Cement News tagged: International

Cement sales up in November

09 December 2005, Published under Cement News

Pakistan ’s total cement sales during the month of November as compared to the previous year went up by eight per cent and were noted at 1.194Mt. The All Pakistan Cement

Holcim and Gujarat Ambuja

08 December 2005, Published under Cement News

The presence of Swiss cement maker Holcim’s CEO Markus Akermann and his board colleague Paul Hugentobler in Mumbai to attend the Associated Cement Companies Ltd (ACC) board meeting on Tuesday sparked

Cement consumption growth to slow in 2006

08 December 2005, Published under Cement News

US experts predict cement consumption this year to increase more than five per cent over 2004 levels, despite this year’s hurricanes. Residential construction is expected to decline due to raising mor

Yemen production increase planned

08 December 2005, Published under Cement News

According to the Al-Bayan newspaper, Mr. Mohammed Shanef, Vice Chairman of the Yemen Corporation for Cement Industry and Marketing, revealed that his company is planning to increase its cement product

Savinskiy Cement increases production

Savinskiy Cement increases production

08 December 2005, Published under Cement News

Savinskiy Cement Plant (the Arkhangelsk region) increased production of cement by eight per cent in January-November 2005, to 668,000t, up 8,0 from the figure reported in entire 2004. Design capacity

Holcim Romania opens "clean" concrete plant

08 December 2005, Published under Cement News

Holcim Romania said on Wednesday it spent US$2.36m to open its 11th environmentally friendly concrete plant. The new plant has an output capacity of 120 cubic metres of

TCL back on-stream

TCL back on-stream

08 December 2005, Published under Cement News

By the end of this week, Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) will raise its production to meet the demands of local and foreign markets. This assurance was given yesterday by TCL chief executive officer, Dr Rol

Holcim may bid for Huaxin Cement

07 December 2005, Published under Cement News

Holcim is expected to become the largest shareholder of China’s second largest cement producer Huaxin Cement. The two companies are in acquisition talks, an official from the city government of

Romanian cement market up in 2005

07 December 2005, Published under Cement News

The Romanian cement market is reported to have grown 8.0 per cent in 2005 compared to 2004 due to the high number of supply contracts for the reconstruction of buildings

US could drop duty on Mexican cement

07 December 2005, Published under Cement News

The United States could phase out a 55 per cent duty on Mexican cement under a plan that would establish a 3Mt annual import quota for three years, a US group said on Monday. Stephen Sandherr, chief e

Kenyan cement firms complain about costs

07 December 2005, Published under Cement News

Poor roads and inadequate communication infrastructure are making cement manufacturing too expensive Kenyan cement makers Bamburi and Athi River Mining are concerned that the high costs of production

Shree Cement expects good rise in sales

07 December 2005, Published under Cement News

Shree Cement Ltd., whose main market is in north India, expects sales to rise 12-13 per cent in the current year to March, a top company official said on Tuesday, beating the industry average of 8 per

Takeover bid for Cementos Lemona

06 December 2005, Published under Cement News

A unit of Spain’s Fomento de Construcciones & Contratas SA has launched a takeover bid of Euro 248.3m a share, for mid-size cement producer Cementos Lemona SA. The unit, Cementos Portland Valder

Taiwanese groups: profits rising

06 December 2005, Published under Cement News

Due to an expected 10 per cent rise in the price of export cement, Taiwan’s cement firms will likely see their average profit margins increase two per cent next year. An institutional investor

Russia’s Eurocement to hold EGM

06 December 2005, Published under Cement News

Russian cement producer Eurocement plans to hold an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, or EGM, on February 6, 2006 to elect new members to the company’s board of directors, a spokesm

Indian cement majors lose momentum

06 December 2005, Published under Cement News

Strong projections of sales fail to surface in the cement industry, as despatches continue to show single-digit growth. Apparently, it’s worse for the big four cement manufacturing companies in India.