Cement News tagged: International

GACL additional cement mill complete

06 September 2004, Published under Cement News

Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd (GACL) has announced the completion of its cement-grinding unit at Darlaghat in Himachal Pradesh. The capacity of this plant has now increased by 600,000tpa. The expansion h

Cement sales jump 24%

03 September 2004, Published under Cement News

Cement sales in Pakistan have recorded a growth of 24 percent in August, as total cement sales stood at 1.292Mt compared to 1.044Mt of same period last year.

ACC, Gujarat Ambuja despatches up

03 September 2004, Published under Cement News

ACC and Gujarat Ambuja Cement Ltd (GACL) overcame the transporters’ strike to increase their cement despatches during the month of August. However, Aditya Birla group companies Grasim and UltraT

Gujarat Ambuja boost sales, new plant set for October commissioning, India

02 September 2004, Published under Cement News

Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd, India’s third-largest cement maker, said higher exports boosted the company’s August sales by six per cent on year, despite a weeklong truckers’ strike an

GCC prepays US$90m in debt, Mexico

GCC prepays US$90m in debt, Mexico

02 September 2004, Published under Cement News

Mexican cement producer Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua has prepaid US$90m in bank debt, reducing overall debt by 39.3 per cent to MXP1.56bn (US$134mn), GCC told Mexico City’s bourse.

Titan doubles capacity in Bulgaria H1 2004

02 September 2004, Published under Cement News

Titan Cement has doubled its production capacity in Bulgaria to 1Mt of cement in the first half of 2004. Titan doubled its production capacity following the acquisition of Bulgarian cement plant in Zl

Construction plans for proposed US$300m cement plant and associated facilities, Vietnam

Construction plans for proposed US$300m cement plant and associated facilities, Vietnam

02 September 2004, Published under Cement News

The local Vietnam Construction & Import-Export Corp is currently gearing-up to build a new cement plant and associated facilities in the country. Construction plans under consideration call for buildi

Cement firms seek to tap Middle East potential, India

02 September 2004, Published under Cement News

Indian cement and steel companies plan to set up units in the Gulf to tap the potential of over 10 free trade zones in the region. There is an increasing demands for cement and steel in the Middle Eas

Federal Government to ban cement imports, Nigeria

02 September 2004, Published under Cement News

With the promise by the Federal Government to ban the importation of cement in 2006, the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has said that the country stands to earn over N39bn in foreign

Wienerberger is building a further brick plant in Hungary

02 September 2004, Published under Cement News

Wienerberger has started the construction of a new brick works at Tiszavasvari in north-eastern Hungary. The plant, which is scheduled to come on stream in the late summer or early autumn of next yea

Creaton reports sharp improvement in first half profit

02 September 2004, Published under Cement News

The leading German clay tile producer Creaton increased its trading profit for the first six months of the year from EUR1.5m to EUR4.0m on a broadly static turnover of EUR57.5m. Exports rose by some f

CRH may invest in China

01 September 2004, Published under Cement News

CRH is weighing up the possibility of investing in two of the world’s largest but also most underdeveloped economies, China and Russia.

Cemex averts shutdown of Antipolo plant, Philippines

01 September 2004, Published under Cement News

Two orders issued by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) over the weekend have averted the shutdown of the Antipolo plant of Cemex Philippines, whose Island Portland Cement was banned from the

Moctezuma’s Cerritos plant to double capacity in 2006, Mexico

01 September 2004, Published under Cement News

Mexican cement company Corporación Moctezuma will launch a second, 1.3Mta cement production line in 2006 at its newly inaugurated plant in Cerritos, San Luis Potosí state, a company official said.

Cimpor thinking of expanding South Africa capacity

01 September 2004, Published under Cement News

Cimpor is studying a possible investment in increasing the production capacity at South African subsidiary NPC - Natal Portland Cement, bought in 2002, a Cimpor spokesman told Jornal de Negocios.

Manufacturers explain cement price increase, Nigeria

01 September 2004, Published under Cement News

Cement manufacturers in Nigeria have given insight to the continued escalation in the price of cements, attributing it to high cost of raw materials.