Vietnam full-year output seen 4.7% higher
Vietnam is estimated to have produced 57Mt of cement in 2013, up from 4.7 per cent a year ago, the government's General Statistics Office (GSO) has said.
Weekly Newsletter
4,217 posts · Page 406 of 422
Sharp slowdown in Saudi demand
Cement demand in Saudi Arabia has considerably slowed through 2013, effectively boosting clinker stocks to a record high level. After recording a high growth rate of some 10 per...
Bangladesh: cement businesses disrupted by political unrest
Bangladesh's cement industry is being affected by political unrest in the country with blockades and disruption to transport routes. The supply of raw materials from port and ce...
Cementir sets out 2014-16 business targets
Cementir's Board of Directors has approved the company's 2014-16 Business Plan which sees average annual EBITDA growth of around 16 per cent over the period.
Germany: Renewable Energy Sources Act feared by cement sector
The Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) is expected to be detrimental to the production of the German cement industry as well as presenting considerable risks to the sector's com...
SCCC maintains positive outlook for 2014, Thailand
Siam City Cement Co (SCCC) maintains a positive outlook for cement demand in its domestic market of Thailand despite government infrastructure project having been delayed due to...
Holcim (New Zealand) selects locations for two cement import terminals
Holcim (New Zealand) has selected Timaru and Auckland as the location for two new 30,000t bulk cement import terminals. The company said that having reviewed proposals from port...
Bosowa Corp set to start Banten plant construction, Indonesia
The Bosowa Corporation said it plans to start construction of a new cement plant in Cilegon, Banten, in the first quarter of next year.
PPC gets competition tribunal go-ahead for Safika Cement acquisition
PPC’s previously-announced acquisition of South African blended cement producer Safika Cement has been unconditionally approved by the country’s Competition Tribunal. An agreeme...
Chinese sign US$733m cement deals in Nigeria and Myanmar
Sinoma and CITIC Heavy Industries have agreed deals worth US$733m to construct cement plants in Nigeria and Myanmar, respectively.