Cement News tagged: International
Boral gains a swift hearing
Building materials major Boral has secured an expedited hearing for its court battle with the competition watchdog over its $1billion dollar-plus takeover bid for cement rival Adelaide Brighton, and t
Cemex to resolve Bogota dispute
The dispute between Cemex and the administration of Bogota city, Colombia, regarding a pledge for Cemex to indemnify Bogota for the damages caused by bad quality cement supplied by it to the
Dutch ENCI to reorganise
The ENCI works in Maastricht, southern Netherlands, will shortly start a large-scale reorganisation, it was reported on June 29, 2004. Forced redundancies are not to be ruled out, an ENCI spokesperso
Carmeuse to buy Romanian limestone plant
Carmeuse Central Europe, a unit of Belgium’s limestone producer Carmeuse, plans to expand its Romanian operations by acquiring the limestone plant Romcif from Germany’s cement producer Hei
Katavsky Cement Posts highest production growth
In a rating quarterly compiled by Russian Focus, Katavsky Cement tops the list of leading construction companies by production growth rates. In the first five months of this year, Katavsky Cement, th
Syrian Rastan registers US$4.8m sales Jan-May 2004
The Syrian Rastan Company for Cement & Building Materials, located in Rastan in the western Syrian governorate of Homs, registered US$4.8m worth of sales for the first five months of 2004, it was repo
Fire claims eight lives
Eight workers were burnt alive and more than nine were seriously wounded when furnace oil system at the Saadi Cement Factory in the Hattar industrial area, Pakistan, caught fire due to some faults in
Indian cost-cutting measures
For local cement companies innovation may be the key to cost competitiveness. Hence, larger cement companies such as Grasim and Gujarat Ambuja are seen to be shifting to a number of innovative cost-cu
Lafarge invests US$58m to double capacity, China
Lafarge SA said it will invest US$58m to double the capacity of its Dujiangyan cement plant in southwestern China by 2006, to cope with increasing demand.
Indonesia May local cement sales up 6.3 per cent YoY.
Indonesia’s domestic cement sales grew 6.3 per cent to 2.4Mt in May from a year earlier, the country’s largest cement maker PT Semen Gresik announced.
Vietnam to face cement shortage
Vietnam is likely to face cement shortage from now to 2010, as local cement producers cannot meet the country’s soaring demand for the product.
Chile deliveries down
Cement deliveries in Chile fell 2.8 per cent in the first five months of 2004 compared to the same period last year due to the conclusion of large infrastructure projects, according to a report by loc
Adelaide Brighton in alternative fuels joint venture, Australia
Adelaide Brighton Ltd has entered a joint venture agreement with South Australian waste recycler Resourceco to produce and market alternative fuels as a replacement for traditional fossil fuels.
Southern Cement safeguard woes
Japanese cement importer Southern Cross Cement Corp. yesterday denied allegations it owes the Bureau of Customs PHP37.8m in safeguard duties, saying recent newspaper reports "are not reflective of the
TPCC Plans DSE listing in 2005
The Tanzania Portland Cement Co Ltd (TPCC), manufacturer of Twiga Cement, has said it will be ready for listing at the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) in early 2005.
US Builders Group seeks suspension of Mexican cement
Citing rising cement prices and tight supply, a group representing US construction firms has called for suspension of punitive tariffs on imports of Mexican cement.