Cement News tagged: International
Euroconstruct adjusts 2013-15 forecasts
Construction forecast group Euroconstruct has published its updated Construction Investment forecasts for 2013-15 which sees a three per cent decline this year across the 19 countries for which it provides forecasts, and a gradual upturn from 2014. In western Europe its overall expectations remain unchanged at a 2.7 per cent decline. Its forecasts for Germany were revised down (+0.3 per cent...
Loma Negra to proceed with San Juan plant
Loma Negra has Loma Negra approved the construction of a new cement plant in San Juan, according to the Argentine cement producer’s manager, Osvaldo Schütz. While the company had shelved the project, which was to start this year, following the strong protest of the local Pocito population, Mr Schütz said the plant would be built but did not specify the exact location. Construction on the 20...
Dangote to use Sea Invest to import 1Mta into Côte d’Ivoire
Nigeria’s Dangote Cement’s subsidiary in Côte d’Ivoire plans to use the Sea Invest platform in Abidjan to import 1Mta of cement into the country. Pending the construction of a cement plant, Dangote’s Edwin Devakumar is reported by local media to be negotiating the move with Sory Diabate of Sea Invest to use the Belgian company. However, local cement companies CIMAF, part of Morocco’s Ad...
Cemex seeks to enhance alternative fuels usage at Kosmos plant, USA
Cemex’s Kosmos Cement is seeking permission to add to the types of alternative fuels used at the plant in Louisville, Kentucky. The cement producer is looking to burn refuse-derived fuel (RDF), in addition to the scrap tyres it already burns at the cement plant as an alternative fuel to coal and petcoke, according to reports in the local press. The change 80,000tpa of material from local land...
Indocement sets 2014 capex spend, Indonesia
PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa, part of the HeidelbergCement Group, plans IDR4-5trn in capex next year, mostly geared towards boosting the company's production. "Most of it will be used to finance the ongoing construction of our brownfield plant in Citeureup [Bogor, West Java]," Sukanto told a news conference on Thursday. Funds will be sourced from internal cash. The brownfield works wi...
Pakistan dispatches slip in first four months of FY13-14
Pakistan cement sales in the first four months of the current fiscal slipped 0.39 per cent, while capacity utilisation stood at 70 per cent due to heavy monsoons and Eid holidays, a spokesperson from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association has said. During the July-October period, total sales were 10.437Mt compared to 10.477Mt in same period of last year. Local cement dispatches du...
Cemex quarries win European biodiversity awards
Two Cemex quarries, Rugeley in the UK and Soto Pajares in Spain, have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to biodiversity at the European Aggregates Association (UEPG) awards in Brussels. Rugeley Quarry in Cannock Chase, West Midlands received a Recognition of Achievement for its significant restoration work and excellent habitat management activities. Soto Pajares Quarry in ...
Lafarge to sell excess electricity to Nigeria
Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc plans to sell about 40MW of excess electricity. The company uses only 40-50MW of the 90MW generated by its local power plant, Michael Awanayah, the company’s general manager of business transformation, said at the West African Power Industry Convention in Lagos. “We are looking to be one of the first manufacturers to sell power and help reduce the power shortag...
Wildlife Habitat Council recognises Roanoke Cement for corporate conservation efforts, USA
Employees at Titan America, LLC's Roanoke Cement Company received international recognition for their contributions to conservation education at the Wildlife Habitat Council's (WHC) 25th Annual Symposium, Celebrating Corporate Conservation last week in Baltimore, MD. "Titan America is being recognised as an industry leader in corporate conservation," says Margaret O'Gorman, Wildlife Habitat ...
South America now drives Cimpor
Turnover for Cimpor during the first nine months of the year emerged 23.4 per cent higher as the additional assets in Argentina, Brazil and elsewhere more than made up for the assets sold, predominantly in the Mediterranean rim. The EUR1984.3m turnover was 69.5 per cent higher than the EUR1170.6m shown for the first nine months of last year. EBITDA improved 14.2 per cent to EUR481.5m on a c...
Pakistan export volumes rise in 4MFY13-14
Pakistan export volumes have increased in the first four months of the current fiscal compared to the same period a year ago, but October volumes were down on a monthly and annual basis. During the first four months of the current fiscal, Pakistan exported 3.159Mt of cement on revenues of US$190.08m, data from the country’s Bureau of Statistics shows. This translates to a 7.42 per cent YoY ...
Ghanaian producers call for level playing field
Cement producers in Ghana have appealed to the country’s Tariff Advisory Board (TAB) to create a level playing against increased volumes of imported cement. During a recent meeting with Tawiah Akyea, chairman of the TAB, local cement producers urged the industry body to make a conscious effort to address the influx of imports. Ghana News reported that the delegation, led by Dr George Daw...
Uganda building materials prices decline
Uganda has seen a decline in building materials prices, including cement, due to a slowdown in construction activity as well as increased competition. The latest Uganda Bureau of Statistics Construction Sector Indices indicate that prices for cement, lime, diesel, iron sheets and other metal products dropped in the third quarter to September 2013 due to a contraction in demand and high comp...
Bestway and Mustehkam Cement complete merger
Pakistan cement producers Bestway Cement and Mustehkam Cement have announced the completion of their merger into a single company. Mustehkam Cement has been a subsidiary of Bestway Cement since in 2005 and the main of objective of this new merger is to operate the businesses under one management to achieve economies of scale. The merger would result in administrative and procurement savings ...
EACPA opposes proposals to hike Tanzanian power tariffs
The East African Cement Producers' Association (EACPA) has objected to proposals by the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) to raise power tariffs by 68 per cent due to the significant knock-on effect it will have on cement production costs. According to reports by The Citizen, the association has claimed that its member are already significantly impacted by costs related to power r...
Cosmos completes 2013 Brazil shipment quota
The year’s last shipment of clinker produced at the Toral de los Vados plant of Cementos Cosmos will be heading for parent company Votorantim’s cement works in Brazil. Around 2000tpd has been trucked from the plant to the port of Langosteira, La Coruña since the end of September and loaded onto ships. As a result, some 44,500t of clinker will be heading to the Latin American country over the ...