Cement News tagged: International
Vietnam: Vicem monthly sales up 3.5%
State-owned Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem) said it sold 1.92Mt of cement and clinker last month, an increase of 3.5 per cent from a year ago. Of the volume, 1.64Mt of cement and clinker were sold in domestic market, up 1.9 per cent YoY, and 283,000t were exported, rising 14.1 per cent. In the first 11 months of 2014, Vicem’s clinker and cement sales rose 3.1 per cent YoY to 2...
Saudi: Eastern Province in talks for new production line
Saudi-based Eastern Province Cement Co said in a bourse statement that the board, in a meeting held on 9 December, discussed the project of establishing a new production line, with a clinker production capacity of 10,000tpd. The board has asked for further clarification regarding cement market data.
Canada: new alternative fuels initiative introduced at Joliette cement plant
Holcim Canada and Van Houtte Coffee Services Inc, a subsidiary of Keurig Canada Inc, have introduced a new service to recover the energy content of used K-Cup® packs from institutional and commercial clients of Van Houtte Coffee Services Inc for use at Holcim's Joliette cement plant. Once collected from customers, the packs are sent to the Holcim Canada Joliette cement plant where they are ...
Lafarge in Ashaka buy-out offer
Lafarge Africa has offered to buy out minority shareholders in Ashaka Cement Plc. The move follows the merger Lafarge Africa’s Nigerian and South Africa businesses, which received approval from shareholders in July. Lafarge Africa said on Monday that as part of the merger deal it had acquired a stake in Ashaka Cement of more than 30 per cent, the trigger point for making a full takeover bid ...
Adelaide Brighton confirms contract renewal
Adelaide Brighton announced that it has extended a supply agreement to a major cement customer in South Australia. The current agreement which expires at the end of December 2014, has been extended on similar terms until theend of December 2015. Chief Executive Officer, Martin Brydon, said: “This is a positive outcome for Adelaide Brighton and we are pleased to have secured ongoing supply to ...
Nepalese factory gets set to launch commercial production
Arghakhanchi Cement is set to start commercial production from its greenfield works next week. The cement factory has a clinker and cement capacity of 1200tpd and 1000tpd, respectively. Finished product will be sold under the Arghakhanchi Cement brand. The plant is largely being promoted by a collaboration of local investors. Siddhartha Group holds a 35 per cent stake, the Murarka Group ...
Semen Indonesia seeks loan for Aceh plant construction
PT Semen Indonesia is seeking loans worth IDR2.2-3.1trn (US$178m-251m) to build a new cement factory in Aceh province, at the northern end of Sumatra, Kontan newspaper reported citing Finance Director Ahyanizzaman. The new facility is expected to have a capacity of around 3Mta to meet increasing consumption in Aceh, Medan, Dumai and Riau. Construction is slated to begin in the first half of 2...
US September shipments up 14% YoY
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico during September 2014 were 9Mt, up by nearly 14 per cent compared to the same month of the previous year. Shipments for the year through September were up by nearly 14 per cent YoY, latest data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) confirms. The leading Portland cement-producing states in September were Missouri, Texas, C...
Pakistan monthly sales up 11% YoY
Pakistan’s cement dispatches rose by 11 per cent YoY in November 2014 to 3Mt largely thanks to higher domestic demand and exports from the northern region. According to the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), consumption in the north rose by 13 per cent YoY whereas in the south the increase was just two per cent. Exports during the month improved by 10 per cent YoY, d...
Vietnam Jan-Nov cement sales up 16%
Cement sales in Vietnam jumped 16 per cent YoY to 64.46Mt in the first 11 months of this year, fulfilling the whole-year target, according to the government’s data. Of the sum, 46.16Mt were sold in the domestic market, rising eight per cent YoY and meeting 94 per cent of the year’s plan. A total of 18.30Mt were exported, rising 43 per cent and surpassing the year’s target by 22 per cent. ...
Indonesia: PT Conch South Kalimantan cement plant on-stream
PT Conch’s greenfield cement plant has come on-stream in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, with an installed capacity of 1.5Mta. Construction of the factory began in 2012 and has involved an investment of US$202m. It has the capacity to produce 3200tpd. The project is parent company Anhui Conch Cement's first cement plant in Indonesia. The facility was built with a 36MW steam powered electric p...
French producers see home and export markets contract
The French cement market continues to contract with the country’s cement association, SFIC, released its provisional November 2014 data. Market demand fell 11.8 per cent YoY to 1.347Mt against a 10.6 per cent YoY drop noted the previous month, when domestic cement sales reached 1.726Mt. However, for the year to date, decreases in France’s cement demand are more moderate. The first 10 months ...
Strategic Sri Lankan tie-up
Sri-Lanka based Fuji Cement, a subsidiary of Tokyo Cement which functions as an independent company, is to merge with its parent company and become a single entity with effect from February 2015. Following the merger, the new entity will be named Tokyo Cement Company Lanka Plc. For the merger the companies will cancel the status capital and asset and liability of Fuji Cement and are now wai...
Boko Haram militants raid Lafarge's Ashaka works, Nigeria
Boko Haram militants on Thursday stormed the Lafarge-owned cement factory in Ashaka, Gombe state, as part of an attack on two towns in northeast Nigeria. According to witnesses, the Islamists first struck in Bajoga, 60km (40 miles) from Gombe city, in a convoy of 20 vehicles before being pushed to Ashaka. A staff member at the cement works said the factory was evacuated before the attack, te...
Antracem calls for revision of collective agreements
The coordinator of the National Association of Cement Workers in Venezuela (Antracem), has claimed that around 75 per cent of the more than 9000 workers employed within the local cement industry earn the minimum salary, adding that collective agreements have not been updated since 2008. Orlando Chirinos has alleged that 45 per cent of collective agreements are not being observed, and is the...
Argentina’s cement consumption falls 4.7 per cent MoM
In November, Argentina’s cement market contracted by 9.4 per cent MoM and 4.7 per cent YoY as 997,440t of cement were sold, according to the country's cement association, AFCP. The country’s cement producers delivered 1,011,082t, including exports and as such saw their sales volumes drop 9.3 per cent MoM. When compared with November 2013, dispatches fell by 4.8 per cent.