Cement News tagged: International
Saudi October sales rise by 2%
Saudi cement sales rose by two per cent during October 2013 to 4.91Mt compared with 4.13Mt in the same period a year ago. Production for the month reached 4.24Mt compared to 4.22Mt in October 2013, a report, based on data released by Yamamah Cement Co (YCC), said. Clinker production rose by 19 per cent to 4.7Mt against 3.98Mt in the same month the year before. Local deliveries of clinke...
Construction of Zuari Cement’s new grinding unit underway
Italcementi subsidiary Zuari Cement has started construction of new grinding unit in the Solapur District in the western state of Maharashtra, India. The grinding centre is expected to be operational by the second quarter of 2015 and will have a production capacity of 1Mta. It is designed to double its capacity to cater for growing demand in the Maharashtra region, one of the largest cemen...
Cemex Spain says it complies with tax obligations
Cemex Spain has made the following clarifications regarding information published in the media concerning the inspection process opened by the Tax Agency: Cemex scrupulously complies with all legal and tax obligations in Spain, without having debt with or being sanctioned by the Spanish tax authorities to date. Cemex has learned through the media of personnel movements within the Tax...
Spanish cement demand falls 11% in October
Cement consumption in Spain has fallen again in October by more than 11 per cent, to 1,003,618t. As a result, domestic cement demand during the first 10 months of 2013 has declined sharply by nearly 21 per cent, with total demand standing at 9,351,734t, some 2.5Mt less than in the same period of 2012, according to Oficemen, Spain’s cement association Cement companies associated with Ofice...
Holcim Romania inaugurates WHR project
Holcim Romania has inaugurated a EUR15m new waste heat recovery investment at its Alesd plant which is set to meet around 15 per cent of the plant’s electricity needs. “The investment we are inaugurating today at our plant in Alesd is part of Holcim Romania’s consistent efforts to reduce the consumption of energy and natural resources by implementing the best available technology in the fie...
US cement consumption expected to climb 8% in 2014
Anxious US consumers are likely to be waiting on Congress to decide how much more debt the country can take on before the recovery can really take shape and push construction forward. The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has likened the debt ceiling talks, which resume early next year, to a critical moment of confidence for US citizens. "American consumers love drama. Moreover, Congress kno...
Sri Lanka: Lafarge Mahaweli Cement sets up affordable-housing programme
A affordable-housing programme, which has been successfully implemented around the world by the Lafarge Group, will now be introduced to Sri Lanka, enabling low-cost yet safe construction. Recipients of the loans will be selected through Sanasa Development Bank 's societies, according to the Lafarge plan, providing 75 housing loans initially, with the number expected to increase up to a 100. ...
South Africa: Sephaku to start Lichtenburg quarry
Sephaku Cement is scheduled to start quarry operations near Lichtenburg, South Africa, early in the New Year. A contractor for the mining work is still to be named, but Pieter Fourie, CEO of Sephaku Cement, said the first limestone would be produced in March 2014. “We’ve outsourced the mining and we’ve also included in their scope, empowerment and enterprise development,” Fourie said. Work ...
South Africa: Chinese investment for Mamba Cement in place
The Mamba Cement project, jointly funded by China's Jidong Development Group, the China-Africa Development Fund and a South African cement company, signed the financing agreement in Johannesburg for work to begin on the project. The greenfield plant will cost US$220m to build and will be situated in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The capital fund of the project is US$100m, 51 per cent of wh...
India: IRCA suggests challenging times for Indian producers
India's cement producers profits are under pressure as raw material and fuel costs rise, and delays in construction projects tighten margins. Ratings Agency IRCA point out that cement prices are also subdued and that these are challenging times for the domestic industry as demand and rates remain under duress. "The outlook for cement industry continues to remain challenging with both demand ...
Dr Reinhold Festge elected president of the VDMA
Dr Reinhold Festge is elected VDMA president Dr Reinhold Festge, managing partner of Haver & Boecker in Oelde, Germany, has been elected as president of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) following a members' gathering in Stuttgart on 18 October 2013. He succeeds Dr Thomas Lindner of the Groz-Beckert KG in Albstadt, who has served asVDMA president since 2010. Reinhold Fes...
India: The 13th NCB international seminar on Cement and Building Materials opens
The 13th NCB International Seminar on Cement and Building Materials opened it doors to over 800 delegates, including 125 overseas delegates at the Manekshaw Center in New Delhi, India, this morning. Torch lighting to start the 13th NCB International Seminar on Cement and Building Materials The conference celebrates 50 years of the National Council for Cement and Building Material...
Iran increases cement output
Iran's cement output is projected to reach 80Mt by the end of the year, the secretary of Iranian cement industry employers, Abdolreza Sheikhan, has said. The country produced 44.5Mt of cement in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year, which began on 21 March, up two per cent YoY. The output amounted to 6.19Mt in the seventh calendar month of Mehr (23 September – 22 Octo...
Romanian cement sector comes under pressure
Romanian cement manufacturers will hang their hopes on a market up turn on industrial construction projects and new logistic centres, but the outlook is not encouraging for domestic manufacturers after another year of declines in cement sales. The Romanian cement market is expected to drop by between three and five per cent in 2013 as both residential and non-residential constructions stall...
Andre Tissen to aid BEUMER's international alignment
Andre Tissen, Beumer Group's manager of cement business unit Andre Tissen (43) has been manager of the cement business unit at BEUMER Group in Beckum since October 2013. He controls and coordinates the global competence centre for this industry. Tissen is responsible for the marketing of the product portfolio, the strategic development and strengthening of the international sales te...
Indonesia cement consumption rises in October
Indonesian cement sales in October 2013 increased 7.9 per cent (YoY) to 5.58Mt, according to data from the Indonesia Cement Association (ASI). Therefore, cement sales picked up further from the 5.3 per cent growth (YoY) in the previous month. The October growth rate was mainly caused by increased cement demand from islands other than Java. In particular, demand from Sumatra rose significantly...