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Belarus cement exports26 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsBelarus cement exports Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday that he supports a government proposal to increase the export of Belarusian goods to Moscow. The president’s press office said the goods were primarily construction materials and light industry and food products. Moscow is interested in increasing supplies of construction materials, for example aggregates, and cement, the press office quoted the president as saying. At a meeting with Lukashenko Thursd... |
Cement imports from Mexico23 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsCement imports from Mexico US contractors and readymix producers in the US have been complaining about a shortage of cement for the past two years. Mexico has an excess capacity of more than8Mt, but a 55 per cent tariff on cement imported from America’s neighbor to the south has effectively kept the product out (says Asian Fortune magazine). Negotiations to do away with the tariff have been going on since 2000, when the Bush administration made it a priority to settle the issue. But a... |
China ’s output of cement in October 200522 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsChina produced 95,386,200t of cement in October 2005. The output in January-October reached 831,142, 200t, up 10.8 per cent year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. |
Manufacturers cut cement prices15 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsPakistani cement manufacturers have cut prices by 25 to 30 rupees per 50kg bag. Chairman All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association Tariq Sehgal talking with local news media said the new price was set at Rs 270 to 280 per bag. After snowfall in northern areas cement demand was reduced to none while several major government projects were also facing deadlock, which was resulted in cut in prices due to lowest demand. He said expanded capacity plants of the Pioneer Cement and Lucky Cement ha... |
Cement exports to Afghanistan decline13 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsPakistan’s Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) has noted a fall in cement exports to Afghanistan over the last five months. EPB official Ayaz Bashir said on Monday that Pakistan had supplied 664,365t of cement to the neighbouring country since August. "About 129,958t of cement were sent to Afghanistan in July, 156,433t in August, 144,244 tons in September, 123,000 tons in October and 98,376 tons in November." In the first week of December, he added, a mere 13,000t of cement were dispatched... |
Cement to arrive next week12 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsA spokesman for Caribbean Cement Company says import supplies to ease the current shortage are expected by December 15. However, the supplies will not be disbursed to the market immediately as they will have to undergo at least three days of testing by the Bureau of Standards. Last month the management of Caribbean Cement confirmed that it will be importing cement over the next four months in order to address the chronic shortage of the product on the local market. General Manager of the com... |
Grenada shortages increase12 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsAn acute shortage of cement in the Caribbean island of Grenada has forced building contractors to send home a number of workers and to temporarily close down several construction sites. One of the hardest hit local companies is the Gravel, Concrete & Emulsion Production Corporation at Queen’s Park in St. George’s which is perhaps the biggest user of cement on the island. The state–run body has been forced to send home some daily paid and casual workers due to the unavailability of cement to k... |
Pakistan could permit Indian imports09 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s cement industry, which exported over 10Mt of cement and clinker last year, might witness a surge in demand with neighbouring Pakistan expected to allow import of the commodity from here in the near future. "There is a talk of it and once that opens up, export will become a major issue," Commerce Ministry’s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Secretary Ajay Dua said at the annual session of the Cement Manufacturers’ Association. ... |
Customs arrest smuggled goods concealed in cement05 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsGhana Customs and Excise have intercepted an articulated truck loaded with bags of cement but concealed in 1066 pieces of real wax prints and 32 dozens of under-wear smuggled from the Republic of Togo. The truck was heading to Accra from Aflao when it was intercepted by the Customs. The latest seizure adds to 18,897 pieces of wax prints with an estimated revenue value of 9.2 billion cedis intercepted within the Aflao sector since July this year when the ban on overland importation of wax prin... |
WTO could harm cement trades05 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsLocal cement manufacturers called on counterparts in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ Federation of Cement Manufacturers to resist moves in the World Trade Organization (WTO) to peg a ceiling for tariffs on cement. Ernesto Ordonez, president of the Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines, said developed economies want to impose a ceiling that is double of prevailing tariffs, ie, 10 per cent to the Philippines’ current 5 per cent tariff rate. This, in turn, will curtail ... |