Cement News tagged: International
Hawaiian Cement: final offer?
Hawaiian Cement submitted what officials called the company’s best and final offer to the Teamsters’ Local Union 996 on Wednesday morning, with an offer to pay 80 percent of the health and
Cement prices may go up by Rs 4 a bag
Retail cement prices in Mumbai are set for another round of increases in the next couple of days. Cement companies Gujarat Ambuja Cement, Larsen & Toubro, Grasim Industries and the Associated Cement C
Cemex sees Q1 gain
Mexico’s Cemex , the world’s third largest cement maker, said on Tuesday it expects a 19 per cent increase in first quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (
Logistics contract with Holcim
The Global Alliance of French transportation and logistics company Geodis and German independent freight forwarding operator Rohde & Liesenfeld has won its first international logistics contract, with
Turkish Unye Cimento net loss
Turkish cement and clinker producer and distributor Unye Cimento reported a net loss of 24.7 trln Turkish lira (US$18.8m) for 2003 versus a net loss of 38.2 trln lira (US$29m) for 2002. Unye Cimento
Turkey Marmara Region cement output
The cement sector in Turkey’s Marmara region produced a total of 7.1Mt of cement in 2003, it was reported on March 14, 2004. Factories in Central Anatolia produced 5.766Mt of cement, followed by
Low demand high supply bring cement prices down
It’s apparently uncertain times ahead for the Indian cement industry with significant oversupply and lower-than-expected demand looming large. Adding to the woes, says an analyst, are the gener
Concerns over coal supplies
Rising demand for coal in international market has sparked fears that Indonesian exports will rise at the expense of supply to the domestic cement industry. The concern is greater with China’s
No takers in sight for Cemcorp
The Indian government’s renewed attempts to privatise the ailing Cement Corporation of India (CCI) has come to naught with no bids being received for the company’s nine cement plants. Only
Oman’s Raysut to invest US$50m
Omani cement producer Raysut Cement plans to invest US$50m to boost its output by putting into operation a new production line, the company said in a statement to Muscat Securities Market on March 14,
PPC sees earnings up 10-30 per cent
South African cement firm Pretoria Portland Cement said on Monday its profits for the half-year should be 10-30 per cent higher than last year’s thanks to good growth in domestic demand - boosti
Vasavdatta Cement captive power capacity
Vasavdetta Cement, part of Kesoram Industries Ltd is putting up an additional nine-mega watt capacity thermal power plant to supplement its existing 15.7 MW captive power plant at its facilities to br
Turkish Cimsa to invest
Turkish cement producer Cimsa Cimento will invest 42.5 trln Turkish lira (US$32.3m) in clinker production at its grinding, storage and packaging plant in Kayseri, central Turkey, it was reported on Ma
Pakistani cement makers
The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) says that cement manufacturers have not increased cement prices and assured that prices will not be increased in the future. This was informed
Italcementi net profit up
Italy’s biggest cement firm, Italcementi said on Monday its consolidated net profit edged up one percent to 277 million euros in 2003 and said it saw 2004 results little changed. Italcementi sa
Fresh bid to curb overproduction
China is yet again ratcheting up its attempts to curb investment in heavy industries such as steel, aluminium and cement, this time by banning construction of new plants and restricting expansion of e