Cement News tagged: International
Moroccan cement growth
Sources in the Moroccan Ministry of Industry and Commerce estimate the cement consumption in Morocco to grow as high as 12.65Mt by 2008. The same sources attribute this cement consumption growth to th
Strabag may open cement plant by 2008
Hungarian construction holding Strabag may open a Ft27bn (US$131m) cement plant with a capacity of 1Mt, by 2008. A final decision on whether the project will go ahead will be taken only after polling
UAE Emirates Cement factory to raise output
UAE cement maker Emirates Cement Factory, located in al-Ain, eastern UAE, plans to raise its production to about 4Mta from the current 950,000tpa, it was reported on June 14, 2004. Emirates Cement is
Baltsem Leaves Ukrtsement
Ukraine’s largest producer of cement, the Baltsem plant (Balakliia, Kharkiv region) has left the Ukrainian Association of Enterprises and Organizations of the Cement Industry, otherwise known as
Senior officials inspect cement unit
The Vice-Chairman of India Cements Limited (ICL), DL Subrahmanyam, and other senior officials on Sunday inspected the cement factory at Chilamakur in Yerraguntla mandal and began a review of yesterda
Zuari Cements workers prepare for strike
Demanding that the management of Zuari Cements Ltd re-induct six workers who were expelled for their alleged attack on management, over 350 permanent workers of the Cement factory are getting ready to
Mexico’s Cemex confronts US cement crunch
Cemex is expanding its infrastructure in the US, and hoping soon to step up exports to the country where demand is outpacing supply. On Wednesday, Cemex’s US subsidiary said it plans to build
Semen Gresik predicts rise in production
State-owned PT Semen Gresik (SG), the country’s largest integrated cement producer, said domestic cement production was expected to grow by 10 percent this year on higher demand from the propert
Baltsem to increase cement production
Ukraine’s largest producer of cement, the Baltsem plant (Balakliia, Kharkiv region), intends to increase cement production by 16.3 per cent or 0.246Mt in 2004 compared with 2003, to 1.75Mt. Acc
Amnesty slams CRH for Israeli wall work
Amnesty International, has condemned CRH for its involvement in the construction of a wall cutting off Palestinian land in Israel. CRH owns a 25 per cent stake in the Mashav Group, an Israeli holding
Cement shortage not raising price yet
A US cement shortage in the south has neither increased prices nor affected state- funded projects, but that will change if the product remains scarce, construction officials said. The shortages will
Cemex US new import terminal, Northern California
Cemex has announced that its United States subsidiary Cemex, Inc. has reached an agreement with Levin Enterprises to build a 1Mta Portland cement import terminal in Richmond, CA. This state of the art
Collomb says co’s German market still in decline, to rebound in H2
Lafarge chairman and former chief executive Bertrand Collomb said its US market rebound has continued, with further improvement in volume and pricing conditions, but Germany will remain weak until lat
Gresik expects 15% rise, Indonesia
Indonesia’s biggest cement maker, PT Semen Gresik Tbk, saidits consolidated cement sales were expected to rise more than 15 per cent in 2004, after easing 3.2 per cent last year due to lower exp
Jiangxi Cement gets CNY120m loan from for production line, China
Jiangxi Wannianqing Cement Co Ltd said it has signed a contract for a CNY120m loan from a branch of China Construction Bank (CCB) in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangxi for a new cement production
Significant YoY profit drop for cement producer Holcim Slovakia
Producer of white and gray cement and concrete, Holcim Slovakia a.s. achieved revenues last year from the sale of its own products and services at the level of SKK 3.39bn, which meant a YoY growth of