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Bangladesh exports rise in FY22

06 July 2022, Published under Cement News

Bangladesh recorded the highest ever export of commodities, including cement, in FY21-22 (July 2021-June 2022). Bangladesh’s cement industry has earned export revenue of US$9.57m in FY21-22, compared to US$7.26m in the year-ago period. This export trend reflects growth of 31.8 per cent YoY. The figure also includes a minor amount of salt, stone and related products, according to the Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data. The export value for cement increased by 19.6 per cent, sign...

Loesche performs VRM performance test

24 June 2022, Published under Cement News

Loesche has successfully carried out a performance test of a new vertical roller mill for Bangladesh cement producer Seven Rings Cement  ( Shun Shing Group) . "The Loesche mill is an LM 72.4+4 VRM. The mill performed to the clients expectations," said Joko Samito, Loesche's senior commissioning and process engineer.

Bangladesh sees 22% increase in cement export revenue

31 May 2022, Published under Cement News

Bangladesh has reported a 21.79 per cent YoY increase in revenue from cement exports in the 10MFY21-22 (July 2021-April 2022). Revenue for the period came in at US$7.77m, compared to US$6.38m in the same period a year earlier. This figure also includes minor quantities of salt, stone and other related products, according to the Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data.  During the last fiscal year (July 2020-July 2021), Bangladesh’s cement industry earned export revenue of US$7.26m, ...

Bangladesh export dispatches rise in 7MFY22

09 February 2022, Published under Cement News

Bangladesh’s cement industry has earned export revenue of US$4.66m in the seven months of FY21-22 (July 2021-January 2022), compared to US$4.42m in the year-ago period. This reflects a growth of 5.4 per cent YoY. The figure also includes a minor amount of salt, stone and related products, according to the Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data. The export value for cement decreased by 0.4 per cent, underperforming compared with the government target set for the period due to an in...

Seven Rings Cement hold durable concrete seminar

21 January 2022, Published under Cement News

Seven Rings Cement recently organised a seminar titled "Durable Concrete for Sustainable Infrastructure" in Chattogram, Bangladesh. Prof Dr G M Sadiqul Islam, Chittagong University of  Engineering & Technology, was present as the keynote speaker. Tahmina Ahmed, additional managing director, Seven Rings Cement, was present as the chief guest. Saif Rahman, director, Shun Shing Group Bangladesh Operations and Nantu Kumar  Dey, chief technical officer, Seven Rings Cement were also presen...

Crown Cement signs Elevated Expressway supply contract

10 January 2022, Published under Cement News

Crown Cement has signed an agreement with The Fifth Major Bridge Engineering Co Ltd of China, the contractor of Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway Project in Bangladesh. Under the deal, Crown Cement will supply 'Crown' brand cement to the Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway Project. Md Mukter Hossain Talukder, FCA, chief executive officer of Crown Cement, and Mr Wei Haijiang, project chief engineer of The Fifth Major Bridge Engineering Co Ltd, signed the agreement on behalf of their...

Two FLSmidth OK mill projects are completed in Bangladesh


27 December 2021, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth has successfully completed two vertical roller mill (VRM) projects in Bangladesh. The two mills were ordered by Premier Cement Mills Ltd. The FLSmidth OK 71-6 cement mill   has been installed at the Dhaka (Munshigonj) plant, with a finish grinding capacity of 460tph. The second project is for   Premier Cement Mills'   Chattogram plant and consists of an FLSmidth OK 56-4 cement mill with a rated capacity of 290tph.   "The combined grinding capacity of 750tph is currently the ...

Bangladesh's cement industry export revenue dips in 03MF22

29 October 2021, Published under Cement News

Bangladesh's cement industry has earned export revenue of US$1.59m in the first quarter of FY22 (July – Sept ), compared to US$1.81m in the year-ago period, a fall of 12.2 per cent YoY. The figure also includes a minor amount of salt, stone and related products, according to the Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data. Bangladesh exports 90 per cent of its cement to India. Experts believed that the slow arrival of clinker and increase in local consumption, plus the high cost of e...

Alamgir Kabir re-elected as president of the BCMA

26 October 2021, Published under Cement News

Alamgir Kabir, vice-chairman of MI Cement Factory, has been re-elected president of the Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers’ Association (BCMA). Shahidullah, managing director of Metrocem Cement and chairman of Metrocem Group, and Zahir Uddin Ahmed, managing director of Confidence Cement, have also been re-elected as the first and second vice-president of the BCMA, respectively. “Working with the policymakers to flourish the cement sector as well as to keep the consumers’ interest up will ...

Van Aalst wins repeat ship unloader order

08 October 2021, Published under Cement News

Van Aalst Bulk Handling has won a contract to deliver a second ship unloader to one of the largest cement manufacturers in Bangladesh. The pneumatic ship unloader is designed to handle fly ash and is built to cope with the hot and humid conditions in Bangladesh. The ship unloader is rail mounted and located on a jetty at the riverfront. Space is limited on the jetty, therefore we designed a gantry frame for the ship unloader so it can move over the existing conveyor belt. The unloader has...