Cement News tagged: International
Cement price rigging claims
Taiwan: Two ruling Democratic Progressive Party lawmakers urged the Cabinet-level Fair Trade Commission (FTC) Wednesday to rein in what they called price rigging and market monopoly by local cement ma
Govt undecided over SG saga
The Indonesian government has not yet decided if it would buy back shares in publicly listed cement producer PT Semen Gresik (SG) from Mexico-based cement giant Cemex SA to resolve a protracted disput
Mary Nour wins first round
A local Mexican judge has authorised the Mary Nour to enter Tampico with its 26,200t of Russian cement after he rejected the arguments presented by Cemex, to stop the arrival of the ship to the port.
Florida’s cement profits
The Bush Administration is busy passing out checks to help Floridians rebuild after Hurricane Charley, a gesture that no doubt is appreciated. There is, however, another way it could support the recon
Siam Cement Unit targets growth
Cementhai Sales & Marketing Ltd, a unit of Siam Cement PCL, targets sales to grow 15 per cent to 45 billion baht ($1=THB41.509), thanks to rising demand for construction materials.
Egyptian cement demand
According to Al-Wafd newspaper (August 16, 2004), the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry reported that Egypt¹s cement production rose to 29,104,214t in 2003, up from 28,339,350t in the pr
Cementir more than doubles
Cementir’s first half turnover rose by 6.3 per cent to €151.1m, with the Italian operations contributing €99.5m, an increase of just 1.1 per cent while the sales value at Cementas in Turkey rose by 18
Cement workers vote for strike
The Irish cement industry is on the verge of full scale industrial action after the majority union representing workers at Platin Cement in Drogheda voted unanimously to strike at the end of the w
Jakarta Offers to Buy Cemex’s Gresik stake
Indonesia’s government said it has moved to end a dispute involving Mexico’s Cemex SA by proposing to buy back the company’s stake in cement maker PT Semen Gresik. Cemex, which o
Mexican cement imports still stalled
Mexico’s federal customs agency has one month to decide whether to let cement company CDM (Comercio para el Desarrollo Mexicano) unload cargo at
India’s cement output up 8.49% in July
Cement production increased 8.49 per cent to 10.22Mt in July 2004 from 9.42Mt in the same month one year previous. Dispatches also rose by 8.76 per cent to 10.06Mt from 9.25Mt during the review perio
Brazil construction to resume growth
Brazil’s civil construction industry, one of the most affected by the past year’s recession, appears to have resumed growth after a year and a half of crisis, as cement consumption ros
Cemex anti-competitive?
Jordan’s CTI Group alleged on Friday that Mexico’s Cemex, the world’s No 3 cement maker, was seeking to prevent competition in its lucrative home market by blocking a ship from u
Indonesian cement gains
State-owned firm, PT Semen Gresik, the country’s largest integrated cement producer, has projected that the cement industry will fully recover next year on the back of robust demand for property
Syria’s cement market rising
Syria’s consumption of cement is expected to reach 6.4Mt this year, according to Hassan Beydoun, Director-General of OMRAN the state-owned company affiliated to the Ministry of Economy and in ch
Lawsuit against two companies
A group of Palestinians have filed a lawsuit at Nablus court against Toraify and Baraka companies charging them of selling cement to Zionist companies, which in turn used the Egyptian cement in the se