Cement News tagged: International
India: land acquisition underway for 3Mta Jaykaycem plant
Jaykaycem (Central), an associate company of JK Organisation, is planning a 3Mta integrated cement plant near the villages of Devra, Puraina and Sotipura, Madhya Pradesh district, India. The two phase project will consist of a 2.64Mta clinker section, plus the cement grinding plant and a 40MW captive power plant and a 15MW WHR-based power plant. Land acquisition is in progress and the proje...
India: Alstom grinding plant erection to start by the end of 2016
Alstom Industries, a part of JDB Group, is planning a cement grinding unit at Village Baghjap, Morigaon district, Assam, India. The unit will produce 1000tpd of PPC & OPC cement. The cost of the project is INR450m. Environmental clearance has been received and 15 acres land has been acquired and acquisition of another 10 acres land is in progress. The project has been postponed due to...
DR Congo: CIMKO plant nears commerical production
This October the US$270m CIMKO plant owned jointly by Lucky Cement and Groupe Rawji located 240km (150 miles) west of the capital, Kinshasa, will start producing cement and work towards its 1.2Mta cement capacity. The project has been financed by lenders including the African Development Bank, the International Finance Corporation, Denmark’s Export Credit Agency EKF and by Habib Bank L...
Georgia: new cement plant in partnership with LafargeHolcim
Georgian Cement Company (GCC) opened its new cement plant on the 4 October 2016 in Poti, with an initial annual capacity of 0.25Mta. GCC decided on the location of the plant after market research revealed that western Georgia was mainly supplied by cement imported from Turkey. To complete the project GCC entered a partnership with Lafarge, which has since merged with Holcim to become Lafarg...
Philippines: government urged to curb smuggling
The United Filipino Consumers and Commuters (UFCC) is urging government officials to stop smuggling at Iloilo pots and across the rest of the region. UFCC President, Rodolfo Javellana Jr noted that the Port of Iloilo was one of the main entry points for cement smugglers. Of nine smuggled cement shipments, three entered through the Port of Iloilo. Speaking at the group’s anti-smuggling campa...
Pakistan: FY16 earnings up 16% YoY
Pakistan cement industry performed well in FY16 and concluded on a positive note for the cement sector with earnings clocking in at PKR36.4bn (US$348.3m), up 16 per cent YoY. According to research house, the growth in earnings was backed by eight per cent YoY increase in revenue amid higher dispatches, increased in margins due to lower fuel and power costs and 54 per cent YoY decline in fina...
Kenya: MD hands out customer service at Savannah Cement
Truck drivers, building, and construction customers visiting the Savannah Cement manufacturing plant in Athi River, along Namanga road, has a surprise on Monday after finding the factory gates and weighbridge being managed by the managing director. This was 'Customer Service Week' at Savannah Cement, managing director Ronald Ndegwa and his management staff, switched roles with their factory f...
Mexico: Cemex announces intention to sell its stake in GCC
Cemex SAB de CV said on Friday that it is looking to sell the 23 per cent stake it directly owns in Mexican cement producer Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua SAB de CV through a secondary public offering. In its filing, Cemex disclosed that it had asked CNBV, Mexico's banking and securities regulator, to approve the planned transaction, under which the Mexican building materials company will offer...
Saudi Arabia: sales drop 10%
According to a report quoting Yamama Cement data, total cement sales in Saudi Arabia stood at 4.34Mt for the month of August, registering a 10.3 per cent decrease YoY. However, the figure was up 41 per cent on the previous month. Total inventory reached a high of 26.35Mt, representing 45 per cent of the last 12 month's sales. Inventory grew 11.7 per cent YoY and five per cent on the previou...
Palestinian Investment Fund new plant project
The Palestinian Investment Fund (PIF) launched the first phase of its cement plant project this weekend. The PIF's cement plant will be the first in the Palestinian areas. Ceremonies for the occasion were held in Bethlehem under the patronage of President Mahmoud Abbas and in the presence of PIF board chairman, Mohammed Mustafa. The ceremony was also attended by CEO of Sanad Construction In...
Pakistan: dispatches expected to reach 3Mt in September
Total cement dispatches for Pakistan are expected to remain flat at around 3Mt for September 2016 in comparison to September 2015. In a research report, Topline Securities forecast that local sales for the month would stand at approximately 2.4Mt, a two per cent drop YoY and 20 per cent decrease MoM as a result of the monsoon in the initial days of the month. Analyst Nabeel Khursheed said, ...
Nepal: permits suspended for sub-standard product
The Nepali Department of Standards and Metrology has suspended the permits issued to Bageshwori Cement and Jaya Mangalam Cement Industries, preventing both companies from distributing and selling its cement products. Director General of the department, Bisho Babu Pudasaini, said samples had been collected from the companies and analysed. Tests concluded that both were selling sub-standard c...
Germany: professor Siegbert Sprung wins fifth Klaus Dyckerhoff Prize
At the VDZ Annual Cement Conference 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany, the fifth Klaus Dyckerhoff Prize was awarded to Professor Dr-Ing Siegbert Sprung for his exceptional achievements with respect to the development of cement and its production and application in mortar and concrete. Siegbert Sprung spent his entire professional career at VDZ and the Research Institute of the Cement Industry in ...
India: production halts at JK Cement Muddapur plant
JK Cement have announced that its 3Mta plant in Muddapur, Baglakot, India, has temporarily ceased operations. The clinker silo roof unexpectedly caved in, causing steel structural supports and a clinker conveyor drive station to fall into the silo. The decision to temporarily stop production was made for safety reasons and to avoid any collateral damage. Production and dispatch will be resu...
Indonesia: cement carrier catches on fire
A cement carrier called Divine Success caught fire last Friday while at dock in Port of Tanjung Priok, north Jakarta, Indonesia. After several hours the fire on board of the cement carrier Divine Success was extinguished and the inspectors boarded the vessels to assess the damages and to investigate the cause of the accident. "The fire on board of cement carrier Divine Success occurred ...
China Cement Association urges consolidation
The China Cement Association has petitioned policymakers to speed up consolidation in the cement sector, which currently has 3500 producers. The consolidation aims to concentrate at least 60 per cent of national capacity into 10 top producers by 2020. According to proposals by the association, the process is likely to involve many mergers and plant closures, reports the South China Post. To...