Cement News tagged: International
India’s core sector growth rises to 4.4 per cent in May
Growth in India’s eight core sectors, including the cement industry, increased to 4.4 per cent in May 2015 versus a decline of 0.4 per cent in April. There growth level achieved in May is a six-month high. Cement output grew 2.6 per cent against a fall of 2.4 per cent in April, according to the data released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry. Growth was also seen in six other sectors: co...
Saudi clinker production declines
Clinker output in Saudi declined by 12 per cent YoY in May 2015 in producers deliberately attempt to shore up cement prices, claims a report by NCB Capital. Stockpiles had built up partly as a result of decrees by the late King Abdullah to ensure the country did not run out of supplies. In April 2013, the king also set aside US$800m for the import of volumes and construction of kilns to boost...
Senegal: domestic market contracts, exports jump
Senegalese cement producers increased their output by 4.4 per cent in the first four months of 2015 when compared with the same period of 2014, according to the country’s planning and economic study department. Production went up from 1,752,000t to 1,829,400t. Domestic sales fell 6.4 per cent from 1,123,000t in 4M14 to 1,051,500t in January-April 2014. However, exports jumped 22.1 per cent f...
Vietnam expected first-half output up 10.5%
Vietnam is estimated to have produced 32.1Mt of cement in the first half of this year, up 10.5 per cent from a year ago, the government-run General Statistics Office said. In June alone, production totalled 6Mt, up 26.8 per cent YoY. In the first five months, Vietnam has churned out 26.1Mt of cement, compared to the earlier estimated 26.6Mt, according to the office’s revised figure. Vietnam...
JSW Cement plans two new grinding plants, India
JSW Cement plans to start two greenfield grinding units each in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, India, with potential locations currently being identified. Anil Kumar Pillai, JSW Cement Director and CEO, told the Deccan Herald that each project will involve an investment of between INR350-400 crore. Funds will be raised via internal accrual and loans from banks. For the Tamil Nadu plant, the ...
Ash Grove extends use of on-site Louisville building to Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, Inc
Ash Grove Cement has signed an agreement extending the use of an on-site building at its Louisville cement plant, USA, to Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, Inc (NWRI). The agreement gives the rescue centre space at US$10 per year for the wildlife they receive. John Dale, plant manager for Ash Grove Cement Louisville and Laura Stastny, executive director of NWRI sign an agreement extendin...
Malawi rolls out distribution of subsidised materials under housing programme
The Malawi government has started to roll out the the distribution of materials under its Decent and Affordable Housing (Cement and Malata) Subsidy Programme (DAHSP). Speaking during the hand-over ceremony of the materials last week at Malembo School in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Khongoni, Charles Makanga, Lilongwe District Commissioner, said: "We need decent houses with cement ...
Colombia: market expands 2.7% in May 2015
Cement dispatches in Colombia increased 2.7 per cent YoY to 1.062Mt, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. The increase is primarily the result of an 8.7 per cent rise in the construction and contractors segment, which expanded by 8.7 per cent. The largest increases, on a departmental basis, were noted in Nariño (+69.2 per cent), Bolivar (+16.3 per cent), Magdalena (+19.1 per ...
Oman: OCC prolonged kiln shut down to impact 2Q performance
Oman Cement Co (OCC) said that the extended kiln closure of a 4000tpd line as part of planned maintenance will have an impact on it second-quarter performance. CEO, Jamal al Hooti, told Muscat Securities Market that the closure is resulting in lower production and sales which is likely to impact the performance of the company during the current quarter.
McInnis Cement and ACF - St Elzear sign biomass agreement
McInnis Cement and the Forestry Cooperative Association- St Elzear (ACF- St Elzear ) have signed a cooperative agreement to study the feasibility of using forest biomass as an auxiliary fuel for the cement plant under construction in Port-Daniel - Gascons . "We are pleased to establish this collaboration with the region's forest industry, in line with our GHG reduction plan," said Chr...
Semen Indonesia lowers prices amid increased competition, weaker demand
Semen Indonesia, the country's largest cement producer, has reduced cement selling prices by around 10 per cent this year and is looking to increase exports against a backdrop of heightened competition in a weaker demand environment. Following a presidential instruction in January this year calling on state-owned cement producers to lower their prices by IDR3000/bag, Semen Indonesia has so ...
British Precast presents Best Practice Awards
British Precast held its Annual Black-Tie Dinner on 24 June at the Leicester Marriott Hotel, UK. Supported by Cemex, the event brought the industry together for an evening of entertainment and presentation of the prestigious Best Practice Awards. British Precast members who had submitted entries for the four award categories: Health & Safety, Innovation, Project and Sustainability were all c...
Cimpor announces construction of new Mozambique cement plant
Cimpor subsidiary Cimentos de Moçambique announced yesterday it commenced the process of building a new integrated cement plant in Nacala, situated on the northern coast of the southern African country . Cimentos de Moçambique owns the country's only integrated cement plant, situated in Matola, as well as four grinding units. The company currently has a cement production capacity of 3...
TCDRI signs contract for Semen Baturaja 5000tpd project
TCDRI and PT Semen Baturaja Persero TBK have signed an EPC contract for a 5000tpd clinker and cement production line project in Indonesia. State-owned Semen Baturaja currently owns one integrated works line and two cement grinding stations in Indonesia. The new project is located in Baturaja, Sumatra, close to the company's existing production line. Present at the signing ceremony were Liu...
Lafarge Africa partners PINE to rebuild North East Nigeria
Lafarge Africa Plc has launched a partnership with the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) on the rehabilitation and rebuilding of the region’s economy following the Boko Haram insurgency, pledging to invest NGN100bn (US$502.5m) for the expansion of its business in the region. He said the company had decided to partner with the Federal Government in rebuilding the ravaged Nor...
Algeria heading towards self-sufficiency
Algeria is moving towards "self-sufficiency in cement and steel products thanks to the new facilities to be operational in the short term," Minister of Industry and Mines, Abdeslam Bouchouareb has said. During a meeting with local economic operators in Biskra prefecture, the minister said: Algeria "will manage to cover its needs and even over produce by 2016." It will be the first time since ...