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Cement prices up 8-10 per cent03 October 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe UAE Contractors Association has warned cement companies that it will take action if prices are raised beyond the recent 8-10 per cent rises. Officials told Gulf News that some cement companies were using fuel price increases as a pretext to increase cement prices. |
Vietnam’s cement industry told to target exports30 September 2005, Published under Cement NewsPresident Tran Duc Luong has asked the cement industry to become an exporter soon instead of being an importer as at present. Speaking at a meeting with officials of Vietnam Cement Corporation in Hanoi on Wednesday, Mr. Luong called on the industry to boost production as the nation had a big market, with increasing urban and infrastructure projects and abundant natural resources for cement production. He urged the industry to constantly renew technology and to improve the skills of technici... |
Cement prices seen leaping in 200629 September 2005, Published under Cement NewsVietnamese cement prices are forecast to rise next year due to increasing prices of imported material, according to local reports. The import price of clinker has in the year to date grown 28.9 per cent year-on-year to US$29.14/tonne. |
Dissolution of Cement JSC postponed29 September 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe winding up of Cement JSC has been postponed temporarily. The term for issue of certificate on dissolution registeration on the part of the Federal Tax Service (FTS) expired on September 26, 2005, yet the tax services suspended registration actions to consider the claim of Stroysnabkomplekt LLC against the the Zheleznodorozhniy district court, which ruled out to delare Cement bankrupt. As it was earlier reported earlier, Stroysnabkomplekt represents the interests of Novosibirsk-based Iskit... |
Saudi demands to examine cement imports28 September 2005, Published under Cement NewsAn Al-Riyadh newspaper quoted a notice published in early September 2005 by the white Portland cement manufacturers in Saudi Arabia which included a demand that the Industry and Trade Ministry examine the quality of cement imported into the country from Iran and other countries. The paper noted that representatives of the Saudi Arabian Chamber of Commerce intend to approach the Arab Cement Association and the Standards Bureaus of Arab countries in this matter, demanding that they examine the ... |
Danish Unicon, Frode Laursen set up company27 September 2005, Published under Cement NewsDanish concrete company Unicon A/S and Danish transport and logistics company Frode Laursen A/S set up a joint company, Danish transport and logistics services provider Skancon A/S, it was reported on September 26, 2005. The new company will begin operations as of October 1, 2005. Skancon will start with a staff of 200 and a total of 180 transport units. The company will be responsible for all logistics and distribution operations for ready-mixed concrete to Unicon’s Danish customers. A... |
CFTZ’s second cement plant to come on-stream shortly26 September 2005, Published under Cement NewsConstruction works aimed at building the second cement producing plant began in Iran’s Chabahar Free Trade Zone (CFTZ). The plant projected to come on-stream within the next 10 months is slated to produce 500tpd and 1000tpd of cement in the course of its first and second phases, respectively. Over 100 billion rials has been invested in the project. The surplus output from the plant will be exported to the countries in the region in particular, Persian Gulf littoral states, Iraq, Afghanistan a... |
USTDA grant supports cement production in Afghanistan23 September 2005, Published under Cement NewsSupport for reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan is the goal of a U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) grant awarded today to the Afghan Ministry of Mines and Industries. The US$1,200,000 grant will be used to partially fund a study that will facilitate the development of the cement industry in Afghanistan. "Cement is one of the building blocks of the Afghan reconstruction effort, and this cement study, which will look at the rehabilitation of existing plants, as well as the establi... |
Cement shortage reaches Southern Colorado13 September 2005, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Cement recently joined the long list of cement makers temporarily rationing shipments, citing heavy demand, plant manager Rob Davies said. The plant was the last cement maker in the US to avoid rationing, Davies said. "Most have been on allocation for several months," Davies said. Allocation is an industry term for rationing. "Demand for cement is sky high and we have more demand for cement than cement," Davies said this week as area contractors and suppliers began reporting getti... |
Cement exports set to grow 20 per cent13 September 2005, Published under Cement NewsCement exports from India is set to register 20 per cent growth in the current financial year. The export growth is primarily driven by an increase in cement consumption in the Middle East, including the demand arising from reconstruction activities in war-torn Iraq. Total cement exports, which was 10Mt in 2004, is expected to touch 12Mt in 2005, according to industry sources. Indian cement companies had a combined production of 117Mt, of which around eight per cent was exported in the y... |