Cement News tagged: International
Local market needs more cement
Total local consumption of cement in Jordan stood at 2.7Mt last year, Jordan Cement Factories Company (JCFC) General Manager Samer Biriqdar said on Wednesday. He indicated that the local market’
Grinding plant for Jamaica mooted
Mainland International has invited firms to submit proposals on the securing of land and construction of a cement plant that the company would operate in direct competition with Carib Cement Company.
Cement can halve road construction costs
A Holcim seminar in Bangladesh has noted that the use of cement in road construction instead of bitumen can reduce costs by 50 per cent, according to work done by the local Roads and Highways Departme
Five month demand at 19.4Mt, Spain
Cement demand in Spain stood at 19.4Mt in the first five months of 2004, up 2.4 per cent YoY, Spanish Cement Makers Association OFICEMEN have said.
Rinker buys Florida premix company
Rinker Group Ltd announced that its US subsidiary Rinker Materials Corporation has expanded into the fast growing Florida Panhandle region with the acquisition of RMC Group plc’s premix concrete busin
Akmenes Cementas income increase, Lithuania
AB Akmenes Cementas, Lithuania’s only cement producer, announced that its five-month income reached 33.5m litas (EUR9.7m), a boost of almost 29 per cent from the corresponding period in 2003, th
Union Cement new kiln line, UAE
The board of directors of UAE Ras al-Khaimah cement manufacturer Union Cement approved on June 13, 2004 a proposal to install a new kiln with an annual capacity of 2.5Mt. The move is aimed at meeting
Qatar’s construction industry, scrambling to meet Asian Games deadlines
In April work on government-driven projects linked to the 15th Asian Games was forced to a halt for the second time in six months owing to a scarcity of cement in the local market. Although games orga
Cemex looks for more growth
Cemex forecasts 1H04 Ebitda will grow 15 per cent to US$1.2bn and revenue will increase six per cent to US$3.7bn compared to the same period last year, the company announced. In 2Q04, Ebitda will jum
NCC withdraws from the Swedish market
The Swedish-based construction group NCC, having sold its ready-mixed concrete operations in Finland, the Baltic states, Poland, Norway and the St. Petersburg area of Russia as well as some of its Swe
Aggregate Industries sees $7 to $8 on US cement prices
Aggregate Industries has seen better first half activity in its US business this year, thanks to less adverse weather conditions but there has also been an underlying improvement in the Mid-Atlantic a
Cement factories deny crisis claims
Cyprus’s two cement producers factories yesterday rubbished reports of a cement crisis, saying the island¹s annual production was more than enough to cover the needs of the market. Speaking to t
Moroccan cement growth
Sources in the Moroccan Ministry of Industry and Commerce estimate the cement consumption in Morocco to grow as high as 12.65Mt by 2008. The same sources attribute this cement consumption growth to th
Strabag may open cement plant by 2008
Hungarian construction holding Strabag may open a Ft27bn (US$131m) cement plant with a capacity of 1Mt, by 2008. A final decision on whether the project will go ahead will be taken only after polling
UAE Emirates Cement factory to raise output
UAE cement maker Emirates Cement Factory, located in al-Ain, eastern UAE, plans to raise its production to about 4Mta from the current 950,000tpa, it was reported on June 14, 2004. Emirates Cement is
Baltsem Leaves Ukrtsement
Ukraine’s largest producer of cement, the Baltsem plant (Balakliia, Kharkiv region) has left the Ukrainian Association of Enterprises and Organizations of the Cement Industry, otherwise known as