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Cement shortage affects construction industry02 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsA shortage of cement in Jamaica is affecting various government projects including the much-touted “Highway 2000” initiative. The Incorporated Master Builders Association (IMBA) said that activities at a number of construction sites have been scaled down due to the shortage. IMBA President Don Mullings said despite the assurances from the country’s sole cement manufacturer, Caribbean Cement Company (CCC), that supplies would be imported in the coming weeks, the shortage is not expected to end... |
New Indian batching plant01 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsIJM Corporation, a construction company of Malaysia, is setting up Bangalore’s biggest cement batching plant in Whitefield, near the city. The plant will have a capacity of 120 cubic metres per hour. With the setting up of the plant, the company plans to foray into Bangalore’s ready mix cement concrete business. It will also bid for infrastructure projects in Karnataka. IJM has set up a similar plant in Hyderabad to take up various infrastructure projects in Andhra Pradesh. |
Japan cement shipments rise30 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsJapan cement shipments totalled 6.29Mt in October 2005, up 7.6 per cent year-on-year, the Japan Cement Association said on November 28, 2005. The figure marked a year-on-year increase for the third consecutive month. The increase can be put down to brisk domestic cement demand as well as to strong exports to Singapore and West Africa. Domestic cement shipments stood at 5.26Mt in October 2005, up 7.0 per cent, also marking a year-on-year increase for the third straight month. Overseas ... |
Portland launches sales drive29 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe East African Portland Cement company yesterday launched a Sh24 million campaign to advance its penetration of the local cement market. The end user promotion runs until February next year. Managing Director Zakayo Ole Mapelu said the company would use the drive to enhance its relationship with customers as well as win new ones. To participate, consumers are required to buy a 25 kg or a 50 kg bag of cement from which they will get coupons that must be filled and returned to EAPC. The ... |
China cement exports up29 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsChina exported 7.9Mt of cement in the first nine months of 2005, up 78.6 per cent year-on-year, it was reported on November 28, 2005. The value of exported cement stood at $283m for the nine-month period. Shandong, Jiangsu and Hebei provinces, all in eastern China, accounted for 6.62Mt of all cement exports for the period January to September 2005, up 108.2 per cent year-on-year. China’s overall cement exports in September 2005 alone stood at 1.37Mt, up 128.6 per cent year-on-year. |
Carib Cement to import cement25 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe management of Caribbean Cement Company has 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. At a press conference Thursday morning, General Manager of the company, Anthony Haynes said 40,000t of cement will have to be imported. He says 16,000t will be imported next month and the balance in the first quarter of next year. Mr. Haynes says the cement will be imported from Barbados. He explained t... |
China Longkou cement exports rise22 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsCement exports through the customs of the eastern Chinese port of Longkou, Shandong province, stood at 826,000t in the period January to mid-November 2005, up 176 per cent year-on-year. The value of exported cement totalled $25.8m, up 225 per cent year-on-year. The cement was exported in more than 50 shipments. Unlike previous years when cement exports were heading mainly to Southeast Asia, export destinations in 2005 were diversified to include also Africa and the Middle East. Produ... |
Postcard from Bermuda22 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsShadow Minister for Works and Engineering Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has questioned the wisdom of bringing in the foreign company Cemex to run the Island’s main cement supply company while a new local operator was selected during the next two years, adding it could surely have been arranged to find someone already on the Island to run the business as a stop-gap measure rather than bring in a foreign company that would bring its own workers and put extra strain on the Island’s infrastructure. |
Peru October cement sales16 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsPeruvian cement sales in October 2005 totalled 456,565t, up 11.4 per cent year-on-year, the cement makers association Asocem said on November 15, 2005. In September 2005, the cement sales in Peru were slightly higher at 456,907t. The cement sales for the first ten months of 2005 reached 4,139,638t, rising 9.8 per cent from the same period of 2004. Cement exports in October 2005 from Peru reached 67,237t, down from 67,491t of cement exported in September 2005. Cementos Lima ranked first in ... |
Cement Production Up By 17.3%16 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsIn October, Ukranian cement production rose by 17.3 per cent compared with October 2004, to 1,229,000t, the State Statistics Committee has disclosed. However, cement production fell by 6.8 per cent to 1,229,000t compared with September. As Ukrainian News earlier reported, in September cement production rose by 17.0 per cent compared with September 2004, to 1,318,000t. In 2004, cement production rose by 19.3 per cent or 1,719,000t compared with 2003, to 10,635,000t. More than 15 enterpris... |