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Uzbekistan cement works inaugurated02 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsUzbekistan has seen the official launch of a US$116m cement plant in Jizzakh oblast, which will add to the country’s grey and white cement production capabilities. The greenfield works, based in the Zafarabad area, has a grey capacity of 0.76Mta, plus 0.35Mta of white cement. Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMC) set up a joint venture with JSC Uzstroymaterialy in July 2012 and construction of the new facility began in April 2013. Turkish Dal Teknik Makina Ticaret Ve Sanayi As su... |
Semen Indonesia eyes Middle East & Africa investment02 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsPT Semen Indonesia, the country’s leading producer, is looking at expanding its presence into the Middle East and Africa region by developing factories there in 2016, CEO Dwi Soetjipto as quoted by Investor Daily. The Indonesian state-owned company company plans to invest IDR15trn (US$1.33bn) to boost production capacity to 50Mta by the year 2019. Semen Indonesia is targeting output at 30Mta this year, up from last year's 28Mta. Aside from its domestic operations in Indonesia, which compri... |
Hima outlines sustainability initiatives, Uganda02 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsUgandan producer Hima Cement has outlined ambitious sustainability plans focussed on five main pillars. The company, owned by Kenya’s Bamburi Cement and part of the Lafarge Group, said the plan will be a key focus this year. Projects will be aimed at improving the areas of operational cost management, environmental conservation, job creation, health and safety and community development. Hima Cement's general manager, Daniel Pettersson, told AllAfrica.com that as global market demands chan... |
Colombian demand grows 12% in February01 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsColombian cement demand expanded by 11.7 per cent in February 2014 compared to the previous year with dispatches reaching 924,000t, according to the statistics office, Dane. Major growth was recorded in Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Norte de Santander y Cauca. Cement production rose to 907,800t, up 10.2 per cent when compared with the same month a year ago. In the year ending February 2014, deliveries advanced by five per cent YoY to 10.972Mt. Output from Colombia’s cement plant... |
Taiwan Cement sees 28.81% jump in net profit01 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan Cement posted a record TWD10.03bn (US$330m) in net profit last year, up 28.81 per cent from a year earlier, the company said in a statement on Monday. Consolidated sales for 2013 rose 2.11 per cent YoY to about NT$116.10bn, while its gross margin rose about four percentage points from a year earlier to 19.66 per cent. The company's strong sales in China were reflected in the 2013 results of subsidiary TCC International Holdings Ltd, which posted a 14.7 per cent annual increase in ... |
QNCC signs LoI with Fives FCB for 5000tpd Umm Bab expansion31 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsQatar National Cement Co (QNCC) yesterday signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Fives FCB for the QAR950m (US$261m) expansion of its Umm Bab cement works, according to Qatar’s official news agency QNA. The France-based company will be responsible for the construction of a fifth production line with a capacity of 5000tpd. The new line is expected to come on-stream in July 2016 and bring the total capacity of the plant at 17,000tpd, QNA reported. |
Vietnam 1Q14 domestic sales rise 8% YoY31 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsVietnam sold 10.23Mt of cement in the domestic market in the first quarter of this year, up eight per cent from a year ago, the Ministry of Construction (MoC) said. Shipments in March 2014 alone totalled 4.68Mt. The three-month sales figure accounted for 21 per cent of the country’s full-year target, the MoC said on its website last week. The country exported US$66m worth of cement and clinker between January and March, fulfilling 19.5 per cent of the whole-year target, including US$20m... |
Sanghi Industries invests in capacity expansion, shipping and distribution capabilities31 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsSanghi Industries Ltd (SIL) is to expand its production by 30 per cent, and is set to acquire ships and establish terminals to improve logistics. The company is to raise cement capacity from 2.6Mta to 3.5Mta by the end of 2015 at its Abdasa plant in the Kutch district of Gujarat. “Currently, clinker production is higher than cement production at our plant. To correct the mismatch, we are investing INR100 crore in increasing the grinding capacity,” Alok Sanghi, director of Sanghi Industries... |
Lipetskcement reports 8.8% rise in output, Russia31 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsLipetskcement, part of the Eurocement group, produced 81,420t of cement in the first two months of this year, 8.8 per cent more than the same period of 2013. In February 2014 alone, output increased by five per cent YoY to 44,000t. Half of the overall volume of produced cement in February 2014 consisted of the high-strength plain cement CEM I 42.5N. Clinker production amounted to 80,000t, and increase of 3.3 per cent from February 2013. Over the first two months of 2014, clinker output ... |
Algeria: SCS receives bids for Oum-El-Bouaghi plant construction31 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsSociété des Ciments de Sigus (SCS) has received bids from French, Danish and Chinese bidders to build its new cement works in Oum-El-Bouaghi, Algeria. The EUR350m project will see the construction of a 2Mta cement works, which is part of the investments planned by Groupe Industriel des Ciments d’Algerie (GICA). A site survey of the 119ha plot has been carried out and the authorities have given SCS the go-ahead to start work in terms of earthworks and securing the site. Commissioning ... |