Cement News tagged: International
Sumitomo Osaka Cement to resume Tochigi operations, Japan
Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co will resume production on Saturday at its Tochigi Prefecture factory where operations had been suspended due to
India capacity seen reaching 320Mt by fiscal-end
Indian cement capacity is expected to increase to 315-320Mt by end of this financial year from the current 300Mt.
New 0.54Mta cement factory for Niger
Niger moves one step closer to cement self-sufficiency as government gives go-ahead for new cement company.
Lafarge sells US units for US$760m to Cementos Argos
Lafarge announces the sale of its cement and concrete assets in the southeast United States to the Colombia-based conglomerate Cementos Argos for an enterprise value of US$760m.


Egypt’s North Sinai Cement regains licence
North Sinai Cement will resume operations within a week after a court cancelled a government decision to scrap the firm’s licence,
Grasim 4Q10-11 beats expectations
Grasim Industries’ consolidated results for the March 11 quarter were broadly better than analysts’ expectations, thanks to a sharply improved performance in its smaller
Iran’s monthly cement output hits 5.6Mt
Iran’s cement output amounted to some 5.6Mt in the first month of the current calendar year (ended April 20).
Cimpor profit up 24.7%, new Brazil plant announced
Brazil has consolidated its leading position in the Cimpor empire as the Portuguese-based cement major reports a rise in first-quarter 2011 profit.
South African cement sales edge 1.1% higher
Cement sales in SA moved 1.1% higher YoY in April to 816,338t from 807,820t at the same period in 2010,
Verkhnebakansky Cement to construct its own power station
Verkhnebakansky Cement Plant, based in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar region, Russia intends to invest
Lafarge wins Business Council award, USA
The Business Council of Alabama awarded the Lafarge North America Roberta Plant in Calera the honor
Draft proposal to regulate cement products completed
A draft document has been prepared for proposal to the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) in an attempt to standardise the quality of cement and ready-mixed concrete around the region.
Price of cement in Calabar remains high, Nigeria
The price of cement, which rose in the city of Calabar, Cross River State, has remained high,
Ciments Francais sees construction gather pace
French cement producer Ciments Francais reported that the improved pace in the construction sector
Cimpor plans to invest US$272m in new Brazilian plant
Cimpor plans to invest an estimated US272m in a new cement plant in Cerrado Grande, in the Brazilian state of Parana.
Adocem calls quality of CCCL exports into question
A row over cement markets that appears headed to court in Dominican Republic has drawn the Jamaican Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce into likely defending domestic exporter Caribbean