Cement News tagged: International
Malaysia: CMSB pledges year-round cement supply
Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad (CMSB) has said it will be able produce a year-round reliable supply of cement following the commissioning of its third and largest plant in Mambong, Sarawak. The new plant has an estimated production capacity of 1Mta and represents a MYR190m (US$44.9m) investment. Managing Director of CMSB, Richard Curtis, said the integrated plant with adjoining clinker plant wil...
Pakistan: domestic cement sales accelerate in October
Pakistan cement industry showed mixed result of performance in October 2016. Sales of cement in the domestic market accelerated to 15.88 per cent in October 2016, but exports declined by 1.96 per cent compared. According to data released by All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), domestic dispatches in October 2016 were 3.008Mt, registering a growth of 15.88 per cent, while ...
Vietnam: three new plants intensify competition
In 2016 Vietnam's cement industry has added three new production lines, bringing the total capacity to 88Mta, significantly ahead of the country's 59-60Mt cement consumption, and representing an increase of approximately six per cent compared to 2015, reports local media. The new lines of Vissai Cement Group Co Ltd and at Long Son Cement, located next to each other in the province of Nghe An...
Argentinian cement demand falls 17.9% YoY in October
Argentina’s cement market contracted 17.9 per cent YoY and 7.1 per cent MoM in October 2016 as 925,678t (from 1,128,015t in October 2015) of cement were delivered to domestic customers, according to the latest figures by the country’s cement association, AFCP. However, cement producers increased their export sales by 26.6 per cent YoY and 11.2 per cent MoM from 6342t to 8032t. Meanwhile, do...
North Korea: cement firms to be assessed
The North Korean authorities have told cement trading companies that the volume of support they provide for flood recovery efforts in North Hamgyong province wil be assessed. The assessments will take place during a review of the “200-Day Battle” at the end of this year, claims Daily NK. "The information is expected to increase the burden on these companies, as they are already under str...
Nigeria: cement sector still imports 75% of its gypsum
Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) President, Dr Ebenezer Damisa, has stressed the need for Nigeria to strengthen its mining institutions to curb illegal importation of raw materials as the country still imports 75 per cent of its gypsum required for cement production. According to Dr Damisa, “As at today about 75 per cent of the requirement of gypsum used for cement production is still imp...
India: Telangana State Housing Corporation signs cement price MoU
The State Housing Corporation of Telangana has signed a memorandum of understanding with local producers to fix the price of supplied cement at INR230/bag (US$3.45), the New India Express reports. The rate includes loading, transportation, unloading and all taxes. The average price of a bag of cement in India was INR285-290/bag at the beginning of the year, but substantially higher in Telan...
Canada: McInnis Cement ready to start Spring deliveries
McInnis Cement, in collaboration with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the other shareholders, announced that close to 75 per cent of the construction phase of the 2.5Mta cement greenfield plant has been completed and certain operations have begun. The heightened pace of construction on the company's various sites, starting with the Port-Daniel-Gascons industrial project, will all...
Vietnam 10M16 output up 15%
Vietnam’s cement production in the first 10 months of 2016 is estimated to be 64Mta, up 14.9 per cent YoY, according to the government-run General Statistics Office. In October, preliminary figures show a 14.1 per cent rise YoY to 7.1Mt. In the first nine months of the year, the country produced 56.9Mt of cement. Vietnam has 76 cement production lines with a total output of 81.56Mt, supp...
Egypt: Ain Sokhna plant a step nearer to reality
A cement company plans to establish a cement factory on the Ain Sokhna desert road with a 1.5Mta clinker production capacity. Ahmed Abdelmoghny, managing director of Premiere Financial Consultants, said that his company seeks to provide funds worth EGP3bn (US$337m) annually to an undisclosed cement company. Moreover, he said that the cement company will upgrade its existing lines. The imple...
Algeria: cement imports to end by 2017
According to the Minister of Industry and Mining, Abdessalem Bouchouareb, 2017 will mark the end of cement imports to Algeria: "The year 2017 will mark the end of cement import in Algeria, with the commissioning of all cement plants across the country, whose total annual production capacity is expected to reach 6Mta.” Mr Bouchouareb made the statement during an inspection of a cement plant pro...
Ageria: moving towards self-sufficiency
This week Egypt-based ASEC-Group (part of Qalaa Holdings) informed of its agreement to sell off its partly-constructed Djelfa cement plant project in Algeria to investors for US$60m. The facility would have seen the addition of 3.5Mta of cement capacity added to the Algerian market, but the project had stalled when the banks refused to finance the project in 2012. The aim of Qalaa Holding...
Egypt: ASEC to sell Djelfa plant project
Egypt-based ASEC Group has reached an agreement with Algerian investors for the sale of a part-constructed cement plant site in Djelfa for US$60m. Information regarding the Algerian investors was not disclosed. The realisation of a 3.5Mta plant in Djelfa was launched by ASEC in 2008 with an investment of US$413m, but due to lack of funding the project failed. In 2012 the Minister of Indust...
Tunisia: new Sidi Bouzid cement works online in 2018
Tunisia will see a new 1Mta cement plant entering service in 2018 in Sidi Bouzid, according to the Director General of the Manufacturing Industry Brahim Chebli. "This new project whose cost is estimated at TND500m will be launched in 2018," the official said in an interview with African Manager. It is expected that the new works will also generate 300 new jobs.
Argentina sees fall in domestic and export demand
In September 2016 Argentina’s cement plants dispatched 1,003,457t of cement, including exports, which represents a MoM fall of 4.1 per cent and a YoY drop of 11.1 per cent, according to the Asociación de Fabricantes de Cemento Portland (AFCP), the country's cement association. The domestic market contracted by 4.1 per cent MoM and 11.5 per cent YoY as 1,001,131t were sold within Argentina...
India: production resumes at Malabar Cements
Malabar Cements Ltd resumed production on Monday, 24 October, following the stoppage of its operations on 10 September due to the non-availability of raw materials. Production was able to resume by bringing in clinker the company had in stock at its logistics centre at Kochi Port. The stoppage resulted in a INR50m (US$ 747,559) loss, according to the Times of India. The shortage of raw ...