Cement News tagged: International
French loan to help Vietnam project
HANOI, Oct 20 Asia Pulse - A cement plant will be built in the southern province of Binh Phuoc at cost of VND4.7 trillion (US$302m), $150 million of which will be loaned by the Societe Generale bank.
Contractors file cement claims
The UAE Contractors Association is to ask its 700 members to submit claims for losses due to high cement prices in the local market, reported Gulf News. Officials said once the claims had been assesse
ENCI cuts 470 jobs
Cement manufacturer ENCI announced plans Tuesday to cut 270 jobs in the Netherlands and a further 200 in Belgium.
Budget boost to increase INC 2004 production, Paraguay
Paraguay’s government has passed a law increasing state cement company Industria Nacional del Cemento’s (INC) annual budget by 46.1bn guaraniés (US$7.7m), local paper ABC Color reported.
Qatar National Cement Co profit reaches US$36.3m Jan-Sept 2004
The Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) registered a net profit of 132m Qatari riyals (US$36.3m) in the first nine months of 2004, up from 111m riyals (US$30.5m) in the same period of 2003.
Cemex vows free cement for government project, Philippines
Cemex Philippines president Jaime Ruiz de Jaro has offered to supply free cement for eight bridges along the Alegria-Malabuyoc national road.
Hawaiian Cement parent acquires quarry
North Dakota-based Knife River Corp., parent of Hawaiian Cement, has acquired Pohakulepo Quarry on Maui for an undisclosed price.
Cement consumption up 3.78% in nine months, Spain
Cement consumption in the nine months to September was up 3.78 percent from the same period a year earlier at 36.23 metric tones, industry association Oficemen said. Production of cement in the same p
Yamama Cement Co Jan-Sept 2004 net profit reaches $119.8m, Saudi Arabia
Saudi cement producer Yamama Cement Company (YCC) registered a 59.8 per cent YoY increase in net profit to 449.4m Saudi riyals (US$119.8m) for the first nine months of 2004.
China cement forecast
Demand for cement in China will advance 5.4 percent annually and exceed 1bn tonnes in 2008, driven by slowing, but healthy growth in construction expenditures. Cement used in China will amount to 44 p
Lafarge Malayan Cement acquires Mutiara Kuari, Malaysia
Lafarge Malayan Cement Berhad announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lafarge Aggregates Sdn Bhd (LASB), has signed an agreement to acquire the entire issued and paid up share capital of Mutiara
Misr Cement Qena nine-month 2004 revenue up, Egypt
The preliminary financial results of Egyptian cement producer Misr Cement Qena show a 50 per cent YoY increase in revenue for the first nine months of 2004, the company said in a statement.
Podilskyi Tsement increases output 15.1%, Ukraine
The Podilskyi Tsement company (Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi region), which is one of the three largest producers of cement in Ukraine, increased its output by UAH 10.489m or 15.1% to UAH 79.725m
ENCI To Stop Marl Extraction at Sint Pietersberg, The Netherlands
Dutch cement factory ENCI will stop extracting marl from the quarry near Sint Pietersberg southern Netherlands, regional media said. NCI will inform its personnel, workers’ council and the trade
Cement demand up 4.3% in first half, India
Domestic cement demand has grown 4.3 per cent in the first half of the current financial year, according to the figures released by the Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA).
Lafarge to build grinding plant for US$30m, Vietnam
Lafarge SA said it will build a cement-grinding plant in Vietnam at a cost of about US$30m.