Cement News tagged: International

Vietnam’s continuing project work

13 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Vietnam embarked on 20 cement projects last year with the total investment capital of over VND4 trillion ($255.3m). Vietnam Cement Corp started 11 cement production projects last year, of which, Tam D

Taiwan Cement’s output to hit 10-year high

13 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Thanks to the recovery of the domestic real estate market and the hike of prices of exports to America and Africa, Taiwan Cement Corp., Taiwan’s leading cement manufacturer, has decided to expan

Holcim about to launch Aggregate bid

12 January 2005, Published under Cement News

The board of Aggregate Industries has stated that is likely to recommend a 138 pence per share offer from Holcim, which would value the group at around GBP1800m (€2,550m). As Aggregate Industries doe

Semen Gresik expects substantial rise in profits

12 January 2005, Published under Cement News

PT Semen Gresik was estimated profits to surge by 31.98 per cent to Rp500 billion (US$55.55m) in 2004, its Finance Director Cholil Hasan said. Hasan attributed the increase to growing demand for cem

Statistics from the Ukraine

Statistics from the Ukraine

12 January 2005, Published under Cement News

In October-December 2004, the Baltsem plant (Balakliia, Kharkiv region), one of the three major cement producers in Ukraine, reduced production of cement by 6.7 per cent or 20,500t compared with the s

Cost issues for Indian producers

12 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Historically, the fragmented structure of the Indian cement industry coupled with a surplus position and rising costs had resulted in pressures on margins of the cement majors. However, increasing con

China Resources records sales jump

China Resources records sales jump

11 January 2005, Published under Cement News

China Resources Cement Holdings saw sales increase at least 20 per cent last year despite anti-inflation measures by the mainland government, according to vice-chairman and general manager Shi Shanbo.

French leave

11 January 2005, Published under Cement News

The modestly sized Mediterranean port of Nice is the second largest cement port in France, behind Le Havre. In 2003, the amount of cement handled was 326,000t, a four per cent increase over 2002 and

Polysius wins US$308m cement plant bid

11 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Cynce de Oriente, a 100 per cent owned unit of Mexican cement maker La Cruz Azul, has awarded a Euro 235m contract to Germany’s Polysius to build a cement plant in Palmeritos, in the central Mex

Ghacem capacity upgrade planned

11 January 2005, Published under Cement News

The Ghana Cement Works (GHACEM) has honoured 40 distributors and customers nationwide at Tema with the assurance that the company would meet the challenges of the competition in the cement industry. M

Cemex to suspend arbitration proceedings

10 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Mexico’s Cemex SA has agreed to suspend international arbitration proceedings against the Indonesian government over a dispute for control of Indonesia’s largest cement maker PT Semen Gres

Swiss giant makes donation via Siam City Cement

10 January 2005, Published under Cement News

The largest corporate donation so far for tsunami victims in Thailand was made yesterday through Siam City Cement Ltd by its Swiss-based shareholder, Holcim Ltd. The Bt33 million donation is part of

Ultratech loses ground to rivals

10 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Grasim’s acquisition of L&T’s cement division was supposed to make the combined entity India’s largest cement group. In the market place however, Grasim and Ultratech is losing groun

Siam Cement branches out

10 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Thailand’s largest manufacturing conglomerate, Siam Cement Group, plans to start a new building-services company, as it branches out into the service industry for the first time. The new subsid

Turkish Denizli Birlik Cimento to invest

10 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Turkish cement producer Denizli Birlik Cimento will invest Euro120m in a cement factory in Yatagan, Mugla province, southwestern Turkey, in cooperation with 123 local businessmen, it was reported on J

Fire in Perlmooser’s plant

10 January 2005, Published under Cement News

A fire broke out in Austrian cement producer Lafarge Perlmooser in Mannersdorf, Lower Austria, on the evening of January 6, 2005. The fire, which started in one of the cable conduits