Cement News tagged: International
Indian companies post January rise
UltraTech Cement, said shipments in January rose 11.2 per cent to 3.72Mt. Production increased 11.7 per cent to 3.78Mt the company, part of India's Aditya Birla Group, said in a statement. Meanwhile, Ambuja Cements, part of the Holcim Group, reported sales rose in January to 1.91Mt, up 3.8 per cent compared to the same month last year (1.84Mt). Production volumes also rose during the month to...
Nepal prices set to rise on higher production costs
Cement prices in Nepal are set to rise by an average NPR30-40/bag as production costs escalate. The increase is mainly attributed to rising petroleum and clinker costs, Nepal Republic Media reports. "Currently, most companies have not increased the price as the demand of cement is very low but they are all set to increase the price sooner than later," said Dhurba Thapa, Vice-President of Ce...
ACC reports 8.8% rise in January dispatches
India’s No 2 producer, ACC Ltd, reported that dispatches in January increased by 8.78 per cent from a year earlier to 2.23Mt. The company, part of the Holcim group, said production during the month increased 9.2 per cent to 2.25Mt from 2.06Mt a year earlier.
Jaiprakash January dispatches rise 27%
India's Jaiprakash Associates said cement dispatches rose 27 per cent from a year ago to 1.96Mt in January. The engineering and construction company has a cement capacity of 21.3Mta.
Prism Cement plans new Karnataka project, India
Prism Cement is planning to construct a new clinker plant in Gulbarga district, Karnataka, southwest India. The project is currently at the conceptual stage. Work on the facility is expected to commence in 2014 although a completion date is yet to be finalised.
Germany: stable market growth forecast
Latest forecasts for the German cement industry show that the market is expected to remain stable this year, underpinned by growth in the residential market. Boosted by a continued progress of the overall economy, the German Cement Works Association (VDZ), has said that the relatively high level of cement consumption achieved in 2011 is set to be repeated again this year. After growth in...
Coal India cuts coal price due to cement opposition
Coal India, rolled back on Tuesday an increase in prices under a new pricing policy due to opposition from cement and power sectors but will review the system after assessing its Jan-Mar quarter performance. Coal India decided this month to benchmark pricing for non-coking coal to gross calorific value (GCV) from the current useful heat value (UHV) based gradation. The move evoked protests ...
UPCL to set up cement blending unit, India
Udupi Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) plans to establish a cement blending unit at its plant in Udupi district to overcome fly ash problem leading to environmental threat in the agricultural fields and houses in the surrounding areas. United News of India reports that the fly ash generated from UPCL was being transported to ACC for producing blended cement. However, a new, separate cement ...
Bedouin kidnap cement industry workers, Egypt
Egyptian Bedouin kidnapped 25 cement factory workers in Sinai on Tuesday, demanding authorities free fellow tribesmen from prison, sources from the tribe said. Daily News Egypt reported one of the Bedouin as saying: "We will not release the Chinese until our demand for the release of these sons of Sinai are met." The workers, who are reported to be mostly Chinese, were kidnapped on their way...
Tanzanian cement discussions
Tanzanian cement producers have been urged to review their profit margins to make cement more affordable and thus increase per capita consumption, according to local press reports. The address was made by Industry and Trade Ministry permanent secretary (PS), Joyce Mapunjo, at an event organised by Tanzania Portland Cement, The Guardian reports. Ms Mapunjo said Tanzania’s cement demand is lo...
Dispute delays Bolivia plant construction
The governor of the Bolivian city of Oruro, Tito Santos, on Monday urged the Plurinational Legislative Assembly to expedite the discussion of the draft Law of Territorial Units to resolving a border conflict with Potosi, which in his opinion, is delaying the construction of a cement factory. He warned that, in addition, the risk of confrontation between the community members of Quillacas (O...
Dangote sets date for Ibese plant launch, Nigeria
Nigeria’s largest cement producer, Dangote Cement, says it will launch its new Ibese plant on 9 February 2012. The plant, with a cement capacity of 6Mta, is situated in Ogun State. President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote told Nigerian newspaper, The Moment, that the new plant will help the country cut its reliance on imports, and his organisation has taken up the challenge in l...
Vietnam new plants to add pressure to existing surplus
Despite the Vietnam cement sector witnessing an over-supply scenario, this year the country is set to see a further 7Mta of new capacity from government-approved projects enter the market. Local press quoted the chairman of the Vietnam Cement Association (VNCA), Nguyen Van Thien, as saying that seven or eight new projects may come on-stream this year if project deadlines are met. These proj...
Aramco offers enough fuel for Saudi Arabia cement to raise output
Concerns that ongoing fuel issues with Saudi Arabian Oil Co (Aramco) will delay increases in domestic cement capacity are being allayed by an Aramco representative. O kaz newspaper reported an unidentified Aramco official as saying that the company is providing enough oil and natural gas to cement companies for them to raise production by 16 per cent from current levels, A recent rep...
Full-year Egyptian demand declines due to uprising
Egypt's cement consumption in 2011 decreased by an estimated eight per cent to 45.2Mt according to a report by CI Capital, following an increase of three per cent to 48.9Mt the year before. Economic turmoil in the wake of political uprisings has reduced the demand for housing and infrastructure construction. Due to continued political and economic uncertainty a further decline of 2% to 44.5...
Bolivia looks to imports to solve shortage
To address a possible shortage of cement, Bolivia’s Deputy Minister of Public Works, Vladimir Third, announced yesterday, the country is considering scaling up imports as gas supply issues hinder production against a backdrop of rising demand. Mr Third explained that the shortage of cement is due to high demand by the domestic construction industry on the back of strong economic growth, loc...