Fletchers to spend on cement expansion
Increasing demand for cement from the New Zealand building boom has prompted Fletcher Building to spend $60m on its plant at Whangarei. Mark Binns, Fletcher’s chief execut...
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Vicat posts higher profits in 2004
French building materials supplier Vicat SA posted a Euro166m net profit for 2004, a 27 per cent YoY increase, with a Euro 10.14 net profit per share, it was reported on March 1...
Kryvyi Rih Cement increases production
Kryvyi Rih Cement (Dnipropetrovska region, Ukraine), one of the countries five largest cement producers, increased cement production by 12,200t or 29 per cent to 54,300t in Janu...
Lafarge to complete new cement works in Mexico
Lafarge expects to complete the construction of a new cement works in thestate of Hidalgo by the end of 2005 or the beginning of 2006
Cement industry hit by higher coal prices
Vietnam’s cement industry has been seriously hit by surging coal prices, a major fuel used to produce cement, said cement producers at an industry seminar in Hanoi March 9...
China’s Export Growth Accelerates
China’s export growth gathered pace in the first two months of the year as factories shipped more textiles and electronic goods to the US, Europe and Japan. Overseas sales...
Ghacem pushing up prices again?
Locals have called on government to act fast to stop Ghacem, from introducing the annual price hike ritual. To many, the ritual that is sometimes undertaken three times in a yea...
Old cement quarry attracts 500m vistors
The Butchart Gardens, located 13 miles north of cosmopolitan Victoria, British Columbia in Canada, is now in its 101st year of existence.In 2005, the 500 millionth visitor is ex...
Iran’s cement industry set for higher output
Iran’s cement industry is striving to increase its production capacity by utilizing modern technologies, said a senior cement industry official on Tuesday, stressing that the pr...
Aditya Birla cement despatches down
Cement despatches of the Aditya Birla Group during February fell by 0.93 per cent to 2.18Mt over the same month last fiscal while production was marginally up by 0.79 per cent at
Lehigh Cement agrees to pay cleanup costs
Lehigh Cement Co has agreed to pay a US$90,000 penalty and will speed up the timetable for some US$55m in planned improvements at its Union Bridge plant, as part of an
Cement companies post strong year
An unprecedented level of net profit accrued to Ras Al Khaimah’s cement companies in 2004, company representatives said. The Union Cement Factory reported net profit of
Zhaoshan starts building cement plant in Liuyang
Chinese cement producer Zhejiang Zhaoshan Xinxing Group started building a 1.35 bln Chinese yuan (US$163m) cement plant in Liuyang, Hunan province, southern China, on
Holcim to look at new plant
Holcim which supplies half of New Zealand’s cement, is considering building a second $100m plant that would double its capacity and reduce shipping and import costs. It is
New VAT rates could stimulate market
Much of India may be losing sleep over a rise in sales tax to 12.5 per cent from 8 per cent once value added tax comes into effect next month. But South-based cement majors such
Indonesia expects immediate construction of three plants
The government is expecting the immediate construction of three new cement plants worth US$481.2m after the issuance of investment permits to three foreign investors, the Investor
New grinding plant for Sudan
Cement Industries Malaysia Bhd (Cima), the country’s third biggest cement producer, plans to set up a M$50m (US$13.1m) grinding plant in Sudan to expand its export market,...
Lafarge starts Batangas expansion
Lafarge Cement Services (Philippines), Inc one of the country’s largest cement manufacturer, plans to invest P250 million this year to increase the production capacity of its
The downs and ups of freighting costs
Despite the rather unanimous fall in rates recorded this week, which is in line with what had been anticipated, the last 24 hours of the week have given some signals of an upwar...
Rethink on cement terminal?
The US Army Corps of Engineers has determined that a proposed cement distribution plant on River Road Cincinnati would negatively affect more than a half-dozen historic properti...
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