Cement News tagged: International
Work starts on central Vietnam cement plant
Construction on a cement plant, with a phase 1 capacity of 1.4Mta, kicked off Monday in Phong Dien of central Thua Thien - Hue province. The Dong Lam cement plant is to be built on an area of 55 hecta
Orascom to confirm Indonesian plant?
Egypt’s Orascom plans to build a cement factory in the regency of Purwodadi, Central Java, this year. The Egyptian conglomerate also planned to invest in infrastructure projects such as in a to
Fujairah cement plant
The Emirates Cement Factory has confirmed it will be building a US$475m cement plant in Fujairah, to be partly financed by a US$235m initial public offering, reported Gulf News. Construction of the pl
Govt keeping close watch on cement price rise
The Indian government yesterday said it would look into reasons for recent abnormal rise in cement price and would not hesitate to intervene to bring down price level. "We are concerned at the price r
Establishment of new plant in northern Saudi province
The Saudi minister of commerce and industry has approved the establishment of the cement company in the Northern region as a Saudi stock company with a capital of SR1.2 billion. According to the Saudi
New Philippino capacity needed
A group of Philippine developers and contractors are pushing for the entry of more cement factories in a bid to bring down prices. Pedro C. Tario, president of the Chamber of Real Estate Builders Asso
Cimpor improves FY net profit, Portugal
Cimpor said it managed to improve full year net profit by 3.9 per cent to EUR266.2m from EUR256.1m despite ’a number of adverse factors’.
Cement prices to rise on back of fuel hikes – Jordan
Jordan Cement Factories Company (JCFC) will increase the price of cement after the implementation of the government’s decision to hike the price of oil derivatives in April, JCFC Managing Direct
El-Khayyat cement project, Saudia Arabia
The El-Khayyat Cement, a new greenfield cement project, is being launched and it will add 1Mt to the Saudi cement sector. The move is made at a time when the Kingdom is gearing up for massive construc
Cement plant begins production in Hai Phong, Vietnam
Son Truong Co Ltd recently began operations at a new cement plant in Hai Phong’s Minh Duc Industrial Zone, said company general director Ta Quyet Thang. The 90,000m2 VND126bn (US$7.9m) facility
Moldova’s Ciment more than doubles 2005 net profit
The net profit of Moldovan cement producer Ciment, majority owned by Lafarge, more than doubled last year to 50.9m lei (US$3.9m). Ciment, located in the northern town of Rezina, had a 296.7m lei statu
Feb cement production down, Ukraine
Ukrainian cement production in February, fell by 6.3 per cent compared with February 2005, to 483,000t, the State Statistics Committee said. In February, cement production fell by 1.2 per cent compar
Cement price hikes loom despite predicted boom, UK
Market Business Development (MBD) said the UK construction industry will spend 14 per cent more on cement by 2010, with sales at UK£962.5m at 2005 prices. The report said: “The sector likely to contin
Protest against Carib Cement called off
A protest planned for Thursday against Caribbean Cement Company’s expansion project was called off. It was organised by the Jamaica Labour Party and was expected to involve residents of communit
36,000t of cement expected in Jamaica
Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology, Phillip Paulwell revealed March 14, that since the tariff on cement was reduced to 15 per cent last week, the Trade Board has advised that based on applic
French company offers to buy CIMA units
Vicat has reportedly offered to buy a controlling stake in five of Cement Industries of Malaysia Bhd’s (CIMA) eight subsidiaries. The offer was apparently made for Negri Sembilan Cement Industri