Cement News tagged: International
Lafarge Cement rules out compulsory redundancy if transport fleet is removed
Lafarge Cement has ruled out compulsory redundancy if it removes its transport fleet at the company’s Cauldon works in the UK, according to local press reports. Concerns have been raised that the Cauldon Works is to dispose of its transport fleet, which comprises around 30 drivers and 20 lorries, and contract the work out. However, a spokeswoman for Lafarge Cement in Cauldon said no decis...
Caribbean Cement donates bags of cement for flood victims
Caribbean Cement has donated 3000 bags of cement bearing market value of JMD3.2m (US$ 24,598) to Jamaica's Office of the Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) on Tuesday for the assistance of flood victims. The ODPEM will have responsibility in the distribution of the cement. Sophia Lowe-Pinnock, corporate communication and public relations manager at Carib Cement, told T...
Cemex participates in Moselle Lock expansion in Germany
Cemex is supplying approximately 58,000m 3 of concrete for the second lock chamber of the Moselle River in Trier, Germany. Between 2014 and 2017, after over 50 years of continuous operation, 10 locks on the Moselle River in Germany were gradually expanded with a second chamber. To ensure uninterrupted casting, CEMEX Germany supplied almost 60,000m 3 of concrete utilising a mobile mixing...
PCA sees 3.5% cement consumption growth annually in next two years
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) announced it expects US cement consumption to reach 3.5 per cent annual growth during the remainder of 2017 and 2018, based on analysis of data and policies likely to impact the industry in the years ahead. Speaking before the IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Conference in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, PCA Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Ed Sullivan, said t...
Senegalese cement output up 10%
Cement production in Senegal jumped 10.3 per cent in March when compared with March 2016, according to the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Planning. Total output reached 609,800t in March, up from 552,700t in the equivalent period of the previous year. MoM the increase was 6.9 per cent from 570,300t in February 2017.
NLMK Group to supply raw materials to Eurocement
International steel and vertically-integrated company NLMK Group has signed a five-year contract for the supply of raw materials to the production facilities of Eurocement group. The contract, which runs until the end of 2022, covers a supply of up to 5Mta of raw materials to seven Eurocement Group companies. The raw materials that will be supplied include iron-containing additives and gr...
Aman Group inaugurates second grinding mill
Bangladesh’s Minister of Commerce, Tofail Ahmed, has inaugurated the Aman Group’s second grinding unit which is situated in Narayanganj, near the capital city of Dhaka. Loesche reported earlier this year that it has supplied a LM 56.3+3 CS vertical roller mill for the facility, named Aman Cement Mills Unit-2. The VRM has the capacity to grind 240tph of Portland and composite cement clinker wi...
UkrCemFor 2017 underway
The VII International Conference ‘UkrCemFor 2017’ is underway at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Kiev, Ukraine, bringing together key players from the domestic and European cement industry to discuss market developments, technology advances and industry best practices. Organised by Ukrcement, the association of cement producers of Ukraine, the meeting has been tailored to focus on the growth of the...
Euro area production in construction sees monthly decline
Production in construction in the euro area (EA19) and EU28 was down on a monthly comparison basis due to declines in building construction activity. However increases were recorded on an annual comparison basis with rises observed in building construction and and the civil engineering segments. Monthly declines In March 2017, compared with February 2017, seasonally-adjusted production in ...
Spain's cement market contracts 2.3%
Cement demand in Spain fell 2.3 per cent YoY to 917,152t in April, according to data by Oficemen, the country’s cement association. Exports decreased by 5.5 per cent YoY, just surpassing the 0.76Mt mark. In the first four months of the year, domestic consumption increased 9.6 per cent when compared with 4M16, reaching 3,786,705t. However, exports declined 8.6 per cent to 2,855,090t. "Th...
Pakistan cement sector hopes for relief measures under Budget FY18
Pakistan cement producers are hoping that Budget FY17-18, due to be presented by the country’s Minister of Finance on Friday, will include relief measures to protect the local industry from the alleged smuggling of cement from Iran, help arrest the decline in exports and reduce the cost of doing business. The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has urged the government...
LH Côte d'Ivoire initiates new health and safety measure
As part of its Health & Safety policy, LafargeHolcim Côte d'Ivoire will carry out alcohol breathalyser tests to protect plant personnel and visitors from associated risk factors in the workplace. The regular but random spot checks will be carried by security agents using an electronic breathalyser at the entrance to sites. Persons displaying a positive reading of more than 0.01mg/l will be d...
Pakistan's positive nine-month performance
The Pakistan cement industry has demonstrated a good performance in the first nine months of the current fiscal due in part to an acceleration of private sector construction activity, the commencement of work on mega housing schemes and projects across the country and the partial materialisation of budgeted Public Sector Development Programme projects. Consequently, the cement industry saw...
Arabian Cement launches round 2 of social start-up
Egypt-based Arabian Cement Company (ACC) has launched the second round of its social start-up programme, continuing in partnership with Nahdet El Mahrousa (NM), TradeArabia reports. Building on the success of the first round, Khaleeha Suessi will offer entrepreneurship training for 15 shortlisted start-ups, out of which more than six start-ups will eventually receive seed funding and incubat...
Shree Cement's eastern promise
Shree Cement is looking to expand its presence in eastern India with the construction of two grinding facilities, according to local press. As part of its expansion plan in the east from its base in Bihar, Shree Cement is constructing one plant in Raghunathpur, West Bengal, and the other near Cuttack, Odisha, the report in Business Standard (India), stated. Managing Director, HM Bangur, t...
Indonesia: sustaining profitability
Weaker-than-expected growth in Indonesian cement consumption and fierce competitive pressures have led to a tough pricing environment, resulting in local producers looking to mitigate the impact of a challenging market. However, latest volume data by the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI) reveal strong domestic and export sales for the month of April, but can this recovery be sustained? ...