Cement News tagged under: international
Commissioners consider Lehigh quarry plans, USA23 May 2012, Published under Cement NewsPlans to reclaim areas of the Lehigh Southwest Cement Permanente Quarry over the next 20 years are now being considered by seven Santa Clara County Planning Commissioners, who will possibly make a decision at a public hearing this Thursday, May 24. Lehigh is under pressure from the state Office of Mine Reclamation to get an amendment passed to the quarry’s original 1985 reclamation plan. Lehigh could possibly lose its right to sell cement and quarry products to public agencies without swi... |
Holcim to cut 35% of workforce in Spain23 May 2012, Published under Cement NewsHolcim will have to cut 373 jobs in Spain (equivalent of 35 per cent) of its staff in the country, local press have reported. The Swiss-based major is to shut down part of its production capacity in Toledo and to close its plant in Murcia on the back of declining Spanish demand and a weak outlook. Holcim's Spanish sales have slumped by 63 per cent since 2007. In the first four months of 2012, demand in Spain plunged by 40 per cent YoY. Abstracted from an original article in Cinco Dias. |
India: dumping duty on UAE, Iran white cement extended23 May 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s Finance Ministry has extended the validity of existing anti-dumping duty on white cement imports from Iran, UAE until 11 April 2013. Business Line reports that this this one year extension follows the anti-dumping directorate’s recent move to initiate sunset review investigations on white cement imports from UAE and Iran. The petition seeking the review was filed by JK White Cement Works and Birla White. The existing anti-dumping duty on white cement imports ended in April this... |
Mexican prices see slight increase23 May 2012, Published under Cement NewsDuring May, cement prices in Mexico and the United States showed a slight increase. Grupo Financiero Banamex said that according to its latest survey, the average regional retail price in the country reached up to MXP123/50kg. However, he noted that price adjustments across the country were varied. "The price change was mixed, as for example in Monterrey and Guadalajara prices rose two per cent in Mexico City was an increase of one percentage point, in Aguascalientes, Tijuana and Chihu... |
Indonesia monthly sales rise 12%22 May 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndonesia's domestic cement sales rose 12 per cent in April from a year ago, data from the country's biggest cement producer PT Semen Gresik Tbk showed on Tuesday. Sales volumes in April were 4.2Mt, down 4.5 per cent from a month earlier, according to the data. Most sales were on the islands of Java and Sumatra. For the first-quarter of 2012, cement sales were up 18.2 per cent YoY to 12.5Mt, continuing the positive growth trend. Total domestic cement sales in 2011 reached... |
Tabuk Cement to add production line, Saudi Arabia22 May 2012, Published under Cement NewsTabuk Cement Company’s management board has approved an expansion project for the installation of a second 5000tpd line. The project also includes the construction of power generation unit to meet the needs of the new production line, SeeNews Middle East & Africa reports. In mid-April, TCC said it registered an increase in net profit to SAR49.2m (US$13.1m) for the first quarter of 2012 from SAR41.2m, as a result of higher sales. |
Euro output rebounds in March22 May 2012, Published under Cement NewsEuro-construction output rose in March at the fastest rate in at least a decade, rebounding after severe winter conditions in February. Construction output in the 17 nations that use the euro jumped 12.4 per cent in March from February, the first rise since November and the biggest since records began in 2001, the region's statistics agency Eurostat said. Large rises in construction activity in the region’s largest economies were behind March's increase, with German construction in part... |
Lafarge Cement Wapco shareholders see bright future, Nigeria22 May 2012, Published under Cement NewsShareholders of Lafarge Cement Wapco have said that the strategies board and management are have put place in recent times will stand the company in good stead. The National Coordinator, Independent Shareholders Association of Nigeria (ISAN), Sir Sunny Nwosu, told local press during an investors' forum of the company, that investors were very happy with the progress the company had begun to make. "Although it is very difficult to manage the number one position, we believe they are doing... |
Tanga Cement plans second kiln line, Tanzania21 May 2012, Published under Cement NewsTanga Cement, Tanzania’s second-largest cement producer, said it plans build a second kiln line as it aims to increase exports to member states of the East African Community trade bloc. The new kiln will increase clinker capacity from 500,000tpa to 600,000tpa and is planned to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2015. FLSmidth of Denmark has since confirmed that it is negotiating a contract with Tanga, but stated that: “If and when the contract is finalised and becomes binding, we shall... |
Bangladesh growth potential - comment21 May 2012, Published under Cement NewsCement production in Bangladesh almost doubled in the past five years, but the country's per capita consumption is still one of the lowest in the world, according to Lafarge Surma’s managing director in a recent interview with local press. Speaking to the Daily Star on the potential for cement demand in the country, MD Mike Cowell, said: “Per capita cement consumption in Bangladesh is less than 100kg, which is 150kg in West Bengal and more than 1000kg in China.” The US$280m Lafarge Surm... |