VIETNAM: Aplican medidas de protección ambiental en Bahía Ha Long

Las autoridades de la provincia norteña de Quang Ninh suspendieron la transportación de clinker, carbón, cemento y todas las mercancías desempaquetadas en la Bahía Ha Long, informó el vicepresidente del Comité Popular provincial, Dang Huy Hau. 

Se trata de medidas urgentes para proteger el medio ambiente de la recién reconocida como una de las siete nuevas maravillas naturales del mundo y mantener el desarrollo sostenible del más importante destino turístico del país indochino. 

Otras decisiones anunciadas por las autoridades locales son la reducción al mínimo de la extensión del mar, la estricta vigilancia de actividades de zonas industriales y proyectos urbanos en las zonas costeras. 

La bahía Ha Long (dragón descendente), a unos 170 kilómetros al noreste de Hanoi, se extiende por más de mil 500 kilómetros cuadrados con promontorios de piedra caliza que emergen de un mar cristalino con singulares y llamativas formas. 

Situada en la provincia norteña de Quang Ninh, ese accidente geográfico cuenta con un total casi dos mil islas, cuevas, 200 especies de peces y 450 tipos de moluscos. 

La rada fue declarada dos veces como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO, en 1994, por su belleza, y en 2000, por sus peculiaridades geológicas

ESPAÑA: La crisis española desde un punto de vista diferente

Crisis, unemployment, debt, premium risk, It seems impossible to detach our country from these words. However, if we pay closer attention, we see Spain is a country full of opportunities. It´s just a matter of changing your perspective.

ESPAÑA: Spanish cement industry hit by recession

CEMENT consumption in Spain is at its lowest level for almost half a century as the industry feels the effect of the financial crisis.

Spending on public works has been drastically reduced due to the recession, while the huge backlog of unsold properties has seen the house-building sector come to a standstill.

In the first nine months of the year, 11.6 million metric tonnes of cement were sold, down 34% on a year ago.

The total for this year is expected to be 13 million metric tonnes, the lowest since 1967 – in stark contrast to 2007 when 56 million tonnes were sold.

The sector has been forced to cut 28% of jobs since 2008, while a number of plants have closed.

HIMALAYA: Rolpa cement soon in market

TULSIPUR: Rolpa district, which is regarded as one of the remotest areas of the nation, is now becoming self-reliant in cement production.

The first and the only cement industry of the district, the Rolpa Cement Pvt. Ltd. is to bring out its product soon, making the district self-reliant in cement. 

Company Manager Dinesh Dangi said the industry established three-year-ago plans to produce cement soon after Tihar festival. 

The industry is facing trouble as the government did not provide electricity it pledged and has been making extra expenditures for diesel generator, said Dangi. The industry established in Budhaguan-3 has been producing 500 tons of clinker daily. 

The industry established at a cost of Rs. 1.1 billion has a capacity of producing 200 tonnes of cement daily. It has given employment to 100 people and 150 will get jobs after its operation. 

The industrial site is 38 kms from Tulsipur of Dang and 17 kms from Kapurkot of Salyan district.

UAE: UAE's oldest cement firm improves profits

nion Cement reported a turnaround in its profitability despite flat sales in the first half of the year.

The company said that net profit for the first nine months grew to $12.2m, compared with a loss of $7.3m during the same period last year.

This was achieved despite the fact that sales dipped slightly to $123.9m.

In a statement to the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, the company's general manager Yasir Ahmed bin Humaid Al Qassimi attributed the increase in profit to the improvement of selling prices for cement and clinker.