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Iran’s cement export prospects bright

26 January 2005, Published under Cement News

A senior cement industry official said on Monday that favourable investments in recent years have brightened the prospects of exporting cement to international markets. Abbas Safakish, the Ministry of Industries and Mines director general for mining industries, told ILNA that brokers have to be eliminated to create a balance between supply and demand in the sector. "Once the middlemen are prevented from operating in cement market, the artificial rise in demand will not occur and prices will ...

Measures to prevent cement shortage – Qatar

26 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Qatar’s top cement producer QNCC plans to make available some 1.9Mt of cement in the local market this year, anticipating a huge demand for the material in view of the construction boom.  About 60 cement ships are expected to call on Qatari ports in the next 12 months, industry sources said yesterday. Large ships can carry up to 21,000t of cement whereas smaller vessels load about 5000t. "In view of the heavy demand, requests for regular cargoes have been sent to the current cement suppl...

Cement Prices shoot up

25 January 2005, Published under Cement News

A 10 per cent jump in Ugandan cement retail prices to sh20,000 a bag is a result of an increase in factory prices and a seasonal spike in demand, industry sources said last week.   At the beginning of the year, a 50kg bag of cement was selling at sh17,500 in retail outlets.   "We have just moved the price up by sh600 per bag to sh16,650," said Robert Nyang’aya, general manager Hima Cement.  "We have kept our prices stable for the last two years but certain factor inputs have risen during...

Turkey 2004 cement output up

21 January 2005, Published under Cement News

The Turkish cement sector boosted its output by 10 per cent year-on-year to 38.5Mt in 2004, it was reported on January 21, 2005.  Turkey’s cement consumption climbed by 9.0 per cent year-on-year to 30.5Mt and cement exports totalled 8Mt.  Iraq topped the list of countries to which Turkey directed most cement exports in 2004. Iraq was fourth in the same list for 2003.  Italy was Turkey’s second biggest cement export market in 2004 with 1Mt and the United States third with 800,000t. 

Mikhailovcement makes more

19 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Mikhailovcement made over 1.8Mt of products in 2004, up six per cent versus the same period 2003. In 2003 the enterprise made 1.7Mt of cement, an increase of 19 per cent from the figure reported in 2002, Eurocement Group’s press service reported.  

Ivano-Frankivsktsement increases cement production

19 January 2005, Published under Cement News

The Ivano-Frankivsktsement company, one of the five biggest producers of cement and slate in Ukraine, increased cement production by 5.4 per cent to 115,300t in the fourth quarter of 2004, compared with the corresponding period of 2003.   For 2004, Ivano-Frankivsktsement increased cement production by 0.9 per cent to 527,600t. The company specializes in the production of cement, slate, gypsum plaster, plaster of Paris, asbestos-cement pipes, and reinforced concrete goods.  

Angarskcement produces more in 2004

19 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Angarskcement produced 21,628t of cement in December 2004, according to reported data. In 2004 the plant produced 670,800t of cement. Compared with 2003 output rose by 41,800t. In 2003 output came in at 629,058t. In 2005 the company plans to make at least 700,000t of cement, while in the future to increase output to 1Mt.  

Egyptian price increases

18 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Local Egyptian cement companies commenced the year with price increases,  ranging from LE5/t to LE15/t.  National Cement reported the lowest ex-factory cement price pertaining to LE240/t, followed by Helwan Cement and Torah Cement, which are expected to sell at LE245/t in FY05.  Meanwhile, other competitors namely, Assuit Cement and Suez Cement have reported higher selling prices reaching highs of LE270/t and LE255/t, respectively.   

Ghacem cement up by 12 per cent

18 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Ghana Cement Company will increase its factory cement price from 42,665 cedis a bag to 47,678.54 cedis representing 12 per cent increase with effect from next Wednesday, January 19. This is as a result of the increase in the world market price of clinker, which forms 83 per cent of raw material component of cement, Mr Bjarne Schmidt, out-going Managing Director of Ghacem told the Ghana News Agency on Monday at Tema. The last increase in Ghacem cement price was in February last year. The o...

Cement demand higher in 2005

17 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Cement demand in Vietnam this year is estimated at 28.4Mt, 2.6Mt higher than in 2004. According to the Ministry of Construction, more than US$1.4 billion will be needed to develop the cement projects under its management this year. The funds will be prioritized for expanding existing cement plants and building new projects. On the list are the Hoang Thach, Bim Son, Binh Phuoc, But Son, Ha Tien 2-2, Cam Pha, Thang Long and Ha Long cement plants. Work on Haiphong and Song Gianh cement projects ...