Cement News tagged under: international
Indonesia’s cement sales in July rise 17% YoY11 August 2011, Published under Cement NewsIndonesia’s cement sales rose 17 per cent in July from a year ago, data from the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI) showed on Thursday. Sales in July were above the association’s expectation of a six per cent rise, supported by demand for housing, offices and hotel construction by the private sector, Urip Trimuryono, chairman of the association, told Reuters. |
JK Cement’s new brand ambassador, India10 August 2011, Published under Cement NewsJK Cement have enlisted Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag as its brand ambassador. The company’s new advertising campaign will encompass all-round television, radio and BTL activities. |
Venezuela produces 4.1Mt in first half 201110 August 2011, Published under Cement NewsFor the first six months of 2011, Venezuela produced 4.1Mt. Ricardo Menéndez, minister of People’s Power for Science, Technology and Intermediate Industries reported that the Great Mission Housing Venezuela requires 2.1Mt of cement for housing production this year. As part of the investment in the cement sector, he said President Hugo Chávez, approved the activation of the second line of the cement plant in San Sebastian de los Reyes in Aragua State, which will double capacity with an addi... |
Plant construction begins in Northern province, Vietnam10 August 2011, Published under Cement NewsVissai Ha Nam JS Company, an affiliate of Hoang Phat Vissai Group Company Ltd, started building a cement plant with the first-phase investment of VND1.5trn (US$72.78m) in Vietnam’s northern province of Ha Nam on July 16. The plant, located in Thanh Tan Commune of Thanh Liem district, will have an annual capacity of 1Mta in the first phase, local press reported on Wednesday. Once being put into operation in the first quarter of 2013, the plant will help raise the group’s total cement produc... |
Investor pledges to revive Pokot project, Kenya10 August 2011, Published under Cement NewsInvestors behind a factory in Pokot, Kenya have pledged to proceed with construction work, which has failed to take off 14 months after the ground-breaking ceremony. The project was expected to kick off soon after the June 2010 launch ceremony in Ortum, Pokot, but its directors blamed the delay on various studies required before the investment. Sanghi Cement won a tough battle with India’s Mehta Group and promised to shortly commence the construction. The first phase, which involved puttin... |
Holcim Philippines reports marked 1H decline10 August 2011, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Philippines reported a fall in net profit of PHP1.4bn (US$33m), down 48.6 per cent YoY as cement weakened in the absence of election-related government spending that boosted sales in early 2010. For the second quarter alone, net profit was down by 55 per cent to PHP622.3m, the company said. Cement demand declined by nine per cent in the first six months of 2011, which Holcim attributed to weak government expenditure due to the absence of election-related spending and efforts to cut t... |
Chettinad to build grinding plant in Maharashtra state, India10 August 2011, Published under Cement NewsChettinad Cement Corporation Limited has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that the Board of Directors have considered and accorded their approval in-principle to set up a 2Mta grinding unit at Ahuj Village, Solapur District, Maharashtra State. |
Akemenes eyes Kaliningrad power plant project supply09 August 2011, Published under Cement NewsAkmenes Cement, Lithuania’s sole cement producer, says it is interested in supplying cement for a nuclear power plant construction project in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, but it is not in talks on a definitive order, the company’s chief executive officer said on Monday. Arturas Zaremba, the CEO, said that all building materials manufacturers from surrounding areas are interested in securing a major order in the project. "There are five cement suppliers in the Kaliningrad market, inc... |
New Western Iran factory inaugurated09 August 2011, Published under Cement NewsIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has inaugurated a cement factory situated in Iran’s Western Kermanshah province. The plant has a capacity of 2.4Mta and involved and investment of US$300m. Last month, Iran launched two new cement factories in the provinces of West Azarbaijan and Golestan. Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) announced earlier this month that the country has produced 23.41Mt of cement in the first four months of the curre... |
US May shipments up 2.5% YoY09 August 2011, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico for May 2011 were 6.5Mt. This was 2.5% higher than shipments in May 2010. Shipments for the year through May were 24.8Mt, about 1% lower than those of the same period in 2010. The leading producing States in May were Texas, California, Missouri, Florida, and Pennsylvania, in descending order, and accounted for about 42% of the total production. The leading consuming States (Texas, California, Florida, Pennsy... |