Cement News tagged under: international
Saudi imports 3.1Mt in past nine months21 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Arabia imported some 3.1Mt of cement in the past nine months valued at SAR750m, according to a financial report quoting data released by Customs Department. The rise is attributed to the increased pace of project implementation and heightened government spending on infrastructure, a source in the national committee of cement companies at the Council of Saudi Chambers (CSC) told Al-Eqtisadiah daily. |
FLSmidth selected as supplier for Holcim (US) Ada modernisation20 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsFLSmidth has been selected to supply the major equipment pieces needed as Holcim (US) looks to modernise its Ada, Oklahoma, plant. The modernisation of the pyroprocess is expected to deliver lower emissions of nearly all air pollutants while anticipating an increase in the plant’s capacity. The contract includes a dryer crusher, a single stage preheater with an ILC-calciner, a dedusting cyclone, a ROTAX-2® kiln, a kiln bypass system, a Duoflex® kiln burner and an FLSmidth® Cross-Bar® coo... |
Vicem cement output rises 4.7% YoY20 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsState-owned Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), the country’s leading cement producer, produced 10.24Mt of cement in the first seven months of this year, rising 4.7 per cent from the same period a year earlier. Clinker output, however, fell one per cent YoY to 9.43Mt during the period. In July, Vicem’s cement output rose 7.8 per cent YoY to 1.54Mt, while the corporation’s clinker output was 1.47Mt, up 8.1 per cent. In the first seven months, Vicem’s total clinker and cement sal... |
Lafarge Zambia considers review of headcount20 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Zambia is considering reducing its workforce of 670 employees by around 30 per cent, according to a memorandum circulated by a group of unionised workers. A sales report from Lafarge dated 12 August 2014, Emmanuel Rigaux, CEO of Lafarge Zambia, stated: “The recent trend in our costs though is not favourable, partly as a result of negative currency impact. We must take action to contain our costs and ensure the sustainability of our business, including the review of our headcount. ... |
Birla HomeTech mulls Kurnool plant project, India20 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsBirla HomeTech are considering setting up a cement factory in the Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh (AP). N Chandrababu Naidu, chief minister of AP, assured Birla HomeTech officials during a recent visit to discuss the new plant that the state government would help the company with the resources. He added that the southeastern Indian state is rich in minerals and that the output from the cement plant could be used by the government for infrastructure projects, the New Indian Express rep... |
CRH returns to first-half pretax profit19 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsCRH's first half turnover advanced by four per cent to EUR8,324m and the EBITDA improved by 27.2 per cent to EUR505m. The trading profit jumped from EUR41m to EUR171m and after a net interest charge 2.7 per cent higher at EUR150m, the pre-tax result went from a loss of EUR71m to a EUR61m profit. The net attributable result went from a EUR57m loss to a EUR46m profit. Net debt at the end of June was 11.6 per cent lower at EUR3,703m, giving a gearing level of 39.9 per cent, which compares wi... |
Peru cement sales fall 3.9% in July19 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsCement dispatches in Peru reached 845,907t in July, representing a 3.9 per cent decline YoY, according to Asocem, the country's cement producers' association. In the year to date, the latest figures reflect a 0.11 per cent increase YoY while output in domestic cement plants edged up 0.66 per cent to nearly 6Mt. Exports in the first seven months were up 0.64 per cent, surpassing the 5.8Mt mark. |
Essroc's Nazareth plant earns Energy Star® certification19 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsEssroc’s cement plant in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, has earned the US Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR® certification which signifies that the facility performs in the top 25 per cent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meets strict energy efficiency performance levels set by the EPA. “Essroc is pleased to accept EPA’s ENERGY STAR certification in recognition of our energy efficiency efforts,” said Paul Stewart, Essroc’s Nazareth plant director. “Through th... |
Iran exports surpass 6.6Mt in first four months18 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsIran exported approximately 6.62Mt of cement and clinker in the first four months of the current Iranian year (21 March - 22 July 2014), a cement industry official has said. "We have exported a sum of 6,620,958t of cement and clinker in the first four months of the current year," Secretary of Iran's Cement Industry Employers Guild Association Abdolreza Sheikhan said. Iran exported approximately 18.812Mt of cement and clinker in last Iranian calendar year (ended 20 March 2014), according t... |
Eurocement first-half shipments rise, Russia18 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsIn the first half of 2014, Eurocement Group shipped over 450,000t of PC 500-D0-N grade cement, 24 per cent higher than the previous year. PC 500-D0-N cement is actively being used in the construction of road projects and is seeing particularly strong demand in the Moscow market. Projects using this Portland cement type include the high-speed M-11 highway from Moscow to St Petersburg, the M-4 Don routes, the fourth ring road in Moscow and traffic intersections on the M-10 highway. It is als... |