Cement News tagged: International
Brazil: Votorantim Cimentos launches new portfolio of bagged cement
Votorantim Cimentos is launching in the Brazilian market the biggest innovation of its retailing cement portfolio in 83 years of history, the company said in a statement. The launch is the result of extensive research that involved over 400 construction professionals, focussed on understanding the challenges, difficulties and needs of the various stakeholders of the construction industry, the...
Indonesia: robust monthly cement sales gains
Official Indonesia cement industry statistics for January 2016 show robust gains in domestic demand and exports compared to the previous year. Local cement consumption in January 2016 climbed 4.4 per cent to 5.14Mt. Monthly consumption was up in all but two regions: • Java (+5.3 per cent) • Sumatra (15.8 per cent) • Sulawesi (+19.0 per cent) • NT (+1.6 per cent) • Kalimantan (-30....
Preliminary US full-year shipment update
Shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico in 2015 totalled 91.493Mt, according to preliminary data from the US Geological Survey. Imports for the year accounted for 9.619Mt of the total. In December 2015 alone, shipments were 6.59Mt, with imports representing 674,530t of deliveries. Clinker production for the year was 76.544Mt, including 6.92Mt of output in December...
China: Anhui Conch Cement's Shaanxi unit suspends production
Chinese cement major Anhui Conch Cement has confirmed that its subsidiary Liquan Conch Cement, situated in Shaanxi province, has suspended production. The decision follows legislation by the provincial government of Shaanxi requiring all cement and clinker producers to adopt off-peak production. Most producers based in the province are required to stop production from 15 December 2015 unti...
Saudi producers prepare for discussions over export ban
Saudi cement producers will meet government officials soon to discuss lifting the ban on their exports by around 20 per cent, a Saudi daily reported. In turn cement producers will ensure a two-month supply for the local market, the Arabic-language Alyaum newspaper said, quoting Abdullah Ridwan, chairman of the construction and property committee at the Jeddah chamber of commerce and industry....
Gambia minister refutes reports on Dangote licence
Gambia's Information Minister, Sheriff Bojang, has refuted claims that Dangote Cement was denied a licence to establish a local cement plant, explaining that such an investment was never on the cards given the west African country's lack of raw materials. In December 2015 an African news agency reported that Dangote had secured land and started implementing equipment for a new cement plant p...
China Tianrui Group Cement expects 30% drop in 2015 profit
Chinese cement manufacturer China Tianrui Group Cement Co said Thursday it expects its 2015 net profit to drop more than 30 per cent from a year earlier. The decline is attributed to weaker domestic cement demand and lower selling prices. The company, which didn't specify its expected net profit for the year, posted a net profit of CNY564.9m (US$86.6m) in 2014. The 2015 financial results wil...
K-Electric signs additional supply agreement with Attock Cement
Karachi-based electric supplier K-Electric has signed an accord to provide an additional 16MW of electricity to Pakistan producer Attock Cement Ltd. Present at the signing ceremony were Irfan Amanullah, company secretary of Attock Cement, and Asif Saad, K-Electric’s chief operating officer of Distribution, among others. Speaking at the ceremony, Mr Saad said: “This initiative would not ...
Peru: Pacasmayo 4Q15 boosted by public sector demand, new Piura facility
Peru-based Cementos Pacasmayo saw a nine per cent in fourth-quarter volumes which benefitted from the anticipated increase in demand from the public sector, the company said in a statement yesterday. Crucially, supplies were supported by its new Piura facility which improved Pacasmayo's competitive position in the northern region of the country, it added. Fourth-quarter revenues rose by 8.7...
HeidelbergCement India commissions Madhya Pradesh WHR facility
HeidelbergCement India has successfully commissioned a 12MW waste heat recovery (WHR) facility at its Narsingarh Plant in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, on 15 February 2016. The WHR plant will utilise the waste heat generated by the clinker lines. The power generated will substitute equivalent grid power, thereby reducing the plant's power costs.
Peru’s cement demand edges down in January
Cement consumption in Peru slipped by 0.4 per cent YoY from 816,000t in January 2015 to 813,000t in January 2016, according to the country’s cement association, Asocem. In addition, clinker exports reached 28,000t, down 69 per cent, while cement exports fell by 29 per cent to 29,000t during the first month of 2016. On the supply side, production increased 0.1 per cent from 857,000t to 858...
Latest MPA report highlights 'real concerns behind declining aggregate reserves'
The Mineral Products Association's (MPA) fourth Annual Mineral Planning Survey (AMPS4), covering the period to the end of 2014, shows that although the demand for aggregates continues to recover but the findings brings into sharper focus the problems of declining reserves that were raised in previous surveys. "Unless action is taken on updating and extending the coverage of mineral plans an...
Hope to launch bagged cement product, UK
Hope Construction Materials has announced the launch of its new bagged cement product. Its Professional Grade Cement, the newest entrant into a UK bagged cement market worth GBP180m annually, will be available to customers across the southern half of England later this year. The newly-revealed product pack design, developed in association with Cognition Agency, features a large ram – a nod ...
Kenya November 2015 demand down 5.5%
Cement consumption in Kenya fell by 5.5 per cent from 520,833t in October to 492,340Mt in November 2015, according to the Kenyan Bureau of National Statistics. Output decreased 4.8 per cent to 522,446t in November from 547,509t the previous month. For the first 11 months of 2015, domestic demand reached 5.138Mt while production totalled 5.743Mt.
JK Cement resumes production at Karnataka unit, India
JK Cement has resumed production at its 3Mta facility in Baglakot, Karnataka, after operations were temporarily halted when the roof of a clinker silo caved in. "Production of clinker and cement has resumed with operation of the kiln by making an alternate arrangement using two RBC belts for feeding the clinker directly to the cement mill," JK Cement said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exch...
Dangote Cement to target 76.5Mta capacity in Africa by 2020, CEO tells Cemtech 25th anniversary conference
Cemtech’s 25th anniversary celebrations have commenced as the international conference and exhibition series opens its doors in Dubai, UAE, for its annual Cemtech Middle East & Africa meeting. In his welcome address to delegates conference director, Thomas Armstrong, welcomed Guest of Honour, His Excellency Sheikh Yasir Al Qassemi, General Manager of Union Cement Company and Chairman of the U...