Cement News tagged: Trading

Pakistan Govt may allow imports

02 August 2005, Published under Cement News

The Pakistan government is considering allowing the import of cement to bring down the cement prices as cement manufacturers have turned down the persistent demand of the government to decrease the ce

Malaysia cement producers in talks to avert price war

01 August 2005, Published under Cement News

Malaysia’s major cement producers, Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd, Cement Industries of Malaysia Bhd and YTL Cement Bhd and other smaller firms recently held talks in a bid to seek a pricing agreeme

Poor roads hit Bangladesh cement exports to India

01 August 2005, Published under Cement News

Bangladesh cement manufacturers are demanding better road links with India to tap its big market for exports. The manufacturers say exports to India have come to a near halt due to poor road links. "

Eurocement Group production data

29 July 2005, Published under Cement News

Factories belonging to the Eurocement Group produced 9.8Mt of cement in 1H2005, including 1.2Mt in the Ukraine, the holding’s press service reported today.

Why cement Prices are high – Tsunami effect

Why cement Prices are high – Tsunami effect

28 July 2005, Published under Cement News

Managing Director of Ashaka Cement Company of Nigeria (AshakaCem Plc), Engineer Mohammed Mustapha Daggash, yesterday listed factors that have contributed to the recent hike in the price of cement in t

Catalonian cement demand at 1.574Mt

26 July 2005, Published under Cement News

Cement demand in the Catalonia region, northeastern Spain, stood at 1.547Mt in the first half of 2005, a 1.72 per cent year-on-year decrease, the local cement makers’ association Ciment Catala s

Domestic cement shipments fall, Japan

Domestic cement shipments fall, Japan

25 July 2005, Published under Cement News

Domestic shipments of cement fell 3.5% to 57.56Mt in fiscal 2004, though the market share rankings of the top five players in the sector remained unchanged from the previous year.

New cement popular in Jamaica

22 July 2005, Published under Cement News

Jamaican cement maker Caribbean Cement’s (CCC) newly created Carib Cement Plus already accounts for 74 per cent of company production, The Jamaica Observer quoted CCC general manager Anthony Hay

Semen Gresik 1H Cement sales up

22 July 2005, Published under Cement News

PT Semen Gresik said its cement sales in the first six months of this year rose 3.8 per cent to 7.56Mt, driven by an increase in domestic sales. Indonesia’s largest cement maker said its

Colorado companies cash in on shortages

21 July 2005, Published under Cement News

National demand for cement is up over last year’s record levels and bringing with it the possibility of some regional cement shortages. This situation hasn’t affected Colorado as severely

Saudi Arabia to cut duty on cement

21 July 2005, Published under Cement News

Saudi Arabia has decided to reduce customs duty on cement from the current level of five per cent to zero per cent within six months as part of a major move to check the rise in cement prices by liber

Cement prices going up soon

21 July 2005, Published under Cement News

From August 1, there will be an increase in the ex-factory price of cement because of rising costs which Claxton Bay producer Trinidad Cement Ltd said it can no longer absorb. New VAT exclusive ex-fac

Ultratech shifts export focus, prefers cement to clinker

20 July 2005, Published under Cement News

As part of the strategy to revive the fortunes of Ultratech Cement and narrow the ’performance gap’ with its parent, Grasim Industries, the Aditya Birla group company, is rejigging its exp

Pakistani denies halting cement exports to Afghanistan

11 July 2005, Published under Cement News

The Pakistani government has rejected media speculation that it has halted cement exports to Afghanistan to bring down prices of the commodity. A senior official at the Ministry of

Qassim Cement first-half profits up

11 July 2005, Published under Cement News

Saudi Arabia’s Qassim Cement said its first-half net profits rose 4 per cent to 131 million riyals ($35 million). Shares in Qassim, the smallest of Saudi Arabia’s listed cement

Odesa Cement raises cement price

07 July 2005, Published under Cement News

As of June 20, the Ukraine cement company (Odesa) increased the price of cement of all brands by UAH 10 to UAH 260-315 per ton. According to a company statement, the company increased the price of c