Cement News tagged under: trading
Chelyabinsk region expands output24 August 2004, Published under Cement NewsIn 1H 2004 the Chelyabinsk region’s construction materials sector expanded output by 6.1% y-o-y due to the growh of cement production (up 86.7%), heat-insulation materials (up 40.5%). New foreign owners of Uralcement and Katavsky Cement 4 managed to resume supplies to traditional markets in Jan-July 200, and organized efficient production, the Chelyabinsk region’s Economy Ministry said |
Appointment of permanent SCC Chairman demanded24 August 2004, Published under Cement NewsKarachi Cement Dealer Welfare Association (KCDWA) has demanded appointment of permanent chairman in State Cement Corporation (SCC). In a statement Saturday, president KCDWA Nawab Yousuf Siddiqui and other officebearers said that caretaker Chairman of SCC Zahid Aziz has refuted to carry on their duties while it was some indication that a "junior and ill-famed officer" Aslam Chandio was going to be appointed as caretaker SCC chairman. He said the consumption of cement was gradually increasing i... |
Ban on Kurdestan cement exports lifted23 August 2004, Published under Cement NewsThe manager of Bijar Cement Plant, Mansour Najafi has said that the ban imposed on the export of cement to northern Iraq a month ago was lifted on Wednesday. He told Iranian news sources that the ban had to do with the shortage of local truck transportation. "The revenue of exported cement formerly standing at US$45/t has now increased to US$55/t. Some 59,800 tons of cement are produced by Bijar Cement Plant every month, of which 10,000 tons are exported to Iraq and the remaining is used... |
Imported cement stranded at RAK port23 August 2004, Published under Cement NewsAround 40,000t of imported bulk cement is reported to be stranded at the Ras Al Kaimah port with local cement producers refusing to take the delivery of the consignment, said sources at Ras al Kaimah port. The cement has been jointly imported by three major cement factories including, Gulf Cement Factory (GCF), RAK Cement Factory and Union Cement Factory. Fifty per cent of the total imported cement consignment belongs to GCF and the rest is jointly owned by RAK Cement Factory (RCF) and Union... |
Attock sells to Qatar19 August 2004, Published under Cement NewsAttock Cement Pakistan Ltd (ACPL) has exported second consignment of 38,000t cement clinker to Qatar. This is the second export of cement clinker to the Gulf market. The company is already exporting cement to Afghanistan and UAE and intends to explore other export markets with better vigour to earn valuable foreign exchange for the country. ACPL is reportedly the first Pakistani cement manufacturer which has exported both clinker and cement to the UAE and Gulf markets. The company expor... |
Dubai government helps cut cement prices19 August 2004, Published under Cement NewsSince the Dubai government moved to cancel import duties on cement in early August, between 4,000 and 5,000 tonnes of cement have been shipped to Dubai. The government cut the duties and other handling and storage fees to support UAE construction companies. Cement prices surged from US$52 to US$87 per tonne in May, but have now subsided to US$76 per tonne on improved supply. |
Philippines stops Solid sales18 August 2004, Published under Cement NewsThe Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry Tuesday said it ordered the local cement making unit of Mexico’s Cemex to stop selling and distributing cement under its Island brand. Trade Undersecretary Adrian Cristobal said Solid Cement Corp. has been barred from selling its Island brand cement after it failed government standard safety and quality tests. "We cannot risk the public’s safety by allowing the continued distribution of substandard cement," he said. Cristobal said the D... |
China’s export of cement in June17 August 2004, Published under Cement NewsChina exported 720,000t of cement valued at US$24.074m in June 2004. The export in January-June reached 2,750,000 tons valued at US$93.084m up 7.7 percent and 12.4 percent respectively year on year. Jan-04 exports were 230,000t; February 630,000t; March 1.04Mt; April 1.66Mt; and May 2.03Mt according to customs data. |
Nigerian imports17 August 2004, Published under Cement NewsAbout a fortnight ago, the Minister of Industries, Alhaji Mogaji Mohammed, visited the cement works at Okpella in Edo State, which are now being rehabilitated. Stating government’s objective of ensuring self-sufficiency in the production of cement, he used the occasion to exhort that cement companies should shift focus from merely rebagging imported bulk cement to its full-scale local production as government would before long ban its importation. Preparatory to effecting the ban, he p... |
Independents crowded out – claim16 August 2004, Published under Cement NewsThe four major cement producers: France’s Lafarge, Switzerland’s Holcim, Germany’s Heidelberg Cement AG and Cemex -- are aggressively pushing independent traders out of even far-flung markets, according to Nader Dajani, head of Amman-based CTI, a holding company for cement trading houses and owners of floating cement terminals, Their acquisitions of local cement companies in the Middle East and Southeast Asia have reduced independent traders to 10 per cent of the market from over 60 percent... |