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An increase in the price of cement lately has dealt a severe blow to consumers across the state. Dealers have also been hit hard by the ₹40 rise in the past week. Dealers and consumers said a one-time increase of ₹40 was unprecedented…

The Minister of Trade and Industry; Vincent Munyeshyaka has warned that heavy fines await those who take advantage of the current snag in cement production to drive up prices. Addressing a press conference at his office on…

The Chin State Government will open a cement plant in Bungzung Village of Hakha District, Chin State, according to Chin State Chief Minister Salai Lian Luai. Investigations to verify whether the cement plant meets the quality…

The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) announced on Saturday that it would soon relaunch a tender for the construction of the Jabal Saraj cement plant. MoMP officials said the cement plant project had already been put out to tender and…

The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) has taken possession of the property that houses Caricom Cement Factory after more than $100 million in rents were owed.NICIL CEO Horace James said the owner of the factory,…

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The price of cement in the domestic market has risen sharply Kathmandu, December 27Amid growing demand and recent hassles the country has faced in…

The meeting will be held on December 24, where six representatives of the protesting villagers, including a monk, will face cement plant officials, according to Naing Mit, a resident of Kadonsi village. MCL, a joint…

Domestic cement demand has been flat for most of FY18 so far. While the first half of FY18 was impacted by Goods and Services Tax (GST) adjustments, sand mining issues, labor shortages in some states and the implementation of the…

gHana launched the construction of a $30 million cement plant financed by Iran. Delivery of the cement plant is scheduled for 2019. According to officials close to the project, Iran will be a major shareholder with 90%…

The federal government is on track to realize Nigeria's quest for self-sufficiency in cement production and export, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Tuesday last week. The Vice President was speaking…

A Chinese joint venture on Sunday signed a special multimillion-dollar deal with the Nepalese government to set up a cement plant in the country.Nepal Investment Board and Hongshi-Shivam Cement P Ltd have signed a Project Investment…

The Vallejo fight is emblematic of how industry seeks to control cities across the Bay Area.Sperry Mill in southern Vallejo. (Screenshot courtesy of Fresh Air Vallejo/YouTube)VAllejo, Calif., a city of 120,000 on the northeast shore of the…

The Caricom Cement Factory, which is headquartered in Everton Village, East Bank Berbice, is due to start cement production in two months and plans to supplement its workforce with sugar workers seeking new employment once the Rose Hall…

Jaggaiahpet (Krishna district): Tension reigned for some time at the Jaypee cement plant here on Thursday night when workers staged a massive protest outside the factory gate demanding a raise in their wages. Some workers broke into the…

Residents protest against a coal-fired power station in Mon State. / Hintharnee / The Irrawaddy By…

By Omololu Ogun made in Abuja Soon-to-be home builders and the construction industry will soon have reason to smile as cement manufacturers will have turned the machines on to drive down the price of the!-->!-->…

New Delhi: Aditya Birla Group company, Ultratech Cement, said on Wednesday it had reduced prices of its products by 2-3%, extending the benefits of the tax reduction under the GST scheme.The company began sourcing batches at…

Aditya Birla Group company, Ultratech Cement, today said it had reduced the prices of its products by 2-3%, extending the benefits of tax relief under the GST scheme.The company began sourcing lots on new tariffs from July 1 from…

HYDERABAD: The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI) along with other industry bodies today called on cement companies to reverse the steep 60% price hike as it would hurt the housing sector. A joint action…

CREDAI opposes the rise in cement pricesBangalore, April 14, 2017, DHNS:, 14 April 2017, 00:43 istupdated: 14 April 2017, 00:43 istThe Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of…

Haiti - Economy : The Cement project of 300 million in Gonaïves, back in the news03/26/2017 12:54:09 After a year of studies (2014) and the laying of the first stone in December 2015!-->…

Not all conversion projects are created equal, and this former cement factory just outside Barcelona is stunning. The process began in 1973 when architect Ricardo Bofill stumbled upon the derelict and dilapidated building,…

For many manufacturers, passing on rising production costs to consumers seems rational given the current state of the economy and the need to break even. With declining capacity utilization across the…

Walhi on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Aceh District Chief Tamiang.The NGO alleges that the permit violates several regulations.Aceh Tamiang already has water problems which Walhi says the plant would make worse. An NGO is suing an…

Construction of the McInnis cement plant in Gaspé. (Jacques Graton) Cement is created by grinding calcium-rich rock, usually limestone, with clay and sand, then heating the mixture to almost 2,000°C. Critics say the…

By Mirwais Harooni, James MackenzieJABAL SARAJ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - After a 20-year hiatus, Afghanistan's premier cement plant slams loudly again in the countryside near Kabul as crushed limestone rocks clink together along a beaten up…

Hyderabad: Cement prices have soared by 70 rupees per bag in two weeks, from 250 rupees until recently to 320 rupees. “The price of cement fluctuated from Rs 250 to Rs 320 since June 2014 but stabilized at around Rs 250 for about five…

Continuing its upward spiral, the price of cement has largely exceeded the bar of 400 rupees per bag. On Wednesday, the billing price of a bag of cement (50 kg) in hardware stores in the city was 420 rupees. This is well above the average…

Press conference with San Juan Sacatepéquez management in August 2014 (Jeff Abbott)The tranquility of the night in the community of Pajoques, San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala, was shattered by a violent escalation of the conflict between…

CHENNAI: On a day when his company recorded a quarterly net loss, N Srinivasan of India Cements broke his silence on allegations of a cartel of cement manufacturers and said the recent price hikes were only due to rising raw material costs.…

Nesher cement factory in Israel. (Moshe Rivel)The Nesher Cement factory in Ramle can be seen from Israel's Highway 1. Taking the bus between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, we see it perched on the horizon, an industrial eruption in an expanse of…

Soaring cement prices, which used to be a cause for concern, have now fallen by more than Rs. 20 per bag, bringing some relief to consumers and those in the construction industry. The cost per bag here was between Rs. 330 and Rs. 350; it…

Villagers in Hpa-an township, Karen state, say for the first time in memory government officials have involved them in discussions about a planned development project for their area. Villagers say an assessment was carried out and…

The AGET Heracles cement plant in Chalkida, victim of the drop in construction activities in a Greece crushed by debt and austerity, closed on March 26, putting 236 people out of work.Work from the factory will be transferred to its other…

SHIMLA: The cement pricing issue angered the state assembly on Thursday. Dissatisfied with the minister's response, members of the opposition had a heated argument with him and later shouted slogans against him inside the Chamber.…

Cement prices are rising from today.Claxton Bay producer Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) yesterday announced a…

Caribbean cement Company Limited raised the price of bagged cement by 9.2%, but said the ex-factory price will remain among the lowest in five other regional markets. Effective today, June 1, the ex-factory price of Carib…

By mid-April, after months of hard work, Horizon had drilled far below the seabed, hitting a solid oilfield for BP and its minority partners, Anadarko and Mitsui Oil Exploration. The crew's orders were to seal the well so that BP could…

The air above the TXI Riverside cement plant was blindingly white on Tuesday, blocking out blue skies. For as long as 79-year-old Mary Alfonso can remember, factory dust has been a feature of life on "the Hill" just above.When she and her…