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Colombia: FLSmidth secures EcoCementos order11 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsEcoCementos has selected FLSmidth as the equipment supplier for its new plant in Rio Claro, Sonson, Antioquia, Colombia. FLSmidth has been contracted for the engineering, procurement and supply of equipment to the 3150tpd production line. The order includes equipment ranging from from crushing to packing, as well as equipment from FLSmidth product companies. Planetary gear units will be supplied by FLSmidth MAAG Gear, fabric filters from FLSmidth Airtech, a packing plant from FLSmidth V... |
Indonesia - new investment must be outside Java10 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsEstimates released by the Indonesian Ministry of Industry indicate that total national cement capacity in 2017 will reach 102Mta versus a total requirement of 70Mta. In response, the Indonesian government is formulating plans to manage the scale and distribution of future cement capacity investment in the country as it tries to control oversupply, particularly in Java, according to a report in Bisnis Indonesia. Director General of Chemical, Textile and Miscellaneous Industry Ministry, Har... |
Semen Indonesia net profit down by 3% in 201610 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsPT Semen Indonesia Tbk made a net profit of IDR4.01trn (US$301.6m) in 2016, which was lower than the IDR4.52trn the previous year. "National cement growth in the year was down three per cent due to the presence of new industries and the projection of a negative 1.1 per cent growth in December," said Rizkan Chandra, president and director of the company. Mr Chandra went on to say how the company’s Tuban plant was performing well, with production at the plant reaching 1,381,907t, five pe... |
Cemex amends Trinidad Cement bid10 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsCemex has announced that its indirect subsidiary, Sierra Trading, will present a change and variation notice making an amended offer to the offer and take-over bid of Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) that was presented on 5 December 2016. The acquisition of up to 132,616,942 ordinary shares in TCL paired with its existing share ownership in TCL of approximately 39.5 per cent, will result in Sierra Trading holding up to 74.9 per cent of the equity share capital in TCL. Pursuant to the amended ... |
Swiss cement demand advances 4.2% in 201609 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsSwiss cement producers dispatched 1,076,007t of cement in 4Q16, up 1.6 per cent from 1,058,619t delivered in 4Q15, according to the latest data of the country's cement association, Cemsuisse. The figures include dispatches to Liechtenstein. In 2016 total cement deliveries reached 4,397,180t, a 4.2 per cent increase from 4,219,466t when compared with the previous year. Around 52.1 per cent of deliveries were carried out by rail. Ready-mix concrete plants accounted for 73.5 per cent of ... |
Nepal: cement grading process delayed09 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsAlthough the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM) says it has penned a quality certification draft, the government is yet to begin the grading process for domestic cement brands. The NBSM has failed to arrange a meeting of its technical committee, which is authorised to give a final shape to the draft. Once the meeting of the technical committee approves the draft, the document will be forwarded to Nepal Standard Council (NSC) for final approval. Bishwo Babu Pudasaini, director ... |
Semen Indonesia IDR6trn expansion06 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsSemen Indonesia has designated IDR6trn (US$449.1m) for capital expenditure in 2017 to finance its expansion programme. The programme includes the development of four plants set to add 10.5Mta to the company’s current installed capacity of 32.3Mta. Two plants are already under construction. Approximately IDR1trn of the year’s spending will be channelled into the construction of the Rembang plant in Central Java and the Indarung VI plant in Padang, West Sumatra, which have both entered into... |
Kenya: cement consumption falls 5.3% in 3Q1604 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsThe growth in cement consumption fell by 5.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2016 compared to 3Q15, according to a report from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). The KNBS data shows that the domestic market consumed 1.52Mt of cement in the three months to September 2016, compared to 1.45Mt in the same period in 3Q15 and 1.3Mt in 3Q14. The decline in cement demand was in line with a general slowdown in the construction sector. Lower demand from major infrastructure p... |
Canada: McInnis sign 140,000t distribution deal04 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsMcInnis Cement announced it has signed an agreement with Gaspe Railway Corporation (Société du chemin de fer de la Gaspésie - SCFG) for the distribution of cement from New Richmond, Quebec, to various Canadian and US markets. The agreement relates to the transportation of approximately 140,000t of cement over a five-year period. The cement will be loaded into trucks at the mill site, transported to New Richmond and then transhipped into the cars via a measuring hopper that will be install... |
UAE: Arkan cutting energy usage in response to price rises04 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsEmirati building materials firm Arkan, which operates the Al Ain and Emirates cement factories, has announced a series of energy saving measures in response to rising prices for electricity, water and natural gas, Trade Arabia reports. The initiatives include the installation of a waste heat recovery unit on the clinker cooler at the Al Ain cement factory. Arkan is also conducting a feasibility study on the construction of a captive coal-fired power plant for the facility. As an interi... |