Cement News tagged: International
US cement shortage causing construction delays
A critical shortage of cement is reportedly is causing serious problems in Utah’s construction industry. It means lost revenue for construction workers and rising costs for homeowners. The short
Cement makers contradict competition council
Romanian cement producers reject statements of Competition Council, according to which the decision to sanction companies Lafarge, Holcim and Carpatcement, charged with forming a cartel, was followed
Indonesia’s Semen Gresik nine month cement sales
Indonesia’s largest cement maker PT Semen Gresik’s nine months to September cement sales rose 5.6 per cent to 12.29Mt, driven by increased domestic sales. Semen Gresik said
Semen Tonasa to build new plant
Semen Tonasa is planning to invest at least Rp 2.5 trillion to increase its production capacity as well as build a new plant in Pangkep, said the company’s newly elected President Direct
Ministry stops use of coral in cement production
The Vietnamese Construction Ministry will close down cement plants using coral as a raw material in production to protect marine ecology. Plants using coral are concentrated mainly in the southern ce
TPI Polene wants loan extension
Thai Petrochemical Industry Plc, the country’s biggest corporate debtor, plans to extend its debt-restructuring process for three months while its cement unit, TPI Polene, wants an extra year, T
Peru’s September cement sales rise
Peru’s overall cement sales in September rose 18.6 per cent to 456,907t from the 385,305t sold in the same month a year before, as the economy continued to expand, the National
Antimonopoly service sends claim to Eurocement
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has reportedly sent an invoice to the Eurocement Group for one billion roubles (US$35m)as part of negotiations over claims of excessive profiteering and what it
Indonesia cement consumption up again
Indonesia’s cement consumption rose 4.2 per cent in September from a year earlier, the country’s largest cement maker said on Monday. State-controlled PT Semen Gresik Tbk , 25.5 percent o
Turkish Sanko wins Gaziantep tender
Turkish industrial group Sanko Holding made the highest bid of $128m in the sell-off tender of cement factory Gaziantep Cimento, it was reported on October 14, 2005. Sanko entered the open bid sessio
Kalvitis to consider inviting bids for new cement plant
Due to a cement deficit on the Latvian market, Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis (People’s Party) has ordered Minister of Economy Krisjanis Karins (New Era) to consider inviting bids for building a
Companies still trying to broker solution to cement price war
Despite a September 28 deadline set by Colombia’s senate to resolve the price war in the domestic cement market, the companies are still negotiating to find a solution, an official of one of the
Dangote to Produce 10Mt by 2006
The President, DangoteGroup of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has disclosed that the group’s new cement industries in the country will by 2006 produce 10Mt of cement annually. Dangote stated t
Switzerland domestic cement deliveries up
Switzerland’s cement industry’s domestic cement deliveries grew 6.5 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2005, local industry association cemsuisse said on October 13, 2005. Ceme
OCI Denies Plan To Build Indonesian Cement Factory
Orascom Construction Industries, or OCI denied having made any statements concerning intentions to invest in constructing a cement factory in Indonesia, according to a press release issued through the
South Africans squeeze new entrant
South African cement suppliers and local distributors have reportedly conspired to drive out newly introduced Cheetah Cement to maintain their monopoly in Namibia. New Era investigations have reveale