Cement News tagged: International
Bangladesh: Payra seaport ready to unload first cargo
Bangladesh's Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, is expected to inaugurate the first deep-sea port in Patuakhali, about 320km southwest of Dhaka, through a video conference tomorrow. Payra seaport will start operations on a limited scale by first unloading cargo from a vessel arriving from China, but the port will not be fully operational until 2023. The trial operations of the port started early...
Sino-Uzbek JV brings Karakalpakstan plant online
Uzbek-Chinese joint venture, Titan Cement, recently brought its new plant in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, into operation. The total cost of the project exceeded US$25m and resulted in the creation of more than 200 jobs. Initially the Chinese faction of the joint venture intended the project to have a capacity of no more than 60,000tpa, but following the discovery that there was a raised dem...
DR Congo: US$500m to relaunch Maiko cement plant
The Congolese government has freed US$250m to relaunch production at the former cement plant of Province-Orientale (CIPOR), Cimenterie de Maiko (CIMAIKO). To carry out the project, the government signed a partnership agreement with multinational construction company Satarem Ltd, which will contribute a further US$250m to the project. In December, representatives of the consortium will a...
Angola: foreign currency availability restricts Secil Lobito's output
The lack of foreign currency availability is impacting on Angolan cement producer, Secil Lobito. The company needs foreign currency to buy clinker for its Lobito works in southern Angola. During the last three months the factory has been operating with clinker purchased from the Cuanza Sul Cement Factory, which stopped supplying it in late June, and now the plant needs foreign clinker to ...
Nigeria: Lafarge Africa complains of inadequate gas supply
Management at Lafarge Africa’s plants at Ewekoro and Sagamu, Ogun State, have voiced their concerns over the inadequate gas supply to their operations. Production managers at the two plants, Segun Shoyoye and Hannes Diedericks, disclosed that their plants had to cease production for the past six weeks over the matter. Mr Shoyoye said, "The twin problems of non-availability of gas and foreig...
Argentina's cement demand down 20.7%
In July Argentina's cement demand fell 20.7 per cent YoY from 1,069,622t in July 2015 to 847,684t and slipped 1.1 per cent from the 857,525t recorded in June, according to the country cement association, AFCP. Exports also decreased from 4140t in July 2015 to 3696t one year later. Compared with June 2016, they dropped 26.4 per cent. In the year to date, domestic cement consumption declined ...
Pakistan: CPEC to generate 3Mta demand
Pakistan’s cement industry will experience growth thanks to the commencement of construction projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Experts have suggested that the projects will generate an additional cement demand of between 1.5-3Mta for Pakistan. In the first half of this financial year, local dispatches showed a growth of 16 per cent YoY to 15.2Mt. Local dispatch...
Indonesia: uneven demand hitting company revenues
Cement consumption in Indonesia was up by 3.1 per cent in the three months to June, but the national figures belie the patchiness of regional growth. According to the Jakarta Post, statistics from the Indonesian Association of Cement (ASI) show that demand in Java actually declined – albeit by just 0.13 per cent – whereas consumption in Sumatra grew by 6.8 per cent, twice as fast as the nat...
Togo: CIMAF to agree greenfield plant deal
Morrocan-based Ciments de l'Africa (CIMAF) is thought to be on the brink of agreeing to construct a new cement plant in Togo. There are currently four cement producers operating in Togo - WACEM, Fortia, HeidelbergCement, CIMTOGO - but they are expected to be joined by a new entrant if the Togolese authorities can agree terms with another cement manufacturer. According to Togosite, CIMAF p...
India: ACC labourers end protest at Wadi plant
Labourers at ACC’s Wadi plant have ended their dharma (non-violent sit-in protest) following assurances from the company that their concerns and grievances will be addressed. Chandrasekhar Hiremath, president of Shramajeevigala Vedike (civil rights association), alleged at a meeting attended by ACC HR General Manager, Mr Jayaprakash, that the company ‘harassed’ the labourers and paid them w...
USA: cement shipments rise 5.1% in May
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in May 2016 were about 8.2Mt, up by 5.1 per cent from sales in May 2015. The leading producing states for Portland and blended cement sales in May were California, Texas, Missouri, Florida, and Michigan, in descending order, and these states accounted for nearly 40 per cent of the national total. The leading ...
Pakistan: Gharibwal Cement industrial park
Gharibwal Cement Group and China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITC) have signed a deal to set up an industrial park in Chunian Industrial Estate, Punjab. Chinese investors will establish factories in the 2000 acre industrial park. The project is expected to cost PKR20bn (US$191m). An official of Gharibwal Cement told CemNet that it is a partner in the project and will sup...
USA: Cemex to supply Florida Highway project
Cemex USA is participating in the I-4 Ultimate Improvement Project, a 21-mile reconstruction of Central Florida’s main interstate highway. This is the largest and most complex infrastructure project currently underway in Florida, USA. The I-4 Improvement Project will upgrade interchanges and bridges for the communities in Orange and Seminole Counties. Cemex is expected to supply more than 49...
Cement price in DR Congo falls 33%
Although recent weeks have seen cement prices in the port of Matadi, Democratic Republic of Congo spiral up to CDF15,000 (US$15.28)/50kg bag, they have now returned to more sustainable levels of CDF10,000-11,000. The decrease is due to the arrival in Matadi of several cement trucks that were halted at the Angolan following the decision by Congo’s government to stop cement imports. Following...
Tajikistan: new plant due for commissioning
According to the Tajikistan Ministry of Industry and New Technologies, a new 1.2Mta cement plant will be brought into operation in the Yovon district, Khatlon province, this month. Jung-Tsai Mohir Cement Ltd and the government of Tajikistan signed an investment agreement for the construction of the plant, with works beginning two years ago. According to an official source, the total cost of...
PPC Zimbabwe plant project on track
According to CEO, Darryll Castle, the construction of PPC’s new plant in Zimbabwe remains on track for completion in 2016, despite riots in the country and restrictions remaining on some South African goods. The new mill, with an expected capacity of 0.7Mta, is crucial to reducing the company’s costs, Mr Castle said. "Even if the volume is not required because Zimbabwe’s economy slows, the pro...