Cement News tagged: International
FLSmidth divisions to be renamed
Effective from 1 December 2012, the Non-Ferrous and Bulk Materials will be renamed to reflect the underlying technology focus in each of the two FLSmidth divisions. Non-Ferrous will be renamed “Mineral Processing” and Bulk Materials will be renamed “Material Handling”. The Non-Ferrous Division has, in the past, been focussing on mineral processing technologies primarily to non-ferrous miner...
Trinidad: CCJ dismisses TCL claim
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has dismissed a claim by Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) against the Caricom Competition Commission accusing them of acting wrongly and giving them 21 days to pay court costs. TCL claimed that the Commission acted wrongly in two main regards: specifically, they said the Commission had not requested its approval to conduct an investigation into TCL's business...
UK: construction output at lowest level for more than 10 years
The latest construction output figures from ONS published on Friday show that output in 3Q has fallen for the fifth consecutive quarter, with falls being experienced across almost every sector of the industry. Output is now at its lowest level since the second quarter of 1999. Overall, construction output in the third quarter of 2012 was 2.6 per cent lower than in the preceding quarter and ...
Siam Cement plans to expand Vietnam operations
Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) will invest US$2m to expand its Vietnam operations next year with a total capacity of 100,000tpa. Pramote Techasupatkul, President of SCG Cement, told local press that now is not the right time to build a new cement plant in the country due to the cement surplus issues it is currently facing: “However, we have still drawn up the plan to expand the production...
Cimentos de Moçambique to invest in storage and bagging facilities
Cimentos de Moçambique, part of the Cimpor group, plans to invest in a new silo and bagging facility at its Nacala-Porto plant in Nampula province, according to local press reports. The company’s director, Marcelino Manhera, said that the company plans to construct a 1000t silo as part of the announced investment. It will also buy a new bagging machine to equip its plant with modern technolog...
JSW Cement to double capacity, India
JSW Cement is all set to double its production capacity by March 2013, with the commissioning of two more mills that have already been installed, according to Director and Chief Executive Officer RC Sodhani. He said the production capacity would go up to 4.8Mta at the Nandyal plant in Andhra Pradesh and with the Bellary unit, the company would have a total capacity of 5.3Mta. The company...
ANCC Egyptian plant to begin production in April 2013
The Arab National Cement Company’s (ANCC) 2Mta cement plant in Minya will start full production in April 2013. The cold run phase of the state-of-the-art greenfield project is now in progress, officials revealed as they welcomed the new Minya governor Dr Moustafa Kamel Eissa to the factory. “I was impressed with the progress I saw,” said Eissa. “In addition to providing much-needed employ...
Holcim New Zealand in coal mining land acquisition
Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd. is planning to acquire land in New Zealand for coal mining operations, leading to speculation that the company expects to proceed with its -delayed proposal to build a new cement plant. According to reports by Fox Business, the coal mining operations are aimed at supporting the company's second manufacturing plant in the country, a project that it put on hold last...
Pakistan October dispatches down on falling exports
Pakistan cement dispatches in October 2012 fell by 5.87 per cent mainly due to a steep 20.59 per cent drop in cement exports, data from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers (APCMA), showed. Dispatches for the month stood at 2.767Mt, down from the 2.939Mt recorded in the same month last year. Local dispatches were 2.086Mt, representing a marginal rise of 0.19 per cent compared to 2.082Mt in O...
CSN plans to invest in new capacity, Brazil
Brazilian steel major Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) plans to invest BRL1bn (US$491m) to set up four cement facilities in the state of Minas Gerais which would increase the company's capacity from 2.4Mta to 5.4Mta. Currently the company plans to set up three integrated cement plants and a second clinker unit, adding to its one at Arcos which began operations in May 2011. The new plant...
China cement sees Jan-Sept slowdown
China's cement sector witnessed a sharp slowdown in the first nine months of this year, according to the latest data from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Cement output rose 6.7 per cent YoY to 1.59bnt in the January-September period, compared with 18.1 per cent recorded in the same period of 2011, according to a recent NDRC report. The factory price of cement tumble...
Concerns on UK construction indicators
The latest Construction Trade Survey published today shows that construction activity fell sharply in 3Q, despite a return to growth for the UK economy as a whole. Of greater concern, however, the forward looking indicators of orders and enquiries, were also negative, reinforcing concerns that the sector is unlikely to experience growth until at least 2014. Commenting on the survey, Noble ...
ACC sales rise 3.5 per cent YoY to 2.04Mt in Oct
ACC Ltd's sales rose 3.5 per cent to 2.04Mt in October, from 1.97Mt in the same month a year ago. The company's production increased marginally to 2.05Mt during the month, as compared to 2.04Mt in October 2011, ACC said in a statement. During the January-October period of 2012, the company reported 2.5 per cent growth in sales to 20.26Mt from 19.76Mt in the same period last year. The produc...
Egypt cement prices rise
Egypt’s cement market has witnessed an increase of EGP50/t (US$8) resulting in complaints from wholesalers. “Since before the Eid holiday, cement producers have been pressing to increase price per tonne,” cement wholesaler, Khairy El-Batrawy said. Cement wholesalers reported that they received messages from cement producers on Monday, notifying them about the increase. El-Batrawy said th...
Cemex recognised for CO2 emissions performance and reporting, Latin America
Cemex named one of Latin America’s best companies in CO2 emissions performance and disclosure Cemex has been named by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) as the best Latin American company in terms of climate change data disclosure and one of the top ten in overall carbon emissions performance. The rankings were announced during the launching of the CDP’s latest report “CDP Investor Latin Ame...
Pakistan exports to India decline
Pakistan cement exports to India have registered a decline of 15.67 per cent in the first quarter of current fiscal year, standing at 137,742t compared to 163,340t exports in the same period of last year, said Aizaz Mansoor Sheikh Chairman Association of Pakistan Cement Manufacturers (APCMA). Exports to India have been in constant decline ever since the two countries opened their borders fo...