Cement News tagged: International
Second round of US cement price increases in 2005 announced
Holcim has just announced a second series of price increases for 2005, scheduled to take effect in July, or in some cases on the 1st of August, following an earlier round of price increases from Janua
Government to settle Cemex dispute
The new government aims to settle an investment dispute with Mexico-based cement producer Cemex SA in 42 days, in a bid to help maintain investors’ confidence in the economy, according to a repo
Building confidence at 25-year high, South Africa
Building industry confidence was at levels last reached in the economic upswing of 1978/81, with the fourth quarter business confidence of contractors in the residential sector at 96 percent compared
Northern cement works under construction, Vietnam
Trang An Shareholding Co. broke ground at the weekend for a 910,000tpa cement works in the northern municipality of Tuyen Quang, Lao Dong reports. Construction of the trillion-dong factory in Trang Da
Plans to double production, Yemen
The Yemeni Public Corporation For Manufacturing and Marketing Cement is planning to double the country’s cement production capacity by developing and expanding the existing three cement manufacturing
March start set for Warnes US$15m cement mill, Bolivia
Bolivian cement producer Itacamba Cemento will start construction of a US$15m cement milling plant near Warnes in Santa Cruz department in March 2005.
Cement may cost 5-10% more in a month, India
Firming up of cement prices post-monsoon, usually considered natural, is delayed this time by about a month. A 5-10% growth in cement prices is expected in the next two months.
UAE Union Cement to build new clinker line
Ras al-Khaimah cement manufacturer Union Cement signed on December 12, 2004 an agreement, worth over 500 mln UAE dirhams ($136.1m), with China National Building Materials Equipment Corporation (CBMEC)
Vietnam govt favours cement projects in remote areas
The Government has offered incentives such as soft credits for projects specialising in clinker production in remote mountainous communities. The offers were recently announced by the Government Offic
Cement may cost 5-10 per cent more shortly
Firming up of cement prices post-monsoon, usually considered natural, is delayed this time by about a month. A 5-10 per cent growth in cement prices is expected in the next two months. Associated Ceme
AV Birla hopes for 100 per cent cement capacity utilisation
The Indian Aditya Birla group aims to ensure 100 percent utilisation of its existing cement capacity before planning further capacity addition. The group’s total installed cement capacity, follo
HeidelbergCement to take over Teutonia
HeidelbergCement has agreed to buy a stake in Teutonia Zementwerk and is offering to buy all outstanding shares, HeidelbergCement said on Friday. HeidelbergCement will offer owners of Teutonia’s
Cement sets pulses racing
To study the inside of cement structures as they solidify and age, a researcher from Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania has turned to time domain reflectrometry. "We use a capacitive sensor where t
ASEC posts $288,000 net profit Jan-Sept 2004, Egypt
Egypt’s ASEC Cement Co, part of the Egyptian-Swiss industrial group Arab Swiss Engineering Company (ASEC), reported a net profit of 1.79 mln Egyptian pounds (US$288,000) for the first nine month
Bacnotan Consolidated buys more shares in Atlas unit, Philippines
Bacnotan Consolidated Industries Inc said its board of directors has approved the purchase of additional shares in majority-owned unit Atlas Cement Corp.
Domestic sales up 23.2 per cent YoY Nov, Argentina
Argentina’s domestic cement sales, including imports, rose to 573,706t, up 3.4 per cent month-on-month in November 2004, and 23.2 per cent YoY, the national association of Portland cement produc