Cement News tagged: Trading
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
Iran To Import
Iran will import the entire 1.5 million tonnes of cement that it has planned for the current Iranian year to March 31, 2005, Iranian Minister of Industries and Mines Eshaq Jahangiri said on July 27, 2
Qatari QS makes certification for imported Cement obligatory
The Qatar General Organization for Standards and Metrology (QS) has made obligatory the standard certifications for the cement imported into Qatar, it was reported on July 27, 2004. Cement importers
Nakheel to import cement
The UAE Nakheel group is preparing to import cement in large quantities from Iran, Indonesia and Egypt and sell it directly to local contractors to beat price fixing, reported the Gulf News. Jebel Ali
Cement prices stay firm on late rains, strong demand
As against the usual trend of cement prices weakening in the monsoon season (June-September) by nearly 7-8% from its peak, in the current season, overall Indian prices are down by only two per cent so
26% duty on imported cement
The anti-dumping and Subsidies Commission (ADSC) has made an affirmative final ruling in the Safeguard Investigation regarding imported building cement. The ADSC has recommended a definitive Safeguard
Cement prices drop after ministry intervention
An official source from Omani Ministry of Commerce and Industry has said measures made recently by the ministry’s consumer production department to regulate export of local cement has succeeded in cur
Trial of "cement gang" demanded
A statement signed by 785 Palestinian figures has called for trying the "cement gang" that supplied the Zionist entity with Egyptian cement shipments that were used in the separation fence constructio
Cemex Tampico port row
With the Port of Tampico, Mexico declaring that the incoming cement storage and transhipment vessel, Mary Noor poses no risk to passing traffic, and perhaps the Cemex claim that access to its own faci
India’s rising exports
Demand for cement in the Arabian Gulf has opened up export market for units located in coastal areas with the export prices going up by 15 to 20 per cent over recent months. Minister of State for Comm
Philippine Supreme Court lifts special tariff on cement
The Philippine Supreme Court has lifted a special import tariff imposed by the government to protect local cement manufacturers.
Cement exports up 160 per cent on Afghan demand
Cement exports have jumped to 1.1Mt in 2004 mainly to Afghanistan with some cement exports to the UAE as well, reflecting a growth of 160 per cent over 2003.