Cement News tagged: International
Athi River research deal
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and Athi River Mining (ARM) have entered into a partnership to undertake research on concrete development technology. Both parties will c
HK Shui On to buy Yunnan stake
Shui On Construction and Materials Ltd, Hong kong, said Monday it has signed an agreement to buy an 80 per cent stake in cement maker Yunnan Cement from state-owned firm Yunnan National Assets Operati
Nordic Capital linked to Aalborg
Nordic Capital, the Swedish private equity firm, is in talks to take over Aalborg Portland, from FLS Industries, according to Scandinavian news sources. FLS has been preparing to sell Aalborg Portland
Qatar’s cement imports increase
The Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) has decided to increase the import of cement. Three consignments aggregating to over 60,000t each are expected to reach Doha next month. Qatar mainly imports c
US builders ask for help
The nation’s builders are urging the United States government to eliminate obstacles to importing cement from Mexico to help alleviate a shortage that has delayed home building and other constru
Boral gains a swift hearing
Building materials major Boral has secured an expedited hearing for its court battle with the competition watchdog over its $1billion dollar-plus takeover bid for cement rival Adelaide Brighton, and t
Cemex to resolve Bogota dispute
The dispute between Cemex and the administration of Bogota city, Colombia, regarding a pledge for Cemex to indemnify Bogota for the damages caused by bad quality cement supplied by it to the
Dutch ENCI to reorganise
The ENCI works in Maastricht, southern Netherlands, will shortly start a large-scale reorganisation, it was reported on June 29, 2004. Forced redundancies are not to be ruled out, an ENCI spokesperso
Carmeuse to buy Romanian limestone plant
Carmeuse Central Europe, a unit of Belgium’s limestone producer Carmeuse, plans to expand its Romanian operations by acquiring the limestone plant Romcif from Germany’s cement producer Hei
Katavsky Cement Posts highest production growth
In a rating quarterly compiled by Russian Focus, Katavsky Cement tops the list of leading construction companies by production growth rates. In the first five months of this year, Katavsky Cement, th
Syrian Rastan registers US$4.8m sales Jan-May 2004
The Syrian Rastan Company for Cement & Building Materials, located in Rastan in the western Syrian governorate of Homs, registered US$4.8m worth of sales for the first five months of 2004, it was repo
Fire claims eight lives
Eight workers were burnt alive and more than nine were seriously wounded when furnace oil system at the Saadi Cement Factory in the Hattar industrial area, Pakistan, caught fire due to some faults in
Indian cost-cutting measures
For local cement companies innovation may be the key to cost competitiveness. Hence, larger cement companies such as Grasim and Gujarat Ambuja are seen to be shifting to a number of innovative cost-cu
Lafarge invests US$58m to double capacity, China
Lafarge SA said it will invest US$58m to double the capacity of its Dujiangyan cement plant in southwestern China by 2006, to cope with increasing demand.
Indonesia May local cement sales up 6.3 per cent YoY.
Indonesia’s domestic cement sales grew 6.3 per cent to 2.4Mt in May from a year earlier, the country’s largest cement maker PT Semen Gresik announced.
Vietnam to face cement shortage
Vietnam is likely to face cement shortage from now to 2010, as local cement producers cannot meet the country’s soaring demand for the product.