Cement News tagged: International
Japan reconstruction efforts boost Taiheiyo operating profit
As reconstruction efforts for the Great East Japan Earthquake get underway, local producers are starting to receive a boost, the The Nikkei reports. Cement sale in the quake-struck Tohoku region increased by 10 per cent YoY last month. Taiheiyo shipments to the region rose by 10 per cent in December on the back of emergency infrastructure. The company’s operating profit is likely to more ...
Eurocement breaks ground on new Volga project, Russia
Eurocement Group, Russia’s leading cement producer, has held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new plant in the Samara, Volga region which is part of the company’s impressive multibillion expansion programme. The new Samara plant will have a clinker capacity of 6200tpd (2.4Mta of cement) and is planned to be launched in 2015. The investment includes a total of RUR16bn (US$508.8m), the Russian...
Cementos Lemona temporary downsizing of operations, Spain
Cementos Lemona of Spain has presented a 161-day downsizing programme for its 123 members of staff its plant in Lemona, Biscay province, Finanzas reports. This is in light of a 40 per cent decline in production between 2007 and 2010. With the readjustments the company hopes to adapt to current market conditions. In 2011, the company had 166 days of production stoppage due to lower cemen...
Mexican cement prices continue upward trend
Mexican cement prices in December were noted to reach one of its highest peaks and the rise has continued into the new year, according to local press reports. Results from a poll by Banamex, shows the average price of cement in Mexico has reached MXP123/bag, up 0.6 per cent over December prices. Most regions experienced a minimal price rise or remained unchanged except for the cities of Me...
Mugher Cement seeks approval for exports, Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Industry has given approval to state-owned Mugher Cement to begin exporting to neighbouring countries as a drop in domestic demand has caused the producer to seek other markts. A request for an export permit made to officials at the Ministry of Trade was referred to the Ministry of Industry two weeks ago. Mugher Cement is now to apply for an export permit, expected t...
British cement, aggregates and ready-mix markets probe confirmed
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading has confirmed it will refer the aggregates, cement and ready-mix markets of Great Britain to the Competition Commission. The decision to make a market investigation reference follows the publication of the OFT’s market study and its provisional decision to refer these markets in the UK in August 2011. Having carried out a public consultation on its provisi...
Euro construction output rebounds in November
European construction output rose by 0.8% in the euro area (EA17) and by 0.4% in the EU27 in November 2011, compared with the previous month, data from the European Union’s statistics office, Eurostat, shows. Compared with November 2010, output in November 2011 increased by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU27. Among the Member States for which data are available for November 2...
Discussions on proposed Pati plant continue, Indonesia
A planned cement plant by Indonesia’s PT Sahabat Mulia Saksi has entered initial discussions with a team of experts and will then proceed to the environmental impact analysis stage (Amdal). The Head of the Environmental Agency, Pati branch, said that the building of the cement plant in Pati has entered discussions with a number of Indonesian universities before formulating the Amdal. "The m...
Cemento Andino expansion set for April completion
Expansion work at Cemento Andino’s clinker plant is expected to be completed in April this year, reports Generacion of Peru. The investment will see the company’s capacity increase by 60 per cent (70,000tpa) to reach 2.1Mt.
Allied Cement: market challenges ahead, China
Allied Cement of China, which made its debut on the main board of Hong Kong’s stock exchange yesterday, said it faces slowing demand growth for its products on the back of the economic slowdown and a credit squeeze in China. During a ceremony to mark the company’s listing, its managing director Ng Qinghai said demand in the Yangtze River Delta (East China), Allied Cement’s main market, would...
Anhui Conch acquisition, China
Anhui Conch Cement plans to acquire Anhui Conch Venture Capital’s no 4 and 5 energy saving equipment factories, and relevant land use rights, for a total of CNY22m, reports Shanghai Securities News, citing a company filing. According to the filing, the cement maker plans to set up an equipment storage centre, which will boost production and lower procurement costs. The factories purchased wi...
Germany: VDZ and BDZ combine operations
The German Cement Works Association (VDZ) and the Federal Association of German Cement Industry (BDZ) are combining operations and merging into the German Cement Works Association. The newly-formed body will represent 23 domestic companies and about 95 per cent of the German industry with a turnover of approximately EUR2.1bn. "The merger gives us significantly greater clout and reach," sai...
South Korea’s exports reach record levels
South Korea exported 4.49Mt of cement in 2011, up a marked 62 per cent from 2.7Mt as producers turn to exports as a property slump hurts domestic demand. Including clinker, total exports reached a record 9.97Mt last year compared to 7.53Mt in 2010, data from the Korea Cement Association (KCA) showed. Continued stagnation in the construction sector has led local producers to explore expor...
Pikalevskiy Cement production rises, Russia
Russia-based producer Pikalevskiy Cement reported a rise in cement production of three per cent in 2011 to 1.78Mt, SKRIN newswire reports. The company, which operates in the Leningrad region and is part of the Eurocement Group, said clinker production amounted to 1.55Mt, up 12.2 per cent on 2010 figures. Shipments for last year reached 1.78Mt, a YoY increase of 3.8 per cent.
Peruvian 2011 shipments rise marginally
Shipments of cement in the Peruvian market totaled 8.9Mt between January and December 2011, 2.42 per cent more than that recorded in 2010, when (8.98Mt), reported the Association of Cement Producers (Asocem). Growth is mainly attributed to private demand. During that period the cement production was 8.5Mt representing a YoY of 2.41 per cent, when it reached 8.3Mt. Full-year cement export...
GHACEM to raise capacity as demand thrives
GHACEM, the leading cement producer in Ghana, has reported that domestic cement demand increased by a record 22 per cent last year on the back of robust economic growth and oil activity, particularly in the western region of the country. Speaking at a GHACEM awards event, managing director Morten Gade, said his company is investing in expansion to improve capacity at both the Takoradi and ...