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Vietnam seen exporting cement by 2009
Vietnam can become a cement exporting country by 2009, instead of importing huge volumes of clinker for local cement production as at present, says a special report by the Ministry of Construction.
Check the packing
When buying cement, consumers must check the bags first to ascertain that they bear markings specified by government regulators, the Cement Manufacturers’ Association of the Philippines advised.
Vietnam produces 18.8Mt of cement
The nation’s cement industry produced 18.8Mt of cement in the first seven months of the year, said the Ministry of Construction. Domestic cement makers have a combined annual production capacit
Rebate on cement exports may be allowed, Pakistan
Cement manufacturers have approached the government to allow rebate on cement export as prices in the country stabilised and rising demand is being met accordingly. According to sources close to the i
Pakistan exports more cement to Afghanistan
Cement exports to Afghanistan have reachedthe 190,000t mark in July, despite the withdrawal of an export rebate as a means of stabilising prices in the local market, official sources said.
Belarus to cut cement exports
Belarusian cement plants plan to reduce exports by 26,000t in order to cut the deficit on the domestic market, First Deputy Architecture and Construction Minister Leonid Sokolovsky told a news confere
SCCC to increase prices?
Siam City’s Executive vice president for marketing and sales Chantana Sukumanont said the company wants to increase its cement prices Bt300 per tonne, which is still under the ceiling allowed by the
Higher imports required in Jamaica
The Hardware Merchants Association (HMA) has added its voice to that of the Incorporated Master Builders Association in calling for urgent measures to ease the cement shortage baffecting the island. P
Higher duty recommended on Southern Cross
The Intelligence Enforcement Group of the Philippinbe Bureau of Customs has recommended rejection of the valuation method used by Japanese firm Southern Cross Cement Corp. on shipments made last year
Pakistan cement price
Accepting the appeals of 18 cement factories, the Lahore High Court on Monday set aside a decision of the Monopoly Control Authority (MCA) to break the cartel and lower the price by Rs60 per bag. The
Proposal for subsidy on clinker imports rejected, Pakistan
The Pakistan government is learned to have turned down a proposal of cement manufacturers to provide subsidy on import of clinker, at par with imported cement.
Imported Cuban cement – no price increase, Jamaica
Cement imported from Cuba will not attract the 15 per cent increase in price announced by the Caribbean Cement Company Limited a few weeks ago.
Vietnam to end cement imports by 2009
Vietnam will not have to import cement for domestic consumption by 2009, the Vietnam Cement Association said. Deputy Minister of Construction Tong Van Nga said that the national cement production outp
Cement sales stable despite crisis
Despite the problems which surfaced earlier this year at Caribbean Cement Company, sales figures have not been significantly affected. Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Kern S
Vinacomin seeks to raise coal prices
A proposal to increase the Vietnamese domestic coal price is being considered by the relevant State agencies and economic experts, said Pham Trung Hung of the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industr
GCC foresees bigger exports
Mexico’s cement maker Grupo Cementos Chihuahua (GCC) estimates that, between April this year and March 2007, it would have exported 760,000t of cement, equal to a 15 per cent rise compared to the same