Cement News tagged: International
Ecuador records 5.6% rise in 2012 cement sales
The Ecuadorian cement market expanded for a second year running as the Ecuadorian Institute of Cement and Concrete (Inecyc) reported a 5.6 per cent rise in dispatches. In 2012, the market absorbed 6.025Mt, an increase of 319,422t when compared with previous year’s figure. Per capita consumption rose from 386kg to 388kg in 2012. The advance represents a new record as deliveries surpassed th...
CPA: calls for chancellor to recognise construction potential driver as growth
The UK Construction Products Association (CPA) has called on the Chancellor to recognise the potential construction and product manufacturing has to drive short-term growth and enable long-term prosperity for the UK. In a statement, the CPA said it is vital government spend the GBP4.69bn capital investment boost announced in the 2011 Autumn Statement and the additional GBP5.5bn announced in De...
Vietnam sees declines in MoM domestic and export sales
Cement producers in Vietnam sold 3.6Mt to the domestic market in January, down 16.28 per cent from the month before due to a stagnant real estate market. The amount sold represents 7.4 per cent of the full-year target, Vietnam News Brief reported citing data from Vietnam’s Ministry of Construction (MoC). Exports also fell by 82.8 per cent MoM to 2.3Mt in January 2012, meeting 2.3 per cent...
AfriSam receives positive response to new sales initiative, South Africa
South Africa-based cement producer AfriSam has received a positive response from members of several rural communities to a pilot initiative that is seeing the cement giant sell its cement products out of “retail outlet” containers in these outlying areas. Grant Neser, sales and marketing executive at AfriSam, explained in a statement that “this initiative is a product of the customer value ma...
Semen Indonesia to conduct equipment tenders for two new projects
PT Semen Indonesia is to conduct tenders this year for the procurement of equipment for two new projects. The company is to add another line at its Padang works on Sumatra and will is also set to construct a new plant in Rembang (Central Java). According to Semen Indonesia’s director of finance, Ahyanizzaman, the equipment will most likely come from Europe. The tender for the new Padang ...
BUA cement plant set for 2014 completion, Nigeria
BUA’s new 3Mta cement plant, currently under construction in Edo State, Nigeria, is on track for completion in early 2014, according to the group’s chairman. Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, told reporters at a signing with Siemens to build a new gas turbine power plant for the factory, that the company is impressed with the current progress of the overall project. "I am particularly very impres...
Opening ceremony held for new Lebap cement works, Turkmenistan
Turkish company Polimeks Insaat Taahhüt ve San Tic AS has inaugurated its Lepab Cement Factory which is set to help meet growing domestic demand due to the construction boom in Turkmenistan. The opening ceremony, according to reports in the Turkish press, was held in the presence of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan and President Viktor Yanukovich of Ukraine. The cement wo...
CMA calls for a reduction in excise duty, India
Ahead of the government’s forthcoming Budget, the Cement Manufacturers Association of India has called for a reduction in the current excise duty on cement to bring it more in line with other core industries. It has also requested a revision to duties on imports of cement and on raw materials for cement production. The Economic Times of India published a statement by the CMA stating: “To en...
Cementos Bio Bio raises output 8% in 2012
Chilean cement producer Cementos Bio Bio increased its production by eight per cent YoY from 1.5Mt to 1.6Mt in 2012. As a result, the company, led by Hernan Briones, was able to maintain its 29 per cent market share. Over the same period, Bio Bio also raised its concrete sales by nine per cent from 2.4Mm3 to 2.6Mm3, holding its 27 per cent market share. Lime sales were 11.7 per cent hi...
EU December construction output falls MoM
Construction output fell by 1.7 per cent in the euro area EA17 and by 2.7 per cent in the EU27 in December 2012, compared with the previous month. The largest monthly declines were seen in Bulgaria, Poland and Germany, in descending order, according to first estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Compared with December 2011, production in December 2012...
Argentina’s cement plants deliver 4.4% more cement in January 2013
Argentine cement plants delivered 913,336t of cement in January 2013, according to the latest data published by the country’s cement association AFCP. The January figure represents a 12.9 per cent increase MoM while when compared with January 2012, cement deliveries advanced by 4.4 per cent. Domestic dispatches, including imports, rose 12.8 per cent to 888,602t on the previous month, whi...
Ecuador’s cement market expands 18.7% in January 2013
Ecuador saw a 18.7 per cent rise in cement demand in January 2013 as the market expanded from 452,647t in January 2012 to 537,391t last month, according to the latest figures published by the country’s cement association Inecyc. Last year, cement consumption in the South American nation reached 6.025Mt, up 5.6 per cent when compared with the previous year’s total of 5.706Mt. Cement dem...
Indonesia posts another double-digit rise in monthly cement sales
Indonesia reported cement sales growth of 15 per cent in January 2013 on the back of a boom in property development and infrastructure projects. Cement sales increased to 4.65Mt for the first month of the year, according to the country’s leading cement producer Semen Indonesia citing data from the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI). The January sales rise also follows 15 per cent growth re...
HeidelbergCement India increases cement capacity to 6Mta
HeidelbergCement confirmed yesterday that it has successfully completed the expansion of its clinker and cement grinding capacity in Central India. The plants are located in Damoh district (Narsingarh and Imlai facilities) in Madhya Pradesh and in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. Trial runs of the expanded plants were successfully conducted between November 2012 and January 2013 and the production capa...
Spain’s cold spell continues as January demand drops 21.5% YoY
Spanish cement producers have had a frosty start to the year as cement consumption continues to fall. January 2013 data show a 21.5 per cent decrease to 892,783t from 1.138Mt recorded in January 2012, according to the country’s cement association Oficemen. Local cement producers have also cut output by 30.7 per cent to 948,443t when compared to the 1.369Mt manufactured during January 2012. ...
G Power Cement to construct new plant in Cameroon
Cameroon is set to see the establishment of a new cement plant as G Power Cement on Friday signed an agreement with the government for an 800,000tpa plant. The privately-held German firm will invest CFA45bn (US$90m) in the new factory which will be situated in the coastal city of Limbe, southwest region Cameroon. Work on the project is expected to begin next month with the laying of the fou...