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Switzerland sees 5% increase in cement deliveries08 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsCement deliveries by the Swiss cement industry increased 4.8 per cent YoY to 874,275.2t in the 1Q19, according to the country’s cement association, Cemsuisse. It follows a 2.2 per cent YoY to 834,251.6t in the 1Q18. The market expansion was driven by a 6.8 per cent rise in the sales of lower-carbon CEM II cements. The share of CEM I cements in total deliveries continued to decline to 7.9 per cent. In addition, the share of deliveries by rail was declining with around half of deliveries m... |
Cbb inaugurates new 0.2Mta Arica plant05 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsCbb (formerly known as Cementos Bío Bío) has inaugurated its new 0.2Mta cement plant in Arica, northern Chile in the presence of Chile’s Minister of Economy, José Ramón Valente. The project represents an investment of US$16m and is the company’s fifth production unit – in addition to plants in Antofagasta, San Antonio, Teno and Talcahuano. In addition to the kiln line, it includes 1100m2 of green areas. While some of the output will be delivered to the local market, the company has also ... |
Cimencam inaugurates 0.5Mta grinding plant05 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsPresident Paul Biya of Cameroon inaugurates the Nomayos grinding plant On Tuesday this week, Cimencam (LafargeHolcim group) officially inaugurated the new Nomayos cement plant. The ceremony was carried out under the patronage of his Excellency Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon. The grinding plant has a capacity of 0.5Mta and was constructed by CBMI of China. According to Benoît Galichet, CEO of Cimencam, this new production unit is the first step in the transf... |
Colacem acquires Cemitaly's Spoleto facility03 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsItaly’s Colacem has announced the acquisition of Cemitaly’s 0.7Mta Spoleto cement plant for an undisclosed sum. Cemitaly was unveiled as the new branding of Cementir Italia in 2018, after it was acquired by the Italcementi Group earlier in the year. "We are confident that the cement sector will have a significant role in the near future," said Colacem in a statement. "In our country there's a need for greater public and private investments for increasingly safe, efficient, innovative and s... |
PT Semen Indonesia sees 10% revenue rise in 201803 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsPT Semen Indonesia increased revenues by 10.3 per cent YoY to IDR30.688trn in 2018 from IDR27,814trn in 2017. The company’s consolidated sales volume reached 33.153Mt, including the sales from Thang Long Cement in Vietnam. Export sales from its Indonesian production base advanced 68.7 per cent to 3.157Mt when compared with 1.871Mt in 2017. The Indonesian cement producer saw its cost of revenue advance by 7.6 per cent to IDR21.357trn when compared with IDR19.854trn in the previous year. ... |
Colombian cement demand up 2% in February01 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsColombia's cement market expanded by 2.1 per cent YoY in February 2019 as cement producers supplied 0.981Mt of cement, according to DANE, the country's statistics office. Cement production increased 3.1 per cent to 0.985Mt in February 2019. January-February 2019 In the first two months of 2019 domestic dispatches advanced 1.6 per cent YoY to 1.899Mt while output was up 2.7 per cent to 1.913Mt when compared with the previous year's equivalent period. The rise in domestic sales was driven... |
ENCI halts clinker production01 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsENCI, based in The Netherlands, has shut down its kiln after 91 years of operation. The event, which was carried out in the night of 29 March 2019, was low-key. The plant’s limestone quarry in Sint-Pietersberg, South Limburg, will now be a home to rare insects. Until 2018 the cement producer quarried limestone for the works’ kiln line. However, on 1 January 2020, the 120h site will pass to the management of Natuurmonumenten. |
Crown Cement becomes export leader01 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsMI Cement Factory Ltd has stated that it has become Bangladesh's cement export leader. The company achieved national export trophy three times for its outstanding performance in cement export. Demand for its Crown Cement brand is gradually increasing at home and abroad. In addition, Crown Cement is contributing to the country's development through foreign currency earning. Bangladesh imported cement before 1995, but gradually the country's cement production base increased its output to re... |
Xuan Thanh Cement orders new line from FLSmidth29 March 2019, Published under Cement NewsXuan Thanh Cement has awarded FLSmidth with a DKK550m (US$82.6m) contract for a new brownfield production line at its facility in Ha Nam province, Vietnam. FLSmidth will design and engineer the new clinker production line and deliver equipment for the entire process from crushing to clinker silo. The order is due to be completed by the end of 2020, and once operational the production line will have a capacity of 12,500tpd. In 2015, Xuan Thanh Cement placed a similar order for a product... |
Buzzi Unicem reports EBITDA rose by nearly 14% in 201829 March 2019, Published under Cement NewsBuzzi Unicem released its consolidated financial statement for 2018, reporting that EBITDA rose by 13.6 per cent in 2018 to EUR577m, up by EUR69m on 2017. Net debt increased to EUR891m rising by EUR28m after investments of EUR444m, of which EUR31m were for expansion projects, EUR45m for the acquisition of Seibel & Sohne in Germany and EUR161m for the strategic agreement with Grupo Ricardo Brennand in Brazil. In 2018 the group sold 27.9Mt of cement , up 4.3 per cent on 2017 and 12.1Mm 3 ... |