Cement News tagged: Trading
Spring melt opens Detroit to cement traffic
The bulk carrier Capt. Henry Jackman complete with about 28,000t of clinker arrived at Detroit, Michigan. Its arrival marks the unofficial start of the Great Lakes shipping season in the port. The Jac
Three arrested for cement scam
Indonesia: The Bogor Police have arrested three men on suspicions of selling bulk, low-quality cement packed in original sacks marked with the logos of major cement makers Tiga Roda and Kujang. Yulia
Indonesian exports
Indonesia’s nine cement producers sold 7.343Mt of cement and clinker for export in 2003. Clinker exports reached 4.27Mt while cement exports amounted to 3.073Mt. Bangladesh customers bought 1.
Cement prices set to stabilise
Cement prices in Andhra Pradesh, India are expected to cross Rs160 per bag in May and stabilise in that region for the next six months on current indicators, say local news reports. Unlike in the past
Sinai cement exports increase
According to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper (March 17, 2004), the Chairman of the Board of the Sinai Cement Company, Mr. Hassan Rateb, announced that the Sinai Cement Company has recently won contracts t
Jordan Cement Factories exports
Jordanian cement producer Jordan Cement Factories Company (JCFC) exported 800,000t of cement in 2003, according to the company’s director general, Samir al-Bairaqtar. No comparative figures wer
Cement prices yet to fall in Gujarat
Cement prices in Gujarat have remained consistent despite the Gujarat government’s recommendation last week to bring down prices by Rs 10 per 50 kg bag. Domestic cement majors such as Gujarat A
Price rise reasons
Indian ement prices have been rising mainly because of the demand-supply mismatch. February demand has gone up by 10 per cent, compared to about 5.5 per cent in all other months. With the government s
Nigerian price debate
The high cost of production, falling local naira currency, poor production facilities in many cases and now the recent rise in freight charges have been blamed as reasons for the escalating prices of
Levy on Turkish cement approved
The Israeli Knesset Finance Committee today approved an order by Minister of Industry Trade and Labor Ehud Olmert to impose a levy of US$5.83 per ton on the dumping prices of imported Turkish cement.
DTI puts pressure on local cement producers
Seriously doubting the ability of local cement players to reduce prices, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has decided to finally impose the P5 reduction of the P20.60 safeguard tariff on per
Import duty cut on coal
The Indian government’s move to slash import duty on coal to arrest spiralling steel prices has an unintended beneficiary: the cement industry. Larsen & Toubro and Gujarat Ambuja Cements, two of
Saudi exports down demand up
According to Al-Riyadh newspaper (March 1, 2004), official statistics revealed that the total cement exports of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia decreased to 1.8Mt in 2003, down from 2.8Mt in the previous
Mumbai cement prices
Retail cement prices in Mumbai may rise by Rs 5 per 50 kg bag, while the prices in Gujarat are likely to jump up by Rs 10 per a 50 kg bag. While prices in Mumbai will stand at Rs 173-175 after the in
Belarusian cement to Finland
The state-run Belarusian cement plant, Mogilev oblast, has supplied the first 500-ton consignment of the cement of the highest standard ³550² to Finland. Specialists of a Finnish company visited the p
Cement Company contract denied
Nairobi: A parastatal boss has denied responsibility for a multibillion-shilling contract signed with a cement dealer last year. Lawyer Desterio Oyatsi, for East Africa Portland Cement, yesterday told