Cement News tagged under: Israel
West Bank case against CRH thrown out by Washington DC court07 September 2017, Published under Cement NewsA US$34bn US lawsuit launched last year by Palestinian activists against dozens of companies including Ireland's CRH, has been dismissed by a Washington DC court, the Irish Independent reports. The activists had tried to sue about 40 defendants for alleged "profiteering" related to the construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The companies sued ranged from Hewlett-Packard, Volvo and Motorola, to security firm G4S. Last year, and prior to the lawsuit being launched, CRH sold its... |
Gaza receives Saudi Arabian housing aid and Israeli cement24 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Arabia has contributed US$80m towards reconstructing Gaza homes destroyed during the 2014 Israeli military bombing, Minister of Housing, Mufeed Hasayneh, said on Thursday. He told a press conference in Gaza that US$40m will be disbursed in cooperation with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to 1300 beneficiaries, while US$10m of the remaining US$40m will go toward reconstructing 274 homes in coordination with the United Nations Development Progr... |
Israel: Ashdod Port workers refuse to unload cement19 July 2016, Published under Cement NewsA petition has been filed by the management at Ashdod Port, Israel, against its workers, who refused to unload shipments of cement due to claims that they are understaffed. Port management is trying to enforce conditions laid out in a long-standing agreement which says shipments can be unloaded by just two workers. The workers union has claimed that this is unfair as the agreement was drafted when supertankers did not exist and unloading ships now entails far more work than before. This d... |
Israel complaint over Egyptian circumvention of Gaza cement ban16 May 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe Israeli government has filed an official complaint with its counterpart in Cairo after Egypt permitted the import of cement into Gaza, reports the Middle East Monitor. News services report that this has provoked considerable anger within the Israeli security establishment, who view the Egyptian move as running counter to its efforts at collaboration with the Palestinian Authority. They also point out that it may violate a UN agreement whereby the international body monitors cement use... |
Pressure put on HeidelbergCement to close West Bank quarry06 May 2016, Published under Cement NewsGermany's HeidelbergCement is looking for a new site in the Israeli-occupied West Bank following long-standing criticism from investors about its operations in parts of the territory that are fully under Israel's control. HeidelbergCement excavates sand and gravel in the West Bank's resource-rich Area C, which is administered by Israel and is home to the vast majority of Jewish settlements. The Palestinians want all of the West Bank, including Area C, which accounts for 60 per cent of the ... |
Israel imposes partial freeze on cement transfers to Gaza05 April 2016, Published under Cement NewsIsrael has halted some cement imports to the Gaza Strip after it emerged that parts of the shipments were being retained by Hamas officials. The Times of Israel reports that the freeze on cement imports – which does not affect imports bound for public sector programmes – was imposed on Sunday, 3 April 2016. Israel has previously imposed stoppages on cement imports to Gaza over concerns that material was being diverted to build tunnels across the border. In a statement released on Monda... |
CRH and HeidelbergCement named in West Bank lawsuit31 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsCRH and HeidelbergCement are among a number of defendants named in a US$34.5bn lawsuit brought on behalf of Palestinians by US lawyers in Washington DC. The case, which was lodged earlier in March, alleges that both firms were among a number of companies and individuals that engaged in "profiteering" from the building of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, the Irish Times reports. The newspaper noted that CRH sold its stake in Israeli cement company Nesher in January and no longer had... |
Israel: government notifies Nesher on price cut29 February 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe government of Israel has notified Nesher Cement Enterprises Ltd that it must cut prices due to lower-priced inputs, local press have reported. Following a drop in the prices of raw materials for making cement, mainly oil prices, the Ministers of Finance and the Economy notified Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises Ltd of a 5.35 per cent cut in the price of cement. The revision was according to a procedure stipulated in the arrangement with Nesher signed in September 2014. The Ministry of F... |
CRH exits Israeli operations12 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsCRH confirmed it has exited the Israeli market, having sold its 25 per cent equity stake in its Israeli operations. Nesher Cement is majority-owned by Clal Industries (75 per cent) with CRH having held the remaining shares via holding company, Mashav. The boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement has been campaigning for CRH to sell its stake in Nesher Cement because its supplies cement used in the construction of Israel’s apartheid wall and settlements on occupied Pal... |
Israel allows 1120t of cement to enter Gaza26 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsPalestinian officials say the amount of the cement Israel has allowed into the Gaza Strip is not enough for rebuilding the strip following Israel’s 50-day war against the enclave. They maintain that 100 trucks of building materials a day are needed to rebuild Gaza Strip within three years. Raed Fatuh, the Palestinian Authority official in charge of the entry of goods into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom border crossing, said 28 trucks, each loaded with 40t of cement, crossed into the coastal... |