Cement News tagged: International
Planned cement plant could give US$60m lift to area
Holcim’s proposed $200 million cement plant for Weston near Oamaru could inject up to $60m into the north Otago economy during a two-year construction period, a social-impact study says.
Nordic Bank provides credit to cement plant’s expansion
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and the Ministry of Finance have signed a EUR 25m credit agreement for the expansion of Vietnam’s Hoang Thach cement factory.
Changes afoot at Eurocement?
Market speculation as to the possibility of Filaret Galchev re-aligning some if not all Eurocement Group’s wide diversity of Russian and Ukranian cement assets is gathering some credence among Moscow
Hanson expects profits in 2006 to increase by more than 10%
Hanson is seeing continued strong pricing in its aggregates driven US operations. Price increases have exceeded 10%, though underlying volumes are slightly below the level of last year
Full-year cement sales set to decline, says Holcim (Indonesia)
High interest rates in the early months of the year have taken their toll on the cement industry, with full-year domestic sales set to decline on lower demand, a top industry player predicts.
FFE Minerals to acquire materials handling company
FFE Minerals, the minerals processing arm of FLSmidth, has acquired KOCH Transporttechnik Germany and KOCH Transporttechnik Austria.
Barloworld To Spin Off PPC, CEO Steps Down
Barloworld Ltd is to spin off its majority stake in Pretoria Portland Cement Co and return about ZAR1bn, or $143m, to shareholders in 2007 as part of the South African industrial company’s efforts to
Barloworld To Spin Off PPC, CEO Steps Down
Barloworld Ltd Monday said it will spin off its majority stake in Pretoria Portland Cement Co and return about ZAR1bn
SCG upbeat on investment outlook; Thai fundamentals remain attractive
Siam Cement Group (SCG), the country’s largest industrial conglomerate, believes Thailand’s economic fundamentals remain attractive enough for foreign direct investment (FDI) next year des
Inteko and BasEl construction of new plants
Inteko, a company owned by Yelena Baturina, and Basic Element (BasEl), which belongs to Oleg Deripaska, are to build four cement plants that will be able to produce a total of about 10Mta of cement,
TCL Group cement reaches Guyana market
The first bags of cement packed at the TCL Guyana Incorporated (TGI) cement packaging terminal have reached local markets.
Holcim to up capacity in India
Holcim is scaling up its Indian cement capacity by another 6Mt.
Siam Cement Industry aims to dominate Asean
iam Cement Industry, a subsidiary of Siam Cement Group, aims to be the leading company in Asean in line with its parent company’s policy of boosting the proportion of its international business
Cement prices increase during shortages
The recent building boom in and around Durban has led to a shortage of cement in the city, with the problem worsening.
Malaysia’s CIMA says Vicat’s offer for units remains valid until Jan 30
An offer by French cement firm Vicat to acquire equity interests in five of Cement Industries of Malaysia Bhd (CIMA)’s units will remain valid until Jan 3
Lafarge finalises R1.1bn BEE deal
French construction materials group Lafarge said on Friday that it had concluded the R1,1-billion broad-based socio economic empowerment deal, that resulted in the sale of 26% of its South African min