Cement News tagged: International
Cement Firms’ Growth Slows On Saudi Ban
Saudi Arabia’s cement-export ban will continue to hit profits at the kingdom’s top cement companies this year after many saw their income growth slow in the second quarter, analysts said.
Sri Lanka to call tenders for Jaffna cement plant
Sri Lanka is likely to call open tenders to revive a dis-used cement plant in the Northern Jaffna peninsular instead of giving the concession through an unsolicited process, highly placed government s
China’s demand growth rate to slow
China’s cement demand will keep a slow growth rate in the next few years, according to Lei Qianzhi, chairman of China Cement Association (CCA).
Brazil’s cement sales grow 8% August on year
Brazil’s domestic cement sales grew 8% in August from the same month last year, to 4.604Mt according to figures out
Prospecting licences for 12 cement plants, Madhya Pradesh, India
Prospecting licences have been issued to 12 companies for setting up cement plants in Madhya Pradesh to raise manufacturing capacity per year by 10.70Mt from 18.90Mt at present.
Holcim new investment in Romania
Holcim Romania Co. invested EUR35m, in 2007, in the upgrading of a cement mill in Turda, center of Romania, and over EUR95m, in that at Alesd, general manager Holcim Romania Markus Wirth told.
Dangote to invest $250m in Ethiopian cement industry
President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has announced plans to invest over $250m in the cement industry in Ethiopia
India: cement firms to cut logistic costs
The domestic cement industry is making continuous efforts to cut its logistic costs. At a time when the industry is entering into the downside of the cycle, with profit margins coming down to 20-25 pe
Bahrain cement crisis set to ease
Bahrain will import 300,000t of cement soon to help overcome a crunch facing the construction sector.
Cement workers protest to save jobs, Iraq
Following communiqués and correspondence, workers and their union, the Iraqi Kurdistan Workers Syndicate Union (IKWSU), took to the streets of Sulimanyya on 28 August in peaceful protest.
New terminal opened in Kaliningrad Sea Port
HeidelbergCement has commissioned a cement terminal worth €7m at the Kaliningrad port on the Baltic Sea.
GBL Owns 20.04% Of Lafarge Shares
Belgian Financier Albert Frere’s holding company, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, owns 20.04% of Lafarge, according to filings Monday with French stock exchange regulator Autorite des Marches Financi
Cementos Bío Bío shuts down concrete plant
Chilean investment group Invesa Briones’ cement producer Cementos Bío Bío has shut down a concrete plant in capital Santiago due to operational cost increases
Society suggests new site for cement plant
The Waiareka Valley Society has made concessions over a proposed cement plant near Weston, but still opposes it being built in the Waiareka Valley.
Niger cement factory to supply sub region
The African solidarity fund (ASF) granted a CFA5bn bank guarantee to Les Ciments du Golf (SCG-Benin) company in Niger to build a sub regional cement production factory,
Algeria suffers a deficit of 3Mt
The head of the commerce and industrial chamber, Brahim Ben Djaber has called on the realisation of Algerian cement groups financed locally, with State participation in the limits of 15 per cent.