Cement News tagged: International
US shipments reach 88.4Mt in 2014
Portland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico in 2014 reached 88.4Mt, up by about eight per cent YoY, latest data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) confirms. In December 2014 alone, shipments reached 6.2Mt, a rise of 22 per cent from the level in December 2013. The leading Portland cement-producing states in December were Texas, California, Missouri, Florida and Alabama...
Proposed Lebanon plant to be relocated
A cement factory that was set to be built in Zahle, Lebanon, will be relocated to another area, according to reports by the Daily Star (Lebanon). The planned cement factory, which has been met with widespread opposition for Zahle residents and officials over health and environmental concerns, will now be relocated after an agreement was reached with the head of the project, Pierre Fattouc...
Ecuador monthly sales down 10.3%
Cement sales in Ecuador in February 2015 were 0.436t, down 10.3 per cent compared to 0.486Mt recorded in January 2015. For the first two months of this year, accumulated sales totalled 0.922Mt, latest information from Instituto Ecuatoriano Del Cemento Y Del Hormigon shows. Total sales last year came in at around 6.45Mt, up from 6.3Mt the previous year.
Colombia: Feb cement sales up 6.1%
Colombia saw a 6.1 per cent YoY rise in cement dispatches in February as 985,300t of the product were delivered, according to DANE, the national statistics office. The largest increases were experienced in Nariño (+52.1 per cent), Bolívar (+37 per cent), Antioquia (+17 per cent) and Bogotá (7.7 per cent). Production in the second month of 2015 reached 1.034Mt, an 13.3 per cent advance when...
Aberthaw upgrade nears completion, UK
Lafarge Tarmac’s Aberthaw cement plant in Wales, UK, is in the final stages of its GPB2m upgrade programme and is set for completion during its annual shutdown later this month. Lafarge Tarmac Aberthaw plant manager, Chris Bradbury told local press: “Our investment plans are helping increase our production potential and ensure we are competitively placed in the market. Our most recent GBP2m ...
India: Jan-March demand seen weak
Nomura says its interactions with cement dealers across India suggest demand was weak in the January-March period because of lower use of cement by government-related projects, reports Dow Jones. However, recovery is anticipated going forward on expected increases in government spending. "This weakness can be attributed to lower spending by the government as it tried to meet its fiscal defi...
Ashaka Cement pretax profit rises 84.5%
Nigeria's Ashaka Cement 2014 pretax profit rose 84.5 per cent to NGN5.25bn (US$26m) from year ago, the company said on Tuesday. Revenue declined by 2.58 per cent during the period to NGN21.13bn, the unit of Lafarge Africa said in a statement.
China Shanshui Cement 2014 revenue reaches CNY15,596m
China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd, the largest cement enterprise in the Shandong and Liaoning Provinces of China, recorded sales revenue of CNY15,596m (US$2516m) for the 12 months ended 31 December 2014. Gross profit during the year was CNY3347m while profit from operations was CNY1813m. Profit attributable to shareholders was CNY348m. The decrease in profit was mainly due to the fall of selli...
Penna to construct Maharashtra grinding unit
Penna Cement Industries to set up a cement grinding unit with a capacity of 0.7Mta at Daund, in the Pune district of Maharashtra. The estimated cost of the project is INR2bn (US$32m). Gannon Dunkerley Co will be the project contractor and Walchandnagar Industries has been awarded the contract for equipment supplier.
Côte d’Ivoire: retail price takes 20% hike
The dealer price for cement has significantly increased from XOF95,000 (US$156) to XOF110,000/t in Côte d’Ivoire. In terms of the price of 50kg bag, this means a 20 per cent price rise to XOF6000. The price rise is attributed to the current shortage of cement on the market, but wholesale prices have remained stable.
Dalmia commences trial operations of Karnataka plant
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd, a subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat Ltd, has commenced operations at its new 2.5Mta cement plant in Belgaum, Karnataka, on 23 March 2015 and has now started trial production. Commissioning of the Belgaum plant will take Dalmia Bharat Group's total installed capacity to 24Mta.
Hope supplying concrete for the build of 11 wind turbines
Hope Construction Materials (HCM) is supplying 4500m3 of concrete to specialist civil engineering contractor I&H Brown to build 11 wind turbine bases at Crook Hill Wind Farm on the Lancashire Pennine Moors, UK. The project, which launched in October 2014 and should be complete by the end of July 2015, will secure renewable energy for 25,000 homes near Rochdale in East Lancashire with up to 3...
Egypt: Italcementi’s energy diversification focus
Italcementi is currently focussing on energy source diversification at its Egyptian facilities, CEO Carlo Pesenti told Daily News Egypt. Mr Pesenti said the company will be relying on using coal, alternative fuels and renewable energy. Italcementi Managing Director in Egypt Bruno Carrè previously said the company will convert two new facilities in 2015, adding to two facilities converted in 2...
China Tianrui Group Cement profit inches up
China Tianrui Group Cement Co posted a net profit of CNY565m (US$91m) in the full year ended 31 December 2014, climbing 1.07 per cent from a year earlier. Basic earnings per share were CNY0.24. Income inched up by 3.34 per cent to CNY8.95bn.
Production in construction up by 1.9% in euro area
In January 2015 seasonally-adjusted production in the construction sector grew by 1.9 per cent in the euro area and by one per cent in the EUR28 compared with December 2014, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In December 2014, production in construction grew by 0.2 per cent in both zones. In January 2015 production in construction grew b...
Southern Province Cement starts trial operations of new line
Southern Province Cement (SPC) on Monday launched trial operations of a third production line at its plant in Tuhama, Saudi Arabia, the company said in a bourse filing. Without disclosing any financial details, SPC said the new production line will have a daily capacity of 5000t. The trial period will last about four months.