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Ube Industries to Launch in China28 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsUbe Industries, Japan, said Monday it will begin the production and sales of ready-mix concrete in China. The company will establish a wholly owned unit, named Nantong Ube Concrete Co., in Nantong, Jiangsu Province by the end of this month and start construction of a plant within the current fiscal 2005. The plant, scheduled to become operational in fiscal 2006, will have an annual production capacity of 600,000 cubic meters of concrete. Sales are expected to reach 1.4 billion yen in fis... |
Yemen Parliament investigates cement shortage27 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsAfter summoning Minister of Trade and Industry over cement shortage and Presidential orders given to deal with the escalation in cement prices, a parliamentary committee started investigating the reasons for the shortage. The committee held a meeting with Noman Dowaid, Director of the Amran Cement Factory, on the current cement shortage and the reasons for the rise in cement prices in local markets. Dowaid said the reason for the shortage was due to the increasing demand for cement, and th... |
LCCI concerned over hike in cement prices24 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsContractors in Pakistan are expressing grave concern over sharp rise in cement prices in short span of a few days, have urged the government to take immediate steps to bring the cement prices down. In a joint statement issued on Thursday, officials said that massive increase of approximately Rs 100 per cement bag is not only hitting the whole construction industry hard but also hampering the ongoing development projects in the country. ’If timely measures were not taken to check this p... |
Vietnam Cement Corporation increases output23 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Vietnam Cement Corporation so far this year has produced and sold 6.5Mt of cement, representing 59 per cent of its yearly target. The corporation has reportedly faced many difficulties this year due to the increasing prices of materials such as petroleum, clinker and gypsum, and the unstable supply of coal and power. However, the corporation instructed its members to fully use their production capacity, rationally distribute clinker and cement to localities and ensure a regular reserve of... |
Officials lobby for end to US cement protection policy22 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsMexican officials are intensifying their lobbying effort in seeking to end the US anti-dumping tariffs on cement imported from Mexico, local press reported. President Vicente Fox’s public policy director Eduardo Sojo and economy minister Fernando Canales are hoping that the US Department of Commerce will reverse the policy that has been in place since 1989. Among the companies that could benefit from a change in policy include Cemex, Cementos de Chihuahua, Cementos Moctezuma, Lafarge Cemento... |
Intermediaries profiteer in Russia17 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsAccording to an interview with the president of Eurocement Group Michael Skorohod published today in the Rossiiskaya Gazeta, activities of intermediary firms profiting from the resale of cement are causing concerns at the State Duma Committee on Industry, Construction and High Tech and with Andrey Tsyganov, Deputy Head of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service. |
Portugal Azores cement sales down17 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsCement sales in Portugal’s autonomous region of the Azores Islands registered a 2.7 per cent year-on-year decrease to a total 27,724t in April 2005, data from the Azores regional statistics office SREA showed on June 15, 2005. In comparison, sales of cement in the region totalled 27,632t in April 2004, SREA added. Cement sales on the Azores Islands amounted to 106,915 tonnes in the four-month period January to April 2005, down from 108,702 tonnes in the same period a year ago. Meanwhil... |
China’s output of cement in April16 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsChina produced 87,620,800t of cement in April 2005. The output in January-April reached 266,033,100y, up 4.1 per cent year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. |
Saudi Q1 2005 cement output climbs06 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe cement output of Saudi Arabia’s eight listed cement companies rose to 6.456Mt for the first three months of 2005 from 6.169Mt in the corresponding period of 2004, recent statistics showed. Cement exports also increased to 457,000t from 398,000t, with only three of the eight companies exported cement during the period. Clinker exports registered a drop to 51,000t from 75,000t |
Lucky and Pioneer top cement export figures02 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsLucky Cement and Pioneer Cement topped the export table in May because of higher demand for cement from Afghanistan and Iraq. Sources said cement exported to Afghanistan and Iraq during May 2005 amounted to 170,565t, less than April’s figure of 186,598t. Local sales were also down by nearly 14 per cent compared to April 2005 because of shortage of labour on account of harvesting season. Lucky Cement exported nearly 38,423t and the Pioneer Cement 25,833t, while other companies contribute... |