Qatar plans to treat new Doha port as free trade zone
Chairman of Customs and Ports General Authority Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, announced Qatar’s plans to build a free trade zone as a part of the new Doha Port. Al Sharq daily r...
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Jan-Nov cement sales up 9.58% to 4.15Mt , Peru
Local and export cement sales in Peru grew in total 9.58% to 4.15Mt in the first 11 months of the year, compared to the same period last year, the country’s cement produce...
Lasselberger permission to build, Czech Republic
Lasselsberger (Austria) has been given permission to build a new cement plant in Stramberk, according to Ludek Sileny, the head of the company’s local operations.
Government narrows options for settling dispute with Cemex
The government has selected six out of 16 possible options for settling a dispute with Cemex SA over the sale of its 51 per cent stake in state-run cement firm PT Semen Gresik,...
RAK to expand ports and cement plants, UAE
Ras Al Khaimah plans to invest AED2bn to expand its cement companies and ports to expand their capacity.
EAPC considers bond option
East African Portland Portland Cement (EAPC) is considering the possibility of listing a bond that would pay off a Sh3.8 billion yen dominated loan it owes the Japanese governme...
Secil studies electric options
Portuguese cement producer Secil is studying the option to change its electricity provider, the Portuguese utility EDP - Energias de Portugal, with a Spanish provider, it was re...
Ukranian Cement Production up and down
In November, national cement production rose by 8.8 per cent compared with November 2003, to 703,000t. This was disclosed by the State Statistics Committee. However, cement...
Kryvyi Rih Cement appoints Kern And Hirs
On December 15, the shareholders of the Kryvyi Rih Cement, one of the five largest cement producers in Ukraine, have dismissed Daniel Gauthier and Darius Kazimirchak of their du...
UK triple price hike early next year
UK Ready mix, cement and blacktop prices set to rise in early 2005. Producers are set to increase the cost of ready mixed concrete by around 8 per cent from January 1 and cement...
’Hot rocks’ found at cement plant
A former cement works in County Durham, UK is to be the site of the UK’s first "hot rocks" village. The Blue Circle cement works at Eastgate, near Stanhope, closed in 200...
Davenport cement plans for Cemex
Local residents are wondering what changes might result if Cemex buys Britain’s RMC Group, which owns the cement plant on Highway 1. The $5.8 billion deal, slated to close Jan. ...
Hanson confident on pushing up prices in 2005
In its year-end trading statement, Hanson expects a broadly stable underlying level of demand next year in its principal US, British and Australian markets. The company is confi...
Balloons help depict planned cement plant profile
People who saw balloons floating in the air near the City of Hudson Wednesday got a glimpse of how visible St. Lawrence Cement’s controversial cement plant would be if it ...
Qatar National Cement Co To Sign $120m loan
The Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) will sign on December 19, 2004 a $120m syndicated loan agreement, it was reported on December 15, 2004. QNCC mandated a number of banks ...
Cement Akmene sales investments
Akmenes Cementas, the only producer of cement in Lithuania, plans to invest 14.3 million litas (4.1 million euros) in 2005, twice the amount it invested this year. Arturas Zarem...
Peru’s Nov Cement Sales Rise
Peru’s overall cement sales in November rose 17.4 per cent to 381,250t from the 324,872t sold in the same month a year before, the National Association of Cement Producers...
Waste site go-ahead
A Landfill site which will take 10,000t of hazardous waste a year has been approved, despite concerns about its impact on neighbours’ health.
TXI Announces Decision To Spin-Off Steel Business
Texas Industries Inc (TXI) will spin off its steel business from the cement, aggregate and concrete segment to allow the two units to pursue separate growth strategies. The spin...
Greece’s Heracles Cement to focus on exports
Greek cement producer Heracles, majority-owned by France’s Lafarge, aims to focus on exports to offset an expected slowdown in the domestic market, it said on Wednesday. C...
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