Cement industry news

12 Sep 2006 Trading

New law exempts customs duty on imported cement

The Emir, H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, yesterday passed a decree exempting various kinds of cement, gravel and reinforced steel imported into Qatar from non-GCC countr...

12 Sep 2006 International

Venezuela seizes sugar and cement plants, ends Port deal

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Sunday that his government expropriated a sugar mill, a cement plant and would take over the administration of a port from private s...

12 Sep 2006 Environmental

Tyres a wasted resource no more?

Lafarge Malayan Cement is shipping in shredded tyres from Singapore to fuel its cement kiln in Langkawi

12 Sep 2006 International

Cement industry in India - On strong foundation

Riding on increased activity in real estate and boom in infrastructure development, the Indian cement industry is on a roll

12 Sep 2006 Corporate

S.Africa’s Aveng year headline EPS jumps 87 per cent

South African construction, cement and engineering firm Aveng increased annual headline earnings per share by 87 per cent to 603 cents, and forecast a year of sustainable busine...

12 Sep 2006 Environmental

Ontario cement plant receives environmental award

Lafarge Canada Inc. recently received an award to recognize the environmental programmes at its cement plant in Bath, Ont, reports HazMat Magazine.

12 Sep 2006 Environmental

Near cement factories, high rate of larynx cancer

Cement found to contain high level of toxins – one area sees 3.5 times national average

12 Sep 2006 International

Antigua negotiates opening of cement market

Hopefully bringing an end to the chronic cement shortage plaguing the region, Antigua & Barbuda and the OECS have emerged successful

11 Sep 2006 International

Russian company buys Uzbek cement plant

The Russian company Eurocement Group has bought the Ohangarontsement joint-stock company, the second largest cement producing plant in Uzbekistan

11 Sep 2006 Recent Orders

New Storage and Handling System for Castle Cement – Ribblesdale

Portasilo has recently completed the proving trials for a Meat and Bonemeal (MBM) storage and handling system for Castle Cement for their Ribblesdale Works.

11 Sep 2006 Trading

Eurocement Group raises price of products 10% on August 1, 2006

On August 1, 2006 Eurocement Group raised price for its products 10%

11 Sep 2006 Corporate

Italy Cementir Net Profit At 51.3 Mln Euro H1 2006

Italian cement group Cementir, a unit of local construction company Caltagirone, closed the first half of 2006 with a net profit of 51.3 mln euro ($65.3 mln), a 66.2 pct year-on...

11 Sep 2006 Corporate

Prosperity Minerals FY below market expectations

Prosperity Minerals Holdings said it anticipates full year results to be below market expectations, as a result of difficult operating conditions for the iron ore trading business.

11 Sep 2006 Corporate

CRH announces successful US$1.75bn global bond offering

CRH America, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of CRH plc, successfully priced its third US$ Global bond offering yesterday afternoon in New York.

11 Sep 2006 Trading

Exports of cement to hit 10Mt; cement and clinker exports from India is once again set

Cement and clinker exports from India is once again set to touch the 10 million tonne-mark by the end of this financial year.

11 Sep 2006 International

SA cement sales rising

South Africa’s Cement and Concrete Institute, in their report for August, reported an increase of 9.7% in cement sales for the year to date.

11 Sep 2006 Environmental

Cement found to contain high level of toxins – 6 of 10 samples had dangerous levels of heavy metals

A considerable quantity of cement produced in South Korea contains a high degree of hexavalent chromium plating (Cr6+), a heavy metal that can

11 Sep 2006 Environmental

Oamaru: a new cement plant at Weston would meet all regional and national air

A new cement plant at Weston would meet all regional and national air quality standards, if it is built by Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd.

11 Sep 2006 International

Building with tears as cement prices, others escalate

Nigeria as the nation’s landscape is now dotted with a plethora of uncompleted or abandoned commercial and residential housing projects. The road to building construction and in...

11 Sep 2006 International

QNCC signs QR800mn deal for a cement plant

The Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) has signed a QR800mn agreement with French major FCB Ciment for the building of its fourth cement manufacturing facility in Umm Bab.