Cement News tagged: International
Strabag to build EUR 111m cement works, Hungary
Strabag Epito Rt, the Hungarian unit of Austrian construction group Strabag, plans to invest HUF27bn (EUR 111m) in a cement works between Szekszard and Pecs, southern Hungary, project manager Otto Zi
Home-Building Boom ’To Rein in Volumes Growth At PPC’, South Africa
Construction companies and building material suppliers appear set to suffer a backlash from booming demand in the residential building sector.
Maddaloni Plant Generates eight per cent Cementir turnover, Italy
The plant in Maddaloni, southern Italy, of Italian cement company Cementir SpA, a unit of local construction company Caltagirone, generates an annual turnover accounting for some eight per cent of the
Police seize 150 bags of fake cement, Uganda
Police are investigating Tororo Cement Ltd. for alleged manufacture and supply of fake cement.
Dragon’s Concrete passes 6-year mark without a lost-time injury, USA
The Concrete Division of Dragon Cement and Concrete has gone six years – more than one million work hours – without a lost-time injury among the nearly 100 employees who work in the division.
Ciments Francais bids US$550m for Egypt’s Suez Cement
Italcementi SpA’s Ciments Francais unit has launched a US$550m bid to buy the Egyptian government’s 65.9 per cent share in Suez Cement. Ciments Francais already owns 34.1 per cent of Suez
Leading Indian cement firm eyes Chinese market
The Associated Cement Companies Limited, India’s foremost manufacturer of cement, is scouting for business opportunities in China as well as cooperative projects in third countries, senior compa
Union urges govt to keep 51 per cent stake in Gresik
The trade union of cement maker Semen Gresik has urged the government to retain its 51 per cent stake in the company and not to sell it to Cemex Asia Holdings, a Mexican firm. "We are afraid that i
Ultratech Nov shipments up 13.5 percent on year
India’s UltraTech Cement said on Friday its cement shipments in November rose 13.5 per cent to 1.045Mt
Tam Diep Cement plant put into service
Tam Diep Cement Co. under Vietnam Cement Corp. has recently put its factory into operation in the northern province of Ninh Binh to produce high quality cement, PCB-40. The factory, costing VND4 tr
More Russian cement to head for Mexico?
CDM plans to bring in another shipment from Russia despite an embargo on the first consignment. Importer CDM has been barred for the last five months from discharging 26,000 of cement because of injun
China’s output of cement in October
China produced 87,559,000t of cement in October 2004. The output in January-October reached 756,289,100t, up 15.3 per cent year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The second
Cement sales decline 17% in November, Pakistan
KARACHI: Sales of cement dropped 17 percent on month-on-month basis in November but overall sales rose 29 percent on year-on-year basis, according to the data released by the All Pakistan Cement Manuf
Construction plans for proposed 800,000tpa cement plant expansion project, Malaysia
Lafarge Malayan 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 reduce the export of cli
Akcansa interested in Uzan group ex-factories, Turkey
Mehmet Gocmen, general manager of the cement producer Akcansa, said that the company was interested in the cement companies which were previously owned by Uzan Group but taken over by the state. Gocme
Strong cement consumption for October, Thailand
BOT announced key economic data for the month of October including the country’s cement sales of 2.45Mt, representing a 22.3% increase YoY and 2% QoQ.