Cement News tagged: International
Cemex Espana spends on new plant
Spanish cement maker Cemex Espana SA spent Euro 2.5m on the construction of a new plant for ecological production of ready-mix concrete in Paterna, eastern Spain, opened on June 22, 2005.
Icelandic Aalborg Portland appoints Managing Director
Icelandic cement importer Aalborg Portland Island hf has appointed Tomas Moller managing director, it was reported on June 22, 2005. Tomas Moller will succeed Bjarni O. Halldorsson who has headed th
Asia Cement Corporation to build second cement plant
Taiwan’s second largest cement producer Asia Cement Corporation will build in a second cement plant in Wuhan Mainland China named Hubei Yadong Cement Plant, with less than 1.6 billion yuan of in
Cement plants need to improve
The Vietnamese Bim Son Cement Company plans to produce 542,000t of clinker and provide the domestic market with 592,000t of cement in the second quarter. However, insiders are warning that the cement
Hanson PLC acquisition update
Hanson PLC, the international building materials company, today announces four recently completed acquisitions in the USA for a total cost of approximately £100m. This brings the total acquisition spe
NBP and Pioneer Cement sign accord
The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) signed an agreement with the Pioneer Cement Limited (PCL) on Tuesday to help the latter in expanding its production capacity. NBP Risk Management Group Chief Javed
Prepayment for cement acceptable
Eurocement, a leading Russian cement producer, today declared a success its adoption in April of new sales terms intended to increase transparency, lower costs and eliminate non-essential intermediari
UEM may bail out of CIMA
THE UEM Group is believed to be reviewing its position in Cement Industries of Malaysia Bhd (CIMA) after the current price war has affected the bottomline of the latter, analysts covering the industry
Cemex to shed 750 British jobs
Cemex is to cut 750 British jobs just three months after formally taking over RMC - the UK-based cement and rmc producer. The job losses represent about 10 per cent of RMC’s
Lafarge starts construction on US$120m plant in Mexico
Lafarge has kicked off construction works on a new US$120m plant in northern Mexico’s Hidalgo state, local press reported. The company is looking to launch operations at the 600,000tpa grey cem
Construction begins on Cam Pha cement plant
Vinaconex officials and their partners push buttons to break the ground for the cement plant in Quang Ninh Province. The VND4.74 trillion (US$301.9m) Cam Pha Cement Plant, located in Cam Pha town, has
Cimpor Brazil increase
Cimpor Brasil, the Brazilian unit of Portugal’s cement producer Cimpor, is expected to register a 138 per cent YoY increase in its exports to African countries in 2005, it was reported on June 1
Parliamentary committee discusses reasons behind cement shortage
A parliamentary committee discussed here on Monday with the Director of the Amran Cement Factory Noman Dowaid the current cement shortage and reasons of the rise in prices of cement in the local marke
Cement prices likely to firm up in North India
The widening demand-supply gap is likely to result in a 4.5-5% increase in cement prices in North India this year, HDFC Securities has said in a report. The report titled ’Regional Cement Play f
Protesters block road over plans to bone meal, UK
Local residents in east Co Meath have pledged to blockade a cement plant because of plans to burn meat and bone meal (MBM) in its kilns.
Thailand’s Siam Cement buys more shares in National Petrochemical
Siam Cement (SCC) has increased its stake in National Petrochemical (NPC) to 35 per cent, a report in Krungthep Turakij said.