Tax In Kerala Jolts Cement Trade In South
Cement trade in the south of India has taken a jolt, as Kerala government apparently struck a gentlemen¹s agreement with the business community over plans to bury its double-poi...
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Cement plant applies for state grant
Quick off the mark, The Holcim cement plant in Ellis County, Fort Worth has applied for a state grant to install experimental pollution control equipment and determine whether i...
Cementir’s Italian profits hit by cost pressures
Cementerie del Tirreno, or Cementir for short, has reported a 3.4 per cent increase in turnover for 2003 to €292.6m. The operating profit at the EBITDA level rose by 3.6 per ce...
Malaysia’s Cahya Mata Unit Plans JV
Malaysia’s Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd (CMS) said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Philippines company, Premier Capital Venture Corp, to merge their respectiv...
State regulators considering aid for cement kilns
State funds could be available for use by some cement kiln operators to reduce air pollution if their plants are included in a federal non attainment area with Dallas and Fort W...
Chinese producers keep smiling
The confidence index of China’s entrepreneurs rose 6.3 points in the first quarter from the same period last year, reflecting optimism in the national economy. The benchm...
Iran desires to import cement
The Government of Iran has reportedly expressed desire to import cement from Pakistan. According to news sources, Iranian civil companies forwarded an application to Pakistan in...
Adana Cimento exports to Iraq
Adana Cimento now exports to Iraq, and plans to enter Syrian market in April this year. Oya Tokatli, deputy General Manager of the cement manufacturer Adana Cimento, said that t...
Iloilo price rises
The price of cement has been going up these past few months due to the high demand for it, the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry Iloilo provincial director Diosdado Ca...
Misr Cement Qena production sold out
The cement production of Egypt’s Misr Cement Qena is sold out until February 2005 as a result of the increasing demand for the company’s products on the domestic and...
Dyckerhoff chief rejects cement price fixing allegations
Dyckerhoff AG’s chief executive officer Wolfgang Bauer rejected cement price fixing allegations, in an interview with Wirtschaftswoche news magazine. Dyckerhoff was among...
Egyptian cement drops in February
Egypt’s cement output dropped to 1.976Mt in February 2004 from 2.228Mt in the same month of 2003, the Egyptian state-run Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) sai...
Circle to Shut Down for Upgrade
Circle Cement Ltd Zimbabwe, is shutting down its plant in June for a major refurbishment programme, chairman Ian Coulter said last week. He said the plant would be shut down fo...
Taiwan Cement invests
Taiwan Cement Corp said the company invested 117.7 mln yuan (approx US$14m) yesterday in China-based Xuzhou Conch Cement, which was capitalized at 130 mln yuan ahead of the inje...
Cement surge runs out of steam?
After a strong surge in cement volumes since the beginning of the calendar year, the momentum seems to have slowed down with industry dispatches up by a modest five per cent in ...
Rate improvements across the board yet to materialise
After a short pause marked by the spot Cape market during the previous week, the last five trading days have recorded a deeper dive of rates. In a low volume of business Capesiz...
Hebridean superquarry plan finally buried
Plans to create Britain’s biggest quarry were scrapped yesterday, marking the end of Scotland’s longest-running planning dispute. The cement manufacturer Lafarge Ag...
Living the American dream
Adonel Concrete will open its third cement-mixing plant in Miami-Dade County. Luis Garcia founder and president of the company said he hopes the new five-acre facility will help...
Egyptian Ameriya Cement
Egyptian cement producer Ameriya Cement, majority owned by Cimpor reported a 58.1 per cent year-on-year drop in net profit for 2003 to 20.87 mln Egyptian pounds (US$3.4m). The ...
Egypt Ranks Fifth Largest Cement Exporter in 2003
Egypt reportedly ranked fifth among the world’s cement exporters in 2003 with exports totalling 7.4Mt, preceded only by Thailand, Turkey, Indonesia and Japan, it was repor...
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