Cement News tagged: International
US considers implementing 3Mt cement import quota, abolishing tariff
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) intends to set up a 3Mt import quota for Mexican cement in place of the 55% anti-dumping tariff currently charged, Mexico City daily Reforma reported.
Infrastructure projects to boost cement demand
Despite a predicted fall in consumer purchasing power as a result of higher interest rates, cement demand is expected to remain high in 2006 with a boost from government and private sector spending on
Peru’s November sales rise 13.3 per cent
Peru’s overall cement sales in November rose a sharp 13.3% to 432,110t from the 381,250t sold in the same month a year before, the National Association of Cement Producers, or Asocem, said Thurs
Cement production up by 34 per cent, Ukraine
In November, cement production rose by 34% compared with November 2004, to 941,000t, the State Statistics Committee disclosed. In November, cement production fell by 23.4% to
Lafarge announces further increases in cement capacity
The Paris-based global leader in cement is spending €125m in a new kiln and associated production facilities at its Russian subsidiary Voskresenskcement’s existing works, raising the cement capa
Taiwan Regulator fines cement cartel
Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission said Thursday it fined 21 local cement companies a total of NT$210m (US$6.3m) for price fixing between 2000 and 2003. Almost all of Taiwan’s major cement ma
Holcim Inaugurates first concrete plant at Cat Lai
Holcim Vietnam on December 9 inaugurated its new concrete plant in Cat Lai in southern Ho Chi Minh City’s District 2. The factory, capitalized at $3 million, covering 15,000m2, has the capacity
UAE Cement Sector Outlook
Projects currently under execution in the GCC, Iran and Iraq are in excess of US$697bn. Out of these, UAE is believed to account for about 32%, or US$224bn worth of projects. Out of an amount of US$29
Cement scheduled to arrive Wednesday
The first shipment of cement to the island of Jamaica which is expected to ease the current shortage of supplies is scheduled to arrive Wednesday. However, the supplies will not be distributed to the
Garadagh Cement to Invest US$7m
In 2006, Garadagh Cement joint-stock company plans to invest US$7m in Azerbaijan, Uwe Koehler, the chairman of Management Board of Garadagh Cement, told local reporters. Koehler said that the funds wi
Grenada looks to Cuban connections
Grenada is looking at the possibility of getting a shipment of cement from Cuba, to help deal with the shortage now being experienced in the country.
Mykolaivtsement increases output
In November, the Mykolaivtsement company (Mykolaiv, Lviv region), increased cement production by 25.8 per cent or 12,500t compared with November 2004, to 61,000t.
Motivation vital for high performance
A South African based business analyst Justin Cohen says companies need to motivate their individuals if productivity is to improve. Cohen said yesterday during a training workshop for Lafarge Portlan
Taiwan Cement plans for southern China
With one new plant already scheduled to open next February in Yingde, Guangdong Province, mainland China, Taiwan Cement Corporation, Taiwan’s largest producer of cement, recently announced it wo
Cemex and Cementir trade concrete interests
Cemex is pulling out of Denmark by having signed an agreement to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary 4K-Beton to Cementir, already the market leader in Denmark. 4K-Beton operates 18 batching plants and,
Dyckerhoff aims to downgrade Germany
German cement company Dyckerhoff AG wants to reduce its dependence on its home market, according to Chief Executive Wolfgang Bauer, as quoted in Boesen-Zeitung. Bauer