Cement ship sees further delays to unloading in Mexico
A silo ship stuck at Mexican ports with more than 26,000 metric tons of Russian cement aboard will be further delayed from importing it following court action by the country&rsq...
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Manufacturers turns down export orders around 4-5Mt, Egypt
Alaa Mouneir, Suez Cement Chairman, reported today in a local newspaper that Egyptian cement manufacturers have recently turned down export orders pertaining to approximately 4-...
Thai TPIP creditors to vote on debt plan Oct 28
Thailand’s number three cement maker, will meet on Oct. 28 to vote on the company’s new debt restructuring plan, a creditor source said on Friday.
Taiwan’s cement makers posted strong nine month results
Despite flat performance in shipment, Taiwan’s major cement producers witnessed their sales and earnings grow significantly in the first three quarters of this year.
Ghana and the IFC
Ghana is conspicuously missing from the scheme of activities of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group (notes a local news report). Since ...
Health and safety measures
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) notes that the use of substitute fuels in cement kilns is subject to Integrated Pollution Prevention Control regulation and has been the sourc...
Cement shortage alleviated, but building costs still high
A cement shortage has stabilized in Florida, builders say, but building material costs remain high. New and expanded cement plants are helping to fill a void in supplies that cr...
Lehigh’s cement dust problems
Saying her concerns represented those of a number of Mitchell residents, Toni Talbott addressed the Mitchell City Council last week to complain about cement dust levels coming f...
Moody’s Reviews Mitsubishi Materials
Tokyo, October 14, 2004 -- Moody’s Investors Service today placed on review for possible upgrade the Ba1 long-term debt ratings of Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (Mitsub...
Nevyanskiy Tsementnik produces 836,000t
From Jan until September 2004 Nevyanskiy Tsementnik produced 836,000t of cement, an increase of 22 per cent from the figure posted in the same period 2003. Packed products outpu...
Bakhchysarai-Based Budindustria Increases Output
The Bakhchysarai-based Budindustria factory, the largest cement producer in the Crimea, increased its cement output in comparable prices by UAH 9.25 million or 60.7% to UAH 24.4...
Grenade explodes inside cement factory
Sri Lanka: A grenade attack took place Wednesday evening allegedly targeting a leading private sector cement factory, Tokyo Cement, which is located in Chinabay, about 9 km off ...
Cement prices in western India
Cement prices in western India have fallen by about 7 per cent to 130 rupees per 50 kg bag, as a slight drop in export demand forced some local firms to sell more in the domesti...
More corporate activity likely
In a new report, analysts at JP Morgan expect further corporate activity in the cement and aggregate industries, reflecting both further consolidation in both industries and ver...
Gebr Pfeiffer wins more contracts in India
Gebr Pfeiffer AG and its indian subsidiary Gebr Pfeiffer (india) have received an order for a coal grinding plant have now been ordered by The Tata Iron and Steel Co located at...
Speculation over rate trends
While tanker freight rates are cruising into some unexplored areas, dry bulk rates are getting nervous too despite a rather "normal" volume of business. Especially in the Cape s...
Thai TPI Polene Q3 net profit down
TPI Polene PCL, Thailand’s third largest cement maker, said on Tuesday its third-quarter net profit fell 94 percent on the year due mainly to foreign exchange losses and a...
Polish Cement consumption
Cement consumption in Poland is seen at 11.3Mt for 2004, almost unchanged from 2003, the chairman of the country’s association of cement and lime producers SPCiW, Andrzej ...
Dniprotsement Increases production
The Dniprotsement company (Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dnipropetrovsk region) increased cement production by 55,000 tons or 42% to 186,000 tons during the third quarter of 2004, compared ...
Kryvyi Rih Cement increases production
Kryvyi Rih Cement, one of the five largest cement producers in Ukraine, increased cement production by 71,011 tons or 18.9% to 445,819 tons in the July-September period of this ...
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