Cement News tagged: International
Semen Indonesia sets up Aceh joint venture
PT Semen Indonesia Tbk and PT Samana Citra Agung on 17 March signed agreement to set up a joint venture company, called PT Semen Indonesia Aceh, which will engage in producing and distributing cement. The agreement was signed by president director of Semen Indonesia, Suparni, and president director of Samana Citra Agung, Deni Fahlevi in Jakarta. Samana Citra is based in Aceh, on the northern...
Spanish demand up 8.4% in February
Demand for cement in Spain has grown 8.4 per cent YoY to 891,297t in February, according to the latest figures of Oficemen, the country’s cement association. According to Aniceto Zaragoza, Oficemen’s general director, the data are consistent with the association’s forecast for 2016 which expects the cement market to grow by seven per cent. For the first two months of 2016, demand reached ...
US January shipments - preliminary data
Preliminary data from the US Geological Survey shows that Portland and blended cement shipments in January 2016 amounted to 5.3Mt, including 540,000t of imports. This represents a fall of 1.6 per cent on January 2015 but is well above the five-year average of 4.6Mta for January shipments in the period 2011-15. The USGS also puts preliminary estimates of clinker production for January at 5.2...
Zimbabwe: Filabusi cement plant in planning stages
Local entrepreneurs plan to establish a cement manufacturing company in Filabusi, Insiza district, with a cement capacity of 0.5Mta, according to the Zimbabwe Chronicle. Philani Mpofu, who runs an engineering and construction firm based in Bulawayo, said major preliminary works have been carried out on the limestone resources. “We started working on this project in 2014 and have covered a l...
Philippines: Norzagaray plant inaugurates Horomill grinding mill
Republic Cement & Building Materials Inc inaugurated a 0.85Mta grinding mill at its cement plant in Norzagaray, Bulacan province, Philippines, on Tuesday. Renato Sunico, president of Republic Cement, said that the FCB Horomill will lift the cement plant's total grinding capacity to 1.85Mta. The Norzagaray unit now comes under the wing of newly-formed CRH-Aboitiz Co following the divestment ...
Vietnam cement and clinker inventory at 3Mt in Feb
Vietnam's total cement and clinker inventory last month amounted to 3Mt, most of which included clinker, according to local press reports. State-owned Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), accounted for 64 per cent of the total sum with 2Mt of stock. The country’s total cement and clinker inventory is equivalent to the amount of material for between 15 and 16 days of production, the Xa...
Saudi: Eastern Province Cement Co begins trial operations of new mill
Eastern Province Cement Co has commenced trial operations of its new 150tph cement mill, with commercial operations set to begin in the second quarter of this year, according to a bourse statement issued Monday. The Saudi cement producer added that the relevant financial impact is difficult to be set at this stage as it depends on market supply and demand.
CPA: UK construction output falls in January, new orders indicate 2016 growth
Figures published by the UK's Office of National Statistics (ONS) show construction output in January fell by 0.2 per cent and by 0.8 per cent compared with one year earlier. In addition, the ONS orders data indicate that construction new orders in 4Q were 0.5 per cent lower than Q3 but 1.4 per cent higher than a year ago. Professor Noble Francis, economics director at the Construction Produc...
Indian government clears proposal to amend MMDR Act
The Indian government has cleared a proposal to amend the mines and minerals law (MMDR Act) to allow the transfer of captive mines granted through non-auction routes, which of late has proved to be a stumbling block for two key acquistions in the domestic cement industry. "The cabinet has approved the proposal allowing transfer of captive mines across sectors. We have received various repre...
Pakistan seven-month cement exports volumes and revenues decline
Pakistan cement export volumes reached 393,391t on revenues of US$21.1m in January 2016, down 9.52 and 7.8 per cent, respectively compared to the previous month. On an annual comparative basis, the there was a 15.28 per cent decline in volume terms and a 19.14 per cent fall in revenue. During the first seven months of the current fiscal, cumulative exports reached 3.496Mt (US$191.55m) versu...
Philippines: robust sales expected to continue
Robust cement sales are expected to continue this year, with the industry seen growing another 14 per cent on the back of election-related construction expenditure and government spending on public works, Republic Cement and Building Materials Inc president, Renato Sunico, told The Star. “We in the industry feel that the growth will continue specially being an election year. When we look at t...
Vietnam monthly sales climb 15% YoY
Vietnam’s clinker and cement sales climbed 15 per cent from a year earlier to 6.62Mt in January, the Ministry of Construction said. Of the total 5.12Mt were sold in the domestic market, up 17 per cent YoY while 1.5Mt of cement and clinker were exported, the Xay Dung online newspaper cited the ministry as saying Thursday. The ministry forecast that Vietnam's sales of cement and clinker will r...
Indonesia sees 3% rise in Feb sales
Cement sales in Indonesia rose three per cent YoY to 4.45Mt in February 2016 from the same month one year earlier. Widodo Santoso, chairman of the Indonesia Cement Association (ASI), attributed the country's rising cement sales to the ongoing development of infrastructure projects across the archipelago. Three regions showed a marked increase in cement sales last month: Sumatra (+16.5 p...
CEMBUREAU 4Q15 Economic Report: modest growth across EU, some clouds on horizon
CEMBUREAU's Quarterly Economic Report for 4Q15, published yesterday, shows that no EU countries experienced recession in 2015. However, the latest quarterly data revealed that economic growth did not gain momentum in 4Q15 on a quarterly basis, with very modest growth rates recorded in all major EU economies, ie 0.3 per cent in the EU28 and Germany, 0.2 per cent in France and 0.1 per cent in It...
Vietnam: Quang Ninh province to stop transportation of cement on Ha Long Bay
The People’s Committee of the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh have decided to terminate the loading and discharge activities, as well as the transport of clinker, cement and wood chip on Ha Long Bay due to concerns over environmental pollution. Under the decision No. 617/QD-UBND, transportation of bulk cargo, such as clinker, cement and wood chip is to be terminated as of 1 July 2016...
Irish Cement applies for AF burning planning permission
Irish Cement has formally applied for planning permission to burn alternative fuels at its plant in Limerick, according to local press reports. The CRH group company is seeking approval from Limerick City and County Council to burn used tyres as well as shredded plastics. As part of the development, the company is planning to construct a tyre storage area with a tyre handling/separation are...