Cement News tagged: International
Tunisia: CMG receives government approval for 1.2Mta plant
Ciment de la Méditerranée Gafsa SA (CMG) has received the approval of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines to construct a 1.2Mta greenfield plant. The works, with a clinker capacity of 1Mta, represents an investment of around US$220m. CMG is a joint venture between Ahmed Bouchamaoui International Group, Antonio Lopez Banos and the Ricardo Mella International Group.
India: UltraTech-Century merger talk heightens
UltraTech Cement Ltd and Century Textiles & Industries Ltd are in talks with their respective dealers to synchronise their cement distribution network, trade sources told Cogencis. UltraTech and Century Textiles dealers have been told that a combined sales approach could be in place by October. The move has led to resurfacing of talk that Century Textiles' cement division will be merged w...
Pakistan International Bulk Terminal issues 20% stake to IFC
The Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Limited (PIBTL) has issued 189.653m shares, or 20 per cent, stakes to the International Finance Corporation (IFC) at INR10 (US$0.09)/share for its bulk terminal to handle coal, clinker and cement under construction on a build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis at Port Qasim, near Karachi, Pakistan. The project is expected to be completed in the end of 2...
Tanzania: Twiga Cement holds seminar for block makers
Some 250 cement distributors and block makers recently participated in a training seminar in Dar es Salaam held by Tanzania Portland Cement Company Limited (TPCC) to improve efficiency. The initiative is part of the firm's contribution to our local employment market. The firm aims to be closer to its biggest stakeholders and to enable them know how to make strong and durable blocks. The trai...
Peru cement market contracts 3% in June
Cement consumption in Peru fell by three per cent in June, according to the country’s cement producers’ association, Asocem. A rise in exports limited the decline in total cement sales to 2.6 per cent. Output from domestic cement plants decreased by 6.2 per cent. The lower domestic sales were attributed to a slowdown in public investment, particularly in northern and southern Peru. "The con...
Tanzania needs government support to grow
The East Africa Cement Producers Association (EACPA) has stated that the cement industry is a major contributor to the Tanzanian economy contributing over TZS100bn (US$55.6m) to the economy every year. However, the local industry is held back by high input costs due to unreliable power and poor transportation infrastructure, according to Reinhardt Swart, managing director of Tanga Cement Comp...
Senegal cement sales up 0.7% in 5M15
Demand for cement in Senegal edged up 0.7 per cent YoY to 1,432,100t in January-May 2015, according to national Planning and Economic Study Directorate. Production in the first five months of 2015 increased 9.6 per cent to 2,444,100t when compared with 2,230,800t noted in 5M14. Output was buoyed by a 26 per cent YoY rise in exports, which surpassed the 1Mt mark at 1,050,400t during the five-...
Production of building materials in Uzbekistan increased by 11.3%
According to the State Statistics Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the construction materials industry produced goods worth UZS2.1098trn (US$427m) in January-June period of the current year, which is 11.3 per cent more than in January-June of 2014. The share of construction industry output was 5.2 per cent. Compared with the same period last year, large enterprises have increased prod...
South Korea: local producers to face price probe?
South Korea's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated another investigation into whether domestic cement producers colluded to raise cement prices. According to industry sources and the FTC Friday, the antitrust watchdog conducted an onsite probe into major cement makers including Tongyang Cement & Energy and Hanil Cement in mid-July, the Maeil Business Newspaper reports.. Upon the request ...
Mexico: cement price up 8%
In the year to date, the price of cement in Mexico has increased by just over eight per cent. This follows a price rise of nine per cent in 2014, said Juan Francisco Sanchez Kramer, investor relations director of Elementia. The price movement is on the back of an expected rise in demand due to private and public infrastructure projects. He added that the Mexican construction sector has large...
Russia: BaselCement output up 4% YoY
BaselCement produced just over 1Mt of cement and clinker in the first half of 2015, up four per cent YoY, according to the statement. "Significant growth in production was achieved at Serebryansk Cement Plant: the enterprise produced almost 650,000t of cement in the first half. Shipments to the construction market in Moscow and Moscow region rose 15 per cent YoY. The plant's share of the Mo...
PCA applauds House action to support coal ash recycling
By a bipartisan vote of 258 to 166, the US House of Representatives today passed legislation that will promote continued recycling of coal ash, a move which the Portland Cement Association (PCA) considers to be good for both the environment and the economy. The 'Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015,' (H.R. 1734), sponsored by Rep. David McKinley, (R-WV), codifies a recen...
Vicem half-year sales dip 0.5%, Vietnam
Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), the country’s leading state-owned cement producer, said its cement and clinker sales slipped 0.5 per cent to 10.73Mt in the first half of 2015. Of the volume, 9.58Mt were sold in the domestic market (+7.1 per cent YoY) while 1.15Mt were exported (-37.7 per cent). In the first half of this year, Vicem produced 8.36Mt of clinker and 9.2Mt of cemen...
CIMERWA unveils expanded plant project, Rwanda
CIMERWA has officially unveiled its modernised plant in Rwanda, which involved making the switch from wet- to dry-process technology and increasing capacity to 0.6Mta. The company has also installed a 15MW peat-powered power plant, which will help it address unreliable electrical supplies that have caused it to suffer high production costs for many years. Earlier this year, the company lau...
Volyn Cement reelects Zelano as Supervisory Board Chairman, Ukraine
Volyn Cement has reelected Paolo Zelano to chair its supervisory board for three years, the company said in a press release. In addition, the shareholders replaced supervisory board member Plack Heiko Otto with Karl Heinz Paul Richard Kasch for three years. Buzzi Unicem’s Dyckerhoff subsidiary operates the Volyn works which is situated at Rivne in the west.
Ecuador first-half sales reach 2.88Mt
Ecuador cement sales reached 2.88Mt in the first six months of this year, the Institute of Cement and Concrete (INECYC) has reported. In June 2015, dispatches reached 488,777t – an increase of 2.45 per cent compared to 477,111t in the month before, the data reveals.