Cement News tagged under: Eastern Europe
Steel producer starts blastfurnace slag supply to French cement plant15 July 2021, Published under Cement NewsA French cement plant has taken a first order for 50,000t of blastfurnace slag from Liberty Galați of Romania. The slag will be converted into low-carbon cement to lower the cement producer's carbon footprint. A first ship loaded with blastfurnace slag, from Liberty Galati's steel facilities, was recently transported to the French cement manufacturer. The steel producer’s new process is environmentally friendly as it does not involve the extraction of limestone, does not release ... |
ADY Express starts exporting cement to Georgia14 July 2021, Published under Cement NewsADY Express LLC, a subsidiary of Azerbaijan Railways, has started transporting cement produced by Holcim Azerbaijan OJSC to Georgia by rail. The cargo is loaded on semi-wagons provided by ADY Express LLC at the Garadagh station and delivered to the Caspi station in Georgia. The return journey is generally carried out in 6-7 days. ADY Express has allocated 50 wagons for the transportation of these goods, which are planned to be carried out four times a month. The company plans to e... |
Steppe Cement sees sales volume rise 10%07 July 2021, Published under Cement NewsKazakhstan’s Steppe Cement has seen its cement sales volumes rise 10 per cent YoY to 840,661t in the first half of 2021, compared to 764,752t in the first six months of last year. Turnover also advanced 22 per cent YoY to KZT16,657m (US$38.87m) from KZT13,677m. The average ex-factory cement price in the 1H21 was KZT16,571/t against KZT14,727/t. The cement market in the country showed 25 per cent growth during the period. Imports represented 5.2 per cent of the local market and exports inc... |
Belarusian Cement Plant reports 7% production increase07 July 2021, Published under Cement NewsBelarusian Cement Plant has reported a 7.3 per cent YoY rise in production to 710,000t of cement in the first five months of 2021. The volume of production in actual prices rose 14.2 per cent to BYN115.9m (US$45.39m) during the period. The company reported BYN7m in sales profit in January-May 2021, with half of this amount made in May alone. |
Christian Pfeiffer wins Slovenian ball mill project25 June 2021, Published under Cement NewsChristian Pfeiffer has won the contract to build an efficient ball mill circuit for limestone milling for a Slovenian client. The centrepiece of the plant will be a 3.2m (diameter) air stream ball mill with drying compartment and a high performance DSL separator. The commissioning of the plant is scheduled for the end of 2021. |
Dal Machinery & Design completes Konya kiln shell order16 June 2021, Published under Cement NewsDal Machinery & Design ( Dal Engineering group) was awarded a project for the manufacturing and installation of a kiln shell for VICAT Group's Konya Cement plant, Turkey. The kiln shell was manufactured with a diameter of 4.136mm. Delivery and installation works were made during the month of April of 2021. |
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions wins order for second Lebap kiln line11 June 2021, Published under Cement NewsTurkmen Enjam has commissioned thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions to build a second cement clinker production line at the Lebap cement plant, Koytendag region, Turkmenistan . The new 3000tpd cement clinker production line will be erected in parallel with the first line, which was built by thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions in 2010. For the new plant thyssenkrupp will supply the main components from crusher, raw material preparation, clinker production and storage through to cement ... |
Steppe Cement records 14% rise in profit07 June 2021, Published under Cement NewsKazakhstan’s Steppe Cement has posted a net profit of US$11.1m for 2020, up 14.4 per cent YoY from US$9.7m in the previous year. EBITDA also saw a modest increase to US$24.2m from US$23.9m in 2019. However, the company’s cement sales volume decreased 4.1 per cent YoY to 1.65Mt from 1.72Mt. Local sales declined by six per cent, due to milling limitations during two months of the high season, while exports advanced 20 per cent. According to a statement, Steppe Cement operated both lines ... |
Uzbekistan cement imports surge in 4M2107 June 2021, Published under Cement NewsUzbekistan imported 1Mt of cement worth US$50.5m in the January-April 2021 period, more than doubling the year-ago volume of 515,100t, according to Trend reporting the latest data from the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan. Kazakstan was the largest importer with 498,900t of cement, followed by Kyrgyzstan (278,500t) and Tajikistan (234,700t). In March, the Uzbekistan government suspended the 30 per cent customs duty on cement imports until 1 October 2021. The suspension is expecte... |
Kazakhstan sees cement price hike04 June 2021, Published under Cement NewsKazakhstan has seen a rise in cement prices on the back of an improvement in the country’s housing construction market. "In general, manufacturers' prices are kept at KZT20-22,000 (US$46.69), the growth is about five per cent. On the market this figure has grown by 30-40 per cent, in some places by 50 per cent," said Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development, Beibut Atamkulov. The country’s Antimonopoly Committee has already a verification procedure, according to the Kazakhsta... |