Cement News tagged: International
Lipetskcement statistics
Russian cement producer Lipetskcement produced 1.3Mt of cement in Jan-Sept 2004, a 8.6 per cent rise against in the same period 2003. Packed cement output was around 185,000 tons (+12.7 per cent). In
Holcim invests in La Cemento
The Ecuadorian Cement company La Cemento Nacional has changed its name to Holcim Ecuador. The Swiss group Holcim entered La Cemento in 1976 as a minority shareholder, but since October 5th the
Polysius commissions two 10,000-tpd kiln lines in China
Krupp Polysius has just commissioned the second kiln line for Anhui Conch, in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, making the completion of the two 10,000tpd Polysius kiln completions for China’s largest cement
Lucky Cement’s expansion programme
Lucky Cement, Pakisatan is planning to build an additional production line of 8400tpd at its existing Site in Bannu Division. The company has already entered into agreements with the suppliers of mach
Cemex: Mexican margins down
For the first nine months of 2004, Cemex increased its operating profit at the EBITDA level by 19.1% to US$1,873.14m, with the trading profit (EBIT) pushing ahead by 25.7% to US$1,376.1m on a turnover
Unknown fate for Cement Corp factories
Despite a history of riots, worker deaths and a clamour for voluntary redundancies, Indian state government is unmoved to privatise three factories of Cement Corporation: Dala, Chunar and Churk . The
Portland cement and clinker from Mexico
The US Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on gray portland cement and clinker from Mexico until Decembe
UltraTech Cement to step up exports
ULTRATECH Cement will increase its cement and clinker exports to 4Mt this financial year, up from 3.5Mt during the previous fiscal, said Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman UltraTech Cement Ltd, at a ne
Gujarat Ambuja plans captive agro-fuel based power plants
GUJARAT Ambuja Cements Ltd is setting up two captive power plants, a 24 mega-watt plant in Punjab and a 60 MW plant in Gujarat that would run on both coal and agro-based fuels. This would perhaps be
French banks fund equipment imports
Sociéte General SG and BNP Paribas of France yesterday signed a credit agreement with the Vietnam Construction Im-Export Corporation (Vinaconex) in Hanoi to finance equipment imports for the first pha
L&T officially becomes UltraTech Cement, India
L&T Cement will now be sold as UltraTech Cement, the brand-name for products of the spun-off firm the Birlas bought from the engineering major. Kumar Mangalam Birla, who sits at the head of the compa
GCC net profit falls 15%, Mexico
Mexican cement maker Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua reported a MXP196m (US$17mn) net profit in the third quarter this year, down 14.9% from 3Q03, the company reported. Operating profit grew 2.2% to 308mn
Grinding plant underway, Vietnam
Donafrance, a venture between Lafarge and Vietnam’s Doan Duc Co., started building a cement grinding plant yesterday in Nhon Trach District of Dong Nai Province. Construction of the station in
Ivano-Frankivsktsement increases production, Ukraine
In January-June, the Ivano-Frankivsktsement company, ranking among top five cement producers, increased cement production by 3.5% or 8,700t compared with the same period of 2003, to 258,600 tons.
Anhui Conch sees pick-up after slow quarter , China
The mainland’s largest cement producer Anhui Conch Cement expects a stable fourth quarter this year after a sharp rise in energy costs brought what analysts call a "disastrous" performance betwe
Lafarge Opens EUR50m plant in Serbia
Lafarge said it would open a EUR50m ($63m) upgraded cement plant in the Serbian town of Beocin.