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Lafarge Aslan to invest $10.4m22 September 2004, Published under Cement NewsTurkish cement and clinker producer and distributor Lafarge Aslan Cimento will invest a total $10.4m in output increase and occupational safety in the the period 2005 to 2007, it was reported on September 21, 2004. Of the total, $3.5m are earmarked for investments in occupational safety and $6.5m for the increase of clinker and cement production. Lafarge Aslan Cimento, which has invested some $100m in Turkey, plans to produce 1.158Mt of clinker and 1.1Mt of cement in 2004. The company’s... |
OPEC Fund loan supports cement factory in Albania21 September 2004, Published under Cement NewsAn agreement for an $8 million loan was signed here today between the OPEC Fund for International Development and the Fushe Kruja Cement Factory in Albania, which plans on expanding and modernizing its production plant. According to a Fund press release, Albania is in the process of reviving its infrastructure, and the government has embarked upon a major road rehabilitation and reconstruction program. "The country is also experiencing a residential housing boom. As a result, the Albani... |
Kloesters to invest in new Bulgarian cement plant21 September 2004, Published under Cement NewsKREMIKOVTSI AD and Germany’s Kloesters signed a contract for setting up of a 25%/75% joint venture cement production (grinding?) plant on September 15, representatives of the Bulgarian metallurgic giant said. Kloesters will invest EUR 30 million in the project which is aimed at meeting all the modern environmental standards. The annual output of the unit is projected to reach 400,000t. The main material for cement production will be the metallurgic slag from Kremikovtsi. Kremikovtsi will ente... |
Vietnamese cement update21 September 2004, Published under Cement NewsThe local construction material market is expected to remain stable for the rest of the year with the industry ensuring a sufficient supply of steel and cement to match the growing demand. According to the Vietnam Cement Corporation, demand for cement has been growing rapidly. In the first eight months of this year, the corporation supplied 16.6Mt, an increase of 13.2 per cent compared with the same period last year. In an effort to meet the peak demand at the end of the year, the corpora... |
Carib Cement says it can still satisfy local demand21 September 2004, Published under Cement NewsCarib Cement says that damage inflicted by Hurricane Ivan to part of its infrastructure has not retarded its capacity to satisfy the local demand for cement, and that it has some 276,000 bags of the product in its warehouses, ready for delivery. The production facilities are located near the sea, at Rockfort, the eastern tip of Kingston, one of the more badly his areas during the hurricane that passed through the island last week Friday and Saturday. The cement firm, in a press release sa... |
Cement industry boosted with investments of US$322m21 September 2004, Published under Cement NewsIn 2004, the Mexican cement industry will raise its investments to US$322m, funds that will be channeled to increases production, capacity, maintenance and improvements in management, said Osmín Rendón Castillo, president of the National Cement Chamber (Canacem). However, the businessman said that the high costs of materials in the sector are reducing the firm’s margins of competitivity at international level and he called for the approval of the energy reform, "since it is the opportunity t... |
Votorantim US unit’s 2004 sales may exceed estimates21 September 2004, Published under Cement NewsUS cement company Suwannee American Cement, a subsidiary of Brazil’s Votorantim conglomerate, expects to report sales volumes of 680,000t in 2004, exceeding by 70% initial estimates of 400,000t, the company reported on its website. "We had only expected to reach this figure in 2005," Suwanee American Cement president and executive director at Votorantim Cimentos trading Claude Grinfeder was quoted as saying. Votorantim Cimentos is Votorantim’s cement division. In 2003, Suwanee American Cem... |
Cement shortage northern Sri Lanka21 September 2004, Published under Cement NewsNearly forty percent of funds allocated by the Government of Sri Lanka last year to implement several development projects in Jaffna have not been spent primarily due to lethargic attitude of officials responsible for disbursement of funds causing major delays in several development projects, representatives of contractors’ consortium said. However, an official report analysing the progress of the projects attributed project delays to the timing of the release of funds. The report said ... |
CIMA seeks partners for proposed alliance20 September 2004, Published under Cement NewsCEMENT Industries of Malaysia Bhd (CIMA) wants to form strategic alliances with interested parties in the ready-mixed concrete business, said managing director Datuk Rosli Sharif. He said the company will introduce its vendor-managed inventory system by the end of this year whereby it will assist companies under the programme to manage their inventories. "We are doing it on our own now with our unit, Unipati Concrete. We are inviting partners to work with us under this strategic alliance,"... |
Mary Nour crew given Mexican police welcome20 September 2004, Published under Cement NewsLast week, five crew members from "MN" were robbed by the local police, according to an official compliant by the Master of the Mary Nour, Captain Dahl, a Norwegian national. Apparently At 2100 hrs, coming out of the "Filipino Bar" in downtown Altamira they were approached by two policemen in uniform and ordered to show ID. After this they were all ordered up against a wall and body-searched. The two policemen then called for a police-pickup and the five crewmembers were driven to a dark pla... |