Cement News tagged: Trading
Cement to arrive next week
A spokesman for Caribbean Cement Company says import supplies to ease the current shortage are expected by December 15. However, the supplies will not be disbursed to the market immediately as they wi
Grenada shortages increase
An acute shortage of cement in the Caribbean island of Grenada has forced building contractors to send home a number of workers and to temporarily close down several construction sites. One of the har
Pakistan could permit Indian imports
India’s cement industry, which exported over 10Mt of cement and clinker last year, might witness a surge in demand with neighbouring Pakistan expected to allow import of the commodity from here
Customs arrest smuggled goods concealed in cement
Ghana Customs and Excise have intercepted an articulated truck loaded with bags of cement but concealed in 1066 pieces of real wax prints and 32 dozens of under-wear smuggled from the Republic of Togo
WTO could harm cement trades
Local cement manufacturers called on counterparts in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ Federation of Cement Manufacturers to resist moves in the World Trade Organization (WTO) to peg a
Market prices likely to rise towards year’s end
The Vietnamese General Statistics Office reported that the consumer price index (CPI) in November rose by 0.4 per cent against October, of which food and foodstuffs increased by 1.1 per cent and const
Cement shortage affects construction industry
A shortage of cement in Jamaica is affecting various government projects including the much-touted “Highway 2000” initiative. The Incorporated Master Builders Association (IMBA) said that activities a
New Indian batching plant
IJM Corporation, a construction company of Malaysia, is setting up Bangalore’s biggest cement batching plant in Whitefield, near the city. The plant will have a capacity of 120 cubic metres per
Japan cement shipments rise
Japan cement shipments totalled 6.29Mt in October 2005, up 7.6 per cent year-on-year, the Japan Cement Association said on November 28, 2005. The figure marked a year-on-year increase for the third
Portland launches sales drive
The East African Portland Cement company yesterday launched a Sh24 million campaign to advance its penetration of the local cement market. The end user promotion runs until February next year. Managin
China cement exports up
China exported 7.9Mt of cement in the first nine months of 2005, up 78.6 per cent year-on-year, it was reported on November 28, 2005. The value of exported cement stood at $283m for the nine-month per
Carib Cement to import cement
The management of Caribbean Cement Company has confirmed that it will be importing cement over the next four months in order to address the chronic shortage of the product on the local market. At a pr
China Longkou cement exports rise
Cement exports through the customs of the eastern Chinese port of Longkou, Shandong province, stood at 826,000t in the period January to mid-November 2005, up 176 per cent year-on-year. The value of
Postcard from Bermuda
Shadow Minister for Works and Engineering Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has questioned the wisdom of bringing in the foreign company Cemex to run the Island’s main cement supply company while a new local op
Peru October cement sales
Peruvian cement sales in October 2005 totalled 456,565t, up 11.4 per cent year-on-year, the cement makers association Asocem said on November 15, 2005. In September 2005, the cement sales in Peru wer
Cement Production Up By 17.3%
In October, Ukranian cement production rose by 17.3 per cent compared with October 2004, to 1,229,000t, the State Statistics Committee has disclosed. However, cement production fell by 6.8 per cent to