Cement News tagged: International
Indonesia July cement sales up 2.6%
Indonesia’s domestic cement sales in July rose 2.6 per cent compared with a year earlier, the first annual increase since November, according to local news reports.
Gulf Cement Co to begin production by mid-2008
The Gulf Cement Company (GCC), which is being listed at the Doha Securities Market (DSM) today, said it hopes to begin production by the middle of 2008.
Vietnam: Cement consumption to decrease
The domestic cement demand in the third quarter of this year is predicted to decrease dramatically over the first and second quarter due to rainy reason, said the Ministry of Construction.
New cement plant registration eased, Philippines
The Board of Investments (BoI) has relaxed the rules on the registration of cement projects to enable foreigners to wholly-own cement projects in the country but tightened the rules on the registratio
Lithuania reports cement shortage
Lithuania`s producers of building materials, as predicted, have come across the shortage of cement in August, with the sole cement producer Akmenes Cementas (Akmene Cement) being unable to satisfy the
Ukraine Cement output up 8.8 per cent
Ukraine’s cement output rose by 8.8 per cent YoY to 7.223Mt in the first seven months of 2006, the State Statistics Committee said on August 16, 2006. In July alone, cement output grew by 10.7 p
Lafarge banking on government plans
Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd (LMC) is banking on fast implementation of the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) projects, the Government’s approval to raise cement ceiling price and new products to improve
Eurocement acquires Uzbek cement producer
The Russian-based Eurocement Group has reportedly purchased a majority stake in Ahangarancement OJSC, the second largest cement producer of Uzbekistan, Russian business daily Vedomosti reported on 21
Estonia’s construction boom pushes prices
The construction boom prevailing in Estonia now has sent the sales of producers of building materials soaring and prompted companies to invest in expansion, with shortage of raw materials and labor as
El Paso sues Cemex
US concrete maker El Paso sued Mexico’s cement companies Cemex and Grupo Cementos Chihuahua (GCC) last week, alleging that both firms sell their products at prices lower than costs in El Paso, Texas.
Ancap to modernise cement plants
Ancap should invest at least US$10m in its cement plant at Minas and other US$2m - US$3m in the Paysandu unit, as part of an effort to modernise and to move them out of losses of around US$3m per annu
Basic Element to construct Serebryany cement plant
Basic Element LLC will construct Serebryany cement plant in the Mikhaylovsky district of the Ryazan region. The enterprise capacity will total 1.5Mt of cement per year. Investments in new equipment wi
Gulf Cement Co to begin production by mid-2008
The Gulf Cement Company (GCC) Qatar, which is being listed at the Doha Securities Market (DSM) today, hopes to begin production by the middle of 2008. Land for the project measuring four square kilome
Limits set on local expansion bids
The Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) said it has approved a new measure that will inhibit local cement firms from opening or acquiring new plants if their existing plants are running below capaci
CSN receives approval for Rio plant
Cia Siderurgica Nacional, the third-largest Brazilian steelmaker, said it got authorization from environmental regulators to build a cement plant at its main steel mill. CSN said in a statement to the
Indian cement industry in turnaround mode
A number of Indian cement companies are in a turnaround mode, thanks to rising demand from the infrastructure and construction sector