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New 1.5Mta cement plant for Timektane inaugurated18 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsAlgeria’s Prime Minister, Ahmed Ouyahia has inaugurated a new 1.5Mta cement plant in Timektane, 260km from Adrar. Further expansion of the DZD21bn (US$181m) works is planned in a second stage, which will take cement capacity to 3Mta. The project is a joint venture by STG Sidi Moussa, which owns a 71 per cent stake, and China Triumph International Engineering Co (CTIEC Beijing), which holds the balance of shares. Under a seven-year cooperation agreement, the venture’s Chinese partn... |
Moroccan demand up 5% in November15 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsCement demand in Morocco increased 5.2 per cent YoY in November 2017 to 1,274,165t from 1,211,298t in October 2016, according to data by the country's Ministry of Housing and Urbanisation. Market expansion was particularly strong in Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab, which saw consumption increase 47.6 per cent to 8500t in November when compared with November 2016 volumes. The Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima market also noted robust growth at 17.2 per cent YoY to 170,583t as did he Rabat-Salé-Kénitra market... |
Vietnam exports rise 30% for the first 11 months of 201715 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsVietnam exported 17.48Mta of cement and clinker worth US$613.3m in the first 11 months of this year, according to Vietnam News. This represents a 30.4 per cent increase in volume and a 20.2 per cent rise in value from the year-ago period. In November 2017 exports of clinker and cement reached 2.4Mt, a significant increase of 43.3 per cent in volume from the previous month. The value of these exports amounted to US$82.29m for the same period, 46.2 per cent up from October 2017. The coun... |
Petcoke ban lifted for the cement industry14 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsThe Supreme Court of India has relaxed its ban on the use of petcoke and allowed it to be used in the cement and limestone industries. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the Environmental Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) both agreed that the use of petcoke in cement is not harmful due to the absorption of sulphur in the cement production process, according to the Financial Express. This decision has arrived after MoEF submitted that petcoke is mainly used as a feedstoc... |
Punjab government proposes ban on new cement plants in Potohar14 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsThe Punjab government has proposed to ban the establishment of new cement factories in the Potohar region of Pakistan, according to the Nation. This proposal has been attributed to the noticeable decline in groundwater levels alongside an increase in pollution. The Department of Industries, Commerce and Investment has supplied a summary to the Chief Minister’s Office, requesting the cement industry to be placed under Schedule ‘C’ of the location policy. This would protect certain areas... |
Zambian economic zone to establish cement plant13 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsA US$500m cement plant is expected to be set up near the Lusaka South Multi-facility Economic Zone (LS-MFEZ). The plant will help in boost development at the zone through provision of cement in line with the requirements of industry and infrastructure under construction in the area. LS-MFEZ Acting Managing Director, Mukela Lubasi, said on Monday that with the ongoing developments at MFEZ, it is necessary that cement plants are closer to the project to cut down on production costs. The LS-... |
Uzbekistan cement only to be sold through exchanges13 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsUzbekistan’s monopoly enterprises will sell cement only through exchange auctions from 1 January 2018, according to a new resolution of the country’s government on the production and consumption of cement in 2018. It is expected that 8.44Mt of cement will be sold to domestic customers in this way. The volumes not sold during the first trades will be put up for sale again within a month before being sold under direct contracts for export if this proves unsuccessful. The new resolutions ... |
Akranes cement plant to be demolished13 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsThe cement plant in Akranes, west Iceland, will be demolished, according to reports by the country’s broadcaster RÚV. The demolition crews moved in earlier this week and has received widespread support from the town’s 7000 residents, some of whom have been linked to the plant for generations. “Generally, everyone believes [the plant] should go. It has deteriorated and I think everyone is in favour of it,” says Alfreð Alfreðson, operations manager and whose father helped build the plant in... |
Ho Chi Minh City concerned over cement shortages13 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsVietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City has expressed concern of a potential shortage of cement and construction sand in 2020, according to the Saigon Times. Tran Trong Tuan, director of the Ministry of Construction, said the city had currently 10 cement grinding plants with a capacity of over 10Mta but if all grinding units are forced to move out of the city by 2020 to prevent environmental pollution cement supply in the city would be disrupted. At present it is possible to raise the capacity of t... |
Puerto Rican cement sales fall 16% in November12 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsOverall cement sales in Puerto Rico fell by 15.8 per cent YoY in November, representing a modes improvements when compared with the previous two months. Output from Puerto Rico's cement plants decreased 24.1 per cent YoY, following a drop of 52.9 per cent reported the previous month. In 2016 cement sales fell 12.3 per cent YoY while production saw an 11.5 per cent decrease during the same period. |