Cement News tagged: International
Benin Nocibe mill No 1 produces first batch of cement
The Benin Nocibe works, a project led by Groupe Layousse of Ciments du Sahel and contracted to Sinoma International (Tianjin), has produced its first batch of qualified cement from mill No 1. Installation of steel structure was started in April, followed by mechanical equipment in June and electrical equipment in August. The project was commissioned in October. In less than half a year, the p...
Ulyanovskcement output rises in first 11 months, Russia
Ulyanovskcement, part of the Eurocement Group, produced 1.726Mt of cement and 1.45Mt of clinker in the first 11 months of the year, representing a four and five per cent increase on the same period of 2012, respectively. The company’s sales were also ahead by four per cent, having delivered 1.742Mt of cement to its customers over the period. There was a 15 per cent increase in the amount of...
Catalonian monthly sales tumble
Cement sales in Spain's autonomous region of Catalonia during November 2013 fell by 21.8 per cent YoY to 110,140t. The decline was more than double the 9.3 per cent fall overall in Spain. Sales for the accumulated January to November period in Catalonia were also down 20.7 per cent to 1.43Mt. (Source: Expansión)
Lafarge Republic to acquire property at Manila Harbour Centre, Philippines
Lafarge Republic is set to purchase a property it currently leases in Manila’s port area to improve the sale and distribution of its products. The cement producer will also purchase the cement silo, packing house, among other things, at the Manila Harbour Center, it said in a filing to the Philippine Stock Exchange. “The purchase will give the company full control of the facility, which is c...
Brazil Jan-Nov cement sales ahead YoY
Cement sales in Brazil over the first 11 months of the year increased by 2.5 per cent to 64.9Mt, latest data from local association SNIC, shows. During November 2013, preliminary data and market estimates put sales at 6Mt, an increase of 2.3 per cent YoY. For the 12 months between December 2012-November 2013, total sales reached 69.9Mt, representing a 2.2 per cent increase on the comparative...
Morocco’s November cement sales up 29.7%
Cement sales in Morocco increased by 29.7 per cent in November 2013 compared to November 2012. However, on a year-to-date basis, sales continue to decline by 6.52 per cent. The fall in cement consumption has been attributed to several factors. The National Federation of Developers points out that the major factor impacting the sector is the lack of liquidity due to the banking crisis. The c...
Caribbean Cement Co dispatches clinker to Venezuela
Caribbean Cement Company sent its first clinker consignment to Corporación Socialista del Cemento in Venezuela yesterday. The Government had signed off on the clinker deal back in September, but export was delayed as Venezuela had not yet signed all the necessary approvals. The shipment followed months of negotiations with Venezuela, the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining sai...
Bangladesh: cement businesses disrupted by political unrest
Bangladesh's cement industry is being affected by political unrest in the country with blockades and disruption to transport routes. The supply of raw materials from port and cement exports to India have also been disturbed. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 18-party alliance has called number of times for the blockade of roads, rail- and waterways to press the gover...
Yovon Cement is boosting cement supply
The greenfield Yovon cement plant that came into operation in late September has produced some 230,000t of cement in its first two months of operation, according to the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies (MoINT). Tajikistan-China joint venture, Huaxin Gayur Cement Co Ltd, operates the Yovon cement plant with a staff of 534, with 80 per cent of them being local Tajikistan workers. The ...
Kiln to close at Saudi Arabian Cement Co
Saudi cement producer and trader Al Jouf Cement said in a bourse filing it will shut down its production Kiln line 6 for scheduled maintenance from 21 December until 7 January. The cement company said that the stoppage will not impact its ability to meet contractual obligations to clients, adding it will announce its cost later.
Ukraine: cement output in November jumps 16.2%
Cement production in Ukraine in November 2013 increased by 16.2 per cent YoY to 816,000t, while in the previous month the decline was 2.2 per cent compared to October 2012, the State Statistics Service (SSS) reported. According to the SSS, compared to October 2013, cement production in November 2013 fell by 13.7 per cent. In January-November 2013, cement production in the country decreased b...
Ghana: GHACEM urged to source local raw materials
GHACEM which produces about 60,000t of cement every week sources just about 25 per cent of its raw materials in Ghana, but the government has targeted the producer to source 50 per cent of its raw material locally. Strategic and Corporate affairs manager of GHACEM, Dr George Dawson Amoah, told Citi Business News, this could be a daunting task as the major problem is the availability of the ...
Cementir sets out 2014-16 business targets
Cementir's Board of Directors has approved the company's 2014-16 Business Plan which sees average annual EBITDA growth of around 16 per cent over the period. The plan lays the foundations for a further period growth following positive trends seen during 2013, the company said in a statement released yesterday. The strategy focuses on four key priorities: Improving the profitability o...
Germany: Renewable Energy Sources Act feared by cement sector
The Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) is expected to be detrimental to the production of the German cement industry as well as presenting considerable risks to the sector's competitiveness, according to a recent study of the Münster-based EEFA Research Institute on behalf of the German cement association VDZ. The report entitled: ‘Wettbewerbsfähige Stromkosten. Voraussetzung für die Zementh...
Loesche to launch subsidiary in Indonesia
Loesche is to open a new subsidiary in Jakarta, Indonesia, scheduled to be fully operational by 1 January 2014. Indonesia is becoming an increasingly-important market for Loesche with the company having received "a substantial number of new orders for its specialist equipment," the Germany-based equipment supplier said in a statement. "And, with a growing population of mills in the cement a...
Spain: cement consumption to drop 20% in 2013
National cement consumption is expected to register a double-digit decline for its sixth-consecutive decline as Spanish cement association, Oficemen, put the YoY drop at 20 per cent. Oficemen also points out the decreasing profit margins for the country’s producers as demand continues to falls and production costs move in the opposite direction. The lack of competitive power prices, which s...