Cement News tagged: International
Tanzania: calls for uniform prices nationwide
Tanzanian cement producers are being urged to open their own depots in remote areas to bring down retail prices. Dr Cyril Chami, Minister for Industry, Trade and Marketing, said the time had come to ensure cement prices are uniform across the country. "Although the manufacturing firms incur transport costs in shipping the product to the market, they dispose it at retail prices that are not ...
Jefferies reports advances in January consumption
Latest analysis from Jefferies International shows that cement consumption increased in January in 13 of the 17 countries for which it has data. Monthly demand rose for two of the four developed countries and in 11 of the 13 emerging markets with the exceptions of Poland and Vietnam. The rate of growth exceeded 10 per cent in nine countries, up from seven countries in December and five in N...
Turkish cement forecast to rise five per cent
The Turkish Cement Manufacturers Association (TCMB) forecasts that consumption could rise five per cent in 2012. Mustafa Guclu of the TCMB said domestic sales could reach 58.5Mt compared to 55.7Mt last year. Members of the association produced nearly 52.2Mt of that volume. Domestic cement sales were said to have risen 11 per cent last year over the 50Mt recorded in 2010.
Venezuela to increase cement output
Venezuela is expected to produce 8.3Mt of cement in 2012 from 7.7Mt last year, to help boost the development of the country’s infrastructure as well as support the government’s Grand Housing Mission, Raul Pacheco, the country’s Vice Minister of Productivity Management, has said. El Universal reports that among new capacity additions, the Cerro Azul cement plant is to start operations in 201...
Conch sees China demand rising, Indonesian plans proceeding ‘smoothly’
Chairman of Anhui Conch, Guo Wensan, has said that Chinese cement demand growing despite curbs on the housing market. Speaking to Dow Jones Chinese Financial Wire on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress, Mr Wensan said the government's drive to push the construction of subsidised affordable housing is successfully offsetting declining cement demand from the private housing market....
Nevyanskiy Tsementnik monthly production beats target, Russia
Nevyanskiy Tsementnik, which operates in the Sverdlovsk of Russia, produced 72,747t of cement in February 2011, exceeding the company’s plan by seven per cent. Clinker output, meanwhile, totalled 80,087t, representing a YoY increase of 3.8 per cent). Nevyanskiy Tsementnik is part of the Eurocement Group.
Holcim Phillippines expects sales recovery
Holcim Philippines Inc expects sales to recover this year on positive economic indicators alongside an anticipated early-spending boost in the run up to the 2013 elections, reports the Business Mirror of the Philippines. Holcim Philippines Chief Operating Officer, Roland van Wijnen, told the newspaper that 2012 sales volume could grow five percent with an “upside potential.” “We look pos...
US shipments edge ahead in 2011
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico for December 2011 were 4.8Mt. This was 16% higher than shipments in December 2010.Although sales continued a trend of increases begun in May, the exceptionally large increase in December was in part because of unexpectedly mild weather conditions. Shipments for 2011 were 72.2Mt, up by 3% from those of 2010. ...
Saudi Arabia removes restrictions on cement imports
Saudi Arabia removed restrictions on cement imports to secure extra supplies at a stable price, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said. “There are no restrictions on cement imports currently,” according to a statement posted on the Ministry’s website. Cement exports have already been halted and plants have been ordered to operate at full capacity. The kingdom’s western region has suf...
Iran cement exports rise 17 per cent
Iran exported over 9.3Mt of cement in the first 11 months of the year (ends 19 March 2012), representing a 17 per cent YoY rise, IRNA news agency reported. Clinker exports during the period were 1.5Mt. Iran’s cement production capacity currently stands at 74Mt, Iranian Minster of Industry, Mine and Trade, Mehdi Ghazanfari, recently said. Mr Ghazanfari said that with the implementation on...
Chavez authorises investment, company name change
Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chávez has authorised VEF43m (US$10m) to build a new quarry for cement production. The executive also approved changing the name of Cemex Venezuela to Venezolana de Cementos as well as measure to develop and strengthen the firm, according to a release from the national assembly. Last year, Cemex received US$600m in compensation from the Venezuelan government ...
Southern Province new line begins production, Saudi Arabia
Southern Province Cement (SPC) said the production line at its Tuhama plant started commercial production last week. The new 5000tpd line brings the Tuhama plant capacity to 10,000tpd and SPC’s total capacity to 23,000tpd. Last month the company announced the launch of trial productions at its new line, SeeNews Middle East and Africa reports.
Ambuja production rises 11.28%, India
Ambuja Cements reported an 11.28 per cent rise in production in February 2012 to 1.99Mt from 1.79Mt in February 2011. Meanwhile, dispatches reached 2Mt compared with 1.77Mt the year before, representing a rise of 12.74 per cent. For the first two months of the current calendar year, cement production and dispatches were 3.9Mt and 3.92Mt, respectively compared with 3.64Mt and 3.61Mt in the sam...
New UK construction orders fall more than 15%
The prospects for construction output weakened still further as the latest new orders figures from the Office of National Statistics for the final quarter of 2011 showed a fall of more than 15% compared with the same quarter one year earlier. Commenting on these figures, the Construction Products Association Economics Director, Noble Francis said: "It is extremely concerning to see the ONS...
Siam Cement plans Indonesian cement plant investment
Siam Cement Group (SCG) plans to build a new cement plant in Indonesia to capitalize on the country's rapidly growing demand for construction materials, the Jakarta Globe reports. Kan Trakulhoon, president and chief executive officer of SCG, told reporters on Friday that the company would invest US$300m in a cement plant in Sukabumi, West Java. The plant will have a capacity of 5000tpd and c...
Cochin port invites tenders for new bagging plant, India
The Cochin Port Trust (CPT), India, has invited tenders for the establishment of a cement bagging plant, the Times of India reports. The port will lease six acres of land for a period of 30 years near the Q5 berth at Ernkaulam Wharf for the new plant. The berth has a draft of 10 meters and rail tracks pass very close to it. The new plant is set to become operational in two years, a port sp...