Solid cement sales in South Africa
The Cement and Concrete Institute of South Africa reports that cement sales last year increased 10 per cent over 2004.
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Ashaka Cement Gets ISO Certification
Ashaka Cement Plc, has received the ISO 9001:2000 Certification from the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), in recognition of the attainment of the Nigeria Industrial Stan...
Saudi Qassim Cement invites Candidates for board members
Saudi cement producer Qassim Cement Company (QCC) has invited all shareholders willing to apply for board members to submit their applications by February 2, 2006. The new board
Steppe Cement to get tax breaks, Kazakhstan
Karcement JSC, a subsidiary of AIM-listed Steppe Cement Ltd, has been given a five year tax exemption by Kazakhstan when it begins work on refurbishing dry kiln lines in 2006 an...
GCC not planning to pull out of Bolivia
Despite radical left-winger Evo Morales’ comfortable victory in Bolivia’s recent presidential elections, Mexican cement maker Grupo Cementos Chihuahua (GCC) is optim...
Mexico nears cement deal with US
Mexico is close to a deal with Washington to end a 15-year cement fight over US duties after cement shortages in the United States forced the neighbours to end the dispute.
Cement industry expects to grow at least 2.5% in 2006
Mexico’s national cement chamber (Canacem) believes that the industry will grow by around 2.5% this year, but factors such as the presidential elections could lift growth ...
Chilean Melon to build US$20m plant in Central Chile
Chile’s leading cement producer Empresas Melon, controlled by the French based construction materials group Lafarge, plans to build a new cement grinding plant in Chile&rs...
Analysts expect strong growth for cement sector this fiscal
Analyst expect the cement sector go through strong growth during the current fiscal year with higher demand and profit margins, however they estimated it to be unsustainable due...
Looking ahead in 2006
Will 2006 be the year for coal? Since 2003 the dry bulk market has been mainly driven by the Chinese iron ore boom which is not finished but will certainly know a more moderate ...
State and producers royalties dispute
Government and cement producers are reportedly in dispute over the companies’ refusal to pay a two per cent royalty in a development that has unearthed inconsistencies in ...
Yemeni Al-Barh Cement Plant output
Yemeni state-run al-Barh Cement Plant in the southwestern governorate of Taiz produced a total 569,437t of cement in 2005, the plant’s director general Hussain Saeed al-Ma...
French Morillon Corvol Buys Ets Charroy
French construction aggregates company Morillon Corvol, part of Mexican cement group Cemex, acquired on January 1, 2006 the company Ets Charroy which operates a calcareous
Pakistani cement units penalised
The Monopoly Control Authority has imposed penalty of Rs 100,000, and Rs 10,000 per day, from the middle of November 2005, against 18 cement factories for non-compliance of its
Indonesia’s Semen Baturaja to launch IPO
State-owned cement producer PT Semen Baturaja said it will launch an initial public offering (IPO) this year and sell 40 per cent of its shares to the public. The company, which...
Lafarge to invest more in Ecuador
Lafarge plans to invest US$12 million in its Ecuadorean unit Cementos Selva Alegre over the next three years, the chief financial officer of the Andean unit said Monday. The inv...
Cement prices not yet to rise
Cement prices in Ho Chi Minh City have recently increased by VND12,000 – 15,000/t. Until now, the Government as well as cement makers have not signaled to rise cement prices yet
Removing dual sales tax on cement a good step
The Tamil Nadu chapter of industry FICCI on Friday said scrapping dual sales tax structure on cement and levying a uniform 14 per cent tax on all grades of cement at the first p...
SHC suspends MCA order
A Sindh High Court bench suspended on Friday an order of the Monopoly Control Authority (MCA), directing cement manufacturers to bring down cement prices to the level of January...
SAIL’s Bhilai joint venture: three cement cos in fray
Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) is likely to choose one of three leading cement companies - Jaypee Cement, Shree Cement and Birla Corporation - for its proposed joint ventur...
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