Cement News tagged: International
India: cement production up in India in September
India Coal Market Watch (ICMW) reports that cement production in India (except ACC and Ambuja) increased to 21.7Mt in September 2014, about 5.44 per cent up on the 20.58Mt recorded in August 2014. During the first six months of the current FY14-15, total cement production stood at 135.51Mt as compared to 123.57Mt produced during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. Total cement p...
Sri Lanka: government acquires KKS Cement
Lanka Cement Plc, a subsidiary of Sri Lanka Cement Corp, announced that the Defence Ministry has taken measures to acquire the property of Lanka Cement PLC located at Kankesanthurai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. This includes land to the extent of 104 acres and buildings. Due to the acquisition Lanka Cement has requested compensation for land and building from the Ministry of Defence. Kankesanthurai...
Tanzania likely to start exporting cement soon
Tanzania expects to double its cement production in the next few years as new factories come on-stream to satisfy growing demand from the construction sector, a senior government official said on Tuesday. Tanzania's cement output rose 18.9 per cent last year to slightly above 3Mt on the back of higher demand. Janet Mbene, deputy trade minister, said the rise in output would see Tanzania prod...
PCA foresees continued US cement industry growth
Cement consumption in the United States continues to grow in line with expectations, PCA chief economist and group vice president, Ed Sullivan, told the PCA Boad of Directors meeting last week. The PCA says its cement volume forecast remains essentially unchanged since the autumn forecast of 2013. The United States’ cement market is expected to grow 8.2 per cent in 2014, followed by similar ...
India: LafargeHolcim merger could harm competition
The merger between Holcim (Switzerland) and Lafarge (France) is likely to hurt competition in the country, says the Indian Competition Commission (CCI), according to reports in the Indian media. The CCI stated that it ''formed a prima facie opinion that the combination is likely to have an appreciable adverse effect on competition.'' The regulator has now directed both companies to publ...
China: Chongqing Conch commissions new line
Chongqing Conch Cement commissioned its third clinker line on 16 November. The new 4500tpd clinker line at Zhongxian was partially contracted by the Housing Engineering Technology Company of the 17th China Metallurgical Construction Group (17MCC Group). The order for 17MCC Group included 11 sub-contracts for limestone pre-blending storage, converying, kiln, pulverised coal preparation system...
India: CCI closes cement case
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has closed a case of alleged cartelisation among cement companies due to a lack of evidence. An anonymous reference before the CCI had alleged that 11 cement companies increased prices by INR75/bag (US$1.21/bag) within a month. In its order, the CCI noted that the reference states that the price increased from INR230-250 to INR300-330/bag after the g...
India: Shree wins approval for new Aurangabad plant
India's Bihar state cabinet sanctioned its approval on 21 November 2014 for the construction of a INR3370m (US$54.5m) cement plant in the Aurangabad district of Bihar, planned by Shree Cement. The proposed works will have a production capacity of 2Mta and include a 12MW biomass-based captive power plant.
Myanmar: Siam Cement starts work on new plant
Thailand's largest cement producer, Siam Cement Group (SCG), has begun work on its greenfield Mawlamyine plant, in Mon State, Myanmar. The new 1.8Mta facility is scheduled to start production in 2Q16. SCG has finished work on an access road and is building a 40MW plant to power the factory. The site for the plant is also being prepared for work. Myanmar country director for SCG Cement-Buildi...
Anhui Conch to invest in Myanmar
The Myint Investment Group Co Ltd has joined Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd from China to upgrade Kyaukse cement factory, Myanmar, to a 5000tpd plant through a build-operate-transfer (BOT) system, according to the Myanmar Ministry of Industry. The joint venture, Myanmar Conch Cement Co Ltd, received clearance from the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration on 11 November . Zaw Hein...
Nepal: Reliance plant gets go-ahead
India’s Reliance Group, headed by Anil Ambani, has received clearance to build a cement plant in Nepal. The INR24.8bn (US$401.1m) cement works is expected to be constructed in central or eastern Terai. Reliance currently operates 5.8Mta of installed capacity but plans to lift it to 15Mta in the next three years. In India the company is also building a further 5Mta greenfield plant in Maharash...
India: CCI closes case against 11 cement companies
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has closed a case of alleged cartelisation among cement companies for lack of evidence. An anonymous reference had alleged that the cement producers had increased prices by INR75/bag (US$1.21) within the period of a month, according to HN Mint news service. The companies were named as Penna Cements, India Cements, Ramco Cements, Bharathi Cements, Da...
Kenya’s ARM Cement defines further expansion plans
ARM Cement Ltd says it is investing in the construction of new plants and upgrading existing units across east Africa as competition in the region increases. The plan is to see several upgrade projects completed over the next two years, including a new grinding facility in Tanzania, boost production in Rwanda as well as constructing a greenfield plant in Kenya. The company, which has works i...
Cherat Cement looks to expand capacity, Pakistan
Pakistan-based cement producer Cherat Cement has reportedly decided to install a new production line with a production capacity of over 1.3Mta, according to a report in The News International (Pakistan). Citing Abid A Vazir, executive director of the company, the report states that expansion is being undertaken to meet expected increases in domestic demand. The increase is expected to be fue...
Lawyer defends Semen Indonesia's Rembang plant, Indonesia
Noted lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution, who is legally representing PT Semen Indonesia, is trying to bring together stakeholders to realise the construction of a cement plant in Rembang, Central Java. "We hope that those who rejected the planned construction of the cement plant will not regard the project as detrimental to residents or as bringing negative impacts, but look at it as a joint inter...
Algeria: Société Saoura Ciment to launch Ben-Zireg construction in 1Q15
Construction on the Ben-Zireg cement works will be started in the first quarter of 2015, said Abdelkader Bouaichaoui, CEO of Société Saoura Ciment, a subsidiary of Algeria’s Groupe Industriel des Ciments d’Algerie (GICA). “We expect to sign the contracts required to realise this important industrial project before the end of December with a Chinese partner, so they can start work on the plan...