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Indonesia Semen Gresik 5Mt cement sales Up 15 per cent on year
Indonesia’s largest cement maker PT Semen Gresik said its total cement sales in the first five months of this year rose 15% on year to 5.91Mt from 5.15Mt, due to an increase in domestic sales an
Cemex to utilise used tyres in concrete production
Cemex will utilise used tyres in concrete production, Cemex head of engineering, Luis Mejia, said. Apart from utilising used tyres as an energy source in some of its plants, Ce
FLS to build cement production line for Pakistani D G Khan Cement
Danish cement and minerals processing equipment maker FLSmidth A/S (FLS) will build a cement production line for Pakistani D G Khan Cement for 60 mln euro (US$72.3m), it was reported.
US Builders Group seeks suspension of Mexican cement
Citing rising cement prices and tight supply, a group representing US construction firms has called for suspension of punitive tariffs on imports of Mexican cement.
May domestic sales rise, Peru
Peru’s domestic cement sales increased 3.6 per cent month-on-month to 303,613t in May 2004, the National Association of Cement Makers (Asocem) has said.
Pricing panel formed, UAE
A joint committee comprising representatives of the Ministry of Economy and Commerce, UAE Contractors Association (UCA), cement manufacturers and concrete retailers has been formed to enforce complian
Construction of new plant can begin by year-end, Azerbaijan
Construction of a new cement plant can begin in Azerbaijan before the end of this year and it will take two to two years and a half to build it, Minister for Economic Development Farhad Aliyev told re
Cement consumption grows nine per cent, Kenya
Cement consumption in the domestic market has recorded remarkable growth giving indication of increased activity in the building and construction sector
Calls on US to lift cement tariff
A June 9 "Flash Report" from the Portland Cement Association found "tight supplies" in all or parts of 23 states. Many of the states not yet reporting problems are on the northern border, where the fo
Unpaid tax claim
Philippines: Davao City Councilor Liborio V Lumain urged incoming members of the 14th City Council to thoroughly investigate the unpaid taxes of the Bacnotan Cement Corporation (old name of Davao Unio
Nepal Maoists abduct workers
Maoists have abducted at least 140 workers of Udaypur [southeastern Nepal] Cement Factory Tuesday. According to our Udaypur correspondent, a group of over 50 Maoists abducted the workers from a quarry
Savinsky increases output
From January through May 2004, the Russian Savinsky cement works, part of Eurocement, made 270,000t of cement, a 20 per cent boost year-on-year. The factory made 62,000t of packaged products, a 32.5
Cement scarcity in Monrovia
The local Leocem Cement manufacturing Company has warned that distributors who hoard or profiteer in the sale of cement will lose their contracts. Speaking to Journalists at the company’s offic
Mexico anti-dumping
In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on gray portland cement and clinker from Mexico. The
Growth in cement demand noted
Continued growth in South African cement demand from rising levels of infrastructural spending and buoyant housing construction prompted by lower interest rates helped Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) t
Carpatcement inaugurates new line
Carpatcement yesterday inaugurated, at the Casial Deva cement plant, the first automated line in Romania using alternative fuels. including used tyres in cement production, the investment amounting to