Cement News tagged: International
Compañia Uruguaya de Cemento Portland increases sales
The Minas plant of the Compañia Uruguaya de Cemento Portland (CUCP) has forecast to increase its by 150 per cent this year as the neighbouring Ancap plant is expected to close follwing a period of un
Savannah Cement given ultimatum
The Savannah Cement Company in Ghana has been given up to the middle of February this year to start the Buipe Limestone Project. Failure to comply with the directive would result in the revocation of
Lafarge cement volumes up
Turnover at Lafarge declined by 6.5% last year to €13,658m, but after adjusting for the exchange rate movements, which reduced the sales figure by 9.0%, and businesses disposed of, there was an underl
Siam Cement expects 50% profit rise
Siam Cement Plc, the country’s largest industrial conglomerate is expected to report full year earnings that will show an increase of at least 50 per cent, with the company indicating that it ma
Ghacem announces gains
At a function in Takoradi last weekend to honour cement distributors, Mr. Bjarne Schmidt, Managing Director of GHACEM announced that the Ghana Cement Foundation (GCF), a division
Orascom signs for line No 2
Algerian Cement Company signs contract to build a second production line increasing production capacity to 4.4Mt of cement annually. Orascom Construction Industries announced that its wholly owned sub
Chia Hsin improves in China
Chia Hsin Cement Corp., one of Taiwan’s major cement manufacturers, recently announced it would invest US$100m to build the second kiln at the Jing Yang cement plant owned by its China subsidiar
Lafarge 2003 sales slip but beat forecasts
The world’s leading cement maker, Lafarge posted a 6.5 per cent fall in 2003 sales on Wednesday, hurt by dollar weakness, likely to be stable year-on-year. Sales fell to 13.658 billion euros ($
Indonesia Semen Gresik 03 cement sales down
PT Semen Gresik said cement sales for 2003 fell 3.2 per centto 14.03Mt due mostly to a drop in exports. Semen Gresik’s domestic cement sales were up 0.9 per cent at 11.97 million tons, but expo
Iran technology for Venezuela?
Venezuela is talking with Iranian companies to develop joint ventures in the South American country’s mineral-rich southeast. Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana (CVG) President Francisco Rangel s
PPC sees local growth
Listed cement producer Pretoria Portland Cement Company (PPC), is expecting local cement demand to show growth of four per cent to five per cent in the year ahead
Danish FLSmidth awarded Saudi contract
Danish cement and mineral processing equipment maker FLSmidth was awarded a Euro 40m contract for machinery and equipment deliveries by Japanese heavy machinery maker Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industr
New plants for Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan has only one cement plant as it is: Garadagh Cement; its annual productivity equals 1Mt of cement. Considering that the majority
Eurocement sums up 2003 production results
Eurocement Holdings produced 7.5Mt of cement in Jan-Dec 2003. Eurocement made 816,000t of bagged cement, up 16.6 per cent as compared to 2002. Some 50 per cent of the output falls
Holcim’s plant in Serbia turns profit
Serbia’s second-largest cement plant Novi Popovac, part of Holcim Group, reported on Monday a 160 million-dinar ($2.76m) net profit for 2003, rebounding from a loss a year earlier, when results
TPI says may sell stakes after restructuring
Thai Petrochemical Industry PCL (TPI), the country’s biggest defaulter, said on Monday it could sell stakes to companies such as PTT and Siam Cement PCL once it restructures its debt.