Cement News tagged: Trading
Philippines stops Solid sales
The Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry Tuesday said it ordered the local cement making unit of Mexico’s Cemex to stop selling and distributing cement under its Island brand. Tra
China’s export of cement in June
China exported 720,000t of cement valued at US$24.074m in June 2004. The export in January-June reached 2,750,000 tons valued at US$93.084m up 7.7 percent and 12.4 percent respectively year on year.
Nigerian imports
About a fortnight ago, the Minister of Industries, Alhaji Mogaji Mohammed, visited the cement works at Okpella in Edo State, which are now being rehabilitated. Stating government’s objective
Independents crowded out – claim
The four major cement producers: France’s Lafarge, Switzerland’s Holcim, Germany’s Heidelberg Cement AG and Cemex -- are aggressively pushing independent traders out of even far-flun
Cement, steel prices up
Cebu, Philippines: Due to the increases in fuel prices, the cost of construction materials, including cement and steel bars, has also gone up. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the price
Threat of nationwide transporters’ strike
Cement prices are likely to go up by between Rs 10 and Rs 15 across south India because of the threat of a nationwide transporters’ strike from August 21. The end of the monsoon season is also b
Garadagh sets new prices
Garadagh Cement declared the new recommended prices of cement for the attention of the dealers. Azer-press reports that the recommended prices in Baku are AzM 18 thousand per standard sack (50 kg) of
Ararat exports
Export volume of Araratcement (Armenia) in seven months of 2004 grew almost 14 times and amounted to 1.430 billion AMD, as against 10.273 million AMD in the same period of 2003. According to the repor
Cement merchants offload stocks
UAE Cement suppliers have in recent days started offloading stocks they had earlier built up in anticipation of higher prices. With imports set to flow in after a deal hammered out by the UAE Contract
US builders urge Bush to drop Mexican cement tariffs
The nation’s home builders are urging the Bush administration to lift heavy duties on Mexican cement in the face of a shortage of building materials. A July survey by the National Association o
Higher prices for cement?
Though Colorado continues to skirt a cement shortage halting construction across the country, local builders fear they’ll soon feel the pinch of higher cement prices. At least two cement compan
Bag price increase
Frantschach Industrial Packaging announces a price increase for paper sacks. This step is a response to higher prices in the sack paper and PE granulate material markets.
Decision to waive off duty
The UAE Cement Contractors Union has expressed a readiness to cooperate to restore stability to cement prices, in view of the fact that General Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Princ
Duty waived
Dubai Crown Prince General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has ordered the waiver of customs duty and storage fees on cement imported by Nakheel
Cement market oversupply?
Increased imports of cement have helped bring cement prices to a more rational level in the local UAE markets. But if the situation continues, it could cause the market to suffer from oversupply, indu
Pakistan’s cement export to Afghanistan
Exports from Pakistan to Afghanistan have increased.