Cement News tagged: International
Holcim signs agreement to sell its majority stake in Holcim South Africa
Since political transformation in 1994, the government of South Africa has introduced legislation and supported industry self-regulation aimed at ensuring an equivalent economic transformation, termed
Semen Gresik July cement sales down marginally
PT Semen Gresik sold 1.43Mt of cement in July, down from 1.49Mt in June and 1.48Mt in the year ago month, data from the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI) showed. In the first seven months, Semen Gre
Colombia’s Argos to build $275m plant
Cementos Argos , Colombia’s top cement maker, will try to boost exports by building a US$275m cement plant in Caribbean port city Cartagena, the company said on Wednesday. The plant will be abl
Siam Cement may buy or build in Indonesia
Siam Cement may invest as much as US$200m to build or acquire a plant to make the building material in Indonesia as growth slows at home in Thailand. Siam Cement, Thailand’s biggest cement and p
Ad Bri says future is positive
Australian cement and lime producer Adelaide Brighton Ltd remains positive about the future despite facing maintenance cost increases and mixed market conditions in the first half of the financial yea
Plan to clamp down on cement prices?
Changes in India’s cement prices never made big headlines, not until the first week of April when it touched an all-time high of Rs 240 in Mumbai-India’s largest cement market. The pricing of ce
UAE cement sector sees profits tumble
Amana Capital Financial reported that the profits of local UAE cement companies plunged 52 percent to US$118.6m during the first half of this year, up from US$247.3m for the same period last year, Gul
Consumer Affairs Commission dissatisfied
The Consumer Affairs Commission is reporting that it is dissatisfied with the pace at which claims for compensation for bad cement are being settled. Executive Director of the agency, Dolsie Allen say
Indonesia July cement sales up 2.6%
Indonesia’s domestic cement sales in July rose 2.6 per cent compared with a year earlier, the first annual increase since November, according to local news reports.
Gulf Cement Co to begin production by mid-2008
The Gulf Cement Company (GCC), which is being listed at the Doha Securities Market (DSM) today, said it hopes to begin production by the middle of 2008.
Vietnam: Cement consumption to decrease
The domestic cement demand in the third quarter of this year is predicted to decrease dramatically over the first and second quarter due to rainy reason, said the Ministry of Construction.
New cement plant registration eased, Philippines
The Board of Investments (BoI) has relaxed the rules on the registration of cement projects to enable foreigners to wholly-own cement projects in the country but tightened the rules on the registratio
Lithuania reports cement shortage
Lithuania`s producers of building materials, as predicted, have come across the shortage of cement in August, with the sole cement producer Akmenes Cementas (Akmene Cement) being unable to satisfy the
Ukraine Cement output up 8.8 per cent
Ukraine’s cement output rose by 8.8 per cent YoY to 7.223Mt in the first seven months of 2006, the State Statistics Committee said on August 16, 2006. In July alone, cement output grew by 10.7 p
Lafarge banking on government plans
Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd (LMC) is banking on fast implementation of the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) projects, the Government’s approval to raise cement ceiling price and new products to improve
Eurocement acquires Uzbek cement producer
The Russian-based Eurocement Group has reportedly purchased a majority stake in Ahangarancement OJSC, the second largest cement producer of Uzbekistan, Russian business daily Vedomosti reported on 21