Cement News tagged: International
Cementos Alfa invests Euro12m in exta milling
Spanish cement maker Cementos Alfa has invested Euro12m in raw material milling at its clinker plant in Mataporquera, Cantabria region, northern Spain, it was reported on November 11, 2004. The milli
Pakistani cement sector shows robust growth in Q1
The cement sector showed robust growth in the first quarter of the current fiscal year with 93.1 percent capacity utilisation while analysts are optimistic that the growth momentum will continue for t
Buzzi Unicem improves margins thanks to Dyckerhoff
Underlying turnover at the enlarged Buzzi Unicem group increased by 6.1 per cent to €2,097.2m during the first nine months of 2004 and the operating profit at the EBITDA level showed a 13.0 per cent a
More on the Rawang expansion
Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd (LMC) will see the cement-grinding capacity of its Rawang plant increase by 800,000t by July next year when it commissions an additional cement mill there. The company ha
India Cement Output up 20% in north
Major cement companies in northern India have increased production by about 20% from mid-October to meet growing demand from the construction sector, an industry executive said Thursday. "There has
Demand for cement to shoot up
A continuing construction boom in Qatar may see the demand for cement go up steeply over the next two years. According to a study conducted on the region’s cement industry by Kuwait-based Globa
Lafarge says its Indian brand push is costliest
Lafarge spends more on brand promotion as a proportion of sales in India than any other country in the world, the company’s chairman, Bertrand Collomb, told Business Standard today. "The market
Maltsovsky Portlandcement output higher
In the past ten months of 2004, Maltsovsky Portlandcement, a major supplier of cement in Russia and Europe, made over 3Mt of cement, a 3 per cent boost year-on-year. Last year the factory made over
Growth of China’s building materials industry slows
The growth of China’s building materials industry has been slowing down quarter by quarter this year owing to the government’s macro economic control measures since the second half of last
Garadagh cement increases output
Garadagh Cement has put out about 1Mt of cement since the beginning of this year. The chairman of the board of Garadagh Cement Uwe Koehler told Azer-press that it was planned to put out 1.3Mt of cem
HeidelbergCement improves margins
In the first nine months of the year, HeidelbergCement achieved a turnover of €5215m. This represents an underlying increase of 2.6 per cent and of 8.3 per cent in absolute terms. The operating prof
Spanish cement sector targets waste burn
The Spanish cement industry is aiming to reduce costs and comply with the Kyoto protocol on climate change by adapting some plants to burn refuse instead of coal and petcoke. The measure, supported by
Garadagh cement plans EBRD funding
The executive board of Holcim prepares to sanction an overhaul of the company’s cement plant in Baku controlled by the joint-stock company Garadagh Cement. The overhaul will include the migratio
Argentina Loma Negra in advanced talks with Camargo Correa
Argentina’s largest cement maker Loma Negra is in advanced negotiations over its sale to Brazilian Caue Solucioes Construtivas, owned by the Brazilian sector group Camargo Correa, it was reporte
TPIPL to spend $150m to expand capacity
TPI Polene Plc (TPIPL), Thailand’s third-largest cement producer, said it plans to spend about $150m in its project to expand its cement production capacity by 3.3Mta to service the increasing demand
Shikapwasha Deports Chilanga Cement GM
Zambian home affairs minister Lt Gen Ronnie Shikapwasha has ordered the deportation of Chilanga Cement general manager Ian Coulter. Immigration public relations officer Mulako Mbangweta yesterday said