Cement News tagged: International
Baltsem Increases Cement Production
The Ukrainian Baltsem plant (Balakliia, Kharkiv region), one of the three major regional cement producers, increased cement production by 27.6 per cent or 55,100t compared with
Canacem demands tax-free cement exports to US
Mexican cement exports to the United States should be tax-free, National Chamber of Cement (Canacem) Adviser Rodolfo Cruz Miramontes said. Indeed, the official stated the 10
Lafarge names Bruno Lafont as new CEO
Lafarge said on Tuesday that Bruno Lafont, currently group chief operating officer, would become its new chief executive from January 1. Lafont, who has spent all his career at Lafarge, will replace
Mexican GCC buys stake in top Bolivian cement firm
Mexican cement maker Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua has bought a 46.57 percent stake in Bolivia’s top cement maker for $58.2m, the company said on Monday. Under the terms of
Egypt’s Orascom to build cement factory in Indonesia
Industry Minister Andung Nitimihardja said Egypt’s Orascom Construction Industries plans to build a cement plant in Indonesia with an annual capacity of 2.5Mt. The project will be built in Java
Heidelberg Cement’s Bosnian unit to invest
Tvornica Cementa Kakanj (TCK), a Bosnian cement plant owned by German HeidelbergCement, said on Monday it would invest some 100 million marka ($61.7m) in technology upgrades and environmental protecti
Energy costs trim Asia Cement growth
Asia Cement Plc, Thailand’s fourth largest cement maker, estimates a slight decline in sales growth to seven per cent this year from 10 per cent last year, due mainly to the effect of higher energy pr
Holcim says plant closure will not affect output
PT Semen Cibinong, a unit of Holcim, said the planned closure of one of its plants for seven months will not affect the company’s total cement output as it will raise production at its
Pikalevsky Cement production up
In the first eight months of 2005, Pikalevsky Cement (the Leningrad Region) produced more than one million tonnes of cement. The company’s annual capacity is projected at 2.7Mt. In
Garadagh Cement increases investment programme
The azerbaijani Garadagh Cement company, the country’s sole cement producer, has increased its investment program from $75m to $87m but postponed its start, Garadagh Cement board chairman Uve Ko
Tasek, Saigon Cement abort joint-venture plan
Tasek Corp Bhd, one of Malaysia’s four large cement producing groups, and Saigon Cement Joint Stock Co have aborted their plan to form a joint venture company to operate a cement manufacturing plant i
Italian and Thai prices depress Italcementi profits
Italcementi increased first half cement deliveries by 9.6 per cent to 26.2Mt, helped by the full consolidation of Suez Cement for three months, with the underlying volume increase being 2.3 per cent.
US, Mexico officials to meet on Mexican cement tariff
Trade negotiators from Mexico and the U.S. will meet Friday in Mexico City to discuss lifting tariffs on Mexican cement in the U.S. as hurricane damage threatens to make tight supplies of building mat
Cement demand dampens
Demand for cement has dampened slightly due to the lack of new infrastructure projects as well as the slight downturn in the construction industry, the Cement Manufacturers
Prizes awarded to sustainable construction projects in Asia Pacific
Zurich/Beijing, September 23, 2005. USD 220,000 in prize money was presented to the best submissions from Asia Pacific in the Holcim Awards competition for sustainable construction projects. The compe
Lafarge CEO sees further cement recovery, improved margins vs energy costs
Lafarge CEO sees further cement recovery, improved margins vs energy costs Lafarge CEO Bernard Kasriel predicted the modest recovery in cement and granulate volumes seen in the second quarter will p