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MPA welcomes publication of government Productivity Plan15 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsMPA welcomes the Government’s initiative to improve UK productivity, which the trade body says is "a key to sustained long term growth." Issues such as the encouragement of private and public investment, the development of skills, effective and proportionate taxation and regulation and competitive energy supply are of prime importance to the UK Minerals Products industry, which underpins much of our national production and economic activity, the MPA said in a statement. "Government will l... |
Iranian quarterly production update14 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsIran's Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade announced on Sunday that in the first three months of this year cement and clinker production reached 15.77Mt and 19.26Mt, respectively. Of the total, some 4.34Mt, according to the Ministry's figures. During month of Khordad (22 May - 22 June) more than 5.8Mt and 6.4Mt of cement and clinker were produced, respectively. Meanwhile, more than 12.67Mt was sold locally. The Employers Guild Association for cement industry said that in the past yea... |
Burnpur Cement inaugurates Jharkhand plant, India14 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsBurnpur Cement's 800tpd cement plant in Patratu was yesterday inaugurated by Raghubar Das, chief minister of Jharkhand state, India. Addressing the gathering Burnpur Cement director, Ashok Gutgutwa, said the plant is based on dry-process technology. It is situated close to Patratu Thermal Power Station and within 10-15km of limestone deposits. It will produce OPC, PPC and Portland Slag Cement (PSC). |
Kazakhstan: Steppe's 1H volumes edge ahead, revenue falls14 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsIn the first half of 2015, Steppe Cement Ltd sold 717,654t of cement for KZT8277m (US$44.3m), which compares with 709,459t of cement for KZT9125m in the first half of 2014. This represents an increase of one per cent and a decrease of nine per cent, respectively over the same period in 2014. The company said in a statement that the average price for the current period for delivered cement was KZT11,533/t excluding VAT (EUR56), compared with KZT12,862/t (EUR62) in the corresponding period o... |
Cemex Dominicana increases packing and palletising capacity14 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsCemex Dominicana recently announced a US$6m investment to increase the packing and palletizing capacity of its cement plant at San Pedro de Macoris (east). It said the investment in a new cement packing unit forms part of the company’s strategic plan in the Dominican Republic in response to local market requirements, Dominican Today reports. The new unit will boost Cemex's capacity by more than 1.5m additional bags monthly, or 800,000tpa. |
Sanghi inaugurates Kutch grinding plant, India13 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsSanghi Industries' new 1.2Mta grinding plant was inaugurated on Friday by Gujarat Chief Minister, Anandiben Patel, in the western Indian state's Kutch district. The new unit lifts Sanghi's cement production capacity from 2.9Mta to 4.1Mta. Ravi Sanghi, chairman and managing director, said during the ceremony: “Inauguration of the grinding unit by the Gujarat Chief Minister is a testimony to the fact that Sanghi Industries Ltd is considered as one of the leading corporate which has contribut... |
Lafarge Africa to supply Nigerian electricity grid13 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Africa said on Friday it had applied to Nigeria's energy regulator for a licence to generate 260MW of electricity to supply to the country's grid. Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is licensing 'embedded power companies' to try to end electricity shortages. Embedded power companies are not primarily power generating groups, but those which generate extra power from their operations and can then sell the surplus to the grid or distribution companies. Dangote is als... |
China: Hubei ETS compliance deadline postponed13 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsChinese cement firms under Hubei's carbon market will be forced to spend millions of yuan to meet targets as authorities rejected pleas for leniency, but they now have more time to do so after the postponement of Friday's deadline, Reuters reports citing traders. Initially the 138 companies covered by the Hubei scheme, a third of which are cement firms, were supposed to hand over permits by 31 May 2015. The deadline was extended to 10 July, but 27 companies had still not got enough permits ... |
CEMBUREAU calls for 'truly Circular Economy'10 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsCEMBUREAU has taken note of the European Parliament’s adoption of its ‘Own Initiative Report on Resource Efficiency: moving towards a circular economy’. The European cement association has said that it welcomes the Parliament’s support for a sustainable supply of materials from European sources, as well as the call for legal certainty and long term predictability. In addition, it also recognise that a variety of voluntary resource-efficiency indicators which take into consideration the three... |
DBN set for bigger stake in Ohorongo, Namibia10 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsThe Development Bank of Namibia (DNB) is set to increase its stake in Ohorongo Cement this month, according to a report by AllAfrica news citing officials working on the new shareholding structure. Foreign minority shareholders Development Bank of Southern Africa (which owns a 7.3 per cent stake and IDC of South Africa (which owns 20 per cent) are in the process of selling their shares to Namibian institutional investors such as pension funds. Schwenk Zement KG of Germany is the majority sh... |