Cement News tagged: International
Rwanda charts strong cement demand
Rwanda Investment Group (RIG), a private investment company created by some 43 local investors has committed Rw500bn (US$27.2m)
Thua Thien Hue licenses huge cement plant, Vietnam
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has granted license to the Nam Dong Viet Song Long Cement Investment Joint-Stock Company to build a 1.8Mt cement plant.
Builders association seeks cut in cement prices
It will not be possible to implement the mega infrastructure projects envisaged in the 11th Five Year Plan period
Transparency the goal of cement APM, Malaysia
The government of Malaysia has introduced automatic pricing mechanism to improve transparency between building materials manufacturers and end-users.
Algeria: Egyptian firm buys 35% of capital of Zahana cement factory
The Egyptian cement-manufacturing company “Assik” has acquired 35% of the shares of the cement factory of Zahana, located in the province of Oran in western Algeria.
New cement plant to be built in Vietnam
The construction of a new cement plant with a capacity of close to 1Mta is underway in the northern mid-land province of Phu Tho.
UAE cement and steel prices set for further increase
Price escalation clauses could be good for both contractors and developers as cement and steel price increases in the UAE are
Iron, cement, power units to get 92Mt coal, India
The coal ministry today decided to allot 92.38Mt of coal to ensure the much-needed long-term linkages to 73 cement manufacturing units, 224 captive power facilities and 236 sponge-iron plants.
Cement unit facing closure threat, India
The only surviving cement factory in Koraput district might have to be closed for the lack of support from the administration, sources said.
Cementos Molins buys 65 per cent of Sotacib for EUR86m
Cementos Molins has acquired 65 per cent of Tunisia’s Sotacib for EUR86m (US$125.8m),
Aditya Birla Dec cement shipments up 7.7 per cent YoY
India’s Aditya Birla Group said on Thursday its cement shipments in December rose 7.7 percent from a year earlier to 2.7Mt.
Lafarge opens alternative fuels facility, US
Lafarge has officially opened a state-of-the-art alternate solid fuels facility in Sugar Creek, Mo.
Shree Cement looking to go overseas, India
Kolkata-based Shree Cement Ltd (SCL), which runs the largest single-location integrated cement factory in northern India, is eyeing foreign shores.
Pakistan cement sales jump 24 per cent, exports soar
Pakistani cement sales jumped 24 per cent in the first half of fiscal 2007/08 from a year earlier
China National Material granted option to acquire Jidong Cement
China National Materials Co Ltd (CNBM) said its parent China National Materials Group Corp has granted it an option and pre-emptive right to acquire Jidong Cement Group Co Ltd.
Private cement companies warned by Tamil Nadu government
The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday warned private cement companies in the state of nationalisation, if they did not help put a cap on the galloping cement price.