Cement News tagged: International
Karcement to complete Kiln Line No 5 upgrade by 3Q13, Kazakhstan
Karcement, part of the Central Asia Cement group, has said that the upgrade of Kiln Line No 5 will be completed by the third quarter of 2013 and forms part of the company's modernisation programme. The new line will have a capacity of 1.2Mta and use dry-process technology. "Until now 85 per cent of the modernization works has been done. The line is scheduled to start a full-capacity operat...
Siam City Cement adds water management to Sustainability Roadmap, Thailand
Thailand's second-largest producer Siam City Cement (SCCC) is to add water management and conservation to its Sustainable Development Roadmap and plans to spend THB58.7m (US$2m) on water conservation and related activities from 2012-18. The company's cement operations in Saraburi have been self-dependent in water supplies without drawing water from public sources. Managing director, Phili...
OCI to settle tax dispute with Lafarge
OCI has agreed to pay about EGP7bn (US$1bn) over five years to settle a tax dispute on the sale of its cement unit to Lafarge back in 2007, Bloomberg has reported. The payments will start in May this year and end in 2017, OCI said. The Egyptian Tax Authority determined that "there was no tax evasion by the company and is exonerating management and the company from any wrongdoing related to ...
Raysut Cement to construct terminal in Port of Duqm, Oman
Oman’s leading cement producer, Raysut Cement Company (RCC), is planning to construct a cement terminal at Duqm port as well as develop limestone mines in Duqm. Mohammed Ahmed Al Dheeb, Group chief executive officer of RCC, told delegates during a seminar on ‘GCC Investment Prospects at Duqm Special Ecnomic Zone,’ that the terminal will be completed within 10 months of signing a lease ...
Holcim Nicaragua continues to invest
Holcim Nicaragua is carrying out various works at its Nagarote grinding plant, representing an investment of US$3m this year. The company is currently expanding its cement dispatch centre and its cement storage capacity in addition to the recent installation of new cement grinding equipment. Holcim Nicaragua is the second-largest player in the Central American country behind Cemex Nicaragu...
Venezuela faces irregular cement supply
While Venezuela’s authorities claim a rise in cement output, supply of the product on the ground continues to struggle, negatively impacting the implementation of projects, particularly in the private sector. Construction industry sources said that Fábrica Nacional de Cemento (FNC) and Cementos de Venezuela both face operational issues and only Industria Venezolana de Cemento is working at ...
Pakistan nine-month exports volumes slip
Pakistan exported 6.22Mt of cement in the first nine months of FY12-13 earning US$421.12m, compared to 6.245Mt at US$342.95m in the same period of last year. This shows that exports fell by 0.39 per cent in terms of volume but were up by 22.79 per cent in terms of dollar value, according to data released by Pakistan’s Federal Bureau of Statistics. In terms of the Pakistan rupee, cement ex...
New 1Mta Tajikistan plant to be commissioned in 2H13
A new 1Mta cement plant is expected to be commissioned in the second half of this year in southern Tajikistan. According to the Ministry of Energy and Industries (MoEI) Secretariat, Tajikistan-China joint venture, Huaxin Gayur Cement Co, Ltd, is constructing this plant with capacity of in the Yovon district. Plant construction began on 15 September 2011 and is now nearing completion, accord...
Sinoma International wins new contract in Iraq
Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd's Nanjing subsidiary signed an EPC contract with Iraq-based Faruk Investment Group Co Ltd to build a 5300tpd cement clinker production line in Iraq. The cement clinker project is the seventh cement production line to be built in Iraq by Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd's Nanjing subsidiary. Faruk Group operates in the basic industries, telecom...
Vietnam production rises 4.6%, Jan-Apr 2013
Cement production in Vietnam is estimated to have reached 17.9Mt of cement in the first four months of this year, up 4.6 per cent from a year earlier, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said. In April, the country’s cement output is likely to rise by 8.5 per cent YoY to 5.4Mt, the GSO said in its monthly report. The government-run office revised up the country’s cement output in the fir...
Secil Lobito outlines plans for new plant, Angola
Secil Lobito plans to invest US$187m in a new cement plant in in Lobito, Angola, the company's chief executive has said. Augusto Manuel Miragaia, CEO of Secil Lobito, told local press that the new 1.2Mta plant will be built located some 200km from the company’s 0.35Mta grinding works which is situated near Lobito port. A construction start date is yet to be confirmed. Secil Lobito is a jo...
Pakistan cement industry hit by rise in transportation cost
Pakistan cement manufacturers are to set to be hit by a rise in transportation costs following hikes in coal and raw material carrier charges by the All Pakistan Goods Transporters Association, effective 14 April 2013. According to sources, the association has increased charges for coal transportation from ports to upcountry from PKR900/t to PKR1400/t, depending on factory location. It has a...
China’s cement sector seeks to accelerate sustainability initiatives
The 2013 China International Cement Conference got underway at the Hotel Nikko New Century in Beijing today, welcoming over 300 senior delegates from the country’s large cement sector. Opening the meeting, Mr Qiao Longde, President of the China Cement Association, highlighted some of the successes of the China cement industry, which in recent year has made dramatic strides in adopting more ...
Saudi Cement to rehabilitate two kiln lines, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Cement Company’s board of directors has announced that the cement producer is to rehabilitate and re-operate Kilns 4 & 5 in Hofuf factory with a total designed capacity of 3000tpd of clinker. Operations are expected to resume during the fourth quarter of 2013. The company said it will announce further details of this project following the signing of the contract with the project contract...
South Korean cement producers to withdraw price hikes
Major cement producers in South Korea have withdrawn price rises announced earlier in 2013 and will maintain current prices for a year. Manufacturers such as Tongyang Cement, Hanil Cement and Sungshin have sent official notices to ready-mix concrete companies and construction contractors stating that they would freeze prices for a year, according to reports by the Korea Economic Daily. S...
Waste processing facility launched, Philippines
The Mundo Verde Corporation, in partnership with the Quezon local government, has officially launched a waste processing facility in Payatas, Quezon City, to turn municipal waste into fuel for use in some of Lafarge Republic’s Inc’s cement facilities. The Mundo Verde Corp consortium comprises Lafarge Industrial Ecology International SA; landfill operator IPM Environmental Services, Inc. (...