Cement News tagged under: international
Clan donates land to factory31 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsClan donates land to factory Uganda: the Karuwok clan in Tororo district has agreed to sell its land to Tororo cement factory for its expansion. In a letter to the financial controller of the industry, clan spokesman Christopher Ochwo said the land would be offered on condition that the factory paid for it and compensated them for items on it. The clan also asked for some form of premium for the land. |
Brooksville cement plant plans expansion30 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsFlorida Crushed Stone has announced plans for a $150m expansion that would more than double the amount of cement produced at its Brooksville operation. If approved by county, state and federal agencies, the new plant would produce 1.8Mta of cement, nearly one-quarter of all the cement consumed in Florida every year, according to company officials. The expansion would also drastically increase the environmental emissions from the plant. When in operation, the new facility could produce th... |
News from Aceh province not good30 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsThe ABC’s Indonesia correspondent, Tim Palmer, has been following events in Aceh, “Well, the conditions in the capital are still very critical. There’s only electricity in part of the city. There’s a small area where the telephone works. Fuel has begun returning to the city so that people can at least drive around and pick up the dead. The entire city is racked with debris. People are still in panic there. Earlier this morning, several thousand people stampeded through the town screaming, "T... |
Construction plans for proposed 800,000tpa expansion30 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsMalaysia’s Lafarge Malayan Cement bhd is now involved in a move that is aimed at reducing the group’s overall logistics costs to ship cement from its Langkawi plant to the mainland as well as reduce the export of clinker from its Kanthan plant. As a result, the company plans to increase the capacity of its Rawang unit by 800,000tpa subsequent to the transfer of an idle grinding mill in Langkawi to the Rawang plant. In so doing, the additional cement mill is scheduled to be commissioned and b... |
Cement sales rise in Indonesia30 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsSales of cement on the domestic market rose slightly to 1.99Mt in Nov. 2004 from 1.97Mt in the same month in 2003. Data at the Indonesian cement association said exports rose to 562,787t in November 2004 from 551,918t in the same months in 2003. Exports in the first 11 months of this year totalled 2.56Mt, up from 2.52Mt in the same period last year. Sales on the domestic market rose eight per cent to 27.244Mt in the Jan-Nov. period. |
New plant details for Yemen30 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsJoint venture construction plans for proposed US$260m cement plant in Yemen links Saudi Eastern Province Cement and the Saudi Binladen group (SBG) of Saudi Arabia. Construction plans under consideration call for building a facility with an installed production capacity of 1.2Mta. |
Tsunami likely to push up cement offtake in South India30 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsIndian cement makers expect a small increase in the offtake of cement in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the Andaman & Nicobar islands due to reconstruction efforts after the destruction caused by the tsunami. A lot, however, depends on how efficiently and quickly the government begins reconstruction of houses and structures washed out by the giant waves. The government is estimated to spend around Rs3000 crore on relief and reconstruction in the tsunami affected areas. Cement makers hope to garn... |
Central Bank of Kenya reports on construction sector30 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsConstruction activity in the building and construction sector picked up during the financial year 2003/04, with cement consumption increasing by 5.8 per cent to 1,323,105t from 1,251,042t in the financial year 2002/03. The construction sector is expected to pick up substantially in the current financial year and into the medium term following renewed donor support to Kenya for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the country’s infrastructure. Overall commitments for the roads and transpo... |
Egyptian minister maps out industrial plan for 200530 December 2004, Published under Cement News2005 will be the year of activating the industrial sector in Egypt, said Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rashid Muhammad Rashid. The ministry will seek to iron out the problems of the stumbling investors in the industrial sector in coordination with the Central Bank of Egypt and the other banks in order to reoperate the factories and the industrial projects which stopped due to financial problems, said the minister in statements on Wednesday [29 December]. Impediments hampering ma... |
New Cement Company established in Sudan30 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsA new cement company, called Barbar Cement Company, was established in Sudan on December 28, 2004. The company’s shareholders include Saudi-based The Arab Investment Company (TAIC), the National Cement Company, a part of the UAE diversified group of companies al-Ghurair Group, the Sudanese High Tech Group and the local construction company Dan Fodio. The new company’s plant is expected to start building in the River Nile State in eastern Sudan in early January 2005. The plant is located betw... |