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Mikhailovcement Jan-Sept output up 20.2% YoY14 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsMikhailovcement, part of the Eurocement group, produced 1.21Mt of cement in January-September 2014, up 20.2 per cent on the comparative period of last year. The Mikhailovcement plant, situated in the Ryazan region, produced 281,350t of CEM I 42.5H (+65.6 per cent) and 981,620t of clinker (+17 per cent) during the period. A total of 1.234Mt were shipped to customers, up +21.1 per cent YoY. |
Semen Indonesia scales back full-year growth target14 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsPT Semen Indonesia has reduced its 2014 sales growth target from 5-6 per cent to 4-5 per cent due to a slowdown in cement sector, its corporate secretary, Agung Wiharto, said. Mr Wiharto told Reuters that the state-owned company did not achieve its sales volumes target in the third quarter of this year. Sales volumes in the three months to the end of September 2014 reached 19.1Mt, up three per cent from 18.5Mt a year earlier, representing 71 per cent of its 2014 full-year target. Indonesi... |
Semen Indonesia set to acquire land for new Papua plant13 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsPT Semen Indonesia will soon acquire 500ha of land in West Papua for the construction of a cement plant at a cost of around US$150m. Semen Indonesia corporate secretary Agung Wiharto told the Jakarta Post that the firm would sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) later this year to procure the land for the first cement factory in the province. "For a capacity of around 1Mta, we might need around 500ha," Agung said. Construction of the new plant is expected to begin in 2015. The new plant... |
Mika Cement resumes production, Armenia13 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsArmenia-based producer Mika Cement, which has not functioned since April 2014, has resumed production having paid off its main debts. Naira Martirosyan, director of the plant told Arminfo, that production restarted at the end of September. "We paid off the main debts on salary and electric power and at present we have been paying off the current debts," she said. She further added that production is in full swing, and output is expected to reach 100,000t by year-end. While most of the out... |
Asia Cement (China) expects 30% rise in nine-month profit13 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsAsia Cement (China) Holdings Corp said Friday its profit for the nine months ending in September is expected to increase 30 per cent YoY. The company said in a statement that the increase is mainly due to a rise in sales volume and price of the company's products when compared with the same period last year. Asia Cement recorded a profit of CNY390.8m (US$63.8m) in the first nine months of 2013. |
Unitherm has successfully delivered several burners to Egypt13 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsAs part of the of the country's fuel diversification, Cemex Egypt awarded Unitherm Cemcon with the delivery of three MAS burners. These burners range from 97-105MW and are capable of firing petcoke/coal, heavy fuel oil, liquid and solid secondary fuels. After the successful supply of a new rotary kiln burner for Titan Beni Suef kiln 2 last year, Unitherm Cemcon is currently manufacturing another M.A.S. multifuel burner for kiln 1 in the same plant, which will be delivered by the end of the... |
Two Conch subsidiaries hit September highs13 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsAnhui Conch Cement Co Ltd reported that output and sales of its major subsidiaries hit record highs in September. The company's Foshan subsidiary in south China's Guangdong province saw daily sales exceed 10,000t for five consecutive days in September, with average daily sales stablising at 8000t, according to a Xinhua-run cnstock.com report. Conch claimed that the subsidiary's September output, sales, clinker cement outturn all hit new highs in 2014, with output and clinker cemen... |
Lafarge and Holcim merger 'on track', set to request EU approval10 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsLafarge and Holcim are about to request approval from the European Commission for their planned merger, Lafarge Chief Executive Bruno Lafont told reporters on Thursday. "We are indeed very close to (EU) notification," Lafont told Reuters on the sidelines of a conference on affordable housing at Lafarge's headquarters in Paris. He added that talks with Brussels had been "constructive" and that the companies were "well on track" to close the deal in the first half of next year. Notifying the ... |
Indonesian Jan-Sept demand up 3.4% YoY10 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsIndonesian cement demand in the first nine months of 2014 rose by 3.4 per cent YoY to 42.993Mt, latest data from the Indonesia Cement Association (ASI) reveals. Strong gains have been seen in the past months. During September alone, sales increased by 5.7 per cent to 5.632Mt, compared to 5.329Mt in the same month of last year. However, while the the fourth quarter is traditionally strong as large-scale projects need to be completed by year-end, industry commentators caution that demand ma... |
Asia Cement anticipates pick-up in Thai demand10 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsThailand-based producer Asia Cement said it expects a pick-up in demand from late this year and into 2015 due to the government’s stimulus package and the launch of infrastructure projects. The Italcementi-group company forecasts Thai consumption for full-year 2014 to be on a par with last year’s figure of 34Mt. A five per cent increase is projected for next year. Managing director of Asia Cement, Roberto Callieri, told the Bangkok Post that while Asia Cement had faced challenging times s... |