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India: demonetisation stalls Indian cement recovery29 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsCement demand is unlikely to recover for another year due to demonetisation and an increase in prices for diesel and pet coke that has placed cost pressures on most cement makers, according to a report in The Economic Times. In a survey conducted by JM Financial, cement volumes across multiple markets were adversely impacted following implementation of the government’s demonetisation policy in November. The northern and western regions witnessed a 25-50 per cent fall in sales. Some sou... |
Vietnam slows down cement capacity development29 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe Vietnamese cement sector has 20Mta overcapacity and must now slow down the pace of investment into new cement production, the government has decided. Vietnam’s cement industry development plan 2011-20, which was approved by the Decision 1488/QD-TTg in 2011 and which has until now supported the development of the industry, will be replaced by a new plan in response to current market conditions. After five years of implementation since 2011, the Prime Minister has agreed to take 14 c... |
Shree Cement Ltd to construct 5Mta plant in Bengal29 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsShree Cement is planning a 5Mta cement plant and a 20MW captive power plant at the villages of Parbatpur and Digha, Tehsil Raghunathpur, dist. Purulia, West Bengal. A railway siding, loading unloading system and residential colony will also be constructed. The total estimated cost of the project is INR6000m. The total land area is 104 acres. The project is waiting for environmental clearance and Pollution Control Board approval. According to West Bengal Pollution Control Board sources, pe... |
Ultratech to expand Chittorgarh limestone mine29 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement, India, has proposed an expansion of the Aditya limestone mining project at Tehsil Chittorgarh and Nimbahera, district Chittorgarh, Rajasthan from 10Mta to 13.17Mta. The company has proposed expansion of clinker production capacity from 8.4Mta to 8.9Mta at the facility near Sawa Shambupura, district Chittorgarh. The enhanced limestone supply will allow the clinker expansion to take place. |
Nigeria: BUA Group to use local coal deposits at Sokoto29 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsCement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN), owned by the BUA Group, will use coal from local mines in Sokoto to generate power for its new 1.5Mta cement plant located in the north west of the country. A 40MW power plant is being constructed at the factory, which will use both coal and LPFO (Low Pour Fuel Oil), while the excess generated power will supply the national grid. |
Shri Ram Industries commissions kiln in Jammu and Kashimir29 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsShri Ram Industries has commissioned an integrated plant at Battal Ballian, district Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The factory consists of 150tpd clinker and 220tpd cement capacity. The unit was commissioned in October 2016. |
Algeria: Prime Minister urges greater exports to Africa23 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsAlgeria's Prime Minister, Abdelmalek Sellal, inaugurated the 25th Algerian Production Fair (FPA) and visited a number of its pavilions stressed the need to diversify the national production and increase exports, notably towards the African markets, in a bid to meet the objective of the government programme. At the pavilion of the Groupe Industriel de Ciments d'Algérie (GICA), Mr Sellal stressed the need to achieve self-sufficiency in cement in 2017, through the launch of all scheduled pla... |
Pakistan: industry demands anti-dumping duty in Iranian cement22 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsAll Pakistan Cement Manufacturers’ Association (APCMA) Chairman, Sayeed Tariq Saigol, has urged the government to support the cement industry by placing an anti-dumping duty on Iranian cement and decreasing taxes to make the domestic product more affordable to consumers. Such changes would increase cement demand and result in capacity enhancement, creating more job opportunities. He pointed out that the cement industry was among the highest contributors to the national exchequer over the ... |
Nigeria: BUA set to complete 1.5Mta Sokoto expansion by 3Q1722 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsBUA Group subsidiary, CCNN, expects the construction of its new 1.5Mta line at the Sokoto plant to be complete before the 3Q17. Founder and Executive Chairman of BUA Group and Chairman of CCNN, Abdulsamad Rabiu, said the US$300m project, which began in 2013, is the first at the plant since 1986. BUA Group took over majority shareholding in 2010. Mr Rabiu also informed the Minister for Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, that the group had discovered coal in commercial quantit... |
India: new MHI plant operational by January21 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsMy Home Industries Ltd (MHI) has announced the launch of its new cement plant in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. The plant is expected to start functioning from January 2017. Executive Director of MHI, Samba Siva Rao, said that the grinding unit at Tuticorin would expand the company’s market share in the southern market: “We are leaders in Andhra and Telangana. In Tamil Nadu we have about seven percent market share and in Karnataka, it is about five to six percent. This plant would help strengthen... |