Cement News tagged: International
Cemex thinks US cement tariff will go
Mexican cement producer Cemex is confident that the US government will eliminate anti-dumping duties against Mexican cement imports in September, El Norte reported. Cemex is confident the US departme
First quarter cement sales up
Cement sales in Bolivia grew to 275,986t in the first quarter, 13 per cent higher than the 244,154t recorded in the corresponding period in 2003, Correo del Sur reported. The leading regions for sale
File closed on bid by CRH
Egypt’s Misr Beni Suef Cement (MBSC) said on Monday its file on a possible takeover by Irish construction company CRH Plc was "completely finished", quashing rumours of a possible takeover.
Polish cement sales advance
Figures released by the Polish Cement & Lime Association show that cement deliveries in April were in excess of 1.5m tonnes and 71% higher than during the same month last year. This comes on top of a
Indonesian cement output up
Indonesia’s cement consumption in the first quarter of 2004 reached 6.652Mt, which was a 9.7 per cent increase compared to the 6.064Mt in the corresponding period of 2003. But at the same time,
Lilama signs for new plant
Representatives of Hung Vuong Cement Plant and Vietnam Construction and Machinery Installation Corp, or Lilama, signed an engineering and procurement (EPC) contract on Saturday in Hanoi to build the p
Semen Padang spin-off protests
Dozens of local public leaders and senior politicians have renewed their pressure on the central government to spin off West Sumatra-based cement maker PT Semen Padang from its parent company PT Semen
Grasim, L&T to vote together
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) will vote with Grasim Industries in the demerged cement company UltraTech Cemco till it exits the company in 2009. This is significant because after Grasim Industries’ ope
Cement production up by 23.5%
In April, cement production in the Ukraine rose by 23.5 per cent or 186,000t compared with April 2003, to 977,000t. In April, cement production rose by 28.9 per cent or 219,000t compared with March 2
Hima calls for more cement roads
Uganda: Hima Cement managing director, Mr Mbuvi Ngunze, has said government should increase the use of cement in road construction. He said that experts in road construction now recommend the use of
Mini-Hemadri to re-open?
With the cement industry buoyant on revival of demand and surge in prices, Hemadri Cements Limited, a mini-cement company in Andhra Pradesh, has firmed up plans to reopen its plant which has been clos
Tax reductions unlikely
Contrary to expectations, the Pakistan federal government is unlikely to consider a proposal to reduce the central excise duty (CED) on cement in the forthcoming federal budget for the fiscal year 200
Cemex pushes US to lift duties
Cemex is once again pushing the United States to lift its anti-dumping tariffs on Mexican cement (in place since 1990) and says it would help ease a shortage of the product in the United States. A co
Thai ready-mix trends
The Concrete Products and Aggregate Co (CPAC), a ready mixed concrete producing unit of Cementhai Company, said its total sales¹ revenue this year is expected to reach 10 billion baht. CPAC¹s managin
Monarch Cement hits a high
EBITDA for The Monarch Cement Company for its quarter ended March 31, 2004 was $2,552,643, a 232 per cent increase over the year earlier same quarter when Monarch Cement generated $769,860 in
TPI gets green light to bid for partners
Bangkok Bank Plc (BBL), in its capacity as a creditor of the Thai Petrochemical Industry Plc (TPI), said it has no objections to a plan to bring in PTT Plc (PTT) and Siam Cement Plc (SCC) as TPI¹s par