Cement News tagged under: international
Lafarge Nigeria calls for review of labelling09 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Nigeria is calling for proper product labelling by manufacturers to address the wrong application of cement products. Lanre Opakunle, the company’s General Manager, Industrial Performance of the company, said there was need to review how cement products were labelled to educate end-users on the basic steps necessary for right application and results. “We discovered that the labelling is not adequate today and we made some proposals but those proposals have not been taken on-board ... |
Carthage Cement issues Provisional Performance Acceptance certificate, Tunisia06 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe Provisional Acceptance certificate has been issued by Carthage Cement for the 5800tpd Djebel Ressas cement plant in Tunisia, constructed by an FLSmdith-Ekon-Prokon consortium on an EPC turkney basis. The greenfield Djebel Ressas plant is the first project to be completed after the Arab Spring. According to a statement by Ekon, the plant has exceeded design figures in terms of production capacity and product quality while achieving less emissions. |
Algeria: Saoura Ciment to build 1Mta works05 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsSaoura Ciment, a subsidiary of GICA, is currently carrying out negotiations with a Chinese partner to realise the Ben-Zireg cement plant, in Bechar, according to its director general. Director, Abdelkader Bouaichaoui, said: "The SSC has recently started negotiations with a Chinese company that made the best financial and technical proposals, to realise this cement plant,." The new plant will have a capacity of 1Mta. It will draw upon the limestone found in Jebel Madjouz and nearby shal... |
Raysut appoints new chief executive, Oman05 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsOman’s Raysut Cement has appointed Salem Alawi Mohammed Baabood as chief executive, the company said in a bourse statement on Wednesday. |
Pakistan FY14-15 Budget set to positively impact on the cement sector04 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsPakistan’s FY14-15 Budget, announced yesterday by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, is being regarded as largely positive for the country’s cement industry as it includes a number of infrastructures and energy-related projects which look set to spur demand. It is hoped that a 24 per cent increase in higher Public Sector Development Programme spending (PSDP), investments in irrigations, improving the road network and housing projects will accelerate cement demand from the current growth rate of t... |
Colombian April demand increases 4.3%04 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe Colombian cement market expanded by 4.3 per cent YoY in April 2014 as 0.957Mt were delivered to domestic customers, according to the latest report from national statistics office, Dane. Major dispatch growth was noted in Norte de Santander (35.3 per cent), Huila (18 per cent), Bolívar (10.3 per cent) and Antioquia (6.5 per cent). Córdoba’s cement consumption fell by 30.1 per cent. Grey cement production reached 1.0289Mt in April, registering a 15.9 per cent YoY increase. The rise has... |
Vietnam monthly cement sales up04 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsCompanies in Vietnam sold 6.07Mt of cement in May, up 9.7 per cent from a year ago, including 4.77Mt sold at the domestic market, rising by 11.9 per cent YoY, the Vietnam Building Material Department under the Ministry of Construction has said. In the first five months, the country’s cement sales rose by 18.4 per cent YoY to 27.27Mt, fulfilling 43.98 per cent of the whole-year target, the department said. The five-month growth was contributed by the surging demand for this product in th... |
Cemex opens new Spanish distribution centre04 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsCemex opened a new distribution centre on Tuesday in Rubi, a city located 25km from Barcelona. Cemex Spain CEO, Jaime Ruiz de Haro, and Rubi Mayor, Carme Garcia cut the ribbon during the official inauguration of the new facility. The center will distribute cement and other materials, allowing the company to serve new customers and markets. "We are the top producer of white cement in the world and the No 3 producer of grey cement, and centres like this allow us to get closer (to our c... |
Cement price rise 2.5% in Morocco04 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe price of a bag of cement in Morocco will rise between 2-2.5 per cent to MAD1400/t (US$170), mainly on the back of higher fuel prices. In addition, cement stocks have decreased by 3.37 per cent between January-May 2014. |
ICL cancels planned project, Australia03 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsIndependent Cement and Lime (ICL) has scrapped plans to build a cement storage and distribution plant in New South Wales, Australia, amid market and economic uncertainty. Last year, ICL received approval to build the facility on a section of the former BHP steelworks site at Mayfield at the Port of Newcastle. However, ICL has now told port officials it no longer plans to proceed as the A$37m project is no longer viable. A spokesperson for ICL said market circumstances and economic condi... |