Cement News tagged: International

Cement industry expected to grow 10 per cent, Turkey

04 October 2005, Published under Cement News

Cement industry is expected to grow 10 per cent by the end of this year, when compared with the previous year, Ismail Erkovan, the Director General of Adana Cement Industry, said on Monday.

PM wants to help sole local cement producer, Lithuania

04 October 2005, Published under Cement News

Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas has said that the government should consider ways to assist Akmenes Cementas (Akmene Cement), the only Lithuanian cement manufacturer, in expanding its production fa

Devcon completes sale of U.S. Virgin Island Materials operations for US$13.3m

04 October 2005, Published under Cement News

Devcon International Corp. (DEVC) announces that on September 30, 2005, it and its wholly owned subsidiary, V.I. Cement & Building Products, Inc, completed the sale of its U.S. Virgin Islands material

Taiwan’s Asia Cement reports 18.50 mln twd damage from Typhoon Longwang

04 October 2005, Published under Cement News

Asia Cement Corp said its Hualien plant in eastern Taiwan suffered an estimated TWD18.50m in damages caused by Typhoon Longwang, which swept across the island yesterday.

Birla cement sales down 4.1%

Birla cement sales down 4.1%

04 October 2005, Published under Cement News

India’s Aditya Birla Group said the combined cement sales of two companies in the group, Grasim Industries Ltd and Ultratech Cement Ltd, in September fell 4.1 per cent on the year to 1.96Mt.

Vangvieng cement factory: the symbol of Lao-China co-operation

04 October 2005, Published under Cement News

Vientiane(KPL 03 Oct 2005)Lao and China is neighboring countries which is shared by more than 100 km of a big forests and stream. The people of Laos and China has a traditional friendship relation an

Camargo Correa planning for good news over Loma Negra

Camargo Correa planning for good news over Loma Negra

03 October 2005, Published under Cement News

Whilst the group awaits the Comision Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia of Argentina’s decision over the purchase of cement firm Loma Negra for US$1.025bn,

Large cement project operational in Heilongjiang

03 October 2005, Published under Cement News

The first phase project of Binzhou Cement Company, a super-large cement producer in Northeastern China’ s Heilongjiang Province, was completed and put into production on September 29.

Eurocement Group mills make 15Mt of cement in 8M2005

03 October 2005, Published under Cement News

From January through August 2005, mills incorporated in the Eurocement Group holding company made 15Mt of cement. The group’s Ukrainian businesses accounted for over 1.8Mt

Jurong Cement warns of H1 to September losses

03 October 2005, Published under Cement News

Jurong Cement Ltd said it expects to report losses in its first half to September results, citing operational difficulties in China. It said Beijing’s efforts to cool the Chinese economy

Again Job Cuts at Dutch ENCI

03 October 2005, Published under Cement News

Dutch cement factory ENCI will be affected again by job cuts, the parent company, German cement producer HeidelbergCement AG, said on September 29, 2005.

Cement shortage looms in eastern Africa

03 October 2005, Published under Cement News

An acute shortage of cement is looming in eastern Africa following the return of peace in Sudan and the easy calm in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has sparked a vibrant economic environm

Syria, China to build cement factory

03 October 2005, Published under Cement News

A Chinese public company for construction inked on Thursday a memo of understanding in Beijing with a Syrian private company for development to build a black cement factory near Damascus, Syrian daily

Growing demand blamed for cement price hikes

03 October 2005, Published under Cement News

A senior Ministry of Industries and Mines official said that growing international demand and high oil prices are responsible for the recent hikes in cement price, rejecting reports that the Ministry

Spanish Prasa Buys Tunisian-Algerian Sotacib

30 September 2005, Published under Cement News

Spanish property group Prasa has fully acquired Tunisian-Algerian white cement company Societe Tuniso-Algerienne de Ciment Blanc (Sotacib) for 97 mln Tunisian dinars ($72.4m), it

JSX Reprimands Semen Cibinong over closure plan

30 September 2005, Published under Cement News

President Director of the Jakarta Stock Exchange, Erry Firmansyah temporary suspended the trading of Semen Cibinong’s share on the (26/9) in order to force the management to disclose the informa