Cement News tagged: International
Ethiopia: Derba plans US$300m expansion
Derba Cement, a MIDROC Ethiopia subsidiary, is planning to expand its cement plant at a cost of US$300m. The expansion project is expected to take from 18 to 24 months. Derba Cements CEO, Haile Assegide, explained Derba was preparing to build a second plant in Chancho City. Upon completion, the plant would have the capacity of producing 2.5Mta of cement, he furthered. The company’s firs...
Indonesia: incumbents suffer as new entrants fight for market share
Cement prices in Indonesia are falling as newer firms attempt to win market share from the established players, state-owned Semen Indonesia, HeidelbergCement’s Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa and Holcim Indonesia. A report from Indonesia Investments notes that the entry of five new firms into the Indonesian market has led to production capacity rising above 100Mta, while demand is set to reach ...
CRH and HeidelbergCement named in West Bank lawsuit
CRH and HeidelbergCement are among a number of defendants named in a US$34.5bn lawsuit brought on behalf of Palestinians by US lawyers in Washington DC. The case, which was lodged earlier in March, alleges that both firms were among a number of companies and individuals that engaged in "profiteering" from the building of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, the Irish Times reports. The n...
Colombia's cement market expands 6% in Feb 2016
Colombia's cement consumption in February rose by 6.1 per cent YoY to 1.046Mt from 0.987Mt the previous year, according to the country's statistics office, DANE. Building companies and contractors supported this rise in particular as they bought 15.2 per cent more cement than in February 2014. Ready-mix companies increased their off take by seven per cent while retail saw a 3.3 per cent adv...
PCA revises down 2016 US consumption forecast
Cement consumption in the United States will continue to rise by 3.4 per cent, according to a report from the Portland Cement Association (PCA). This is down slightly compared to its autumn forecast of five per cent. PCA expects 2017 cement consumption will grow at a rate of 4.3 per cent. “The new forecast reflects the implementation of the new multi-year highway bill, Fixing America’s S...
India: railway holds talks with cement industry
Ravindra Gupta, general manager of South Central Railway (SCR), met with the domestic cement industry to assure them of all possible help from the railways to improve the movement of cement by rail. The general manager advised representatives of UltraTech Cement, Vasavadatta, Kesoram, Vikat Sagar, Manikgarh, Ramco, My Home, India Cements, JayPee, Pennar, Zuari Cements to use the concessions...
Myanmar: revived factory plans draw protesters
Hundreds of locals in the Karen State capital Hpa-an gathered on Tuesday to voice objections to a recently-revived proposal there to develop a limestone quarry and cement factory, which was put on hold two years ago pending public consultation. Protestors demanded a scrapping of the project, slated to produce 5000tpd of cement in Mi Karen village, part of Hpa-an Township. Residents from doze...
Vietnam's cement output rises 11% YoY in 1Q16
Vietnam is estimated to have produced 11Mt of cement in the first quarter of this year, rising one per cent from a year earlier, the government-run General Statistics Office said. In March the country’s cement output is likely to rise 11 per cent from the same month of last year to 6Mt, the office said in a monthly report released Sunday. The office also revised down the country’s cement ou...
India: trucker workers’ dispute leads to plant stoppages
A dispute between two trucker workers’ unions in Kashmir, India, has led to the four cement plants in the region cutting output, resulting in a loss of production of around 2500tpd. According to reports in Rising Kashmir, plants belonging to TCI MAX Cements, Cemtac Cements, Arco Cements and Itifaq Cements have been forced to cut production because of the dispute. The conflict between Zaf...
Chad builds second cement factory
Chad Prime Minister, Pahimi Padacké Albert, has laid the first stone for the country's second cement plant. The new works will be located in the southwest, at Ngara. Production capacity in the first year is reported to be 0.5Mt, with an option to upgrade to 1Mta. It is forecast that construction works, carried out by a Chinese contractor, will take 12 months and carry a XOF30bn (US$60m) pri...
Tanzania: Tanga Cement seal rail distribution deal
Tanga Cement Plc and Tanzania Railways Ltd (TRL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) yesterday to secure cement delivery by rail to Tanga customers in Kigoma and Mwanza regions of Tanzania. The contract will see TRL transport more than 35,000tpm of cement along its lines, which is equivalent to one third of Tanga Cement’s monthly production, according The Citizen paper. On the day ...
PPC’s Harare plant on course for 2016 commissioning
Zimbabwe’s deputy minister for industry and commerce, Chiratidzo Mabuwa, has welcomed PPC’s commitment to investing in the country as the company confirms that it expects its second mill, a 0.7Mta unit in Harare, to be commissioned in late 2016. According to reports in News Day, Ms Mabuwa told delegates at the Zimbabwe-South Africa Investment and Trade Initiative meeting in Bulawayo last we...
UK: Hanson appoint new technical development manager
Robert Keough has been appointed the new technical development manager of Hanson Cement. Robert, He will be based at the company’s Ketton plant, Rutland. In his new role, he will use his technical expertise to help customers enhance the sustainability credentials of concrete specifications and emphasise the use of ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) as a sustainable cement replacement...
Huaxin Gayur-Sughdcement 1Mta works commissioned
The commissioning of the new 1Mta Huaxin Gayur-Sughd Cement plant took place on 23 March 2016 in northern Tajikistan. The inauguration ceremony was attended by the country’s President Emomali Rahmon. The plant was built by the Tajik Ghayur-Sughd Cement Co in partnership with the Chinese Huaxin Gayur Cement company. Construction of the plant started in 2014 on a 48ha site and represents a to...
Cimerwa looking to cut costs as it eyes export markets
Busisiwe Legodi, Cimerwa's chief executive officer, has reaffirmed her company’s commitment to developing export markets in neighbouring Burundi and eastern DR Congo. Speaking in Kigali last week, Ms Legodi also said that Cimerwa – which is 51 per cent owned by South Africa’s PPC – were looking to cut costs. A report by Rwanda’s New Times newspaper quoted Ms Legodi as saying: “We import...
German cement demand reaches 26.6Mt in 2015
German cement consumption reached approximately 26.6Mt in 2015, some 2.2 per cent less than the previous year, according to German Cement Works Association (VDZ). The outlook for 2016 is more optimistic with the VDZ expecting positive market developments. "The persistent low level of investment in trade and industry has had a noticeable effect on the cement market", said Gerhard Hirth, Presid...