Lucky Cement to construct plant in Fuliang
Lucky Cement Corporation (Lucky Cement), the third largest cement manufacturer in Taiwan, signed a contract with Fuliang County, Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province on February 22...
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Saudi Cement sales at 4.6Mt
Saudi cement producer, Saudi Cement Company (SCC), reported cement sales of 4.6Mt in 2003, up from 4.5Mt in 2002, it was reported on March 18, 2004. SCC exported 502,000t of ce...
Cement industry expects higher growth in March
Domestic sales of cement in Peru grew by 5.3 per cent in February, to a total volume of 320,283t, according to the industry association, Asocem (Asociacion de Productores de Cem...
China Resources Cement is handed Dongguan market
Cement maker China Resources Cement Holdings will expand its Dongguan plant in a bid to fill the vacuum left by the closure of competitors under the city’s stringent envir...
Semen Padang set to chalk up big jump in net profits
The management of state-owned cement maker PT Semen Padang hopes to chalk up Rp128.8 bn (US$14m) in net profit this year, up 92 per cent from 2003. Company President Dwi Soetjip...
Hawaiian Cement Union accepts final offer
The union representing striking Hawaiian Cement workers has accepted company’s best, last and final offer. Union membership is scheduled to take a ratification vote on Fri...
No Cement Shortage Despite temporary closure
Hima Cement has temporarily closed for annual maintenance. Managing Director, Mbuvi Ngunze, said the closure is a normal annual maintenance exercise, which among other things, "...
Cement prices may go up by Rs 4 a bag
Retail cement prices in Mumbai are set for another round of increases in the next couple of days. Cement companies Gujarat Ambuja Cement, Larsen & Toubro, Grasim Industries and ...
Hawaiian Cement: final offer?
Hawaiian Cement submitted what officials called the company’s best and final offer to the Teamsters’ Local Union 996 on Wednesday morning, with an offer to pay 80 pe...
Cement Demand in Spain
Cement demand in Spain reached 7.1Mt in January and February 2004, up 4.03 per cent year-on-year, Spanish Cement Makers Association OFICEMEN said on March 17, 2004. Spanish cem...
Jordan Cement Factories exports
Jordanian cement producer Jordan Cement Factories Company (JCFC) exported 800,000t of cement in 2003, according to the company’s director general, Samir al-Bairaqtar. No ...
Saudi Eastern Province Cement output figures
Saudi cement producer, Eastern Province Cement Company (EPC), registered output of 2.698Mt of cement in 2003, compared to 2.461Mt in 2002, recent statistics showed. The company ...
Portugal proposes 39Mt in CO2 licences
Portugal has proposed emission of 39Mt of carbon dioxide from 2005 to 2007 under a European Union plan on output of greenhouse gasses, according to a preliminary proposal made a...
Lafarge raises stake in Serbia
Serbian cement plant Lafarge-BFC said on March 16, 2004 that French cement group Lafarge had raised its stake in the plant to 84 p er cent. Lafarge bought 72,000 shares in the p...
Sinai cement exports increase
According to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper (March 17, 2004), the Chairman of the Board of the Sinai Cement Company, Mr. Hassan Rateb, announced that the Sinai Cement Company has r...
Italian Buzzi Unicem buys stake in Riva
Italian cement and concrete company Buzzi Unicem bought a final 10 per cent stake in Italian cement producer Cementi Riva for a total of 5.2 mln euro (US$6.4m),it was reported o...
Ukraine cement production increase
In February, cement production rose by 143,000t compared to 458,000t an increase of 45.4 per cent on the previous year and was up 94,000t on January 2004 total. In 2003, cement ...
Anhui Conch big sales increase
China’s Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd said its 2003 net profit surged 180.4 per cent to 739.57 mln yuan, under Chinese accounting standards, on the back of increased cement sa...
Volatile markets
As it was anticipated last week, dry bulk markets were volatile. The Capesize segment ended the week just a few points above the previous week after a mid week downward correcti...
Cement prices yet to fall in Gujarat
Cement prices in Gujarat have remained consistent despite the Gujarat government’s recommendation last week to bring down prices by Rs 10 per 50 kg bag. Domestic cement m...
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