Cement News tagged: Trading
Minister confirms cancellation of duties
The Egyptian Minister of Industry & Foreign Trade, Mr. Rashid Mohamed Rashid, confirmed the cancellation of custom duties levied on Egyptian cement imports yesterday, which pertain to 10% for bulk cem
Egypt seeks export boost
Egypt’s Minister of Finance, Youssef Boutros-Ghali, and the Sudanese Minister of Industry, Jalal Yousif al-Dagir, discussed ways of boosting the trade relations between the two countries and the
Ras Al-Khaimah plant import
Three of the cement plants in the UAE emirate of Ras al-Khaimah have imported a shipment of a total 31,500 tonnes of cement in mid-August 2004, the emirate’s Customs and Ports Department directo
Solid Cement may have to close
Solid Cement Corp, a Philippine unit of Mexico’s Cemex said it may have to shut down its cement plant next week unless the government lifts its order for the company to stop selling its products
Chelyabinsk region expands output
In 1H 2004 the Chelyabinsk region’s construction materials sector expanded output by 6.1% y-o-y due to the growh of cement production (up 86.7%), heat-insulation materials (up 40.5%). New foreig
Appointment of permanent SCC Chairman demanded
Karachi Cement Dealer Welfare Association (KCDWA) has demanded appointment of permanent chairman in State Cement Corporation (SCC). In a statement Saturday, president KCDWA Nawab Yousuf Siddiqui and o
Ban on Kurdestan cement exports lifted
The manager of Bijar Cement Plant, Mansour Najafi has said that the ban imposed on the export of cement to northern Iraq a month ago was lifted on Wednesday. He told Iranian news sources that the ban
Imported cement stranded at RAK port
Around 40,000t of imported bulk cement is reported to be stranded at the Ras Al Kaimah port with local cement producers refusing to take the delivery of the consignment, said sources at Ras al Kaimah
Attock sells to Qatar
Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd (ACPL) has exported second consignment of 38,000t cement clinker to Qatar. This is the second export of cement clinker to the Gulf market. The company is already exporting
Dubai government helps cut cement prices
Since the Dubai government moved to cancel import duties on cement in early August, between 4,000 and 5,000 tonnes of cement have been shipped to Dubai. The government cut the duties and other handlin
Philippines stops Solid sales
The Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry Tuesday said it ordered the local cement making unit of Mexico’s Cemex to stop selling and distributing cement under its Island brand. Tra
China’s export of cement in June
China exported 720,000t of cement valued at US$24.074m in June 2004. The export in January-June reached 2,750,000 tons valued at US$93.084m up 7.7 percent and 12.4 percent respectively year on year.
Nigerian imports
About a fortnight ago, the Minister of Industries, Alhaji Mogaji Mohammed, visited the cement works at Okpella in Edo State, which are now being rehabilitated. Stating government’s objective
Independents crowded out – claim
The four major cement producers: France’s Lafarge, Switzerland’s Holcim, Germany’s Heidelberg Cement AG and Cemex -- are aggressively pushing independent traders out of even far-flun
Cement, steel prices up
Cebu, Philippines: Due to the increases in fuel prices, the cost of construction materials, including cement and steel bars, has also gone up. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the price
Threat of nationwide transporters’ strike
Cement prices are likely to go up by between Rs 10 and Rs 15 across south India because of the threat of a nationwide transporters’ strike from August 21. The end of the monsoon season is also b