt of cement in March, 10-15 pe... |
Sinoma sign deal for Saudi plant29 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Riyadh Cement Company (RCC) has signed an agreement with China’s Sinoma International for the construction of an SR1.035 billion cement plant which is to be commissioned within 26 months. The accord was signed by RCC Chairman Prince Faisal ibn Abdul Majeed and Sinoma Chief Executive Officer Wang Wei here on Wednesday. The cement factory which will be located in Muzamiyah, 80km from the capital, is expected to produce 5000 tons of clinker cement per day. Demand for cement is now high in S... |
Chinese Sinoma to build Saudi plant24 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsChinese engineering company Sinoma will construct a cement plant for Saudi Riyadh Cement Co which is currently being established, under a US$170m contract, to be signed on March 23, 2005 by Prince Feisal bin Abdul Majid, board chairman of Riyadh Cement Co. The contract envisages the construction of the cement plant and all its facilities, with the exception of a power plant, which will supply electricity for the project. Under the contract, the plant’s kiln must be complete in a 24-mont... |
Cement prices in Vietnam rise24 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsPrices of cement in the Vietnamese market are now up 1.8-2.4 per cent from early this year due to higher production cost and local demand, according to the country’ s Ministry of Trade on Thursday. The higher prices are mainly due to rising prices of clinker and coal. Import prices of clinker from Thailand have increased 20 per cent since late 2004 to around 26 US dollars per tonne and prices of local coal, main fuel of cement plants, have also soared more than 30 per cent. Meanwhile, ... |
Jaiprakash plans cement unit in north-east24 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsJaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL), the flagship company of the Jaiprakash group, is planning to set up an integrated cement unit in India’s north-east region. The move is part of a company strategy to manufacture cement in the excise-exempted area and, in turn, improve its bottomline. It is eyeing a market in excess of 15Mta over coming years. At the same time, the company is now setting up a cement unit in Himachal Pradesh, which too is an excise-free zone. The Himachal unit is likely to ... |
Indonesia Feb domestic cement consumption23 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsDomestic cement consumption reached 2.32Mt in February, an increase of 13.7 per cent from a year ago with all markets reporting a growth in consumption, according to a report by the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI). The report said industry-wide cement exports during the month rose 145.4 per cent to 244,031 tons. It said domestic consumption during the first two months was up five per cent at 4.60Mt, while exports rose 38.5 per cent to 494,802t. Among the various domestic markets, Jak... |
Turkish cement production to rise23 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsTurkish cement production will increase by between 7.0 per cent and 8.0 per cent year-on-year in 2005, according to the chairman of Turkish Cement Manufacturers Association, Adnan Ignebekcili. The local cement industry reported a 10 per cent year-on-year rise in output for 2004 to a total 38.7Mt. Cement sales in the country went up by 10 per cent year-on-year to 30.8Mt in 2004 and are expected to grow further by between 4.0 per cent and 5.0 per cent in 2005. Turkish cement exports tot... |
Cement output grows 18 per cent in January23 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsBolivia’s overall cement production increased 18 per cent in January compared to the same period in 2004, government news agency ABI reported, citing national statistics office INE. Bolivia attributes the majority of the increase to extra output from factories in the central departments of La Paz and Chuquisaca. Indeed, Chuquisaca upped production by 33 per cent to 31,186t from 23,434t in January last year, while La Paz cement output grew 18.9 per cent to 27,963t from 23,515t. Cochabamba de... |
Omani Raysut Cement third production line23 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsOman’s cement producer Raysut Cement Co plans to put the third production line, presently developed at its cement plant in Salalah, southern Oman, into trial operations in November 2005, it was reported on March 22, 2005. Raysut Cement started works on the line, planned to have an annual capacity of 1Mt, in September 2004. The line will raise Raysut Cement total annual output to over 2.2Mt, the company said. The company is expected to sell a total 1.113Mt of cement in 2005 and up to 1.980Mt... |