Cement News tagged under: international
Philippines: Manila firm eyes plant in Cebu town11 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsExplorations have begun for the establishment of a cement plant in the southwestern Cebu town of Pinamungahan in The Philippines. Glenn Baricuatro, Pinamungajan mayor, said that Century Peak Corporation, a Manila-based cement company, has been conducting exploration for nearly a year in the municipality's mountain areas in the municipality to determine mineral deposits for cement production. Mr Baricuatro said the establishment of a cement factory in his town would spur economic activities... |
India: Shree's Aurangabad plant begins commercial operations11 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsShree Cement has commissioned 2Mta grinding capacity at Aurangabad in Bihar and informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on 10 July that the plant was now in commercial operation. "...the company has commissioned a grinding unit of 2Mta capacity at Aurangabad in Bihar on 30 June 2014," the cement maker said in a press release to stock exchanges. Shree Cement had 13.5Mta of cement capacity before the commissioning of the unit. It has embarked on expansions to take its total capacity to 2... |
Vietnam: Long Son Cement project could get go ahead11 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsVietnamese deputy prime minister, Hoang Trung Hai, is considering a proposal from the Ministry of Construction to add the Long Son cement project in the central province of Thanh Hoa to the national master plan for the cement industry in the 2011-20 period, with a vision to 2030. The deputy minister asked the ministry to carefully review the proposal from authorities of Thanh Hoa province. Last year, the government decided to cancel nine cement projects, comprising Ha Tien-Kien Giang, T... |
The Philippines: Iloilo infrastructure projects run out of cement11 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsShipment delays as well as simultaneous infrastructure projects in Iloilo and other provinces have led to a shortage of cement in Western Visayas, Philippines. Wilhelm M Malones, acting director of the Department of Trade and Industry in Western Visayas, said the shortage is due to delays in shipping of cement and the rush to complete major infrastructure projects in Iloilo City. “It may have started when a contractor of a major project in the city ordered 5000 bags of cement from a manuf... |
Pakistan: locals demand share in Lucky Cement plant project11 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsAt a district chapter meeting for the Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) activists and office-bearers of Begukhel, Samandi and Darra Tang union councils have called for royalty shares in Lucky Cement and ISL Qaboolkhel uranium plant projects in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan. Highlighting that both companies had been established on Marwat soil, Imranullah Begukhel, QWP general secretary, alleged that residents of the district have been insufficently served by royalties from both Qaboolkhel and Lucky Cement. ... |
Sinoma International secures Egyptian turnkey project10 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsChina National Materials Company Limited's (CNBM) subsidiary Sinoma International Engineering has won a turnkey contract for two new cement 5775tpd kiln lines with the Ministry of Defense of Egypt. The project is to be situated in Sinai in Egypt, about 50km south of El-Arish. The contracts are said to be worth EUR270m. |
Zambia: government backs low-cost cement10 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsA government minister in Zambia has commended the efforts of Zambezi Portland Cement to launch a new lower-cost cement and has asked other domestic cement producers to work on reducing their cement prices. Speaking in Ndola at an international trade fair, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Bob Sichinga, said cement companies, both existing and those emerging on the market, should consider lowering the price of the product. “It is important that the industry, not only yourselves as Z... |
Namibia: Ohorongo cement fights back against Chinese importers10 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsNamibia's Ohorongo Cement plant, part of the German-based Schwenk Zement KG, is battling to beat off Chinese cement imports. Plant manager, Gerhard Hirth, said imports from China are always a few cents cheaper than their competitors. The Namibian government had promised Ohorongo Cement it would be protected while in its initial growth phase by a tariff agreement. Cement imports from outside Namibia would be subjected to a 60 per cent levy. However, there are reports of a Chinese importer... |
Kenya: Holcim won't buy out Bamburi Cement10 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsHolcim said it has no intention of making a takeover offer for Bamburi Cement Ltd in Kenya if competition regulators allow its planned merger with Lafarge SA, Bloomberg reports. “We have no intention of making a takeover offer for BCL,” Holcim said. Bamburi will continue to trade on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, it said. Holcim, based in Switzerland, and Paris-based Lafarge SA are seeking antitrust backing for a planned US$40bn merger they intend to complete by the 1H15. Once the transa... |
Australia: Boral accuses union of blackmail10 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsBoral's chief executive has gone on the offensive accusing the construction union of blackmail, a criminal conspiracy and an unlawful boycott of the company over the past 18 months. Mike Kane, Boral CEO, told the Royal Commission into trade unions that, despite getting an injunction against the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), Boral has been frozen out of construction work in Melbourne. Now the dispute is being played out in the Royal Commission into Trade Union Gov... |