Cement News tagged: International
Fitch Ratings – infrastructure to boost Thai demand
Fitch Ratings says demand for cement and building materials in Thailand will accelerate with the government's planned infrastructure investments over the near term. However, a slow recovery of demand from the residential segment should soften the pace of overall demand growth in 2016. The infrastructure investments will continue to be a key driver for cement and building materials over the ...
Infrastructure pick up boosts Indonesia sales
Indonesia's cement sales climbed 10.7 per cent YoY to 6.4Mt in October 2015 as government-related infrastructure development has picked up in the second half of the year, according to the latest data from the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI). Widodo Santoso, Chairman of the ASI, said various infrastructure projects – such as regional government projects as well as smelter and power plant c...
Pakistan: cement industry demands export incentives
As Pakistan reports a decline in cement export sales over the first quarter of FY16, the local industry body is calling on the government to provide relief measures and incentives to facilitate exports going forward. During first three months of the current fiscal Pakistan exported 1.52Mt of cement and earned export revenue of at US$87.74m compared to 2.42Mt at US$142.78m. This translated t...
Morocco: September 2015 sales drop 21%
The Moroccan cement market contracted by 21 per cent YoY in September as sales fell to 1,029,736t. As a result, total cement sales for the year to date reached 10,508,851t, down 1.4 per cent YoY. The drop in sales is due to the close of construction sites for the Aïd El Kebir holiday as well as the downturn in the real estate sector, which is the largest cement consumer. In terms of re...
Semen Indonesia to commission new packing plant
PT Semen Indonesia will commission a new cement packing plant in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, sales department chief of the state company Bambang Djoko told local press. "The packing plant will strengthen the position of Semen Indonesia in cement industry in West Kalimantan and in the country in general. Currently the company has a 35 per cent share of cement market in the province," Bambang D...
New Uzbekistan greenfield plant construction
The Turkish Dal Engineering Group will commission a new 1.5Mta cement plant in the Surkhandarya region of Uzbekistan by late 2017, a representative from the country's Ministry of Economy told Trend News Agency. A Turkish company and Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine (AMMC) signed a memorandum of cooperation for construction of the plant during an investment forum held in the capital Ta...
Puerto Rican cement sales down 14.4% YoY in Oct
Cement sales in Puerto Rico fell to 1085m bags in October, representing a 14.4 per cent YoY fall, the largest in the past nine months. The reduction has been attributed to a contraction in housing construction and a lack of government resources invested in public works. Domestic cement production decreased 22.5 per cent to 872m of bags. In 2014, production fell 1.9 per cent following two year...
Arab Union cement conference underway in Cairo
The 20th Arab International Cement Conference & Exhibition (AICCE) opened on Tuesday in Cairo, Egypt. Taking place under the patronage of His Excellency Prime Minister Eng Sherif Ismail, the inaugural session included speeches from Prince Sultan Bin Mohammad Bin Saud Al Kabir, chairman of the AUCBM Board (pictured right) and Tarek Kabil, Minister of Industry for Egypt. Each recognised ...
Poland: October output and dispatches dip
Cement production in Poland decreased by 2.4 per cent YoY to 1.55Mt in October, while sales fell six per cent to 1.55Mt, Poland's Cement Producer Association said in a statement. Year-to-date production grew 0.9 per cent YoY to 13.44Mt. Meanwhile sales rose 0.9 per cent to 13.71Mt over the same time frame.
PSR selects second Siwertell road-mobile unloader
Siwertell, part of Cargotec, secured a second order for a road-mobile ship unloader from Russian company PSR Primstroyresource, based in Vladivostok. The latest contract is for a next-generation, diesel-powered, trailer-based Siwertell 10 000 S unloader, fitted with a double bellows system and dust filter. It will be used to unload cement on the Island of Sakhalin at a rated capacity of 300tph...
JSW Group to invest in port capabilities and cement capacity
JSW Group plans to invest INR40bn (US$610m) to boost its port and cement capacity in the next two years. JSW Infrastructure Ltd, plans to almost double its ability to handle cargo at its ports to 62Mt, with a target to further increase it to 200Mt by 2025, Seshagiri Rao, group chief financial officer, said in an interview. Cement capacity is estimated to increase to 17Mt in the next 24 months...
India: Coal India contracts not discontinued in June 2016
The fuel supply contracts of cement companies with Coal India will not be discontinued for auction, in contrast to earlier government announcements that all coal supply agreements between Coal India and non-power firms would end in June 2016. The government will wait for the contracts to end and then auction them. Most contracts are expected to laps in 2017. Around 28Mt of coal is due for a...
First LNG-powered cement carrier launched
Dutch shipyard Ferus Smit has christened and launched the Greenland, the first LNG-powered cement carrier. Greenland is a dedicated cement carrier built for the joint venture JT cement, in which Erik Thun AB cooperates with Norway’s KG Jebsen Cement (KGJ). The vessel will be the first dry cargo vessel ever with an LNG-fuelled propulsion system, in which a pressurised LNG tank is incorporated...
Hope Construction Materials signs transport services contract with DB Schenker Rail UK
Hope Construction Materials and DB Schenker Rail UK have have signed a five-year partnership contract for transport services. The agreement covers the transport of aggregates from the quarry at Dowlow near Buxton in the UK to 10 locations across Britain. In 2015 a new depot was opened in Walsall, West Midlands, with further depots planned to open during the contract. Coal is also conveyed t...
Pakistan July-October sales boosted by strong domestic demand growth
Pakistan cement dispatches in the first four months of FY16 increased by 3.79 per cent YoY to 11.398Mt, according to the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturer’s Association (APCMA). Domestic sales during the period climbed to 9.37Mt, representing a YoY increase of 14.38 per cent – the fastest growth in the last eight years, the industry body noted. However, exports fell by just over a quarter ...
Argentina’s monthly cement consumption 2.5% ahead
The Argentina cement market saw increased sales in October 2015, up 2.5 per cent YoY from 1,100,852t to 1,127,869t, according to AFCP, the country's cement association. Export sales, however, fell by 56 per cent from 14,344t to 6342t over the same period. In the year to date, dispatches rose 8.4 per cent to 10,175,570t from 9,383,267t posted in January-October 2014. Exports experienced a 42 ...