Cement News tagged: International
Turkish firm eyes Uganda investment
Turkish-owned tourism and trading company, Kolin Construction, has expressed interest in Uganda’s cement manufacturing industry, according to local press reports. East African Business Week reported that Kolin Construction company chairman Naci Kologlu met Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni last week, stating: “There are many opportunities and we think the cement industry is still not so cro...
Solidia’s CO2-curing technology for reduced water consumption
A white paper on water use in the global production of cement and concrete finds that a savings of 2bnt of water per year could be realised with the adoption of a patented process developed by Solidia Starting with a sustainable cement, the CO2-curing technology reduces water consumption in the production of concrete up to 80 per cent, carbon emissions up to 70 per cent, and the curing time...
Dangote breaks ground on new Niger plant
Dangote Cement has broken ground on a new a 1Mta cement factory in Niger, state radio in the western African country announced on Thursday. President of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou formally started building work on the factory on Wednesday at Keita, around 600km northeast of the capital Niamey. The CFA200m (US$ 421.35m) plant is expected to take 18 months to complete. "This is an important eve...
Siam Cement positive earnings outlook, Thailand
Siam Cement Plc is expected to post another strong quarterly performance, according to analysts at SCB Securities cited in reports by The Nation. First quarter net profit is estimated at THB9.5bn (US$293.7m), up eight per cent YoY and 19 per cent QoQ. The growth is expected to be driven by a “wider chemical spreads, no repeat of last quarter's maintenance shutdown of its chemical and paper u...
Groundbreaking for Zuari packing terminal, India
Zuari Cement on Tuesday held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 1Mta port-based cement-packing terminal at the Kochi port on the west coast of India. The unit is expected to become operational by the third quarter of 2015, according to Nabil Francis, managing director of Zuari Cement. He added that the Kochi terminal will enhance the company’s access to western and southern markets as well as...
OCL commissions grinding unit, India
OCL India Ltd has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it has commissioned its cement grinding unit at Salboni, Medinipur, in the state of West Bengal. The new facility started commercial operations with effect from 20 April 2014.
Guangdong Tapai to expand capacity, China
Guangdong Tapai Group Co, Ltd plans to invest about CNY3.56bn in building a new 10,000tpd dry-process line, including a 20MW pure low-temperature waste heat power generation system, in Jiaoling County, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province. The company posted operating revenue of CNY 883m for the first quarter of 2014, up 12.46 per cent YoY. Net profit attributable to shareholders jumped 224.47...
Probe against Lafarge Surma land acquisition and quarrying operations
The Indian Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) is assessing a complaint filed against Lafarge Surma Cement's land acquisition and limestone quarrying operations in Meghalaya, India. Lafarge Surma Cement, a joint venture between Lafarge and Cementos Molins of Spain, operates a 1.6Mta plant at Chhatak, Bangladesh. Due to the country’s lack of limestone deposits, the Chaatak plant is a cross-bor...
Industry declares victory in NESHAP case
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected, in part, petitions from the Natural Resources Defense Council and other environmental groups to vacate the 2013 Portland cement national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) rule, the PCA has said. The Court sided with EPA and PCA about the revised particulate matter (PM) standard and extended complianc...
Savannah Cement plans new clinker line, Kenya
Savannah Cement, the newest entry in the Kenyan market, plans to invest US$200m in the construction of a new clinker line to boost regional sales. A joint venture between Kenyan and Chinese investors, Savannah Cement currently operates a grinding plant at Athi River. The new plant has five packing lines and is capable of producing 1.5Mta of cement. Board chairman Benson Ndeta, announced ...
East Timor plant draws community concerns
A new greenfield cement plant project planned by BGC (Australia) Pty Ltd in Baucau, north Timor, has led local community groups to set up a non-governmental organisation “to protect and preserve the communities’ rights to their culture, development and traditional land rights. The Timor-Leste Cement plant will be built by POSCO E&C Australia who will be responsible for the whole process from...
Semen Indonesia allocates Myanmar spend
PT Semen Indonesia has allocated US$200m for the acquisition of a cement plant in Myanmar, Agung Wiharto, corporate secretary of the Indonesian cement group has revealed. The deal will not be completed this month, as previously expected, but due diligence is currently underway. In an interview with The Jakarta Post, Mr Wiharto said that Myanmar’s cement demand stood at between 8-9Mta, while c...
Kazakhstan: Standard Cement to launch second production line in 2015
Standard Cement LPP plans to launch a second production line in south Kazakhstan in 2015, bringing total capacity of the facility to 2.3Mta. The line will have a design capacity of 1Mta, with equipment supplied by Tianjin Cement Industry Design & Research Institute (TCDRI), China. The company intends to expand its product range to include M500-M700 high-quality cement and oil well cement.
Ecuador 1Q14 sales ahead
Ecuador cement sales during January-March 2014 period reached 1.522Mt, a 2.5 per cent increase compared to 1.485Mt sold in the first quarter of last year, latest data from domesic cement and concrete institute INECYC shows. March 2014 sales totalled 497,601t, down 0.4 per cent from the same period of last year when dispatches reached 499,743t. Sales were also down when compared to February ...
Steppe Cement 1Q14 market update, Kazakhstan
Steppe Cement Ltd said it sold 198,607t of cement in the 1Q14 for KZT2486m (US$13.7m), compared to 166,121t of cement for KZT2272m in 1Q13, representing an increase of 20 and nine per cent, respectively. The company reported that the Kazakhstan cement market remained broadly similar compared to the same period of 2013, although the weather was colder this year compared to last. Steppe Cement'...
Brazil’s first quarter sales rise 6.4% YoY
Brazil’s first quarter sales rose 6.4 per cent YoY to 17.1Mt, preliminary data from SNIC shows. Sales in March reached 5.6Mt, representing YoY growth of 1.9 per cent compared to the same month of 2013. Cumulative sales for the last 12 moths (April 2013 – March 2014) rose by 4.3 per cent against the comparative period of the previous year (April 12 – March 2013).