Cement firms top capacity use
A number of cement companies are utilising 100% capacity. Kesoram Industries tops the list, having raised its capacity utilisation from 108% in 2001 to 137% in 2004. Mangalam C...
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CCI in talks to set up cement plant
The Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is in talks with Cement Corporation of India (CCI) to set up a 1Mta cement plant near its Bokaro steel plant. The cement plant will be a 50:...
Yemeni Bajil Cement
The Bajil cement plant in Yemen’s western Hodeidah governorate, will raise its annual output to 1.4Mt, the plant’s director general Abdul Karim Yahia said on June 21...
Kuwait’s Shuaiba Paper
Kuwait’s Shuaiba Paper Products Co said on Monday it had signed a five-million Kuwaiti dinar agreement ($17m) with Saudi-based Yanbu Cement Co to establish a packing facto...
Cementos Molins’ shareholders to vote
The board of shareholders of Spanish cement producer Cementos Molins will vote tomorrow on a Euro 265.5m plan to take over the 40.9 per cent stake of the group which is in the h...
Paraguayan INC losses
The losses of Paraguayan state-owned cement company Industria Nacional de Cemento (INC) due to cement imports fro Brazil at dumping prices, are some US$60m at present, Paraguaya...
Saudi Q1 2004 cement output
The cement output of Saudi Arabia’s eight cement companies rose to 6.1Mt for the first three months of 2004, from 5.6Mt in the corresponding period of 2003, recent statist...
Moroccan cement consumption
Morocco’s cement consumption stood at 3.9Mt in the first five months of 2004, up 6.5 per cent year-on-year, it was reported on June 22, 2004. The country’s eastern ...
SCC looks to expand in Cambodia
Siam Cement. Thailand’s biggest industry conglomerate, said yesterday it is analysing an investment plan to extend its business in neighbouring countries which may involve...
Jamaica – New sewage treatment plant opened
As part of its efforts in securing an environmentally friendly cement production, the Caribbean Cement Company has commissioned its $5.2m sewage treatment plant, which will enab...
Canada – Ontario cement industry to face new pollution limits
Environment Minister Leona Dombrowsky revealed the details of a provincial smog plan for Ontario, placing strict limits on the release of nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide emis...
RMC gains amid talk of cement price increase
RMC Group recovered from recent weakness amid talk that France’s Lafarge is set to push through further cement price rises in Germany.
Cement prices on the rise
Cement prices are on the rise from a combination of increased building and lower supply, and the effect is being felt by construction companies.
Holcim Apasco withdraws from BMV
After changing its name and image from Apasco to Holcim Apasco, the cement company left the Mexico City Stock Exchange Thursday after the conclusion of the stock purchase of its...
Tax exemptions and ailing cement units on acquisition radar
AILING cement companies are in vogue. In a bid to take advantage of the tax shelter accorded to loss-making units, bigger manufacturers are increasingly eyeing them as prime tak...
CCI set to sign MoU for cement plant
Bokaro steel plant and the Cement Corporation of India (CCI) are all set to sign MoU paving way for a cement plant in Bokaro. Already two high level meetings have taken place. F...
Iligan Cement Corp. looks at power options
Cement maker Iligan Cement Corp. is mulling options for sourcing its power needs in light of reports of a power shortage in Mindanao in the next few years.
Economic Indicators Cement consumption, sales down last year
Aggregate cement consumption edged down last year on the back of a slump in importation. Figures from the Cement Manufacturers’ Association of the Philippines (CeMAP) show...
Siam Cement says first to lift output
Siam Cement PCL is to spend Bt200m (US$4.89m) to boost cement production by half, calling it the industry’s first output boost by a Thai firm since the 1997/98 Asian econo...
Taiheiyo down in Japan
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation, the largest Japanese cement producer, has reported a turnover 5.2 per cent lower at ¥879,484m (US$7,990m) for its financial year to the end of March...
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