Cement News tagged: International
Semen Indonesia targets 50% share of Papua market
PT Semen Indonesia is targeting a 50 per cent share in the Papuan cement market following the company's decision to build a packing plant in the coastal city of Sorong, West Papua, last year. "We will maximise the utilisation of the packing plant," the company’s head of marketing development, Rudi Hartono, said the target is said after a company-held infrastructure seminar in Sorong yesterda...
Attock Cement plans new grinding plant, Iraq
Attock Cement plans to invest US$25m in a new grinding plant in the city of Basra, Iraq, making it the third Pakistan-based cement manufacturer to venture into the Middle East and Africa region. In a filing to the Pakistan Stock Exchange, Attock Cement said: "The board of directors of the company has approved the investment for putting up a Cement Grinding Unit in Basra, Iraq, subject to reg...
West China Cement chief visits Italcementi's new i.lab
In early May, West China Cement (WCC) representatives led by CEO Tian Zhenjun and Vice CEO Wang Jianli visited Italcementi's new i.lab at its Calusco cement plant in Bergamo, Italy. Accompanied by Federico Vitaletti, CEO of Italcementi's Innovation and Research Center, and Girolamo Veronese, Global Marketing Director, WCC representatives visited the facility to further deepen its cooperatio...
Dangote breaks ground on Tanzania plant
Dangote Cement has marked the next step of its impressive African expansion drive by laying the foundation stone for a new cement plant in Tanzania. "The groundbreaking ceremony of the 3Mt cement factory takes place today [27 May 2013] in Tanzania, a statement from the Dangote group said. The Tanzania plant forms part of the company’s plant to expanding its operations not only in its d...
Bangladesh cement producers seek new export markets
Bangladesh cement producers are searching for new exports markets in a bid to extend their current reach and increase utilisation levels. Our cement export is fully dependent on north-eastern states of India, and now we are searching new destinations", Additional Managing Director of Crown Cement Alamgir Kabir told the Financial Express. “We have invited a number of new buyers to visit Bangl...
Industry body calls for cement sector to be prioritised, Nepal
Nepal’s Cement Manufacturers Association has urged the government to give the cement sector priority due to its huge potential given the country’s infrastructure and housing requirements. The government must promote the cement industry because it has huge potential as the country has been witnessing infrastructure development which needs a huge amount of cement, newly-elected president of t...
Cement producers explain price hikes, Philippines
Three of the largest cement producers in the Philippines have begun submitting documents to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to explain recent rises in cement prices. Trade Undersecrertary Zenaida C. Maglaya told reporters that Holcim Philippines, Lafarge Republic and Cemex Philippines have started submitting documents to support the adjustment in prices which have risen above the...
Lafarge Malayan Cement to finalise expansion plans by August
Lafarge Malayan Cement is expected to finalise plans for a new expansion project by the end of August this year, according to the company's chief executive Bradley Mulroney. "We are very close to finalising the option we want to adopt for our next phase in terms of expansion," Mr Mulroney told reporters, adding that a decision is likely to be made at the company's board meeting in August. ...
Catalonian producers cut exports, Spain
Cement producers in Spain's autonomous region of Catalonia reduced their exports by 41 per cent between January and April, compared to the same period in 2012. The drop was explained by a five per cent cut in the price per tonne, which made the sales abroad less profitable. (Abstracted from an original article in Expansion)
ScanMines-Togo expects first clinker at end 2014
ScanMines-Togo, a subsidiary of Germany’s HeidelbergCement, expects production at its new works, located on the Sika-Kondji limestone deposit, to start at the end of 2014. The company plans to ramp up clinker production to 5000tpd and build two cement plants in the country. ScanMines-Togo is HeidelbergCement’s second subsidiary in Togo, after Ciments du Togo (Cimtogo). It represents an ...
Health and Safety training initiative for Pakistan cement industry
Lafarge Pakistan Cement Ltd in collaboration with the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) hosted a Health and Safety Best Practices Training Day on 20 May 2013 for all members of the Pakistan cement industry, to promote the easy and effective integration of safety practices into daily operations . The training day aimed to promote health and safety standards in the ind...
Vietnam cement sales down 1.7 per cent in first four months
Vietnam cement sales in the first four months of 2013 fell 1.7 per cent YoY to 14.45Mt, the Ministry of Construction (MoC) has said. Sales in the first four months represent 29.8 per cent of the full-year target, the MoC added. Cement production during the period was 15.53Mt (meeting 27.7 per cent of the full-year target). In April alone, cement sales reached 4.87Mt while production was 4.9...
Cemex UK Climafuel plant to be smaller in scale thanks to technology advances
Cemex UK's new Climafuel waste processing plant no longer needs to be as large as originally planned thanks to advances in technology. In April last year, SITA UK, one of the UK’s leading recycling and resource management companies, announced that it was joining forces with Cemex to develop two waste recycling plants for the production of Climafuel for Cemex’s Rugby cement plant in Warwicks...
Vietnam calls on producers to report on export activities
Vietnam’s Ministry of Construction is urging cement producers to report on their export activities and cooperate fairly to prevent further losses. According to reports by Vietnam NewsBrief service, the move follows a request by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung for the government ministries of Construction, Industry and Trade as well as the Vietnam Cement Association (VNCA) to boost the value ...
Competition Commission findings may force UK disposals
The UK’s Competition Commission (CC) is lining up a range of measures to open up the UK cement market including the possible disposal of plants and reduction of capacity, after provisionally finding that the sector's structure and conduct limit competition. The CC has published a summary of its provisional findings in its market investigation into the supply of aggregates, cement and read...
Texas Industries achieves operational status of new kiln line, USA
Texas Industries Inc announced today that its Texas subsidiary has achieved operational status of its second kiln at its Hunter cement plant, near New Braunfels, Texas. Following a successful commissioning process which began in November of 2012, the 1.4Mta state-of-the art kiln line has realised its design performance capabilities and is producing efficiently, the company announced in a state...