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Venezuelan cement available, though supply limited06 March 2006, Published under Cement NewsFidelity Investment Inc (FII) has delivered on its promise to have Venezuelan cement by Thursday delivered into Guyana and was selling the product by the truckload yesterday, according to one customer. The shortage of cement has prompted the government to engage in discussions with the Venezuelan authorities to supply Guyana with 20,000t to 30,000t of the scarce item in four to five shipments. Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manzoor Nadir announced this initiative on Tuesday. O... |
Experts to assist CCCL with faulty cement investigation06 March 2006, Published under Cement NewsTwo experts will arrive on the island tomorrow to assist The Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) with an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the release of a batch of 500t of faulty Carib Cement into the market. The experts are regional concrete expert, Dr. Robin Osbourne of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus in Trinidad as well as an internationally respected expert in cement and concrete from Construction Technology Labora... |
Lucky Cement claims highest export03 March 2006, Published under Cement NewsLucky Cement Limited has claimed that it has emerged as the largest exporter of cement from Pakistan. Talking to Business Recorder on Wednesday, Executive Director A R Thaplawala said that during the period from July 1, 2005 to February 28, 2006, Lucky Cement exported 218,000t of cement to Afghanistan and Middle East. He also said the daily production of the plant was around 10,000 tonnes. |
Faulty cement recalled03 March 2006, Published under Cement NewsA house at Portland Cottage in Clarendon, Jamaica, which was built with cement from a faulty batch, being demolished yesterday. The Carib Cement Company says it recalled 500t of the product after a batch was found to have ’false setting characteristic’ or premature hardening. Problems with the supply of cement surfaced early last week when bulk users reported unsatisfactory results in the setting of poured concrete. "On discovering the problem, the company immediately contacted the various c... |
Indonesia industry Minister against plan to impose custom duty on cement01 March 2006, Published under Cement NewsIndustry Minister Fahmi Idris said a plan to impose a custom duty on cement was inappropriate, arguing it was against the existing legislation. "It is not correct to impose a custom duty on cement as this commodity is not dangerous to human life," the minister said here on Tuesday in response to the Finance Ministry’s plan to impose a custom duty on cement. He said that based on existing legislation, goods that were subject to custom duties were those considered to contain substa... |
JK eyes Pacific for white cement23 February 2006, Published under Cement NewsJK Cement, one of the largest producers of white cement in India is seeking new markets in Australia and New Zealand. The company has registered a growth of 20 per cent in white exports this year, said A K Saraogi, president and CFO. “We have exported 25,000 tonne white cement this year to Bangladesh, Middle East, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and African countries and are looking further,” Saraogi said. In domestic market, 50 per cent of white cement demand comes from industrial consumers and Gujar... |
ACCC exports 19,000t of cement22 February 2006, Published under Cement NewsAccording to El-Khabar newspaper (February 20, 2006), the Algerian Cement Company (ACC), Algeria’s first and only private cement plant, has exported 19,300t of cement and clinker. This cement was shipped through Jen Jen Port in Jijel and Bejaia Port toward Italy, Syria and Libya. ACC is planning to export 700,000t of cement through the current year to European, Arab and African countries. |
India to export cement to Pakistan22 February 2006, Published under Cement NewsPakistani companies are finding it difficult to cope with the rising demand of cement. Accordingly, The Indian Cement Manufacturers’ Association (CMA), an apex body representing most of the domestic manufacturers, has agreed to export cement to Pakistan through the Pakistan Cement Association (PCA), and not directly. The CMA and the PCA met in Pakistan recently to discuss the threat of Indian cement companies finding increased presence in the Pakistani markets. R G Bagla, the group preside... |
Azores cement sales rise17 February 2006, Published under Cement NewsCement sales in Portugal’s autonomous region of the Azores Islands grew by 3.6 per cent year-on-year to 334,000t in 2005, according to data of the Azores statistics office SREA reported by the regional daily Jornal Diario on February 14, 2006. Cement sales on the islands of the Azores archipelago rounded 23,000 tonnes in December 2005 alone, down compared to 32,000 tonnes in the same period a year ago. Apart from details on the cement sales, SREA report on the performance of the regiona... |
Eurocement Trade wins Moscow tender16 February 2006, Published under Cement NewsA tender commission of the Moscow department for coordinating resource supplies to city programs has named Eurocement Trade, as the winner of a tender for the supply of cement to several construction projects in Moscow districts in 2006. The overall volume is one million tonnes. Cement will be shipped on applications within the year on pre-payment terms. |