Cement News tagged: International
Lithuanian pm looks to help local producer
Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas said on Thursday that the government should consider ways to assist Akmenes Cementas, the only Lithuanian cement manufacturer, in expanding its production facilities
Brazil BNDES Approves financing to Polimix
Brazilian National Social and Economic Development Bank (BNDES) approved financing of 75.4 mln Brazilian reais ($33.84m) to the local concrete producer Polimix Concreto Ltda. The funds will be earmar
Lafarge’s management changes
Was the replacement of Bernard Kasriel as chief executive of Lafarge from next January (when he will be only 59 years of age) by Bruno Lafont, brought forward as a result of the investment community&r
SCCC shifts main focus as costs rise
To maintain its operating margin at a time of high energy prices, Siam City Cement Plc (SCCC), Thailand’s second largest cement maker, part-owned by Holcim, is putting more focus on high value-added p
Croatian Dalmacijacement plans worker lay-off
Croatian cement producer Dalmacijacement-RMC Group, controlled by Cemex, said on Wednesday it planned to lay off around 100 of its 700 workers under restructuring undertaken by the owner. Dalmacijace
Chile cement sales up
Chilean cement sales increased to 7.7 million bags in August 2005, up 4.2 per cent year-on-year, the Chilean Chamber of Construction reported on September 27, 2005. Chilean cement sales increased 5.4
Cement production capacity to reach 70Mt
Iran’s cement production capacity will reach 70Mt by the end of the 4th Socio-economic and Cultural Development Plan (2010), said an official at the Ministry of Industries and Mines on Tuesday. Safaki
CCoP approves highest bids
The Pakistan Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP), chaired by Prime Minster Shaukat Aziz, approved here on Monday the highest bids received for Mustehkam Cement Ltd (MCL)
Baltsem Increases Cement Production
The Ukrainian Baltsem plant (Balakliia, Kharkiv region), one of the three major regional cement producers, increased cement production by 27.6 per cent or 55,100t compared with
Canacem demands tax-free cement exports to US
Mexican cement exports to the United States should be tax-free, National Chamber of Cement (Canacem) Adviser Rodolfo Cruz Miramontes said. Indeed, the official stated the 10
Lafarge names Bruno Lafont as new CEO
Lafarge said on Tuesday that Bruno Lafont, currently group chief operating officer, would become its new chief executive from January 1. Lafont, who has spent all his career at Lafarge, will replace
Mexican GCC buys stake in top Bolivian cement firm
Mexican cement maker Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua has bought a 46.57 percent stake in Bolivia’s top cement maker for $58.2m, the company said on Monday. Under the terms of
Egypt’s Orascom to build cement factory in Indonesia
Industry Minister Andung Nitimihardja said Egypt’s Orascom Construction Industries plans to build a cement plant in Indonesia with an annual capacity of 2.5Mt. The project will be built in Java
Heidelberg Cement’s Bosnian unit to invest
Tvornica Cementa Kakanj (TCK), a Bosnian cement plant owned by German HeidelbergCement, said on Monday it would invest some 100 million marka ($61.7m) in technology upgrades and environmental protecti
Energy costs trim Asia Cement growth
Asia Cement Plc, Thailand’s fourth largest cement maker, estimates a slight decline in sales growth to seven per cent this year from 10 per cent last year, due mainly to the effect of higher energy pr
Holcim says plant closure will not affect output
PT Semen Cibinong, a unit of Holcim, said the planned closure of one of its plants for seven months will not affect the company’s total cement output as it will raise production at its