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FLSmidth on the way to deliver 86% fuel substitution for Bursa Çimento

11 December 2020, Published under Cement News

Bursa Çimento's new clinker line from FLSmidth will harvest significant sustainability and productivity gains. The order includes, among other equipment, FLSmidth's HOTDISC combustion device, which will help increase the alternative substitution rate to 86 per cent, the highest in Turkey.     Situated in northwestern Turkey, work at Bursa's site is under way with production from the new line set to start at the end of 2022. "The modernisation of our Bursa site is a strategic investment...

Uzbekistan sees 3% rise in production

07 December 2020, Published under Cement News

Uzbekistan produced 8.8Mt of cement in the first 10 months of the 2020, up 2.6 per cent compared to the year-ago period. The largest volumes of cement were produced in the Tashkent region (46.7 per cent), followed by Navoi region (35.1 per cent) and Fergana region (12.8 per cent). The value of cement exported from Uzbekistan in the January-October period amounted to US$27.6m. Meanwhile, the value of cement imports reached US$105.5m.

Azerbaijan records modest fall in cement production

07 December 2020, Published under Cement News

Azerbaijan produced building materials worth AZN614.7m (US$361.6m) between January-October 2020, up 26.4 per cent YoY, according to the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee. Cement production fell 1.2 per cent YoY to 2.8Mt, while production of ready-mixed concrete grew 5.1 per cent to 1.57Mt. Most of the construction work during the first 10 months of the year accounted for primary construction, reconstruction and expansion work.

Two of Uzbekistan's cement plants suspend production

02 December 2020, Published under Cement News

Uzbekistan’s Kuvasaycement and Akhangarantsement cement plants have suspended the production of cement due to a decrease in gas pressure, according to Trend News. The Antimonopoly Committee of Uzbekistan has reported that the decrease in pressure is associated with a cold snap and increased gas consumption by the country’s population. "Against the background of the current situation, the average daily volume of past trades amounted to 30,000t, which is 34 per cent lower than the indica...

Turkish cement exports to Turkmenistan rise by 79% in 9M20

01 December 2020, Published under Cement News

Cement exports from Turkey to Turkmenistan increased by 79.1 per cent from January through September 2020, compared to the same period in 2019, amounting to US$14.8m, the Turkish Trade Ministry reported. In September 2020 cement exports from Turkey to Turkmenistan fell by 1.6 per cent compared to September 2019 and amounted to US$1.4m. In the same month,  Turkey exported US$344.6m worth of cement to world markets, which is 13.4 per cent more than in the same month of 2019. Over the...

Uzbekistan's Ministry of Energy denies reports about electricity supply

26 November 2020, Published under Cement News

The Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan has denied reports regarding the cessation of electricity supply to certain cement producers. According to the dispatch centre, the Akhangaran cement plant received 605,000kWh of electricity on 24 November. On average, this plant is supplied with 540,000kWh of electricity per day. Elsewhere, the Kuvasay cement plant consumes an average of 332,000kWh electricity per day.

US claims 18% of Turkey's cement exports in the 9M20

03 November 2020, Published under Cement News

The USA represented an 18 per cent share of Turkish cement exports during the first nine months of the year, the largest share amongst the export destinations, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). In total, Turkey exported US$118.3bn worth of goods during the period in question. Around TRY7.7bn (US$923m) of this was made by the cement industry. In the January-September period, the value of cement exports to the US reached US$164m, followed by Israel (US$103.7m) an...

Sberbank consolidates 100 per cent shares of Eurocement Group

30 October 2020, Published under Cement News

Sberbank has consolidated 100 per cent of the share in the parent company of Eurocement Group (GFI Investment Ltd). The bank is currently searching for investors interested in Eurocement Group’s shares but is expected to write off part of the debt. Eurocement operates 19 cement plants and is the largest cement producer in Russia. Eurocement has more than 60Mt of cement and producer more than 11Mm 3 of concrete. It also has more than 5.5bnt of raw materials.  As of 30 September 2020...

Tajikistan exports 31% of production in 9M20

28 October 2020, Published under Cement News

Tajikistan exported 990,000t of cement in the January-September period of 2020, according to the country’s Ministry of Industry and New Technologies. Around 31 per cent of the cement produced in the country was exported in the 9M20, mainly to Uzbekistan (562,000t), Afghanistan (391,000t) and Kyrgyzstan (43,000t). Three Tajik-Chinese joint ventures accounted for 82 per cent of cement production in the nine-month period. This included Huaxin Gayur Cement (27.1 per cent), Chzungtsai Mohir...

Two plants in Uzbekistan report fall in production

22 October 2020, Published under Cement News

According to Uzbekistan’s Antimonopoly Committee, Akhangarancement announced the failure of two rotary kilns on 7 October. As a result, the company’s cement volumes offered for sale decreased on average from 7000 to 5000tpd. Almalyk MMC’s Jizzakh cement plant has also seen its production volumes decrease from 11,000 to 5000tpd on average, due to ongoing repairs on its kiln. Therefore, the average volume of daily production in the country amounts to almost 37,000tpd with sales at 35,000...