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The Indian cement industry is to see a growth of 10 per cent in June. Using the initial numbers from leading cement makers as a guide, industry analysts forecast that this continued growth will
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03 July 2009
Cement Industry News
Lafarge could begin construction of its second cement plant in Ukraine in 2010, commercial director of
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03 July 2009
The Atchinsky Cement plant, a part of Basel Cement Group, has launched its second kiln line.
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03 July 2009
The Romanian cement market is expected to decline in 2009 for the first time in three years,
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03 July 2009
Domestic Thai cement sales in May 09 contracted 13% YoY to 2.05Mt, a sequential weakening from the
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03 July 2009
The Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has launched a probe into the Bulgarian cement
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03 July 2009
A cement producer from India plans to transform the economy of Pokot Central District, once its new
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02 July 2009
US construction spending fell by 0.9 percent in May, the seventh decrease in the past eight months,
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02 July 2009
India’s Aditya Birla Group said on Wednesday cement shipments in June rose 21.7 per cent to 3.14Mt.
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02 July 2009
Cement production in the GCC will exceed demand by almost 15 per cent in 2009 with largest additions
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02 July 2009
Ambuja Cements Ltd, India’s No. 3 cement maker, on Wednesday reported June shipments rose
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02 July 2009
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Trading
Cemex has reportedly purchased a port terminal in Louisiana from Spanish producer Uniland to ship and
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01 July 2009
Cement makers in East Africa are threatened with closure following an upsurge in cheaper imports from Asia and the Middle East.
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30 June 2009
Nigerians may begin to expect fall in the price of cement as part of the 7Mt of bagged cement approved for importation by the Federal government
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26 June 2009
Cyprus stopped two boats planning to carry aid to the Gaza Strip in defiance of an Israeli blockade from
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26 June 2009
Local Philippine cement makers are appealing the recommendation of the technical committee on tariff and related matters (TRM) to extend the elimination
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26 June 2009
Kenyan Cement manufacturers have raised the red flag over the influx of cheaply imported cement that is flooding the local market.
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25 June 2009
The cement industry, despite being affected by the global economic crisis, has managed to boost exports to US$750m in fiscal year 2008-09.
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23 June 2009
Although a large section of the industry has expressed its wishlist for the general Budget, a review of service tax tops the demand with several quarter petitioning reduction in the rate
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23 June 2009
The cement industry has urged the finance minister to levy uniform excise duty on packaged cement and to restore import duty on the product in the forthcoming budget.
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22 June 2009
The Algerian government will import 1mn tonnes of cement to counteract the speculation in the national market,
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22 June 2009
Freight Markets
Despite a weekly loss on all the dry bulk indices, brokers say there is no evidence yet of a full-scale correction, and with
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15 June 2009
Continued volatility in the ocean freight sectors marks the day to day progression of the Baltic Dry Index
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06 May 2009
While the Baltic Index for larger units has declined slightly in the opening days of March and market interest in both the Atlantic and Pacific basins has been somewhat muted for such ships
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05 March 2009
While the Cape shipping sector has been showing a modest rebound over the past two weeks, lower down the scale the reality is one of continuing bargain basement prices, despite some evidence of incr
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14 January 2009
As the year comes to a close, it is worth reflecting on a few statistics from the past twelve months since the market highs achieved in May and June, time charter averages for the four main bulk secto
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24 December 2008
While the Cape-size sector offered a degree of comfort to owners in early December, especially with the Baltic Capesize index posting some useful gains, this shift has not as yet translated into any p
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10 December 2008
Late October saw the all important Baltic Dry Index trading below 1000 points. The continuous slump has seen the index dropping to 982 points, from an all-time high of 11,793 points last May.
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27 October 2008
With the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) falling throughout the month and
accelerating rapidly as we enter October, all indications point to a
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30 September 2008
While shipowners may be congratulating themselves on a successful first half year in 2008, profits buoyed by further significant gains in iron ore and coal trades in the dry bulk sectors and some lucr
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25 August 2008
The Punjab Environmental Protection Agency has directed a cement factory in Chakwal district to take remedial measures or stop pollution causing activities in the close vicinity of lush green Kalar Ka
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15 August 2008
Corporate
Unicredit’s German unit HVB holds a 6.4 percent stake in HeidelbergCement AG as part of a
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03 July 2009
Brickwork contractor Irvine Whitlock is being put up for sale as part of the break-up of the Hanson’s
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02 July 2009
Bim Son Cement Joint Stock Company (BCC) has passed a plan to offer unsold shares from 2008 to raise
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02 July 2009
Grasim Industries, the leading cement maker of the A V Birla group, is not enthusiastic at a proposal to
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02 July 2009
Cemex said it’s in the process of presenting a refinancing plan to its core bank creditors that seeks to reschedule US$14.5bn in debt through 2014.
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01 July 2009
China National Building Material Co made successful bids to acquire stakes in 10 cement companies from
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29 June 2009
Basant Kumar Birla intends to scale up promoter’s holding in group companies to at least 50 % over the next three years.
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29 June 2009
Czech cement maker Lafarge Cement will use last year’s CZK379.4m (€14.6m or US$20.4m) profit for dividend payment
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26 June 2009
India’s Grasim Industries plans to absorb its unit UltraTech Cement, to consolidate the group’s cement business under one arm,
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25 June 2009
The Board of CRH plc announced the co-option to the Board today, 24 June 2009, of John W Kennedy, as a non-executive Director.
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24 June 2009
Environmental
Efforts by the world’s leading cement companies knocked down carbon dioxide emissions from the
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03 July 2009
Lafarge Dunbar is the only industrial plant in the Lothians to receive an ‘unsatisfactory’ score in the
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01 July 2009
Mitsubishi Cement in Lucerne Valley, California, has acquired a Rawlings Manufacturing Wood Hog, enabling it to use both coal and biomass
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01 July 2009
A bill that would seek to delay the opening of a cement plant near Wilmington has been delayed by
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01 July 2009
A derelict quarry is to be transformed into an environmentally friendly harbour village under a UK£100m (€117.2m) development plan approved today.
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26 June 2009
President Leonel Fernandez announced yesterday that he requested of the United Nations Environment Program,
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26 June 2009
It looks as if Titan America’s plans for a new cement plant in Castle Hayne will continue
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26 June 2009
California air regulators on Thursday will consider leveling the nation’s first statewide carbon fee on utilities,
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25 June 2009
Tonight the city of Albuquerque has scheduled a public information hearing to hear concerns about whether a North Valley cement company
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24 June 2009
Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson said on Tuesday he filed a suit against Mexican cement maker Cemex
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24 June 2009
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Recent Orders
Only a few weeks after GEBR. PFEIFFER AG, Germany, and its Indian subsidiary Gebr. Pfeiffer (India)
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30 June 2009
Egypt’s Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) won two government contracts worth US$168mn for road-building and sewage treatment projects,
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22 June 2009
KCP Limited chooses FLSmidth Automation India as their supplier for plant
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15 June 2009
Brazilian logistics giant América Latina Logística (ALL) and Cimpor have signed a contract for the
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26 May 2009
The Siemens Industry Solutions Division of Siemens AE Greece has won an order from the Cypr
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12 May 2009
Sinoma International Engineering Company Limited (Nanjing, Jiangsu) a subsidiary of China National
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07 April 2009
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced today that the installation of their Expert
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02 April 2009
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract by YURA S.A. for a new 4200tpd pyroprocessing line for its
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01 April 2009
CPower announced that it has been selected by Lafarge North America to manage the company’s energy
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31 March 2009
Sinoma of China has commissioned Bedeschi the supply of two limestone storages and two shale storage
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11 March 2009