Cement News tagged: International
Nepal reports rise in imports due to lockdown
Cement and clinker worth NPR957.2m (US$8.15m) have been imported in Nepal after limestone excavation and cement production was stopped due to the COVID-19 lockdown imposed by the government. After the production and excavation stopped, cement and clinker were imported from India. According to the Department of Customs, cement and clinker worth NPR513.4m was imported in August. In September,...
Sri Lanka sees production rise 26% in July
Sri Lanka’s cement production in July rose 26.3 per cent YoY to 413,000t from 327,000t last year, according to the Daily Mirror. Total domestic cement production increased 4.1 per cent to 2.056Mt during the 7M20, against 1.976Mt in the comparable period of 2019. Cement imports in July stepped down to 422,000t from 430,000t in the year-ago period.Total cement imports for the January-July per...
General Court dismisses challenge of antitrust ruling in Croatia
HeidelbergCement and Schwenk have reportedly lost their challenge of the European Commission’s antitrust veto of their joint bid for Cemex’s Croatian operations, after Europe's second-highest court backed the decision. The European Commission said in its 2017 ruling that the companies' offer to grant competitors access to a cement terminal in southern Croatia was not sufficient to address c...
Spanish cement demand falls 5% in August
Cement consumption in Spain declined 5.1 per cent YoY in August 2020, following a 3.4 per cent drop in July, according to the country’s cement association, Oficemen. Exports have expanded, with a growth of 11-14 per cent in July and August. “The moderation of the falls in July and August makes sense if we remember that these are data that are compared with those of the second half of 2019, w...
Pakistan cement records rising September dispatches
All Pakistan Cement Manufacturer Association (APCMA) released the highest local and overseas dispatch figures for September 2020. Total dispatches by Pakistani cement producers during September 2020 reached 5.213Mt against dispatches of 4.273Mt in September 2019. Experts attribute September’s pick-up in cement dispatches to post-Eid break and monsoon rains last month. The export to Bang...
Suppliers report cement shortage in Jamaica
Cement retailers in Manchester and St Elizabeth, Jamaica, are reportedly struggling to meet demand after a sharp dip in supply, according to the Jamaica Observer. As a result, some hardware stores have no cement in stock and others are limiting each customer to 10 bags. The shortage allegedly began last month but has gotten worse recently. However, Norman Horne, executive chairman of ceme...
Cemtech sets out to digitally optimise the cement sector
The fourth and final day of Cemtech’s decarbonisation conference featured two sessions on the digital plant and energy process optimisation. The morning began with Javier García Sedano, Optimitive CEO, speaking on real-time optimisation 4.0 of cement factories throughput, energy and quality. He argued the way forward for the cement industry with "RTO-based AI systems using non-linear models...
Egypt's cement sector sees a 60% fall in cement demand
The cement industry in Egypt is expected to come under heightened strain following a 60 per cent decline in cement demand for the first time in the sector's history, says Professor Mohamed Saleh of the Toulouse School of Economics . During the 1H20 Arabian Cement Co reported losses of about EGP5.6m (US$0.3m), the Sinai Cement company recorded losses of EGP245.6m (US$15.6m), while Toura...
Cemtech highlights latest advances in clinker reduction, ARM and new binder concepts
The second day's afternoon session of Cemtech 'Decarbonising the cement industry' virtual conference presented four innovative technology papers on clinker reduction, alternative raw materials and new binder concepts. FLSmidth’s Global Process Line Manager, Steven Miller, outlined why clay calcination is crucial for the cement industry to reduce is carbon footprint. "These projects hav...
Vietnam's domestic sales stable while exports see hike in August
Cement sales in Vietnam remained stable YoY at 5.206Mt but fell by two per cent MoM in August 2020, according to the Vietnam National Cement Association (VNCA). Of this total, VICEM dispatched 1.63Mt, down two per cent YoY and eight per cent MoM, while its joint ventures saw sales decrease by four per cent YoY and three per cent MoM as they posted sales of 1.336Mt. Other Vietnamese cement prod...
Cemtech looks ahead on the road to cement industry decarbonisation
Paul Roger, Exane BNP Paribas (UK), opened the afternoon session of Cemtech’s virtual conference “Decarbonising the cement industry” (21-24 September 2020), providing a global outlook in terms of cement consumption and an overview of sustainability issues in the cement industry. He expects global cement volumes to be down nearly five per cent in 2021 with sales up by less than three per cent i...
Iran exports 5.84Mt of cement in five months
Iran has exported more than 5.84Mt of cement worth US$127.99m during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (20 March-21 August 2020), according to data from the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan were the top importers of cement from Iran during the period. As recently announced, the production of major construction ind...
Mahendra Singhi confident of cement sector's 'possible-to-abate' potential
Mahendra Singhi, CEO of Dalmia Bharat India, has expressed his confidence that the cement sector can transition from a 'hard-to-abate' to a 'possible-to-abate' sector, as he delivered the keynote presentation on the opening day of the Cemtech virtual conference with the central theme of 'Decarbonising the cement industry'. Speaking during the first session of the new global forum, Mr Singhi...
ASI welcomes new factories in eastern Indonesia only
With two new cement plants starting operations in Grobogan, Central Java, and Jember, East Java, Indonesia, domestic producers are expected to see a drop in capacity utilisation rates as the excess production capacity is set to rise to 41Mta, according to the Indonesian Cement Association. "Two new factories in Grobogan, Central Java and Jember, East Java are currently working on commissioni...
Vietnam's cement and clinker exports rise in August
Vietnam exported 4.2Mt of cement and clinker worth US$148.3m in August, rising 31.4 per cent MoM in volume and 24.3 per cent in value, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs. In the 8M20 the country exported 23.9Mt of cement and clinker worth US$882m, up 1.2 per cent YoY in value and 15.7 per cent in volume. China was the biggest buyer during this period, importing 12.6Mt wo...
Sri Lanka cement production and imports see sharp rise in June
Sri Lanka's cement production and imports recovered in June by 42.6 per cent YoY, according to Central Bank data. In June cement imports also grew by a record 58.9 per cent YoY to reach 404,000Mt, overtaking domestic cement production, which increased by 28.3 per cent YoY to reach 370,000Mt. June was the first month of this year to record a positive growth in cement imports. Sri Lanka’s ...