Cement News tagged: International
Two hurt in cement plant fire
US Federal mining officials are investigating the cause of an explosion and fire at a cement plant outside Branford late Monday that sent two employees to a hospital burn unit (reports the Sun Sentine
Cement demand could be at peak
The current South African cement boom, driven largely by the consumer-housing boom, is possibly at its peak, commented Aveng CEO Carl Grim yesterday. Grim, addressing media and analysts during a site
Ambuja Cement to invest in second grinding unit
Ambuja Eastern Cement Limited (ACEL), which made a spectacular turnaround after being taken over by Gujarat Ambuja Cements, has announced to invest Rs 115 crore for setting up a 1Mta grinding plant at
Jordan Cement takes first step in oil shale utilisation
Under an agreement signed with the Natural Resources Authority (NRA), the Jordan Cement Factories Company (JCFC) will utilize oil shale from the Lajoon area in Karak. NRA Director General Maher Hijaze
Thai Court approves TPI Polene Debt extension
Thailand’s Central Bankruptcy Court Tuesday approved a one-year extension of TPI Polene PCL’s debt restructuring plan to the end of 2006, Prasert Ittimakin, TPI’s senior vice preside
Pakistan plant in production next year
Pakistan Cement Company (PCC) will go into regular production from April next year after a lapse of long ten and a half years of this plant’s set up. PCC chief financial officer, Shafquat Mahmood told
US cement forecasts
Experts predict cement consumption this year to increase more than five per cent over 2004 levels, despite this year’s hurricanes. Residential construction is expected to decline due to raising
CP Cimento sale likely
CP Cimento is now reportedly up for sale. The indebted and loss-making cement maker is Brazil’s seventh largest with a five per cent market share and operates four plants in the
Eurocement produces more cement
Moscow: the Eurocement Group produced 19.7Mt of cement in the first 10 months of 2005 including output from the two Ukrainian enterprises of the group produced in the same
Cemento Melón plans investment for 2006
Chilean cement company Cemento Melón, which is owned by Lafarge,has plans to invest some US$12m in 2006, newspaper La Segunda quoted the company’s finance director Joao Pereira as saying. From t
Regulators approve Cementos del Caribe merger
Colombia’s securities regulator Supervalores and companies regulator Supersociedades have issued authorizations for the merger of cement firm Cementos del Caribe with seven other Argos cement co
Kuwaiti Hilal cement nine month net profit down
Kuwaiti cement and building materials trader Hilal Cement Company posted a net profit of KWD1.1m (US$3.8m) in the first nine months of 2005, down from KWD1.4m (US$4.8m) in the same period of 2004. Ear
Lafarge to build plant in Bordeaux
Lafarge Ciments, the cement division of the eponymous French building materials group, is to invest more than 20m euros in its new slag-crushing plant in the industrial zone of the port
Saudi-Tunisian plan to be established, Tunisia
A $135m cement plant with joint Saudi and Tunisian investments will be established in Tunisia, unnamed Saudi investors said. The cement plant will be located in al-Akareet region
JLP calls for reduction of cement duty
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) spokesperson on industry, commerce and investment, Senator Shirley Williams, has urged the government to immediately restore normality to the
Construction of Son Duong cement plant begins
Work started on November 25 for the construction of the Son Duong cement plant with a capacity of 400,000 tonnes a year in the mountainous northern province of Tuyen Quang.