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Imported cement stranded at RAK port

Around 40,000t of imported bulk cement is reported to be stranded at the Ras Al Kaimah port with local cement producers refusing to take the delivery of the consignment, said sources at Ras al Kai...
News - 23 August 2004

New special berths to help increase cement imports through Dubai ports

With the continued growth of the property market in the UAE, Dubai Ports Authority and Jebel Ali Free Zone are committed to providing facilities and docking berths for RMC Gulf and other suppliers...
News - 20 August 2004

Conch eyes faster China cement consolidation

China’s largest cement maker, Anhui Conch Cement Co, said Beijing’s efforts to cool its economy have curbed demand but will help to speed consolidation of the highly fragmented cement market. ...
News - 19 August 2004

India’s cement output up 8.49% in July

Cement production increased 8.49 per cent to 10.22Mt in July 2004 from 9.42Mt in the same month one year previous.  Dispatches also rose by 8.76 per cent to 10.06Mt from 9.25Mt during the review p...
News - 17 August 2004

Cement makers drive export volumes

Even as the export demand for cement has risen significantly in recent months from West Asian countries, only the coast-based cement companies like Gujarat Ambuja Cements (GACL) and L&T Cement (no...
News - 16 August 2004

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 bein...
News - 16 August 2004

New grinding mill

Gujarat Ambuja Cement Ltd (GACL), the fourth-largest cement producer in India, will be setting up a 1.2Mt grinding unit at Dadri in Western Uttar Pradesh with an investment of about Rs100 crore. GC...
News - 16 August 2004

Siam Cement to up imports

Siam Cement Group plans to increase its construction material imports from China over the next five years to the tune of Bt6 billion as Thailand’s largest building-supplies maker taps China’s lowe...
News - 12 August 2004

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. In addition, energy cost...
News - 11 August 2004

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 P...
News - 11 August 2004