Cement News tagged: International
Cameroon: Medcem plant to enter service in June
The Medcem cement works, owned by Turkey-based Eren Holdings, is scheduled to come online in June, entering a market already supplied by Lafarge, Ciments d’Afrique and Dangote. The project was carried out in just under a year following the signing of an investment agreement between the country’s government and Abut Azsezikli, Medcem Global’s general manager, on 9 September 2014. Eren Hol...
EPC contract signed for new Limak cement works, Turkey
China's Sinoma International Engineering Co signed a contract on Friday with Turkey's Limak Holding to build a US$155m cement factory in the capital Ankara. The factory will have a capacity to produce 5000ptd of cement, Limak officials said during a signing ceremony for the equipment, procurement and construction (EPC) contract. Construction is expected to take 20 months and Sinoma expects t...
Chinese firm signs MoU for Masvingo plant, Zimbabwe
Masvingo Rural District Council has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Xhing Xhong Cement Co of China for the establishment of a new cement plant in Zimbabwe. “I can confirm that we’ve agreed with an investor who wants to establish a cement plant in Chief Charumbira’s area. We’ve signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the investor and it’s now left to them to start the project,” Mar...
Pakistan to contest ITAC ruling
The government of Pakistan is to challenge South Africa’s recent decision to impose duties on imported cement from the country. “We are analysing the detailed report of International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) to determine our course of action,” an official of the Pakistan National Tariff Commission (NTC) told Dawn media (Pakistan) on Friday. Last month, ITAC ...
Votorantim announces Turkish expansion
Votorantim Cimentos is to triple the capacity of Sivas cement plant in Turkey involving an investment of EUR140m, representing the largest spend for the company outside the Americas under its recently announced 2015-2018 outlay. The new project will see capacity at the Sivas plant increase from 0.6Mta to 1.8Mta. Groundbreaking will take place this month and cement production is scheduled to b...
Semen Indonesia reportedly plans US$340.2m Aceh plant
Indonesia's largest cement maker, PT Semen Indonesia Tbk , plans to build a new plant in Aceh worth IDR4.5trn (US$340.2m), Investor Daily reported, quoting Corporate Secretary Agung Wiharto. The construction will start in 2016 or 2017 and the plant will have a production capacity of 3Mta, according to the report.
Ang plans to increase capacity in the Philippines
Philippine businessman Ramon S Ang plans to expand capacity of his privately-held Eagle Cement Corp as well as construct two new cement plants in the country. In an interview published in the Philippine Star, Ang said the company plans to build two new cement facilities in Cebu and Davao, each with a capacity of 2Mta. He also plans to add a 1Mta line at its existing cement facility ...
Domestic demand buoys Pakistan dispatches in first 10 months
A total of 29Mt of cement was dispatched during the first 10 months (July 2014 - April 2015) of the current Pakistan versus 28Mta in the same period of last year due to a rise in domestic demand, the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) said. Total dispatches in April 2015 were 3.29Mt compared to 3.21Mt during the same month last year, up by 2.62 per cent. Monthly domestic ...
Colombian cement market expands 4.4 % in April
In April 2015 there was a 4.4 per cent YoY rise in cement dispatches in Colombia. Some 0.999Mt of grey cement reached domestic customers, according to the latest figures by the national statistics service, DANE. Nariño led the expansion seeing its sales advance by 60.7 per cent, followed by Cesar (43.8 per cent), Magdalena (34.5 per cent), Cauca (8.5 per cent) and Antioquia (7.2 per cent). ...
Price variations across UEMOA capitals
The price of a 50kg bag of cement varies from XAF3000 (US$5.01) to XAF6000 across the six capitals of Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa (UEMOA) states. In Senegal’s capital, Dakar, the price is XOF3000, one of the lowest in the west African sub-region. Meanwhile, in Lomé (Togo) it is XOF4050 and in Cotonou, Benin, 50kg of cement costs XOF4200. Consumers in Bamako, Mali, pay...
PCA: ‘New EPA rule threatens economic recovery’
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday released its final "waters of the United States" (WOTUS) rule. In taking this action, EPA greatly expanded its own regulatory authority and created new bureaucratic red tape for many US industrial activities, argues the PCA. The cement industry body warns that without congressional action, stringent new water regulations will threaten...
Pakistan cement exports see monthly gains
Pakistan's cement exports during April 2015 showed sequential gains but declined over the first 10 months of the current fiscal on an annual comparative basis, with shipments to its main market of Afghanistan down by almost a quarter. In April 2015, Pakistan exported 614,732t of cement on revenues of US$33.36m, up by 40.02 and 33.51 per cent, respectively compared to the previous month. H...
ThyssenKrupp opens new service centre in Chile
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions opened a new service centre in Antofagasta, Chile, on 13 May 2015 to offer maintenance and repair services for customers from the local mining and raw materials industry. Another service centre located in Santa Luzia, Brazil, is already in full operation providing refurbishment works and new components for the local market. Thomas Oelschläger, CEO of the ...
Gansu Qilianshan to invest Kyrgyzstan project
Gansu Qilianshan Cement and 8th Metallurgical Corporation signed a memo with JBK on joint construction of a cement production line project in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. The three parties plan to jointly spend US$130m building the cement production line project in southern Kyrgyzstan. The Chinese and Kyrgyzstan sides hold 80 per cent and 20 per cent of the project respectively. (Source: SinoCast Constr...
Hope announces GBP1m wagon investment
Hope Construction Materials has announced a major investment in rail transportation from its flagship Derbyshire cement operation in the UK. The company is investing over GBP1m in the manufacture and long-term lease of 48 tailor-made rail wagons for the distribution of cement from its Hope Works, in Hope Valley. The wagons are being manufactured by German company Feldbinder, and are du...
Burnpur commences trial production of Jharkhand grinding unit
Burnpur Cement has commenced the trial production from its new grinding unit at Patratu in state of Jharkhand, India, on 23 May 2015. Fully-fledged production will start next month. The company has clarified that only its grinding unit is ready to start the production. Trial production from its clinker unit will take some more time as it is still under construction.