Cement News tagged: International
Lafarge unit plans capacity expansion
Lafarge Indian unit plans to spend INR4.50bn for a 2.5Mta capacity expansion at its plant in eastern Chhattisgarh state, reports the Economic Times. Lafarge will initially expand the
Tariff Commission to keep hearing cement firms’ plea
The Philippine Tariff Commission is bent on hearing a cement manufacturers’ appeal to extend safeguard duties versus imported gray Portland cement, noting that no temporary restraining order or
Grasim, ACC post higher December despatches
Aditya Birla group company Grasim has reported a 2.95 per cent rise in its domestic cement despatches at 1.141Mt for December 2004 over 1.108Mt in the same month last fiscal. Grasim’s cement pro
French Lafarge buys Ecuador N0: 2
French building materials group Lafarge has bought up German holding company Finlatam V GmbH, owner of about 99 per
Construction set to begin on five projects in Vietnam
The following are five major projects, which will begin to be built in the country this year:
First picture from devasted Andalas
Reports coming in from Indonesia’s Aceh province show evidence of the massive damage to the Lafarge Andalas plant on the west coast of Sumatera, less than 100km from the epicentre of the sub-sea
Ciments Francais fails in Suez bid
At the end of the validity term of the Public Tender Offer for Suez Cement Company, Ciments Francais (Italcementi Group) which
Cement ship sunk in Aceh by tsunami
As reported earlier in the week, Samudera Shipping Line, Singapore, now confirms that one of its cement carriers capsized
Somoza family assures that Cemex will keep control
The Somoza dynasty, after celebrating a legal victory following a court ruled that Cemex must return the Nicaraguan cement
Garadagh Cement produced 1.36Mt
Uwe Koehler, chairman of the board of Garadagh Cement, a Holcim subsidiary, informed Azer-press that
World Bank commits US$250m for tsunami-affected countries
The World Bank has announced it will make available US$250 million as its initial contribution for emergency reconstruction
Croatian Nexe gets control of port
Croatian construction materials group Nexe said this week that it has gained control of a port on the Drava river and planned
Clan donates land to factory
Uganda: the Karuwok clan in Tororo district has agreed to sell its land to Tororo cement factory for its expansion.
Brooksville cement plant plans expansion
Florida Crushed Stone has announced plans for a $150m expansion that would more than double the amount of cement produced at its Brooksville operation. If approved by county, state and federal agencie
News from Aceh province not good
The ABC’s Indonesia correspondent, Tim Palmer, has been following events in Aceh, “Well, the conditions in the capital are still very critical. There’s only electricity in part of the city
Construction plans for proposed 800,000tpa expansion
Malaysia’s Lafarge Malayan Cement bhd is now involved in a move that is aimed at reducing the group’s overall logistics costs to ship cement from its Langkawi plant to the mainland as well as re