Cement News tagged: International
Kerala Cement Dealers Association to shut indefinitely
Cement dealers, under the Kerala Cement Dealers Association, will down close down indefinitely from 15 November in the state, The Hindu reports. Association State committee officials alleged at a press meet here on Monday that cement dealers in the State were being ‘continuously harassed’ and ‘unfairly treated’ by tax officials in the state contrary to the promises made by the government an...
US shipments rise 14% YoY, Jan-July 2012
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico for the year through July were 44.4Mt, up by about 14%, data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) showed. The leading producing states in July were Texas, California, Missouri, Michigan, and Florida, in descending order and accounted for about 43 per cent of total output. The leading consuming States (Texas,...
Siam Cement awaits Myanmar investment law to proceed with plant
Siam Cement Group of Thailand is waiting for Myanmar to pass its foreign investment law before proceeding with plans to build a 5000tpd cement plant in the country. Speaking to the Bangkok Post, Pramote Techasupatkul, president of SCG Cement said: "The proposed Myanmar factory is waiting for the authorities there to implement the new foreign investment law as well as for our project proposa...
APCMA re-elects Aizaz Mansoor as chairman
The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has re-elected Aizaz Mansoor Sheikh unanimously as Chairman of APCMA in its Annual General Meeting held at APCMA Secretariat, Lahore. According to an announcement issued by the APCMA here on Tuesday Sayeed Tariq Saigol of Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited and Muhammad Ali Tabba of Lucky Cement Limited were also unanimously re-elected as...
Muger Cement Enterprise plans coal conversion project, Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s Muger Cement Enterprises is considering proposals from two Chinese suppliers to award a turnkey project for converting the current Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) clinker burning system to coal fired system. Declining to disclose the names of the companies, Mekonnen Zergaw, CEO of the Enterprise told Fortune that five companies had participated in the bid, of which one has been disqualified a...
Latin American cement demand rises in 2Q2012
Cement consumption in the second quarter in major Latin American economies closely reflected the current economic cycle and countries such as Peru, Bolivia and Chile stood out for their dynamism against a background of overall economic growth, according to the latest Infrastructure, Water & Waste Stats report by BNamericas. Peru noted a 18.3 per cent YoY rise to 2.235Mt in cement demand. For ...
Chile notes 12 per cent increase in construction activity
Chile’s monthly index of construction activity, Imacon, registered a 12 per cent YoY rise in August, surpassing the 0.72 per cent increase noted in July. Javier Hurtado, director of studies of the Chilean Chamber of Construction (CCHC) said that the sector activity continues to show double-digit annual growth rates, in line with most of the indicator’s components (employment, demand for build...
Holcim to close Hungarian plant
Holcim is to close its cement factory in the Hungarian city of Labatlan (N Hungary) by next year, communications director of Holcim Hungaria Zrt., Iren Marta told local press on Monday. According to reports in MTI, Holcim originally planned to wind up the 144 years old plant by 2010, but its lifetime had since been extended by environment-friendly investments of almost HUF 500m to 2016. Ho...
New Nigeria cement plant under planning
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ABUCCIMA) announced it is to build a cement factory in Abia state, Nigeria, in partnership with foreign investors and the state government. Dr Solomon Nyaba director general of ABUCCIMA told local press that work is scheduled to start very soon. “Abia is a good place for investment because the government is willing to provide...
Deliveries to Lebanon decline during Jan-July 2012
Cement deliveries to Lebanon declined by 5.32 per cent YoY to 3,075,466t during the first seven months of 2012, from 3,248,415t a year earlier. On a monthly basis, deliveries eased by 4.55 per cent to 488,690t in July compared with 511,973t in June. The average monthly growth rate in cement deliveries reached 4.32 per cent during the first seven months of 2012 compared with a higher 7.21...
S&P rates China Tianrui senior unsecured notes 'B'
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'B' issue rating to a proposed issue of U.S. dollar-denominated senior unsecured notesby China Tianrui Group Cement Co. Ltd. (B+/Stable/; cnBB/). The agency also assigned its 'cnBB-' Greater China regional scale rating to the proposednotes. The proposed issue is rated one notch lower than the corporate credit rating on Tianrui because...
New research highlights critical economic role of the mineral products industry
New research from leading economic consultancy Capital Economics has highlighted the critical role of the minerals products industry to the UK economy. The Capital Economics research has found that the UK Minerals Products Industry: • Makes a Gross Value Added (GVA) contribution to the UK Economy of over GBP4bn pa – greater than creative industries such as film and video and not far short ...
Paramount unveils plans for former Lafarge plant site, UK
Paramount Pictures has unveiled plans to build one of the world’s biggest theme parks in Britain – creating 27,000 jobs at a former cement works. The huge GBP2bn attraction will be built near Dartford, Kent, to rival Disneyland Paris. It will be built on brownfield land on the Swanscombe Peninsula, between Dartford and Gravesend, Kent, which was formerly a cement works owned by Lafarge. T...
CeMAP’s solid waste management efforts, Philippines
The Cement Manufacturers’ Association of the Philippines cited the effectiveness of partnership in co-processing waste following the success of its solid waste management project in Teresa, Rizal. “Co-processing waste is a service that is offered by many of CeMAP members and the technology has effectively worked while keeping the same levels of quality of the cement produced,” said CeMAP pre...
New Uruguay joint venture plant investment
Three cement companies are planning to invest in a new joint venture cement plant in eastern Uruguay’s Treinta y Tres department to tap export potential in neighbouring Brazil, according to local press reports. State oil and cement company ANCAP, along with Spanish cement producer Cementos Molins and Brazil’s Votorantim have filed an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for a new 750,000tp...
Adelaide Brighton full year earnings on track, Australia
Adelaide Brighton has confirmed it is on track to meet its 2011-12 earnings guidance, underpinned by its exposure to the resource and infrastructure sectors. Speaking to the Australian Financial Review, Adelaide Brighton managing director Mark Chellew said the group’s 2012 financial year net profit guidance was between A145m-155m. Although the group has been hit by a slowdown in the resident...