Cement News tagged: International
Gresik sets aside US$300m for regional expansion
Indonesia’s largest cement maker, PT Semen Gresik, has US$300m to expand its business to the regional markets of Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam, the company’s chief executive Dwi Soetjipto has said. Speaking to the Jakarta Globe, he said: “Expansion overseas is still in the process.” Previously, Dwi indicated that the company was looking at acquiring stakes in cement producers in Malaysia, M...
Shree puts Karnataka project on hold, to expand Rajasthan works
Shree Cement has decided to put its Karnataka project on hold following issues with land acquisition and now plans to expand its Rajasthan cement works. The proposed plant, which would have been Shree Cement’s first venture outside north India, was meant to have a capacity of 6Mt. However, due to the project facing land hurdles, the company plans to expand its existing facility in Rajasthan...
New South Sulawesi cement plant planned, Indonesia
A new cement plant is being planed in Barru, South Sulawesi involving an investment of US$400m, according to executive director of the PT Fajar Semen Baru project, James Martin. According to Indonesian press reports, the venture will involve participation from two cement companies in German and Taiwan and funding is to be sourced from a local consortium of banks. The cement plant is slat...
Vinacomin to sell coal to Vicem affiliate, Vietnam
State-owned miner Vinacomin will sell 130,000t of coal to VICEM Materials Transport Cement Joint Stock Company, an affiliate of Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem). The figure will include 55,000t of 3CHG coal dust, 45,000t of 4aHG, 15,000 tons of 4bHG and 15,000t of 5aHG. This is a part in a purchasing contract between Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Lim...
Lafarge Cauldon works reaches 50 per cent AF substitution rate, UK
Lafarge Cement’s Cauldon Works has received recognition for its industry leading sustainability achievements which have seen it reach a 50 per cent reduction in reliance on fossil fuels. The result places it at the forefront of the UK’s construction industry’s sustainability drive and has been recognised by the business’ international parent company, Lafarge Group, as part of its annual awa...
Taiwan Cement to invest in strengthening position in China
Taiwan Cement Co (TCC) is to invest TWD9bn (US$300m) annually over three years in China to achieve a production capacity of 100Mta by 2016, according to the company’s head. Chairman, Leslie Koo, said TCC’s investment this year will focus on second-phase plant construction in Anshun, Guizhou province in China, Taiwan Economic News reported. While Chinese cement demand has lagged of late d...
Lafarge Republic signs fly ash supply deal, Philippines
Lafarge Republic has signed a deal with the provincial government of Bataan and GNPower Mariveles Coal Plant Co to buy fly ash to be produced at the latter’s 600MW power plant. Lafarge Republic (formerly Republic Cement Corp) said the deal will start once the power plant begins producing coal ash and will expire in November 2019. In June, Cemex Philippines signed a deal with Korea Electr...
Clal Industries to expand power plant capacity
Clal Industries and Investments, controlled by Len Blavatnik, subsidiary Mashav Initiation and Development Ltd, is to expand capacity at its private power station which provides electricity to Nesher Cement Enterprises of Israel. With an investment of US$90m, capacity at the station is to be increased initially by 50MW and thereafter by 70MW. Mashav is 75 per cent owned by Clal Industries a...
Vietnam Jan-Aug production falls YoY
Vietnam is estimated to have produced 36.9Mt of cement in the first eight months of this year, a fall of 5.7 per cent from the same period of last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). Cement output in August is likely to have increased by 14.29 per cent from July to 5.5Mt, the government office said in a report released on Monday. The GSO has revised down its cement ou...
Improved outlook for Omani cement companies
Oman cement companies are set for brighter times ahead as inflows of cheap cement from the UAE decline and demand picks up both in the UAE and the sultanate, according to a report by Global Investment House (GIH). In its GCC cement sector report released on Tuesday, GIH said that Omani cement firms are set for steady growth in the coming quarters as growth in the construction sector leads t...
Assuit Cement drivers strike, Egypt
Drivers working at the Assuit Cement factory in Egypt continued striking for a second day on Saturday in protest of penalties imposed on them by the company, according to local press reports. Workers at the company’s transportation department have also joined the strike due to alleged mistreatment by company officials, Ahram online reported. The head of security at the cement factory has re...
Thang Long Cement plans to increase exports, Vietnam
Vietnam-based producer Thang Long Cement JSC plans to double monthly cement exports to Cambodia from its Hiep Phuoc grinding plant to 10,000 due to increased demand in the neighbouring market. Since the start of this year, the company has shipped around 5000t and 2000t of cement to Cambodia and Indonesia, respectively from the grinding facility, according to the company’s director Mai Anh T...
Lafarge Canada receives approval to expand quarry
Lafarge Canada has received approval to expand its Flamborough quarry, according to local press reports. The company applied for the 31ha expansion of its existing aggregate operation back in 2007, the Hamilton Spectator reports. Objection from a nearby resident resulted in Lafarge promising additional monitoring and strengthen its rehabilitation plan, according to a Ministry of Natural Res...
China quarry blast death toll rises
The death toll from a quarry blast at a south China cement factory earlier this week has risen to 10 while 18 other have been confirmed injured, local authorites have said. The blast occurred on Monday afternoon at the Longshan Cement Company in Yingde, Guangdong province, Xinhua news agency reported . The blast has resulted in the death of eight of the company’s workers, a driver from ...
Fire at Lafarge Ravena works, USA
A fire broke out at the Lafarge Ravena plant in Albany, NY on Monday as a rubber conveyor belt carrying limestone snapped and caught fire, according to John Reagan, public affairs manager for the Lafarge division. The blaze broke out after 2pm and it took firefighters about two hours to douse. The fire was contained to the conveyor belt was not in danger of spreading to the main cement plan...
Egyptian cement companies to lose energy subsidies
Egypt is to no longer provide subsidised energy to new cement plants, including the 14 new facilities for which licenses have already been issued, and plans to phase out subsidies to already-existing plants, the government has said. Hatem Saleh, minister of industry and external trade, told reporters at a press conference on Sunday that the government will not be responsible for providing su...