Global Cement Report
Sri Lanka
PDFFull Introduction ReportDownload HereSri Lanka's economy has shown solid growth in recent years and foreign direct investment has doubled in 2006 despite continued violence undermining investor confidence. Cement demand has followed suit and has increased rapidly on the back of a healthy housing market. While economic growth is expected to soften in 2007 and beyond, cement consumption is envisaged to hold steady, posting increases of around nine per cent.
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Nepal billionaire plans new Sri Lanka factory
21 May 2013Nepal's first Forbes billionaire, Binod Chaudhary, plans to set up a state-of-the-art cement plant in the high growth-market of Sri Lanka. Quoting a statement issued by Chaudhary's office, the ...
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Thatta Cement signs joint venture agreement with Cementia
10 May 2013Pakistan cement producer Thatta Cement has signed a joint venture agreement with Cementia Holding for a new grinding plant in Sri Lanka. Cementia, based in Switzerland, is part of the Lafarge g...
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Sri Lanka Cement Corp plans to reopen Kankesanthurai Cement Factory
18 April 2013Sri Lanka Cement Corporation is moving towards reopening of the Kankesanthurai Cement Factory which was damaged during the civil war. The state-owned Sri Lanka Cement Corporation controls the d...
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Thatta Cement to construct grinding plant in Sri Lanka
05 April 2013Pakistan-based Thatta Cement Company Limited (TCCL) has signed an agreement with Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) for the construction of a grinding plant as well as a storage and bagging facility...
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Holcim Lanka appoints new CEO, Sri Lanka
26 March 2013Philippe Richart, formally responsible for the readymix concrete business in Holcim Vietnam, has been appointed CEO of Holcim Lanka, effective 1 March 2013. The change of CEO, which was announc...
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Successful co-processing
28 February 2013Co-processing of wastes and other low-grade resources in cement kilns offers a partial solution to sustainability issues ranging from resource scarcity via greenhouse gas emission reduction to was...
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On the road to progress
21 January 2013Thatta Cement is in the process of implementing a two-phase plant modernisation programme that will result in increased cement capacity, a captive power plant and a new waste heat generation syste...
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Holcim
06 December 2012Holcim's turnover for the first nine months improved by 4.8% to CHF16,198m, while in euro terms there was a 7.8% increase to €13,438m and in US dollar terms there was a 1.8% decline. The Asia Pac...