Cement News tagged: International
East Timor plant revamp possible - revised
British based financing company, Delamore Owl & Group said it is ready to provide US$28 million in credit to revitalize a small debt ridden cement maker in Indonesia. Delamore also wants to acquire a
Prosperity sets sights on HK listing
Registered on the UK AIM listings, with its shares having languished over the past 12 months, Prosperity’s owners are now about to jump aboard the HK bandwagon and aim for a separate listing the
South African football
Gearing up for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, PPC has supplied more than 12,000 tonnes of PPC CEM 1 42.5N cement to WG Wearne Ltd for the upgrade of the FNB stadium in Nasrec. WG Wearne Ltd, contracted to
New plant for Belarus
The Irani company Azarab has reportedly won tender for exploitation of Padkamenne (the Homel region) limestone deposits
Turkey’s Marmara leadership
According to data from the Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TÇMB), cement facilities in the Marmara region sold a total of
Lebanese cement consumption rises
A recently released report by the Lebanese AUDI Bank, shows that the amount of the total cement deliveries in Lebanon had increased to 511,981t in the first two months of 2008, up from 466,346 tons
South African cement sales up
Demand for cement in the western half of the Eastern Cape stood at 143,862t in the year to April as against 114,526t in the same period last year. Against that, sales in the eastern part of the provin
Spanish cement demand in decline
Cement consumption in Spain dropped by 10.7 per cent year-on-year to 16.74 million tonnes in the first four months of 2008, the Spanish cement makers association Oficemen said on May 19. The fall was
Conch plans investment in quake-hit region
Leading Chinese cement producer Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd plans to speed up capacity expansion in the aftermath of the most devastating
Twiga to spend $100m to expand its Dar plant
Tanzania Portland Cement Company Ltd (TPCC) is to invest US$100m in an expansion of its Dar es Salaam plant that will increase its capacity by 90 per cent.
Construction costs continue upward rise
Despite talk of bringing down the price of cement and steel, the Indian construction market is yet to reflect little of the government’s efforts
Vietnam’s cement price gains
Over the past few days, the price of cement in the domestic market has seen a dramatic price spike defying the Government’s measures to curb price rises. Despite fluctuations in the soaring prices of
Namibia cement project advances
The joint venture cement project at Sargberg in the Otavi district recently entered its final phase before actual construction, after the government issued
China cement industry to raise prices
China’s cement industry plans to lift prices for the fourth time in the October to December period, 2008 as a result of eliminating 600Mt
Taiwan’s Asia Cement plans HK$400m in China acquisitions
Asia Cement Corp is ready to invest some HK$400m to acquire cement companies based in China
Buzzi Unicem expands in Texas
Alamo Cement Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Buzzi Unicem, is in the process of acquiring a 50% stake in Dorsett Bros. Concrete Supply of Houston, Texas.