Cement News tagged: International
Andhra officials may meet cement firms over price issue
With the regional cement prices showing no signs of coming down in the immediate future, bulk consumers in the state, including irrigation contractors, builders and departments like housing, have pres
Police arrest Portland staff
Police in Blantyre last Friday arrested four Portland Cement Limited (Lafarge) workers for allegedly working in the country without permits and another one for alleged theft by servant and fraudulent
Construction to gain from public spending whoever wins
Italian construction companies, such as Impregilo SpA, and cement firms Italcementi SpA and Buzzi Unicem SpA would gain from public works spending in plans proposed by both political groupings fightin
TCL still to decide on Haiti
Trinidad Cement Limited, TCL, says it will await completion of the expansion of Caribbean Cement before deciding whether to take up an offer to expand operations to Haiti. TCL has controlling interest
Siam Cement proposes new Indonesian plant
Siam Cement, Thailand, plans to build a cement plant in Indonesia’s Banten region, Java, within the market catchment region of the capital Jakarta. Total investment cost is noted at about US$300
Cemex ditches plan, will opt for milling plant
Cemex has announced it is shelving plans for expansion - leaving villagers and campaigners celebrating. Cemex UK Operations, which owns Barrington Quarry, is suspending an application to build the new
Indian cement prices justified say producers
The consolidation in the industry has begun to pay off for cement makers. Cement prices across the country have touched historic highs and are expected to rise further. In North India, for instance, f
Constructors urged on cement use
Hima Cement, Uganda, under the auspicious of The East Africa Cement Producers Association plus a team of experts from the ministry of Works and Road Agency Formation Unit plus private consultants and
Libyans brainstorm on cement supply
Key players of the cement industry here met Sunday to discuss supply of the commodity on Libyan market and implementation of new marketing plans in the sector. Chaired by Economy, Trade and Investment
Cemex to build new plant in Latvia?
Cemex has apparently decided to build a second plant in Latvia in eastern Europe, newspaper Reforma reported, citing Latvian daily Dienas Bizness. The plans for the new plant were reportedly discusse
Uzbekistan plans to build more plants
Chairman of Uzstroimaterialy, Irkin Akramov, says that Uzbekistan plans in the next five years to build three cement plants. "We plan to build two plants with capacity of 1Mt each and one with capacit
Construction of cement factory begins
The Vietnam Cement Corporation has started the construction of Cam Ranh Cement Factory at Cam Ranh Commune in central Khanh Hoa Province last week.
More on Arabian Cement, Egypt
With contracts between FLSmidth and newcomer Arabian Cement, Egypt in place, work is about to commence on a US$60m contract that will see the first clinker being produced in just 23 months, possibly l
Saudi Cement Factory in Yemen
Saudi investor Hussein Attas has announced the completion of registering a cement factory in Yemen with a cost of US$533 million, and a production capacity of 3Mta. He said that there would be an anno
FLSmidth wins Egyptian plant order
Danish engineering group FLSmidth said on Friday it had won a contract worth about Euro 60m with Arabian Cement Company for an Egyptian cement clinker production line. The plant, a 6000 tonnes per d
Kazakhstan’s Yuzhpolimetall to build cement plant
Kazakhstan’s Yuzhpolimetall Industrial Corporation plans to build a US$50m cement plant with annual production capacity of at least 600,000t in the southern city of Kentau, company president Tur