Cement News tagged: International
Cement prices up due to demand, not cartel
The Indian cement industry is in the midst of an unwanted controversy. With the prices rising, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath had accused the industry of forming a cartel. Nath asked the industry to cut
Cement production to start in Laos
The production of cement at the Saravane cement factory, Laos, will start at the end of this year, according to a local source. The construction of the factory has so far been 70 per cent completed a
Lafarge improving in Malaysia
Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd, which swung into the black in the first quarter of the year, expects to continue as the local market leader this year, riding on improved operational efficiency and increas
Akcansa to invest US$135m in capacity increase
Turkish cement producer Akcansa will invest US$135m to raise the capacity of its cement plant in Canakkale, western Turkey, company general director Mehmet Gocmen said on May 19, 2006. The project is
Indonesia’s Semen Gresik four month cement sales
PT Semen Gresik said its four months to April cement sales reached 4.73Mt, up 1.4 per cent year-on-year, with a heavy fall in exports offsetting gains in local sales. It said domestic sales in the f
Cement sector set to grow steadily
China’s cement industry will likely see a steady recovery following a consolidation that will close smaller inefficient firms while a booming economy will spur domestic demand, Morgan Stanley said. "W
Five new cement plants to become operational
Five new cement plants with a total capacity of about 3.75Mt will become operational in the current year (Iranian year ends March 20), an official at the Ministry of Industries and Mines said, MNA rep
Pakistan cement firms cut output
With declining trend in cement prices being witnessed for the last few weeks, some cement firms have reduced their production by over 30 per cent during the last one month. The production of cement, w
Dam cements place in Chinese history
After 13 years of immense effort and technical ingenuity, China has put
Vietnam demand on the rise
Domestic demand for cement is forecast to increase sharply to around 3.2-3.4Mt in May and June this year due to the peak in the construction season, according to the Ministry of Trade. In April, many
Cemex expected to reject Indonesian minister’s move
Cemex Asia Holdings Ltd, which wants to sell its 24.9 per cent stake in state cement maker PT Semen Gresik, is expected to reject a move by Minister for State Enterprises Sugiharto, who is seeking to
Ancap invests to modernise cement plants, Uraguay
Raul Sendic, vice president of the state run Ancap, Uraguay, said the company board has approved investments of US$13m to modernise its cement plants.
Dalmacijacement Q1 2006 profits rise, Croatia
Croatian cement producer Dalmacijacement, part of Cemex, posted a consolidated net profit of 16.2 mln Croatian kuna (US$2.8m) in the first quarter of 2006, up 165 per cent from 6.1 mln kuna (US$1.0m)
Dyckerhoff to build two cement lines, Russia
German construction material producer Dyckerhoff AG has decided to build two cement production lines, worth a total of about US$150m, in Russia’s Sverdlovsk Region, Wolfgang Bauer, chairman of D
No change in cement import, export policy, Pakistan
The government rejected on Thursday the demand of cement manufacturers to immediately change the policy on import and export of cement and informed the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (A
Indocement mulls price cuts, Indonesia
Indonesia’s second largest cement maker, PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa, is considering the possibility of price cuts in order to regain market share, particularly in the key Jakarta and West Ja