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Cement prices to rise 10-15% after monsoon, India17 September 2010, Published under Cement NewsCement major JK Cement today said that cement prices, which remained subdued so far this fiscal, will go up by 10-15 per cent after monsoon. Besides, the company further said it plans to expand capacity by 2-3Mt next year with an anticipated capital infusion of INR1500 crore in Rajasthan. "We expect that cement prices will increase in the range of 10-15 per cent after monsoon comes to end," Company’s MD & CEO Yadupati Singhania told reporters. |
Romania’s 1H cement output drops 16% YoY17 September 2010, Published under Cement NewsRomania’s cement production dropped 16% in the first half of the year, to 2.94Mt, according to the cement companies’ association CIROM. Moreover, the local cement sales saw a 17% decline on the year in January-June, to 2.99Mt. Clinker output declined by 16%, to 2.19Mt. Overall sales by local cement producers, excluding imports, shrank by 20%, to 2.88Mt. Cement and clinker imports amounted to some 130,000t in January-May this year. In the same period of 2009, there were no imports. |
Thang Long cement sells 800,000t of cement in Jan-Aug?17 September 2010, Published under Cement NewsThang Long Cement JSC, a joint venture between the state-run Vietnam Machinery Installation Group (Lilama) and Hanoi General Export Import Corporation (Geleximco), sold 800,000t of cement in the first eight months of this year, fulfilling 57% of its full-targets. The figure was released at the launching of its PCB40 cement in the central and central highlands regions on September 15, the Communist Party of Vietnam said late Thursday. This year, Thang Long Cement JSC targets to sell 1.4Mt o... |
Peru: Jan-August shipments up 16%17 September 2010, Published under Cement NewsShipments of cement in the Peruvian market totaled 5.16Mt between January and August 2010, ie 15.99 per cent increase over the figure recorded in the same period of 2009, when totaled 4.45Mt, according to a recent report by tge Association of Cement Producers (ASOCEM). During that period cement production was 5.29Mt, representing an increase of 17.20 per cent from 2009, when it stood at 4.51Mt. In the first eight months of this year exported only 1.2Mt of cement, while in the same peri... |
Eurozone construction monthly output drops17 September 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe construction output dropped a seasonally adjusted 3.1% on a monthly basis in July, compared to a 1.08 per cent rise in the previous month, a report by the Eurostat showed on Friday. The construction output in June month was revised from 2.7 per cent rise estimated initially. Output had decreased 0.9 per cent in May. Year-on-year, the construction production decreased 7.5 per cent in July, compared to a 1.9 per cent growth in the preceding month, which was revised from 3.1 per cent rise ... |
Karsog villagers voice support for Lafarge plant, India16 September 2010, Published under Cement NewsVillagers of the areas around the identified plant and mine site of Lafarge India’s proposed cement plant in Himachal Pradesh have issued a statement through the company supporting the plant. According to the statement, they have expressed their anguish over the order of the NEAA. "We have - the statement on behalf of the villagers says - learnt that NEAA passed an order setting aside the Environmental Clearance granted to the project. To the best of our knowledge Lafarge had duly followed... |
Govt paces up efforts for another cement plant16 September 2010, Published under Cement NewsAmid people’s resistance across the state against upcoming cement plants, the state government has paced up efforts for yet another cement plant in the state at Chopal tehsil of Shimla district. The government has re-advertised the limestone quarry site at Chopal that was earlier allotted to Indorama Cement Limited (in joint venture with HeidelbergCement of Germany), which failed to come up with preliminary work on the site within the stipulated time of three years. The 25 square kilometre... |
Cemex to get compensation from Chavez16 September 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez has today announced that he has approved the freeing-up of the funds required to complete a friendly agreement with Cemex regarding expropriation of the latter’s local operation in 2008. The Cemex filial in Venezuela was one of three big global groups’ filials nationalised and the only one of the three until now not to have had a price tag attached to it (Lafarge and Holcim both accepted compensation back in 2008). Cemex of Mexico started arbitrati... |
Titan inaugurates Albania facility16 September 2010, Published under Cement NewsTitan has officially opened a EUR200m plant in Albania, the group’s Albanian unit said. The plant, located in Kruje, 30 kilometres north of the capital Tirana, has a capacity of 1.5Mt of cement which will be marketed both at home and abroad, Antea Cement said in a statement on its website. The plant, whose construction started in the middle of 2008, was inaugurated on Monday. It is one of the biggest greenfield investment in Albania. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development an... |
Xinjiang Tianshan Cement to invest in eight lines16 September 2010, Published under Cement NewsXinjiang Tianshan Cement and its subsidiaries plan to build eight cement production lines with a total annual capacity of 13.01Mt of cement throughout Xinjiang province, reports 163.com, citing a company filing. The total investment of the eight production lines is expected to reach 4.521 billion yuan. According to the Xinjiang Tianshan Cement, constructing additional production lines will help the company expand its market share, lower cost and improve economies of scale. China Merchants... |