Cement News tagged: International
Brazil: alternative raw materials usage among 'best in the world'
The proportion of alternative raw materials used in Brazilian cement is one of the best in the world, country's leading cement producer reports, citing domestic construction industry association SNIC. “Brazil has one of the highest clinker substitution rates in the world and this is due to industry research and the development of technologies to incorporate natural substitutes and even steel ...
TPCC operations reportedly suspended
Tanzania’s National Environment Management Council (NEMC) has indefinitely suspended operations by the country’s largest cement producer Tanzania Portland Cement Co (TPCC) due to concerns on dust emissions, according to local press reports. The NEMC reached the decision to suspend plants operations following complaints from local residents who claimed that dust emissions from the plant were...
Hoang Phat Vissai Group kicks off plant construction, Vietnam
Hoang Phat Vissai Group has started construction of Song Lam cement plant in Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An. Located in Bai Son commune, the 18,000tpd works will be developed into two phases, the first of which will be completed within 18 months, according to chairman Nguyen Ngoc Oanh. Phase one will span the 2015-17 period and involve the construction of two production lines with a c...
Belarus to export 1.8Mt in 2015
Belarusian manufacturers are expected to export 1.8Mt of cement in 2015, including 1.3Mt to be supplied to Russia's Eurocement, Construction Minister, Anatol Chorny, told reporters in Minsk on Thursday. Belarus sold 980,000t of cement to Eurocement in 2014, Mr Chorny noted. "This year we have signed an exclusive contract for the supply of 1.3Mt,” he said. “The contract is advantageous t...
PCA: oil prices could lead to strong near-term US economic growth
Low oil prices are beneficial to US economic growth and are expected to add 20 to 30 basis points to real GDP growth rates during 2015-2016, Edward J Sullivan announced during remarks at the 2015 World of Concrete. However, Mr Sullivan cautioned that this good news for the nation¹s economy does not necessarily travel with the same speed to the construction industry. "Unfortunately, the tran...
Pakistan dispatches rise 9.5% in first seven months
Pakistan cement dispatches over the first seven months of the current fiscal increased by 6.18 per cent to 20.22Mt compared with 18.86Mt in the same period of the previous year, boosted by local sales. "The most pleasant aspect of this growth is that it is led by domestic consumption which increased by 9.45 per cent during this period" a spokesperson for the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturer...
New Zambia plant construction under study
SCIROCCO Enterprises Ltd has entered into an agreement with a consortium to construct a 2500tpd cement factory in the Makeni area of Lusaka, Zambia. Moustafa Saadi, managing director of SCIROCCO Enterprises, said in a press briefing that the company has been incorporated in Zambia and it will be known as Amaka Cement Industries Ltd. It has now entered into an agreement with a Chinese firm a...
Wonder Cement to double capacity, India
India-based Wonder Cement, part of the RK Marble Group, plans to more than double capacity by year-end. The company, which operates a 3.35Mta cement works in Nimbahera, in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, is investing INR1600 crore to lift capacity to 6.75Mta. The state-of-the art plant, built by ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions, is currently running at full capacity, selling some 1...
MIT unveils project transfer plan, China
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released a plan to transfer the production capacity of six cement projects under construction in the southwestern Sichuan province. These schemes, designed with 6Mta of cement production capacity, will be publicised on the national production capacity replacement quota platform for future transfer. Meanwhile, a total of 6.036Mta ...
ACC reports 19% rise in 4Q14 profit
ACC, India’s second-largest cement manufacturer, reported a 19 per cent jump in profit in the October-December quarter, driven mainly by a substantial tax reversal. Net profit rose to INR3.26bn in the three months ended 31 December from INR2.75bn a year ago, the company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. The tax reversal for the quarter stood at INR1.8435bn against a reversal of ...
PCA applauds Obama for included infrastructure spend in proposed budget
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) applauds President Barack Obama for including substantial funding for the nation's 'crumbling' infrastructure in his 2016 proposed budget plan. In a statement released yesterday the Association said it has long supported a nationwide plan that would address highways and transportation structures, which are vital to the daily lives of the American public. ...
Colombian cement market expands 10.3% in 2014
Colombian cement consumption increased by 10.3 per cent to 11.9Mt in 2014, according to the country’s statistics service, Dane. The restart of civil works and the start-up of social housing projects is behind the upturn. Major market expansion occurred in the provinces of Nariño (49.2 per cent), Norte de Santander (20.4 per cent), Huila (21.3 per cent) and Cundinamarca (17 per cent). ...
Moroccan cement demand drops 5.4% in 2014
The Moroccan cement market contracted by 5.4 per cent to 14.1Mt in 2014, reaching a new low as demand hits a level not seen since 2008. The country’s construction sector remains depressed with 177,300 dwellings starting construction but no advances in social housing or self-construction. In addition, the higher-end real estate and tourist markets no longer provide relief. Historically-low i...
US Jan-Nov shipments
Portland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico in November were 6.5Mt, essentially unchanged from the level in November 2013, USGS data shows. The leading consuming states (Texas, California, Florida, Illinois and Ohio, in descending order) received about 39 per cent of the November shipments. The leading Portland cement producing states in November were Texas, California, ...
Paraguayan cement consumption update
Paraguayan cement demand currently stands at around 115,000 bags of 50kg, according to local press sources. Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) produces around 50,000 bags/day while Yguazú’s output reaches around 45,000 bags/day. In addition, the market also absorbs between 18,000-22,000 bags per day of imports, according to the Customs Office. Total imports in 2014 reached 273,710t, re...
Philippine prices set to rise?
Cement prices in the Philippines are set to rise by PHP10/40kg bag shortly, according to separate advisory statements issued by three domestic producers to local distributors. Cemex Corp, Lafarge and Eagle Cement have each notified distibutors of the impending rise, the Manila Standard reported yesterday. The daily noted that Cemex’s Rizal cement currently sells for PHP198/bag (US$4.49), whil...