Cement News tagged under: international
Probe against Lafarge Surma land acquisition and quarrying operations23 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe Indian Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) is assessing a complaint filed against Lafarge Surma Cement's land acquisition and limestone quarrying operations in Meghalaya, India. Lafarge Surma Cement, a joint venture between Lafarge and Cementos Molins of Spain, operates a 1.6Mta plant at Chhatak, Bangladesh. Due to the country’s lack of limestone deposits, the Chaatak plant is a cross-border facility with a captive limestone mined located at Meghalaya, India, from where limestone is tra... |
Industry declares victory in NESHAP case22 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected, in part, petitions from the Natural Resources Defense Council and other environmental groups to vacate the 2013 Portland cement national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) rule, the PCA has said. The Court sided with EPA and PCA about the revised particulate matter (PM) standard and extended compliance deadline, but rejected EPA’s affirmative defense provision, instead saying that the Clean Air Act ... |
Savannah Cement plans new clinker line, Kenya22 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsSavannah Cement, the newest entry in the Kenyan market, plans to invest US$200m in the construction of a new clinker line to boost regional sales. A joint venture between Kenyan and Chinese investors, Savannah Cement currently operates a grinding plant at Athi River. The new plant has five packing lines and is capable of producing 1.5Mta of cement. Board chairman Benson Ndeta, announced on Thursday that the company hopes to be a major competitor in the regional market in the supply of ... |
East Timor plant draws community concerns22 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsA new greenfield cement plant project planned by BGC (Australia) Pty Ltd in Baucau, north Timor, has led local community groups to set up a non-governmental organisation “to protect and preserve the communities’ rights to their culture, development and traditional land rights. The Timor-Leste Cement plant will be built by POSCO E&C Australia who will be responsible for the whole process from engineering to procurement and construction. Community organisation, Kapeliwa was publicly launc... |
Semen Indonesia allocates Myanmar spend21 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsPT Semen Indonesia has allocated US$200m for the acquisition of a cement plant in Myanmar, Agung Wiharto, corporate secretary of the Indonesian cement group has revealed. The deal will not be completed this month, as previously expected, but due diligence is currently underway. In an interview with The Jakarta Post, Mr Wiharto said that Myanmar’s cement demand stood at between 8-9Mta, while cement producers could only supply half that volume. "They've imported cement from Thailand and China... |
Kazakhstan: Standard Cement to launch second production line in 201521 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsStandard Cement LPP plans to launch a second production line in south Kazakhstan in 2015, bringing total capacity of the facility to 2.3Mta. The line will have a design capacity of 1Mta, with equipment supplied by Tianjin Cement Industry Design & Research Institute (TCDRI), China. The company intends to expand its product range to include M500-M700 high-quality cement and oil well cement. |
Ecuador 1Q14 sales ahead21 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsEcuador cement sales during January-March 2014 period reached 1.522Mt, a 2.5 per cent increase compared to 1.485Mt sold in the first quarter of last year, latest data from domesic cement and concrete institute INECYC shows. March 2014 sales totalled 497,601t, down 0.4 per cent from the same period of last year when dispatches reached 499,743t. Sales were also down when compared to February 2014 (511,795t), representing a 2.8 per cent MoM decline. |
Steppe Cement 1Q14 market update, Kazakhstan18 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsSteppe Cement Ltd said it sold 198,607t of cement in the 1Q14 for KZT2486m (US$13.7m), compared to 166,121t of cement for KZT2272m in 1Q13, representing an increase of 20 and nine per cent, respectively. The company reported that the Kazakhstan cement market remained broadly similar compared to the same period of 2013, although the weather was colder this year compared to last. Steppe Cement's market share increased from 15 per cent in 1Q13 to 17 per cent in the first three months of the ye... |
Brazil’s first quarter sales rise 6.4% YoY18 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsBrazil’s first quarter sales rose 6.4 per cent YoY to 17.1Mt, preliminary data from SNIC shows. Sales in March reached 5.6Mt, representing YoY growth of 1.9 per cent compared to the same month of 2013. Cumulative sales for the last 12 moths (April 2013 – March 2014) rose by 4.3 per cent against the comparative period of the previous year (April 12 – March 2013). |
Qatar consumption forecast to double by FY1718 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Qatar is expected to double from current levels within the next three years, a new report has forecast. Dubai-based financial services firm Arqaam Capital said in its report on Qatar’s cement sector released this week that consumption will be driven by heavy government infrastructure spending. Citing various official data, the report said Qatar is expected to open up to QAR182bn (US$50bn) construction projects this year, up 15 per cent compared to last year. The m... |