Cement News tagged: International
Cements crumble on price news
A report that Egypt’s government was looking into recent cement price rises dragged down the price of some cement stocks on an Egyptian bourse which was broadly unchanged on Thursday, traders sa
Could Cemex manoeuvres backfire?
The Mary Nour saga continues apace although for the crew idling time away in the port of Altamira, it might look as if they will have to wait some further time before they are eventually able to disch
Argentine cement maker seeks buyer
Loma Negra, Argentina’s largest cement company, is putting itself up for sale in a deal that could attract global industry powerhouses, people familiar with the matter said. Bankers say the com
Siam Cement to up imports
Siam Cement Group plans to increase its construction material imports from China over the next five years to the tune of Bt6 billion as Thailand’s largest building-supplies maker taps China’s lower pr
Hercules Cement to reopen rail spur
Hercules Cement Co. plans to spend $750,000 to reconstruct a rail spur that will allow the Stockertown company to keep its kilns running as close to year-round as possible. "When we have snowy weathe
Melón posts profits
Chilean cement company Empresas Melón (owned by Lafarge) posted a 12.8bn-peso (US$20m) consolidated net profit in the first half, up 11.2% from 1H03, the company said in a filing to the country’
Not for consumption
Hima Cement, has donated four tonnes of cement to the Child Welfare and Adoption Society. The society runs Nsambya Babies Home, which looks after helpless children. The cement is
Organised protest against Mary Nour
About 60 workers representing the Mexican cement workers union have staged a dockside protest against the discharge of some 27,000t of Russian cement from the Mary Nour.
FLS Industries Sells Units To Cementir For DKK4.4B
FLS Industries today (Thursday) said it had signed an agreement with Cementir SpA, the Italian cement group (CEM.MI) to sell all its shares in Aalborg Portland A/S and Unicon A/S, its two wholly-owned
Mary Nour – international trade implications
Still held up in the port of Altamira and unable to discharge its cargo of some 27,000t of imported Russian cement, the Mary Nour case is now beginning to attract international attention
Gujarat Ambuja lines up global push
Sources familiar with the development told Business Standard, “The company is looking at either setting up manufacturing facilities in the Middle East or buying out some existing units. It may join ha
Supreme Court under pressure
Japanese-owned cement importer Southern Cross Cement Corp yesterday lashed out at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and local cement manufacturers,
Cement shortage flows slowly into St Louis, USA
A growing national cement shortage has reached St Louis, raising concerns about construction delays. But for now, no one seems to be pushing the panic button over the supply of cement, the building bl
Austerity measures upset Anhui Conch
Impressive first-half profit growth at Anhui Conch Cement, the mainland’s largest cement maker, is unlikely to continue for the rest of the year as the industry braces for waning demand and fa
Pushka Cement Plant
Shareholders of the Pushka cement and slate plant (Kramatorsk, Donetsk region) changed the name of the enterprise to Kramatorsk Cement Plant Pushka
Egyptian cement output
Egypt’s cement output stood at 2.502Mt in April 2004, down from 2.511Mt in March 2004, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said in a report. Local cement sales reached 2.295Mt in April 2004, compar