Cement News tagged: International
Pakistan achieves monthly sales high
Pakistan achieved record monthly sales in July, increasing by 44 per cent YoY to 3.382Mt during the month led by robust growth in domestic demand. Data from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) said local sales increased by 55 per cent YoY to 2.906Mt in July, while exports remained flat at 0.476Mt during the month. “The dispatch figures for July are most encouraging,...
Sino Zimbabwe sales boosted by housing developments
Sino Zimbabwe Cement realised a 10 per cent YoY increase in sales volumes in the second quarter of 2017 driven by housing developments across the country. Yong Wang, managing director of the local cement producer, told Business Chronicle (Zimbabwe) that the company has been facing a number of challenges including liquidity constraints and the alleged smuggling of cheap cement imports, especi...
Lucky Cement updates on operations at home and away
Lucky Cement has provided an update on operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as capacity expansion plans in Iraq and Pakistan, during a corporate briefing organised by Elixir Securities (Pakistan) earlier this week. Stabilising market dynamics in the DR of Congo have resulted in Lucky Cement witnessing healthy growth from its operations in the central African country. As a ...
Chettinad Cement receives clearance for Odisha grinding plant
Chettinad Cement Corp has received approval from the Odisha’s State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) to establish a grinding plant. The project will have a capacity of 2Mta and is to be located at Kalinga Nagar Industrial Complex. The Government of Odisha has been actively trying to create a conducive business environment to encourage companies across the country to set up ...
Vassiliko Cement Works joins World Cement Association
The World Cement Association announced that Vassiliko Cement Works Ltd is the latest organisation to join its fast-growing, international membership. The recently-established association now includes a network of members and representatives that cover 26 countries. “We are delighted that Vassiliko Cement is joining our worldwide cement community,” said Norman Greig, Secretary General of the ...
MPA: 2Q demand for mineral products declines
Construction market demand for mineral products was lower in 2Q17 compared with the previous quarter, providing evidence of a more general slowdown in construction activity in recent months, according to the latest data and commentary from the Mineral Products Association. After three quarters of generally positive activity across MPA markets post the EU Referendum, demand for construction mi...
US and Puerto Rico May shipments up 8.2%
Portland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico in May 2017 reached 8.8Mt, up by about 8.2 per cent YoY, according to data presented in the latest USGS Mineral Industry Surveys publication. The leading producing states were Texas, California, Missouri, Florida and Michigan, in descending order, which together accounted for 42 per cent of the months’s total sales. The leading c...
Pacific Cement to import cement from Vietnam
Pacific Cement Ltd (PCL) is to import 25,000t of cement from Vietnam to address shortages on the island of Fiji. Market demand continues to be higher than the output of Fiji’s two cement producers, PCL and Tengy Cement Ltd. PCL director, Nouzab Fareed, told the Fiji Sun Online that the imports are expected to arrive later this month. “The cost of import is almost the same as our selling pr...
Philippine watchdog finds 'indications" of anticompetitive agreements
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) discovered in its ongoing full administrative investigation “indications of anticompetitive agreements” in the local cement industry, senior officials told reporters on yesterday. Antitrust body commissioners said in a press briefing in Manila that PCC’s competition enforcement office was pursuing the investigation. “The competition enforcement offi...
PCA expects airports market to help drive demand
Increased demand for US air travel is expected to help drive increased cement consumption over the next 25 years, according to the Portland Cement Association (PCA). Population spikes, overall economic growth and airport expansion are among the factors driving the demand for more air travel, a recently released report from PCA shows. “With more people traveling by air, you will need more ca...
Nepal-China JV due to start operations in 2018
Hongshi-Shivam Cement Private Ltd, a Nepal-China joint venture company, is aiming to start cement production in March 2018, according to a senior company official. Shiva Ratna Sharada, director of the joint venture company, told Xinhua News that construction work on the 6000tpd plant is in full swing. The factory is being constructed at Nepal's southwestern district of Nawalparasi and its mi...
Birla Corp considers Maharashtra plant investment
Birla Corp is planning a 4Mta cement plant in Mukutban, in the state of Maharashtra, Chairman Harsh V Lodha told reporters on the sidelines of company’s Annual General Meeting. The cement producer has already acquired land for the project and the proposal will be put to the company’s board for approval. The investment will be financed by a combination of debt and internal accruals. The pr...
HeidelbergCement volumes and revenues strengthened by Italcementi contribution
HeidelbergCement said its sales volumes of building materials rose substantially in the second quarter as a result of the consolidation of Italcementi. On a pro-forma basis, ie taking into account Italcementi’s deliveries in the same period of the previous year, sales volumes declined slightly. Growth in sales volumes was impaired by fewer working days due to Easter and the end of Ramadan as w...
Ugandan government supports new cement plant
China National Materials Group (Sinoma) is seeking to invest UGX1.8tr (USD500m) in a new cement factory to be located at Mbale Industrial Park in eastern Uganda, 225km from Kampala. Details of the new plant have not been released and final approval will depend on the company securing the limestone deposit to supply the factory. A Ugandan government delegation visited Beijing in July and...
Holcim supplies Mexico City airport
Holcim Mexico begun the operation of an on-site production facility to supply premixed concrete for the foundation of the passenger terminal of Mexico City’s new international airport (NAICM), Manuel Sirtori, Corporate Director of Premixed Concrete, Sales, Logistics and Distribution for the company has said. “Holcim Mexico is proud to participate in the construction of the country’s most ex...
Colombia sees grey cement sales slip
Colombia’s cement sales slipped 1.3 per cent YoY to 0.984Mt in June 2017 when compared with the previous year, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Ready-mix company offtake fell by 9.3 per cent and could not be offset by sales in the prefabricated segment, where sales increased 24.1 per cent and the building companies and contractors, which increased purchases by 1.9 per c...