Cement News tagged: International

Secil signs investment deal for new cement factory

18 December 2007, Published under Cement News

Cement company Secil signed an agreement with the Angolan National Private Investment Agency (ANIP) for construction of a cement and clinker factory in Benguela province.

Ukraine production down 0.6% in November

18 December 2007, Published under Cement News

Production of cement fell by 18.1% in November, compared to October.

China’s cement industry to realise CNY20bn profit in 2007 amid brisk investment

17 December 2007, Published under Cement News

China’s cement industry is expected to reap in a record high profit of CNY20bn in 2007, with CNY12.3bn of profit in the first eight months

Indian cement industry to add 13Mt new capacity in this fiscal

17 December 2007, Published under Cement News

The domestic cement industry is all set to increase production capacity by an additional 6.65Mt during the remaining part of the current financial year

Mexico’s Cemex to lift cement prices

Mexico’s Cemex to lift cement prices

17 December 2007, Published under Cement News

Cemex plans to lift cement prices by an average of 10% starting Monday

Spanish consumption fall in Spain seen to affect Cimpor

17 December 2007, Published under Cement News

The share performance of Cimpor is expected to suffer from the recently estimated fall in the cement consumption in Spain

Indian road to Bhutan plant by April 2008

Indian road to Bhutan plant by April 2008

17 December 2007, Published under Cement News

The two-decade-old project to construct Bhutan’s biggest cement plant on the Indo-Bhutan border has finally been revived

Taiwan Cement sees demand-driven price gains in China next year

17 December 2007, Published under Cement News

Taiwan Cement Corp expects its plant in southeast China’s Guangdong province to continue to raise prices in 2008,

Cemex denies plans to cut 10% of workforce

14 December 2007, Published under Cement News

Cemex yesterday denied rumours that it planned to cut 10 per cent of its workforce.

Cementos Lima director rules out need for imports

14 December 2007, Published under Cement News

Jaime Bustamante, Desarrollo Corporativo director at Cementos Lima, is adamant that local production can satisfy Peruvian cement requirements without recourse to imports

Pakistan cement demand to reach 36Mt by 2012

14 December 2007, Published under Cement News

At the current pace of growth, cement consumption in Pakistan is expected to increase from present 21Mt to 36Mt by 2012 while exports would touch 12Mt from present export volume of 3Mt.

Holcim mulls cement options

14 December 2007, Published under Cement News

Holcim is set to run its ruler over the New Zealand economy in determining how cement production options here compare with its other international investment opportunities.

Indonesian price hike feared due to higher production costs

14 December 2007, Published under Cement News

Indonesian cement producers will raise their selling prices by 5-10 per cent next year on rising production costs following a surge in energy prices, the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI) said.

Indonesian cement consumption rises five per cent in November

13 December 2007, Published under Cement News

Indonesian domestic cement consumption rose five per cent in November on a year earlier and was 35 percent higher than in October, the Association of Cement Producers said Thursday.

Atlas keen to set up new cement works, Poland

13 December 2007, Published under Cement News

The Atlas group, which produces construction chemicals, plans to begin building a new cement plant in mid 2008. The company wants to have the plant up and running by the end of 2010.

Panama public works face possible cement shortage in 2008

12 December 2007, Published under Cement News

Public works in Panama face cement shortages from 2008 onwards if manufacturers Cemex and Cemento Panamá,