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Tam Diep Cement plant put into service06 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsTam Diep Cement Co. under Vietnam Cement Corp. has recently put its factory into operation in the northern province of Ninh Binh to produce high quality cement, PCB-40. The factory, costing VND4 trillion (US$254.8m), uses rotary kiln technology supplied by FLS Denmark and has a designed capacity of 1.4Mta. It will provide cement for Ninh Binh province and other provinces in central Vietnam. "The factory will help stabilize the local cement market in late 2004 and provide cement for the ... |
More Russian cement to head for Mexico?03 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsCDM plans to bring in another shipment from Russia despite an embargo on the first consignment. Importer CDM has been barred for the last five months from discharging 26,000 of cement because of injunctions obtained by Cemex and other local cement producers (reports Reuters, Mexico City). "We knew it was going to be complicated because, unfortunately, in this country those controlling the market have a lot of power and have managed to keep the borders completely closed," said Ricardo Cama... |
China’s output of cement in October03 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsChina produced 87,559,000t of cement in October 2004. The output in January-October reached 756,289,100t, up 15.3 per cent year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The second highest monthly output was noted in September 2004 when 82.92Mt of cement was produced. |
Cement sales decline 17% in November, Pakistan03 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsKARACHI: Sales of cement dropped 17 percent on month-on-month basis in November but overall sales rose 29 percent on year-on-year basis, according to the data released by the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA). The data said total cement dispatched in November decreased 17 percent to 1.11Mt, including local cement sales of 1.02Mt and export of 90,000t. But during the last five months (July-November) cement sales rose 24.4 percent to 6.54Mt, including local sales of 6.78... |
Construction plans for proposed 800,000tpa cement plant expansion project, Malaysia03 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Malayan 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 begin production by... |
Akcansa interested in Uzan group ex-factories, Turkey03 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsMehmet Gocmen, general manager of the cement producer Akcansa, said that the company was interested in the cement companies which were previously owned by Uzan Group but taken over by the state. Gocmen furthered that they would bid for all the cement companies if they were sold as a block, yet now they are interested in some of them. According to the company executive, many domestic and foreign investors are interested in the said cement companies and Akcansa will not bid jointly with any ot... |
Strong cement consumption for October, Thailand03 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsBOT announced key economic data for the month of October including the country’s cement sales of 2.45Mt, representing a 22.3% increase YoY and 2% QoQ. The 22% YoY growth for cement consumption for the month of October was considered high. For the first ten months of this year, cement consumption expanded 13.9% from the same period of last year. Cement sales for the rest of this year is expected to expand at double digit growth, resulting in this year’s growth of at least 12% compared w... |
Russia produces 39.7Mt, Jan-Oct 200403 December 2004, Published under Cement News39.7Mt of cement was made in Russia in Jan - October 2004, an increase of 11.7 per cent from the figure posted in the same period 2003. Eurocement Group produced more than 8Mt of cement in the period or 21 per cent of the total Russia’s output of this type of construction materials, the group’s press service reported. |
November sales, India03 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s UltraTech Cement said its cement shipments in November rose 13.5 per cent to 1.045Mt from 921,000t a year earlier. It said production in November rose to 1.108Mt from 970,000t a year earlier. Meanwhile, Gujarat Ambuja group said cement shipments in November rose to 1.148Mt from 1.082Mt a year earlier. It said production rose to 1.166Mt from 1.051Mt a year ago. Finally, ACC India’s second-largest cement maker by capacity, said its November cement shipments rose to 1.38Mt... |
Cimpor option to buy Spain’s Branas03 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsCimpor has said it has the an option to buy 100% of Spain’s Branas de Brins SA for EUR7.51m. The Portuguese major said the price would be adjusted for debt assumed when it purchases the company. Branas de Brins is located in Santiago de Compostela and runs a granite quarry with sales of 300,000tpa. |