Cement News tagged: International
Peru cement sales rising
The quantity of Peruvian cement sales stood at 388,013t in July 2006,
Iran imports more cement?
According to Al-Wefaq newspaper (August 16, 2006), a senior manager at the Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) said that Iran had imported 1,320,000t
Fix anomalies at Portland
Over the past month, East African Portland Cement Company has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Arguably, this could be the very reason major shareholders of the company met last week to rev
Southern cement producers gain
Driven by the increased consumption in the southern markets of India, total cement despatches during the first four months of current fiscal shown a tremendous growth in India to 50.54Mt as against 45
Increased cement supplies offers little comfort
Reports that Caribbean Cement is to release 17,000t of cement to the market this week has done little to comfort stakeholders who have been complaining of a critical shortage of the product.
Japan cancels Nepal cement debt
The government of Japan on Tuesday canceled outstanding debt (principal and interest) worth 1. 67 billion Nepali rupees (US$23.91m) owed by Nepal to Japan, local media reported Wednesday
Judge stops plan for mine, cement plant
A US circuit judge sided with Florida’s Center Hill residents last week, halting a new limestone mine and cement plant originally planned on rural land.
Jordan Cement Factories embarks on capacity expansion
The Jordan Cement Factories Co announced that it is planning to expand is manufacturing capacity.
Chinese Horse fails test
The Philippine Trade department refused clearance to a cement shipment imported from China on the grounds that the Chinese "Horse" brand failed one of the standard tests. In a letter to Cement Manufac
Lafarge to offer lighthouse holidays?
Lafarge has paid more than UK£100,000 for a redundant East Lothian lighthouse put up for sale at the end of last year.
Century Textiles reports fire at plant, India
Century Textiles & Industries Ltd has informed BSE that due to fire in electrical substation, cable and electrical equipment connecting the raw Mill & kilns got damaged on August 12, 2006 a
China’s top producers in 2005
Following is a list of the output of the top ten cement enterprises in 2005 as reported by China’s Cement Net:
US$3bn to reconstruct Lebanon
Financial experts are predicting that it will currently cost around US$3bn to rebuild Lebanon’s war ravaged infrastructure and buildings, reported Emirates Today.
Higher costs and taxes will slow cement growth
Increasing power costs, railway tariffs and higher tax incidents coupled with poor coal quality will check the growth of the cement industry in the year 2006-07, which reported a 10 per cent rise in
Magyar Cement preparing lawsuit against Holcim
Hungary’s Magyar Cement said Saturday that it is preparing a Euro 200m lawsuit against Holcim, in the Swiss courts.
China speeds up reshuffle of cement industry
China will designate ten major domestic cement enterprises and give them preferential policy support in project examination and approval, land use and loan use. Some industry experts say that the mov