Cement News tagged under: international
Argentina cement sales up08 October 2004, Published under Cement NewsArgentine cement manufacturers saw an 18.3 per cent year-on-year rise in sales, including exports, to 586,133t in September 2004, Argentina’s Portland cement makers’ association AFCP said on October 7, 2004. The sales in September 2004 marked a 13.9 per cent month-on-month increase, the association added. Portland cement sales totalled 575,125t on the local market, up 13 per cent from August 2004 and up 18.5 per cent from September 2003. The cement sales rise was attributed mainly to th... |
CCI union to take part in strike08 October 2004, Published under Cement NewsThe Cement Corporation of India Employees Union, Adilabad, would participate in the strike on November 19 called by the All India Cement Workers’ Federation. A workers’ convention would be held in New Delhi on that day in order to press the Union Government to concede the demands of the cement workers. At the `gate meeting’ held at the CCI factory here on Thursday, the CCIEU general secretary, S. Vilas, said the main demand was for institution of a national cement workers wage board. The othe... |
Cruz Azul begins US$300m plant construction08 October 2004, Published under Cement NewsMexican cement maker Cementos Cruz Azul began construction this week of a US$300m, 1Mta-capacity plant in Puebla state municipality Palmar de Bravo, the state government announced. For improved access, the company will build a 14km railroad and a stretch of road connecting the plant to the Puebla-Orizaba highway. Cruz Azul has three plants in central and southern Mexico, according to industry chamber Canacem. |
Cement prices see regional recovery, India07 October 2004, Published under Cement NewsBuoyed by increasing demand from rural areas, cement prices are staging a recovery in the northern and western markets, but continue to remain stagnant with lower than average price hikes in the South. According to industry players, the turnaround in prices has been largely on account of increased demand from rural areas following the monsoons this year, with cement prices up nearly 15 per cent in most of northern and western parts during the last month. Prices, however, showed only a ma... |
Enviros give up fight to block cement plant construction, USA07 October 2004, Published under Cement NewsEnvironmentalists will drop their battle against construction of the nation’s largest cement plant. In a deal reached yesterday, project developer Holcim Inc. agreed to pay $3m for local environmental programs in addition to providing a 2,000-acre easement around the plant near St. Louis in St. Genevieve County, Mo. The state Land Reclamation Commission gave Holcim a 100-year surface mining permit last August, giving the company permission to mine limestone in a 1,600-acre area next to t... |
Lafarge files claim against state price freezing, Honduras07 October 2004, Published under Cement NewsLafarge, owners of Honduran cement company Incehsa, has asked the government to annul an executive decree which fixed cement prices at 70 lempiras (US$3.90) a bag on August 23, according to local news reports. A Honduran judge has given the country’s attorney general 20 days to respond to a compensation claim by Incehsa against the state for over 6mn lempiras (US$390,000) for losses incurred since price freezing was introduced, La Tribuna reported. The company says the government is f... |
Government’s programme to benefit construction companies, Thailand07 October 2004, Published under Cement NewsThe government’s plan to invest as much as US$60bn to develop various infrastructure projects in the next five years will help boost results of listed construction companies and smaller players that will soon make their debut in the Stock Exchange of Thailand. Shares of many developers and related business such as Siam Cement Plc (SCC), Siam City Cement Plc (SCCC), Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) and Ch Karnchang Plc (CK) are expected to directly benefit from the investment plan. ... |
Katavsky Cement nine month output, Russia07 October 2004, Published under Cement NewsMore than 634,000t of cement was produced for the first nine months of 2004 by Katavsky Cement a 6.6-fold increase compared to the same period 2003. In the whole of 2003 the company produced 142,000t of cement. Output from Jan till September 2004 rose 279% to more than 41,000t, according to a press release from Eurocement. |
Cement workers threaten indefinite stir, India07 October 2004, Published under Cement NewsLeading trade unions of the cement industry today threatened to go on an indefinite strike from November 19, if manufacturers do not revise the workers’ wages. The Labour Ministry has invited Cement Manufacturers’ Association (CMA) and central trade unions for reconciliatory meeting here today on wage revision of workers, INTUC leader N Nanjappan, told PTI here on Wednesday. Joint Chief Labour Commissioner G C Majhee, has called CMA along with Indian National Cement Workers Federatio... |
Cement export price hits all-time high06 October 2004, Published under Cement NewsThanks to the construction boom in the Middle East on the back of robust oil prices, international cement prices have hit a record high. Cement exports out of India are now fetching around $46 per tonne, the highest ever, giving a boost to coast-based cement manufacturers. In fact, with export prices having doubled during the past one year, the average realisation for domestic players in the international markets has, for the first time, edged past the average realisation in the domestic ma... |