Cement News tagged under: Vietnam
Vietnam monthly sales up by a quarter17 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsVietnam cement and clinker sales reached 6.5Mt in July, up 25 per cent YoY, the country's Association for Building Materials under the Ministry of Construction (MoC) announced. Of the total volume, 5.15Mt were sold at the domestic market, up 22 per cent YoY, while 1.35Mt (+37 per cent YoY). In the first seven months, Vietnam’s cement and clinker sales rose 10 per cent YoY to 40.98Mt, fulfilling 57 per cent of the year’s target, including 9.77Mt (+13 per cent YoY). The growth of cemen... |
Vietnam: Thang Cement project wins funding14 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsJSC Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) and North Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Bac A Bank) will lend a combined VND3.15trn (US$143.5m) to construction a new cement plant in the central province of Nghe An. Tan Thang cement plant, in Qunh Luu district, is a project with a total investment of VND4.54trn. It will have a capacity of 5000tpd of clinker or 1.98Mta of cement. BIDV and Bac A Bank signed on 13 August credit agreements with Tan Thang Cement JSC, under whi... |
Footwear waste to be used as alternative fuel for Vietnam kiln07 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsWork is underway to commission a Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) manufacturing plant for Holcim Vietnam to process solid footwear production waste from the country’s main shoe factory. The system, supplied by Austria-based UNTHA comprises an anti-explosive Atex-specification XR3000 Cutter waste shredder with two 113kW motors, conveyor, over-band magnet, control room and water-powered fire suppression technology. It is capable of processing up to 10tph of material to produce an 80mm fuel with hig... |
Vietnam Yen Binh Cement posts VND278bn revenue in 1H1528 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsYen Binh Cement JSC reported revenues of VND278bn (US$12.74m) in the first half of this year, thanks to its expanding markets. In the period, the firm sold 308,000t of cement and exported 480,000t of clinker, fulfilling 40 per cent of the whole-year target. The firm also contributed VND16bn to state budget in the six-month period. The firm produced 400,000t of cement in the six-month period, meeting demand in Yen Bai province and neighbouring provinces of Ha Giang, Tuyen Quang and Lai Ch... |
Vicem half-year sales dip 0.5%, Vietnam22 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsVietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), the country’s leading state-owned cement producer, said its cement and clinker sales slipped 0.5 per cent to 10.73Mt in the first half of 2015. Of the volume, 9.58Mt were sold in the domestic market (+7.1 per cent YoY) while 1.15Mt were exported (-37.7 per cent). In the first half of this year, Vicem produced 8.36Mt of clinker and 9.2Mt of cement, rising five per cent and 6.1 per cent YoY, respectively. As of June 30, Vicem had 1.75Mt of ce... |
Vietnam: Song Lam project 'facing financial difficulties'21 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsThe Vissai Cement Group, which is building the 12,000tpd Song Lam Cement Plant, has announced that ground clearance has already reached about VND240bn (US$11m). As a result, the group has reported 'facing financial difficulties' and is also struggling with the costs of clearing the path for a road between the plant site and an existing grinding facility. The project involves two production lines, each with a clinker capacity of 6000tpd. It was originally expected that the plant would pro... |
Vietnam half-year sales rise to 34.16Mt03 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsVietnam’s cement sales rose six per cent YoY to 34.16Mt in the first half of this year, meeting 47.4 per cent of the year’s plan, the Vietnam Building Material Association under the Ministry of Construction said. Of the volume, 25.97Mt were sold at the domestic market, up six per cent YoY and 8.19Mt were exported, the Thoi Bao Kinh Te Vietnam newspaper reported, citing the association. In June, the country’s domestic cement sales fell 12 per cent from May but were up 13 per cent from the sa... |
Vietnam: Hoang Trung Hai permitted to continue importing fly ash03 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsVietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister, Hoang Trung Hai, has agreed to allow Nghi Son Cement Corp to continue the pilot import of fly ash as material for its cement production. The deputy PM earlier agreed to allow Nghi Son Cement Corp to import a volume not exceeding 200,000tpa of fly ash in the 2015-2016 period. However, he also requested the company develop a plan to use domestic fly ash from 2017. Vietnam, home to many thermal power plants, has a huge supply of fly ash. It is estimated that t... |
Vietnam expected first-half output up 10.5%30 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsVietnam is estimated to have produced 32.1Mt of cement in the first half of this year, up 10.5 per cent from a year ago, the government-run General Statistics Office said. In June alone, production totalled 6Mt, up 26.8 per cent YoY. In the first five months, Vietnam has churned out 26.1Mt of cement, compared to the earlier estimated 26.6Mt, according to the office’s revised figure. Vietnam currently has 74 cement production lines with a combined annual output of 77Mt, data from the Minis... |
VNCA expects 4% rise in 2015 sales15 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsVietnam's Ministry of Construction expects a four per cent YoY rise in cement and clinker sales in 2015 to 74Mt, comprising 53Mt of domestic sales and exports of 20Mt. Latest figures released by the Vietnam National Cement Association (VNCA) show that in the four months leading up to May domestic cement sales jumped three per cent YoY to 15.89Mt. For the month of April alone the VNCA statistics indicate that sales of cement surged 113 per cent YoY to 5.45Mt, but were down 28 per cent Y... |