Cement News tagged under: international
European construction output sees July rebound20 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsEuropean construction output rebounded in July from the biggest drop in six months, led by increasing production in Germany. Construction in the 17-nation euro region advanced 1.4 per cent from June, when it declined a revised 1.3 per cent, the European Union’s statistics office in Luxembourg said today. That’s the biggest gain since January. From a year earlier, July output rose 1.2 per cent after slumping 11.5 per cent in June. In Germany, Europe’s largest economy, July construction ou... |
Oil prices see August decline20 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsEconomic woes in Europe and the USA impacted on August crude oil prices, which lost advances made a month earlier. In the US, oil demand contracted 1.3% YoY last June and the downgrading of its credit-rating by S&P coupled with less than positive job figures in August provided little relief despite the manufacturing and services sectors recording a modest expansion. Crude oil prices noted further declines in August 2011 with West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the benchmark for North America, re... |
Government imports cement to satisfy demand, Ethiopia20 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe first shipment of 150,000t of OPC out of 400,000t bought for US$34.6m by Ethiopia’s Public Procurement and Disposal Agency (PPDA), is to arrive in two weeks time. DG Khan Company Limited (DGKCC) of Pakistan and Global Africa of Israel offered the lowest priced purchase bid floated on 25 June 2011 out of a total of 20 offers submitted. The cement is to be used for Addis Abeba housing projects, construction of new sugar factories and road construction, according to Yigezu Daba, Director... |
Cemex Latvia targets 1Mta of production in 201120 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsCemex Latvia plans to produce and sell more than 1Mt of cement in 2011, the company’s Commercial Director Maris Gruznins told local press. Mr Gruznins said that this has been made possible as the company’s new line at its Broceni works has been operating at full capacity for about a year now. "In 2010 we sold slightly more than 900,000t of cement, while this year it could be over a 1Mt," he said. Cemex completed the installation of a modern kiln line at the Broceni works in 2009, ra... |
Holcim announces Fontana as new CEO as Akermann retires20 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsEffective February 1, 2012 Bernard Fontana, presently CEO of Aperam, a company recently spun-off from ArcelorMittal, is to assume the position of CEO of Holcim Ltd. He is replacing departing CEO Markus Akermann, who is stepping down at the end of January 2012. The choice of Bernard Fontana, a 50-year-old French engineer, ended a process that began last year to find a successor for Mr Akermann, who has led Holcim since 2002 and will retire at the end of January. "We have succeeded in findin... |
Azerbaijan boosts cement production19 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsAzerbaijan produced nearly 895,5000t of cement in the first eight months of 2011, up six per cent from the same period of last year. For full year 2010 cement production totalled 1.28Mt, 0.6 per cent less than that produced in 2009, which in turn was down 19.7 per cent on 2008 figures. |
Yanbu production line faces delay, Saudi Arabia19 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Arabia’s Yanbu Cement said that a production line scheduled to open by the end of this month will be delayed because of a lack of oil and natural gas needed to power its output. “The major reason impacting the operation of the new line 5 is the non-availability of a fuel allocation,” general manager Saud Saleh Islam said. The opening schedule will depend on the timing of this allocation, he said. The production line will increase Yanbu Cement’s capacity from 3.6Mta to 7Mta. |
Lafarge Emirates expected to complete three years LTI free18 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Emirates Cement expects to complete three years lost time injury (LTI) free to become one of the safest industrial companies in the UAE. Lafarge Emirates Cement devoted the efforts in the implementation of several safety standards at its sites that resulted in tremendous improvement in health & safety conditions for employees, contractors and customers. Mr Antoine Duclaux CEO of Lafarge Emirates Cement said that "We are committed to maintain the safety of our employees at the world... |
Lafarge invests in inland navigation16 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsIn France, Lafarge aims to increase the amount of cement and aggregates that it transports by inland waterways from the current 4Mta to 5Mta by 2015. This mainly concerns he rivers Seine and Rhône and connected waterways and Lafarge last week signed an agreement with the waterways authorities for those two river systems that envisages investment in 24 projects. Movement of heavy building materials by water, wherever possible, is the cheapest and most environmentally friendly means avail... |
PCA: "Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011" Protects Vital Construction Jobs16 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsTestifying before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Dan Harrington, president and CEO of Lehigh Hanson, Inc., and former chair of the Portland Cement Association (PCA), stressed to Congress that inaction on onerous EPA regulations will result in the direct loss of 4,000 high-paying manufacturing jobs and have an adverse impact on the nation’s beleaguered construction sector. Led by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), chair of theSubcommittee on Energy and Power, the hearings focused on... |