Cement News tagged: International
Vasavdatta Cement signs alternative fuel MoU agreement, India
Vasavdatta Cement, which operates a cement plant in the southwest Indian state of Karnataka, has signed an agreement with neighbouring Goa's State Pollution Control Board to use plastic waste generated across the state as an alternative fuel. According to reports by the Economic Times, State Environment Minister Alina Saldanha said after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding, that ...
PCA expects accelerated second-half demand to spur US market recovery
US cement consumption growth will continue through 2013 and increase by 6.2 per cent YoY, according to the latest forecasts from the Portland Cement Association (PCA), with the majority of market recovery expected to occur in the second half of the year. "Recessions correct imbalances generated during boom periods," Ed Sullivan, PCA chief economist said. "Few economists doubt the generation o...
First UAE clinker shipment delivered to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is set to receive its first shipment of UAE clinker with 50,000t recently loaded at the Mina Saqr port by CEM Asia Trading. 50,000t of clinker is loaded at the port of Mina Saqr, UAE, bound for Saudi Arabia Clinker exports have traditionally been seen as too expensive and uneconomical, but cement producers in Saudi Arabia are having to import volumes to keep pace wit...
SITA UK begins production of Climafuel at new SRF plant, UK
SITA UK has begun production of Climafuel at a new GBP7m (EUR8.2m) solid recovered fuel facility to be used at Cemex UK's Rugby cement works. The new facility, situated in Birmingham, UK, as been developed by recycling and resource management company SITA UK to transform commercial waste, which would otherwise go to landfill, into Climafuel, an alternative to coal. As Ben Harding, General...
Venezuela goverment says cement production stable
Cement production in Venezuela reached 2.45Mt in the first four months of 2013 – a sign of the sector’s stability, according to official sources. The Ministry of Industries stated 8.4Mt of cement were produced between April 2012-April 2013 in the country’s 10 cement plants, which have a combined capacity of 8.8Mta. The white cement plant in Lara is currently undergoing major repairs and a...
Malabar Cements to construct new mill, India
Malabar Cements Limited (MCL), a full-owned undertaking of the state government of Kerala, plans to construct another cement mill at Walayar to double its production capacity from the current 50,000tpa. A Padmakumar, managing director of Malabar Cements Ltd told the New Indian Express that the operating lifespan of the Pandarathu mines at Walayar is reported to be 16 years. “Therefore, we pr...
Nigeria government outlines savings from reduced imports
The decision by the Nigerian government to not issue cement import licences in 2012 and focus on meeting domestic needs internally has saved the country approximately NGN300bn (US$1.9bn), Olusegun Aganga, Minister of Trade and Investment has said. Similarly, the government has also saved about NGN4.2trn from reducing imports since 2005, he added. Aganga noted that savings have also help...
RAM reaffirms Lafarge Malaysia’s debt facility, stable outlook
RAM Ratings has reaffirmed the respective long- and short-term ratings of Lafarge Malaysia Bhd’s MYR350m Islamic Securities Programme (2010-17) at AA2 and P1. The long-term rating has a stable outlook. The reaffirmation of the ratings is based on the cement producer’s strong business profile as the largest integrated cement player in Malaysia. The group owns four cement plants and has the la...
Aïn El Kebira prepares to select successful bidder for Line 2 project, Algeria
By 2017, Algeria’s Aïn El Kebira cement plant will double its current cement 1Mta capacity as it adds a new 1Mta line. Business has been brisk for the works, which produces 1.26Mt at present, and it is expected the new line will enable the company to lift its output to 3Mt. To fund the new line the National Investment Fund has allocated ALD37bn. Tenders are currently in the evaluation sta...
Cemex to expand capacity in Texas, USA
Cemex announced that it plans to expand the production capacity at its Odessa, Texas cement plant by 345,000t to nearly 900,000tpa to keep pace with rapidly growing demand in its West Texas market led mainly by the oil and gas industry. “This expansion reinforces our longstanding history of serving West Texas and the oil and gas industry by providing superior products,” said Karl Watson, Jr...
ACC ready to make the switch from gas, Egypt
Arabian Cement Company (ACC) has taken all the steps needed to make the switch from gas to coal and refuse derived fuel, according to the company's chief. Jose Maria Magrina, CEO of Egypt-based ACC, told local press: "ACC is ready to substitute 100 per cent of the amounts of gas required to operate its plant and has applied for the necessary government permits to do so on 14 March 2013. How...
ASEC Minya launches clinker production at 2Mta plant, Egypt
Citadel Capital announced that ASEC Minya (formerly the Arab National Cement Company), a key subsidiary of portfolio company ASEC Cement, has started the production of clinker at its 2Mta cement plant in Minya. Cement production is expected to commence within one month. Located 200km south of Cairo and 50km north of the city of Minya, ASEC Minya is the second greenfield cement plant to be la...
Medina Cement begins trial production of new grinding plant
Newly-listed Saudi Arabian cement manufacturer Medina Cement said it has started trial production at its new grinding plant. The new facility has a capacity of 130tph and the trial period will last 2-3 months. Medina Cement offered 94.6 million shares, or 50 per cent of its capital, in an IPO in September 2012.
Vietnam production rises 7.4% in first five months
Vietnam is estimated to have produced 23.5Mt of cement in the first five months of 2013, up 7.4 per cent from the same period of last year, the General Statistics Office has said. The government-run office has marginally revised down the country’s output in the first four months of this year to 17.8Mt from a previous estimate of 17.9Mt. Output in May is expected to have risen by 18.7 per ...
Semen Indonesia targets 50% share of Papua market
PT Semen Indonesia is targeting a 50 per cent share in the Papuan cement market following the company's decision to build a packing plant in the coastal city of Sorong, West Papua, last year. "We will maximise the utilisation of the packing plant," the company’s head of marketing development, Rudi Hartono, said the target is said after a company-held infrastructure seminar in Sorong yesterda...
Attock Cement plans new grinding plant, Iraq
Attock Cement plans to invest US$25m in a new grinding plant in the city of Basra, Iraq, making it the third Pakistan-based cement manufacturer to venture into the Middle East and Africa region. In a filing to the Pakistan Stock Exchange, Attock Cement said: "The board of directors of the company has approved the investment for putting up a Cement Grinding Unit in Basra, Iraq, subject to reg...