Cement News tagged: International
Vietnam to entice more foreign investment
Vietnam is expected to lure 4.2-4.5 billion US dollars worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) next year, partly by opening wider doors to investors in such important industries as cement and electri
Cement consumption down in October
Cement consumption in Spain in October was down 7.6 per cent from the same month a year earlier at 3.89Mt,industry association Oficemen said.
Cemex confirms US plant sale
Cemex announced this week that it has signed a Letter of Intent to sell its Charlevoix, Michigan and Dixon-Marquette, Illinois cement plants to Votorantim Cimentos for US$400m.
Cemex seen selling RMC’s German ops following disposal of two US plants
Cemex SA may decide to dispose in the medium term of the German operations of the UK’s RMC Group PLC, after the Mexican cement maker agreed to sell two US plants, analysts said. The sale of two
Bamburi set for further gains
Bamburi Cement Limited, Kenya’s biggest manufacturer of cement and cement related products, recently celebrated 50 years since it first commenced operations. It was incorporated in 1951, and li
Peru: cement sales fall in October
Cement sales in Peru totalled 346,506t in October 2004, a 0.1 per cent decrease from sales of 346,826t in the same period in 2003, according to a report by Asocem, the Peruvian association of cement p
Price fall, higher input costs, southern India
The combined impact of a fall in price and a rise in input costs has adversely affected South India-based cement companies, even as the industry’s prospect at the national level is rated good.
Check for safety after lift failure
Mangalam Cement Ltd said the lift structure of serving the preheater tower had collapsed on Tuesday evening during a planned shutdown for maintenance of a unit, according to the National Stock Exchang
HeidelbergCement strengthens US involvement
HeidelbergCement’s US subsidiary Lehigh Cement Company together with Glens Falls Cement Co, Inc, a subsidiary of the American joint company of Buzzi Unicem S.p.A. and Dyckerhoff AG, have reached an ag
Lafarge to start Mejia plant by 2006
Lafarge will start commercial production at its proposed 1Mta cement plant at Mejia in Bankura by 2006. The construction work for the plant will start from 2005. "Lafarge will come up with its cement
Multiple murders in cement factory
We had followed the fortunes of one of our Russian cement subscribers over the years with interest, having first met him at the Cemtech St Peterburg conference back in 1993. Initially a plant engineer
Committee set to announce price band for cement companies, UAE
The price of cement is to be fixed and violators will be fined, the committee commissioned to stabilise cement prices said.
Cement production up by 15.3 per cent to 1,047,000t In October, Ukraine
In October, cement production rose by 15.3 per cent compared with October 2003, to 1,047,000t, according to the State Statistics Committee.
Mexico cement output rises four per cent Jan-Sept
Cement output in Mexico is up more than four per cent in the first nine months of the year, rising to meet demand from a buoyant housing sector and more public works in a recovering economy.
Govt approves investment for Cement JV
The Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment has agreed to Nghi Son Cement Joint Venture Company’s proposal of raising investment capital by $248 million, local media said. The company, t
US concrete makers contend with scarcity of cement
A shortage of cement imports and tight domestic supplies are forcing Delaware concrete manufacturers and suppliers to cut back on work hours and raise prices. The strong US housing market has domestic