Cement News tagged: International
Aveng calls for more spend
Aveng, South Africa, calls for more spend on infrastructure Trade and Industry Editor SA’s infrastructure is starting to creak, with government not yet spending enough to arrest the deterioratio
Thai Goverment spending favours contractors
Thailand’s major construction contractors are set to benefit largely from the government’s plan to spend over a trillion baht in mega infrastructure projects in the coming years. The coun
Local producers under pressure
South Africa may face a shortage of cement by 2007. SA’s leading producer, Barloworld subsidiary PPC Cement, recently brought forward its expansion plans, announcing last month that it would ad
Cemex Denies Semen Gresik Sale plan
Cemex SA de CV, owner of a 25% stake in Semen Gresik, denied it had given any approval to Indonesian government’s buy back proposal. "This is totally untrue," a spokesman wa quoted as s
Portugal Cimpor invests
Portuguese cement company Cimpor announced on September 13, 2004 it had invested Euro17.8m in the
HeidelCement targets price hikes
Cement maker HeidelbergCement aims to raise German cement prices to Euro70 per tonne in the medium-term from a current level that is around 10 to 20 euros lower, its head said on Monday. "We must rea
Mangalam Cement cement production
Mangalam Cement Ltd., has informed the Mumbai Stock Exchange that by making some alternate arrangement the cement production of the second unit of the Company namely "Neer Shree Cement" has
Cement Demand in Spain
Cement demand in Spain stood at 31.91Mt for the first eight months of 2004, up 3.52 per cent year-on-year, Spanish Cement Makers Association Oficemen said on September 13, 2004. Spanish cement output
TCL sends aid to Grenada
Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) plans to ship on an ongoing basis several tonnes of cement to hurricane-torn Grenada but, to meet the immediate needs of the population, some $20,000 worth of foodstuff w
EBRD, IFC Lend $60m to Albanian cement producer
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) signed a US$60m loan deal with a leading Albanian cement maker to help it boost output and m
New look for RMC
David Munro, the new chief executive, plans a fresh start for the ready-mix concrete maker after years of problems in Germany and the UK’s Rugby cement business – reports the UK’s Daily Telegrap
Holcim Romania Reshuffles Management
Holcim Romania, a unit of Swiss cement company Holcim, undergoes management changes as part of plans for further increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of operations by introducing new organisati
Argentina Cement Sales up
The cement sales of Argentina in August 2004 expanded 19.3 per cent year-on-year to 514,380t, the association of Portland cement makers in Argentina said on September 9, 2004. Sales in August 2004 ma
China to Step Up Lending Curbs
China’s government will step up its lending curbs and investment restrictions because industrial expansion by state companies has yet to be reined in sufficiently, Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan said.
SCCC set to utilise full capacity of its cement kilns
Siam City Cement Plc (SCCC) plans to restart the last two of its six kilns by the end of this year to maximise its production capacity for the first time since the financial crisis of 1997, in the wak
CR Cement to acquire cement plant
China Resources Cement Holdings, one of the largest suppliers in south China, will soon acquire a project from its parent company as part of its $1 billion capital expenditure to seek growth, accordin