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Export and find new markets12 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsLocal Malaysian cement manufacturers should seek new markets abroad for their material by partnering Malaysian construction companies with operations overseas, International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said yesterday. "Most of the big construction companies are venturing overseas with India providing the largest market for Malaysian companies. "This development provides an avenue for cement manufacturers to link up with the construction companies and diversify into... |
Pakistan emerging major regional cement exporter11 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsPrime Minister Shaukat Aziz Prime Minister said that Pakistan is set to become a major exporter of cement to regional countries. “Pakistan is one of the major cement exporters for the reconstruction work in Afghanistan and added the local cement industry was already working at full capacity,” the Prime Minister told the foundation laying ceremony of three cement and a paper plant factories here. He said the projects will bring an investment of US$500m and create job opportunities for aro... |
Beware of cheap cement, Philippines11 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Department of Trade and Industry yesterday warned the public against adulterated cement products following the seizure recently of 241 bags whose contents had been passed off as pure cement. The 40kg bags, popularly referred to as "buriki" were seized from two retailers in Caloocan City. According to the DTI’s Bureau of Product Standards, other materials had been added to the "buriki," making these substandard. BPS Director Jesus L. Motoomull said samples taken from the confiscated c... |
Italcementi ready to buy Turkey’s Uzan Rumeli cement plants08 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsItalcementi SpA is ready to buy Uzan Rumeli cement plants owned by the Turkish government, the daily Finanza & Mercati said without giving a source. The terms of the privatisation are expected to be released in May-June, the daily added. |
Budindustria launches new packing line07 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsBakhchysarai-based Budindustria factory, the largest cement producer in the Ukraine Crimea has launched new cement packing lineThe equipment for the packing line is produced by the Russian company Seluh. The new line has a capacity of 60tph of cement, and the old one, just 2tph. As Ukrainian News earlier reported, in 2005, Budindustria intends to increase the volume of cement production by 2.2 per cent or 10,000 tons compared with 2004 to 460,000t for the whole year. Productive capacity of ... |
Russia production in January-February 200506 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsRussian cement producers have manufactured 4.6Mt of cement in January-February 2005, a 4.5 per cent rise versus the same period 2004. A rise of production in the cement industry exceeded than in the industrial sector as a whole where it totaled 3.9 per cent, Eurocement Group said. As it was earlier reported, Eurocement plants made in January-February more than 1.1Mt of cement, a 10.5 per cent rise versus the same period 2004. Its share in this segment of the market stood at 21 per cent. Produ... |
Century Bond targets Vietnam06 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsCentury Bond Bhd (CBB) wants to position itself as a leading player in the Vietnamese packaging industry. Deputy managing director Loi Tuan Ee said for a start, the company planned to become a major supplier of cement paper bags there. Demand for the bags in the former French colony had been growing but domestic production could not cope up with it, he said. Loi said there were no independent cement paper bag producers in Vietnam at present, adding that the company would be in a good positio... |
Cement prices raised by up to Rs7 per bag05 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsSome leading cement companies in Pakistan have increased per bag price of their products by Rs 2.50 to Rs 7 in order to improve/maintain profit margins, a well-placed source told Daily Times on Friday. “Most of the southern region companies have raised the prices,” said the source. “It has been decided in the previous meeting of the cement cartel.” There has been some dispute between the southern region companies and northern region companies regarding the price adjustments last month. S... |
Czech firm looks at Vietnam project05 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Lamela Group hopes to build a US$400 million cement factory in the highlands province of Bac Can, making it the first Czech company to express an interest in investing in the impoverished highland province. Lamela representatives made a fact-finding trip last week to the proposed construction site in the province’s Cho Moi district, where they signed an initial agreement with the local government regarding their investment plans. The factory would make Lamela the second investor from ... |
Aditya Birla FY 05 cement sales04 April 2005, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s Aditya Birla group, which controls Grasim Industries Ltd and UltraTech Cement Co Saturday said its cement sales for the fiscal year ended March 2005, rose 5.44 per cent to 26.26Mt. The group said Grasim - India’s largest cement company by capacity - posted sales of 1.25Mt in March 2005. The statement didn’t provide Grasim’s year ago sales. UltraTech Cement’s March sales totaled 1.32Mt. The group’s cement production in fiscal 2004-2005 rose 5.6 per cent on year to 26.27Mt, the stat... |