Cement News tagged under: international
Dangote sets date to begin Senegal output01 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsDangote’s new cement plant in Senegal is to begin to turn out its first cement output from November 2011, THISDAY reported. The General Manager in charge of projects, Mr. Ganapathy Balabubramanian, told THISDAY at the Gallen Village location of the Dangote Cement Senegal subsidiary that construction works at the factory were at very advanced stage, adding that the first cement will be produced by the end of the year. "We have completed the civil works at the site and have began that mechan... |
Monthly cement shipments up 8%, USA01 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico for December 2010 were 4.2Mt. This was 8% higher than shipments in December 2009. Full year shipments were 70.1Mt, down slightly from those of 2009. The leading producing States (Texas, California, Missouri, Florida, and Alabama, in descending order) shipped 48% of the December total. The leading consuming States (Texas, California, Florida, Louisiana, and Ohio, in descending order) received about 44% of th... |
Nigeria seeks to lower cement prices01 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsAs the price of a 50kg bag of cement reaches an all-time high of N2300 (US$15), the Federal Government of Nigeria has invited cement manufacturers in the country to a meeting with a view to finding means of reducing the price. Also, the Federal Government has assured Nigerians that the price of cement will fall next week. At the meeting convened by the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Ms Joseph Tapgun, she described as unacceptable, the high price of cement, promising that gove... |
Vietnam Cong Thanh Cement to build 600MW power plant01 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsCong Thanh Joint Stock Company will start building a 600MW coal-fired power plant in the central province of Thanh Hoa on March 5, Chairman Nguyen Cong Ly said. The plant with total investment of US$400m is slated for completion after 30 months of construction, the Saigon Times Daily newspaper reported. The facility is expected to generate electricity to supply for the Nghi Son Economic Zone and industrial parks in northern region. Vietnam is estimated to face a power shortage of between ... |
Indian producers to hike prices by INR5/bag01 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsIndian cement makers are likely to hike cement prices by around INR5/50kg bag from Tuesday and Wednesday to pass on the proposed effective hike in excise duty to consumers, dealers and stockists told the Economic Times of India. In the western region, companies had already told stockists over the weekend about a hike of INR3 per 50kg bag to be implemented from March 1. In Mumbai, a key construction market, the wholesale cement price is currently around INR276 per bag, while in Ahmedabad the... |
Raysut boosts grinding capacity, Oman01 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsRaysut Cement has commissioned a new grinding unit, boosting the plant’s capacity by an additional 750,000tpa. Mohammed bin Alawi bin Ali Muqaibal, Chairman of the Board of Directors, said in the Director’s Report of the company’s performance in 2010, that the new capacity would help the company meet the burgeoning domestic demand for cement. The rapid growth of the construction and infrastructure sectors, among other factors, is expected to boost cement demand by 1.5Mt during 2011, accord... |
Contract for new Azerbaijan plant signed01 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsNORM LTD has signed with China Triumph International Engineering CO LTD (CTIEC) for the construction of a cement plant under the name of Gizildash Cement. The plant will be located in Garadagh district and have a production capacity of 5000tpd (2Mta). Operations are expected to begin in late 2013. The project started in 2008 from the preparation of a feasibility study made by India’s Holtec Consulting Private Ltd. On 12 April 2010 the Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources of Azerb... |
India’s ACC Feb cement shipments up 17% YoY01 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s No. 2 cement producer, ACC Ltd, said on Tuesday shipments in February rose 17 per cent from a year earlier to 2Mt. The company, in which Holcim holds about 46 per cent, said production in February rose to 1.97Mt from 1.71Mt a year ago. |
FCC studying buyout of cement unit01 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsSpanish builder FCC has studied the possibility of using shares held as treasury stock to buy out the minority stake in its struggling cement unit, its chairman said on Tuesday. FCC owns 70 per cent of Cementos Portland, which has suffered from the sharp downturn in Spanish construction activity since a decade-long boom burst a few years ago. Its net profit fell 95 per cent to EUR1.2m (US$1.7m) in 2010. "As of today we haven’t decided anything, but of course it’s true that we’ve studied (... |
Holcim extends Catskill layoffs, USA01 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe temporary layoffs at cement manufacturer Holcim have been extended for a second time, effective until the end of March, in what’s becoming a month-to-month evaluation of the company’s financial health. Robin DeCarlo, Holcim’s vice president of corporate communications, said Monday the company continues to face challenges as the nation’s economic recovery struggles to pick up speed. Holcim announced last November that 62 workers at its Catskill plant – more than half the workforce —... |