Cement News tagged: International

Vasavdatta Cement captive power capacity

16 March 2004, Published under Cement News

Vasavdetta Cement, part of Kesoram Industries Ltd is putting up an additional nine-mega watt capacity thermal power plant to supplement its existing 15.7 MW captive power plant at its facilities to br

Turkish Cimsa to invest

16 March 2004, Published under Cement News

Turkish cement producer Cimsa Cimento will invest 42.5 trln Turkish lira (US$32.3m) in clinker production at its grinding, storage and packaging plant in Kayseri, central Turkey, it was reported on Ma

Pakistani cement makers

15 March 2004, Published under Cement News

The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) says that cement manufacturers have not increased cement prices and assured that prices will not be increased in the future. This was informed

Italcementi net profit up

15 March 2004, Published under Cement News

Italy’s biggest cement firm, Italcementi said on Monday its consolidated net profit edged up one percent to 277 million euros in 2003 and said it saw 2004 results little changed. Italcementi sa

Fresh bid to curb overproduction

Fresh bid to curb overproduction

15 March 2004, Published under Cement News

China is yet again ratcheting up its attempts to curb investment in heavy industries such as steel, aluminium and cement, this time by banning construction of new plants and restricting expansion of e

Turkish production

15 March 2004, Published under Cement News

Turkey produced 28.1Mt of cement in 2003, and 7.3Mt of the output was exported. In 2002, Turkey produced 26.2Mt of cement, and exported 5.5Mt according to the Turkish Cement Producers’ Associat

Serbian building materials

Serbian building materials

15 March 2004, Published under Cement News

Serbia’s building materials sector exports stood at some $35 mln (28.5 mln euro) for 2003 and imports were nearly $45 mln (36.7 mln euro), according to data of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (P

Indian construction sector strike?

15 March 2004, Published under Cement News

Three real estate developer associations have called for a nation-wide strike on March 15 this year, in protest against the recent hike in cement and steel prices; they have also demanded that the Gov

Votorantim halts talks over Secil stake

12 March 2004, Published under Cement News

Brazilian cement company Votorantim (VCP) has apparently called off talks with Portugal cement company Semapa over buying a 41 per cent stake in Semapa unit Secil, Publico reports. No reason has been

Juan Minetti posts profits

12 March 2004, Published under Cement News

Increased sales and a successful financial restructuring helped Juan Minetti, Argentina’s second largest cement producer, post a P121m (US$41.3m) net profit in 2003, recovering from a 210mn net

Cement and flyash products

12 March 2004, Published under Cement News

Indian cement companies are trying to woo builders to use flyash-based products, which are considered to be more eco-friendly. The companies of the likes of Grasim, ACC, and L&T, are holding host of w

Egyptian cement output

12 March 2004, Published under Cement News

Egypt’s cement output fell to 16.8Mt in the first seven months of the fiscal 2003/04, ending June 30, 2004, from about 17.1Mt in the corresponding period of 2002/03, the Egyptian state-run Infor

Ghacem sets out the facts

12 March 2004, Published under Cement News

Ghacem Ghana Limited, the major domestic producer of cement, says it is impossible for businessmen in Ghana who claim they can import cement from Russia at US$3 per bag to flood the market. The compa

Kartellamt raids German cement companies again

11 March 2004, Published under Cement News

The German Federal Cartel Office called on a number of German cement companies again earlier this week. Search warrants were based on complaints from some cement buyers that recent price increases we

MCA notes cement price hike

11 March 2004, Published under Cement News

Islamabad: The Monopoly Control Authority (MCA) has decided to conduct a preliminary investigation into reported hike in the prices of cement by the cement manufacturers. According to an official sou

Vietnam cement prices

11 March 2004, Published under Cement News

The price of cement will not be increase this year despite demand from cement producers, affirmed Deputy Construction Minister To Van Nga at a meeting to stabilise the cement price in Ho Chi Minh City