Cement News tagged: International
Ferus Smit delivers world’s first LNG-powered cement tanker
In the weeks before Christmas 2015, Ferus Smit delivered her Nb. 423, the first LNG powered cement tanker to her owners. The delivery was preceded by an extensive programme of trials and tests in which the proper working and safety of all systems was verified. Finally on Wednesday, 23 December 2015 MV Greenland left the harbour of Delfzijl, The Netherlands, on her first commercial voyage to...
Production in construction up by 0.5 per cent in euro area
In October 2015 compared with September 2015, seasonally adjusted production in the construction sector increased by 0.5 per cent in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.1 per cent in the EU28, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In September 2015, production in construction fell by 0.7 per cent in the euro area and by 0.2 per cent in the EU28. I...
Brazil November sales update
Preliminary industry data and market estimates published by Sindicato Nacional da Indústria do Cimento (SNIC) indicate that cement sales in the Brazilian cement market reached 4.9Mt in November 2015, down 16 per cent compared to the same month a year earlier. Imports totalled 28,000t during November 2015, a decrease of 45 per cent YoY, according to statistics from SECEX / MDIC. Accumulated ...
Saudi Cement shuts down two kilns
Saudi Cement Co has closed down two kilns indefinitely as a result of high inventory, absence of growth in Saudi demand and the continuing ban on exports, it said in a bourse statement on Wednesday. The company reported an impairment charge of SAR66.2m (US$17.6m) in the fourth quarter of 2015 as a result of the kiln closures. Furthermore, Saudi Cement Co expects the fuel and electricity pric...
Vietnam production increases by nearly 11 per cent in 2015
Vietnam is estimated to have produced 67.9Mt of cement in 2015, up 10.7 per cent from a year ago, including 6.6Mt in December, up 11.9 per cent, the government-run General Statistics Office said. In the first 11 months, the country’s cement production hit 61.3Mt, according to the revised figure. The country now has 76 cement production lines with a combined annual output of 81.56Mt. The Mini...
New 1Mta plant planned for Cameroon
The Switzerland-based Mira company has announced plans to build a 1Mta cement plant in the city of Douala under an agreement signed with the government of Cameroon. For an estimated investment capital of over XAF32bn (US$53.56m), the new cement production plant will create an estimated 1600 direct and indirect jobs for an initial production of 1Mt of cement a year. This new plant will bring ...
Ramco to establish new Odisha grinding unit
Chennai-based Ramco Group is planning to establish a 0.9Mta cement grinding plant at Choudwar, district Cuttack, Odisha in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal. The estimated cost of the project is INR4.06bn (US$61.21m). The project has received clearance from the Government of Odisha, with construction set to commence in Q1 2016.
Argentina: cement price nearly doubles in 2015
Cement prices have jumped between 70-90 per cent in 2015. At the start of the year, a 50kg bag would retail at ARP75-80 (US$5.8-6) while by the end of 2015, the price had risen to ARP125-145 (US$9.6-11), according to local press reports. The rise is attributed to speculative behaviour rather than higher production costs, exacerbated by the political pre-election uncertainty, which was ended ...
Rembang construction on course for 3Q16 completion
Construction of Semen Indonesia's Rembang cement plant in Central Java, Indonesia, is set to be completed by August 2016, local news agency ANTARA has reported. "We are optimistic that the construction of the Rembang cement plant would be completed in August 2016. In fact, the existing equipment is already capable of starting to process the cement," according to Semen Indonesia's Rembang Proj...
Egyptian cement prices 'stable' through the year
Egyptian cement prices were considered stable through fiscal 2015 as cement companies provided their final report of monthly disclosures on cement prices to the Ministry of Supply for the month December, Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafy said in a Wednesday statement. The average cement production per week in December was recorded at 1Mt compared to an average of 989,000t per week in November,...
UltraTech Chhattisgarh mine plan hits hurdle
The government of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh has cancelled a no objection certificate (NoC) to UltraTech Cement for a limestone mine in Raipur district. The state government on Tuesday announced it would cancel the certificate required by the cement producer to commission the operation. The mine is interlinked with the company’s integrated cement plant, located in the neighbou...
2015: year in review
As the final week of 2015 approaches, we take a look back at some of the most talked-about topics of the year across the global cement arena. In terms of worldwide cement consumption trends, demand is expected to have contracted in 2015 in the low-single digit range, marking the first reduction since 1990. Excluding China, which accounts for over 70 per cent of global consumption, demand is ...
Spanish demand to November increases 5%
Spain’s cement market has expanded by 5.2 per cent YoY to 10,573,572t between January-November 2015, according to Oficemen, the country's cement association. In November alone, demand rose by 13.8 per cent to 1,008.789t, helping to boost full-year forecasts. For 2015, the association expects domestic consumption to reach some 11.3Mt, representing an increase of around five per cent YoY. ...
ITAC announces final anti-dumping duties
South Africa has imposed final anti-dumping duties on Portland cement originating in or imported from Pakistan, ranging between 14.29 and 77.15 per cent, effective 18 December 2015. The duties will remain in place for a period of five years, unless a review process takes place. The decision follows an investigation initiated by the International Trade Administration Commission of South Afri...
Supremo Cimento opens Adrianópolis plant, Brazil
Supremo Cimento, part of the Secil group, on Thursday opened its 1.8Mta Adrianópolis plant in Paraná state, Brazil, local press have reported. Chief executive of Secil, Gonçalo Salazar Leite, said Brazil was expected to account for 20 per cent of the company’s turnover in the next five years. Secil plans to make Supremo cement a regional brand supplying southern Brazil and the state of...
LH and CDC: low-carbon construction solution
LafargeHolcim and CDC Group plc (CDC), the UK’s development finance institution, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set up a company to produce and promote an affordable low-carbon construction solution for developing countries. The new company aims at scaling-up production of earth-cement bricks, a simple, reliable, affordable and environmentally-friendly building material that was...