Cement News tagged: International
USA: Martin Engineering opens new Wyoming facility
Bulk materials handling technology specialist Martin Engineering has announced it is opening a new factory-direct and service centre in Gillette, Wyoming, USA. The new facility will allow Martin to provide factory-direct parts, sales and service 24/7 for the mining industry in Gillette and the surrounding region. “The new factory-direct sales and service centre will house a large stock of i...
The Philippines: 1H12 cement sales up 20%
Philippine cement sales from January to June this year reached 9.54Mt, up by about 20 per cent YoY, according to data from the Cement Manufacturers’ Association of the Philippines (Cemap). Cemap president Ernesto Ordoñez attributed the sales increase to higher infrastructure spending, which was a combination of new infrastructure projects for 2012 and the pent-up demand from last year. The...
USA: TXI Hunter Cement has job offers
Texas Industries’ (TXI) Hunter Cement plant, near New Braunfels, is nearing completion of the commissioning of its new kiln line, which will add another 1.4Msta of cement capacity. The culmination of this project will enable the plant to expand its workforce by adding a further 20 new employees, according to a local news release. “We are pleased to announce the hiring of additional employe...
India: Chincholi to receive giant cement plant
Shiva Shankar Minerals Limited has successfully approached the government for permission to construct a 3.5Mta cement plant on 1500 acres of land at Burigpally and Ghanapur, Chincholi Taluk. The huge cement factory and a 50MW captive power generation unit require an investment of INR22.5bn (US$405.372m). Officials added the completed factory will require 6Ml of water a day — which will have ...
USA: New CEO at Giant Cement
Jose A Llontop has been named as the new president and CEO of Summerville-based Giant Cement Holding Inc (GCHI), a subsidiary of Madrid-based Cementos Portland Valderrivas. Mr Llontop will oversee the company’s American operations at plants in Alabama, Maine, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. He previously held senior level positions at Cemex. “I am looking forward to returning GCHI to profi...
India: ABB to modernise Century Cement in US$18m order
Power and automation group ABB has won an order worth US$18m to design, engineer and supply integrated automation and modern electrification systems for Century Cement’s Manikgarh Cement plant in central India. Manikgarh Cement is located in Maharastra and provides high-quality cement products for building construction, road and bridge infrastructure and other commercial uses. ABB’s delivery...
Thailand: Siam Cement Group signals Asean logistics expansion
Siam Cement Group (SCG) says its logistics unit will cover Asean and southern China within five years, partly through mergers and acquisitions. Kan Trakulhoon, president and CEO, said the expansion will accommodate growing regional trade under the Asean Economic Community (AEC) from 2015. SCG has also spread its investments across Southeast Asia, and logistics support is needed wherever it ...
Russia: New CEO at Zhigulevskie Stroymaterialy JSC
Nikolay Skornyakov has been appointed CEO of Zhigulevskie Stroymaterialy JSC which is part of the Eurocement group Holding. Until now, Nikolay Skornyakov was Zhigulevskie Stroymaterialy's technical director.Nikolay Nikolayevich Skornyakov was born in 1950 in Ulyanovsk. In 1980 hegraduated from Belgorod State Technological Institute of Construction Materials majoringin chemical technology bind...
Lafarge to export clinker to Malawi
Lafarge Cement Company has signed an agreement with Central Eastern African Railway System (CEARS) in the exportation of clinker from Zambia to Malawi. CEARS Company Engineer Paul Madula confirmed the development to Zambian journalists who undertook a tour of the Chipata/Mchinji railway line in commemorating South Africa Development Committee (SADC) Day in Mchinji. Mr Madula said his comp...
Australia: construction downturn has cement maker reduce profit expectations
AdBri reduced its market expectations at its full-year results presentation on Thursday, after worse than expected construction activity in the residential and non-residential sectors. Poor building conditions are driving a steady stream of companies in the construction sector to the wall. The trend is alarming industry groups and causing major companies such as cement maker Adelaide Brighto...
Nigeria: Dangote Group employment drive
To generate more employment in the area, Dangote Group has unveiled plans to establish an agro-sacks manufacturing company at Ibese, Ogun state, to complement the Dangote Cement plant in the community as part of the company’s efforts to create employment, as well as other ventures. President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote disclosed these investment plans during a meeting with Ibese com...
Adelaide Brighton sees improved outlook, Australia
Australian building materials producer Adelaide Brighton has lifted its first-half net profit by nearly 10 per cent and indicated a modest rise in annual earnings. Net profit rose in the six months to 30 June to A$67.5m (US$70.5m) from A$61.4m in the previous corresponding period. Revenue rose 8.3 per cent to A$550.3m from A$507.9m. Mark Chellew, managing director, said the company’s ann...
Peru dispatches rise 16.5%
Shipments of cement in the Peruvian market totaled 5.2Mt between January and July 2012, a 16.53 per cent increase over the figure recorded in the same period in 2011 (4.48Mt), reported the Association of Cement Producers (Asocem). During the same period production was 5.3Mt, representing an increase of 15.55 per cent over the same period of 2011, when it totaled 4.6Mt. Exports reached 76...
Cement Corporation plans to set up Assam grinding unit, India
Cement Corporation of India is planning to set up an 82,500tpa cement grinding unit in Assam. "Cement Corporation of India (CCI) proposes to establish a cement grinding unit in Baikunthapur in district of Cachar, Assam," Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Praful Patel said. The unit is proposed to grind fly ash along with clinker to be transported from CCI's Bokajan Cement...
Cemex Kosmos seeks to increase alternative fuels usage
Cemex’s Kosmos plant in Louisville, USA, is seeking permission to blend scrap plastic and wood to fuel its kiln, according to public officials. The company already has approval to burn scrap tyres for its cement production process. Cemex representatives said in a brief written statement that it was proposing to “safely replace up to 30 per cent of its kiln’s energy (and) heat demand” with wa...
Indian prices seen declining
Cement prices in July have declined in most Indian states. A drop has been recorded in Andhra Pradesh where a 50kg bag of cement was down by about INR20-25, meanwhile in Hyderabad, prices have gone from INR320-330 in the Rayalseema districts to INR27-275 in the last week. Even in the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, prices have seen a comparative fall of INR15-20. According ...