Cement News tagged under: international
JSW Group plans Salboni plant, India29 September 2015, Published under Cement NewsJSW Group announced that it will be setting up a 2.4Mta grinding plant at Salboni in West Midnapore district, West Bengal, India. A 10Mt steel plant was originally planned for the site, but the company has not proceeded with the project thus far due to coal and iron linkages and problems with the land lease. However, chairman Sajjan Jindal explained to local press that JSW wants to have some activity at Salboni while the steel project is delayed. The foundation stone ceremony is being p... |
Orient Cement commissions Karnataka plant, India28 September 2015, Published under Cement NewsOrient Cement has commissioned and started commercial production of its new integrated greenfield cement plant Chittapur, Gulbarga district, Karnataka, with an installed capacity of 3Mta. The first consignment of cement from the new plant was dispatched on 26 September 2015. Completion of the project lifts Orient Cement’s total cement capacity to 8Mta. |
NCC kicks off Pangasinan plant expansion28 September 2015, Published under Cement NewsNorthern Cement Corp (NCC), part of the San Miguel Corp, has broken ground on the US$200m expansion of its plant in Pangasinan, Philippines. The new project will double the facility's capacity to more than 2Mta. "The economy and infrastructure sector are growing rapidly and by expanding NCC, we are supporting the development efforts of the Philippine government and reducing dependence on imported cement," NCC President Ramon S Ang was quoted in the statement as saying. |
Egypt prices decline on slower construction activity28 September 2015, Published under Cement NewsEgyptian prices have declined three times in the past two months as a result of increased supply and low demand in the market, local media have reported. A ton of cement now costs EGP550 (US$70), down from EGP700 (US$89) at the beginning of August, the construction materials division of Cairo Chamber of Commerce Ahmed al-Zeiny told Youm7 Sunday. Zeiny attributed the decline to the lack of construction activities this month due to holidays such as al-Adha feast. He also cited the dollar s... |
Paraguay: cement price spikes 20%28 September 2015, Published under Cement NewsIn the past few weeks the price for a bag of cement in Paraguay has spiked to PYG56,000 from PYG45,000, up 20 per cent. The price rise has been attributed to technical issues with the kiln of Industria Nacional del Cemento and is expected to fall once the have been resolved. |
Kenya: West Pokot plant construction poised for 2016 start25 September 2015, Published under Cement NewsConstruction work on a long-awaited cement plant in West Pokot County, Kenya, is due to commence early next year, company officials have confirmed. Cemtech Ltd, a subsidiary of India's Sanghi Group of companies, will begin construction work for the KES12bn following approval by engineers who had earlier raised queries over its site, among other issues. The company acquired 650 hectares of land for the 1.2Mta plant about six years ago. Diptish Nandha, general manager of Cemtech, affirme... |
Cimentos de Mozambique installs bag filter, Mozambique24 September 2015, Published under Cement NewsThe Mozambican Minister of Industry and Trade has inaugurated a bag filter installed by Cimentos de Mozambique, part of the Cimpor group. "The decision of Cimentos de Mozambique appears as a positive response to the imperative of adopting technologies that minimise the negative impact on the environment and the communities living in the vicinity of this plant," said Max Tonela, quoted by the news agency AIM, during the inauguration of the new equipment at the company's unit in Matola, near... |
Colombian market expands 8.8% in July23 September 2015, Published under Cement NewsGrowth in Colombian cement demand continues as dispatches increased 8.8 per cent YoY to 1.152Mt, according to DANE, the country's statistics office. Key markets were Antioquia (15 per cent of total demand), Bogota (13.4 per cent) and Cundinamarca (9.2 per cent). Output edged up 3.1 per cent to 1.111Mt. Some 65 per cent of dispatches is bagged cement with bulk deliveries taking up just over a third. In the January-July period domestic cement consumption expanded seven per cent YoY to tot... |
Spain: cement demand up 5.6% YoY 8M1522 September 2015, Published under Cement NewsSpain’s cement consumption increased 5.6 per cent YoY to 7,397,362t in the first eight months of 2015, according to Oficemen, the country’s cement association. However, this pitches growth just below 1H15 expansion, when demand increased by 8.6 per cent. The small difference has been attributed to a two per cent YoY drop in July and August when compared with 2014. In July consumption contracted by 5.3 per cent to 1,063,274t, the first time since September 2014. The indicator registered 2.2... |
Mexican cement firms line up for airport contracts22 September 2015, Published under Cement NewsA group of 20 Mexican cement firms from AMCI, the association of independent concrete companies, are to invest MXN300m (EUR15.90m, US$18.03m) in the installation of a sector cluster to supply concrete for the construction of Mexico City's new international airport (NAICM). These firms will provide 48 per cent of the concrete required for the project and are currently negotiating with the Mexican construction industry chamber, CMIC, to obtain the association's support for the initiative.... |