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Caribbean Cement Co dispatches clinker to Venezuela20 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsCaribbean Cement Company sent its first clinker consignment to Corporación Socialista del Cemento in Venezuela yesterday. The Government had signed off on the clinker deal back in September, but export was delayed as Venezuela had not yet signed all the necessary approvals. The shipment followed months of negotiations with Venezuela, the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining said. However, the Caribbean Cement Company said that "this development has tremendous implications ... |
Bangladesh: cement businesses disrupted by political unrest20 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsBangladesh's cement industry is being affected by political unrest in the country with blockades and disruption to transport routes. The supply of raw materials from port and cement exports to India have also been disturbed. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 18-party alliance has called number of times for the blockade of roads, rail- and waterways to press the government for its demands. The last blockade programme was ended on 19 December while the alliance has a... |
Yovon Cement is boosting cement supply20 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe greenfield Yovon cement plant that came into operation in late September has produced some 230,000t of cement in its first two months of operation, according to the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies (MoINT). Tajikistan-China joint venture, Huaxin Gayur Cement Co Ltd, operates the Yovon cement plant with a staff of 534, with 80 per cent of them being local Tajikistan workers. The 1Mta Yovon cement plant is driven by coal and produces two types of cement – M-400 and M-500. The... |
Kiln to close at Saudi Arabian Cement Co20 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsSaudi cement producer and trader Al Jouf Cement said in a bourse filing it will shut down its production Kiln line 6 for scheduled maintenance from 21 December until 7 January. The cement company said that the stoppage will not impact its ability to meet contractual obligations to clients, adding it will announce its cost later. |
Ukraine: cement output in November jumps 16.2%19 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsCement production in Ukraine in November 2013 increased by 16.2 per cent YoY to 816,000t, while in the previous month the decline was 2.2 per cent compared to October 2012, the State Statistics Service (SSS) reported. According to the SSS, compared to October 2013, cement production in November 2013 fell by 13.7 per cent. In January-November 2013, cement production in the country decreased by 1.4 per cent compared to January-November 2012, to 9.33Mt. As reported, in 2012 cement producti... |
Ghana: GHACEM urged to source local raw materials19 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsGHACEM which produces about 60,000t of cement every week sources just about 25 per cent of its raw materials in Ghana, but the government has targeted the producer to source 50 per cent of its raw material locally. Strategic and Corporate affairs manager of GHACEM, Dr George Dawson Amoah, told Citi Business News, this could be a daunting task as the major problem is the availability of the raw material in Ghana. “The raw materials; the major part is the clinker which is imported. I sha... |
Cementir sets out 2014-16 business targets18 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsCementir's Board of Directors has approved the company's 2014-16 Business Plan which sees average annual EBITDA growth of around 16 per cent over the period. The plan lays the foundations for a further period growth following positive trends seen during 2013, the company said in a statement released yesterday. The strategy focuses on four key priorities: Improving the profitability of the current business Consolidating the group’s leadership in the white cement market Complet... |
Germany: Renewable Energy Sources Act feared by cement sector18 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) is expected to be detrimental to the production of the German cement industry as well as presenting considerable risks to the sector's competitiveness, according to a recent study of the Münster-based EEFA Research Institute on behalf of the German cement association VDZ. The report entitled: ‘Wettbewerbsfähige Stromkosten. Voraussetzung für die Zementherstellung am Standort Deutschland’ [Competitive Electricity Costs. Requirements for the cement prod... |
Loesche to launch subsidiary in Indonesia18 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsLoesche is to open a new subsidiary in Jakarta, Indonesia, scheduled to be fully operational by 1 January 2014. Indonesia is becoming an increasingly-important market for Loesche with the company having received "a substantial number of new orders for its specialist equipment," the Germany-based equipment supplier said in a statement. "And, with a growing population of mills in the cement and other industries, the company has reached the position where it needs expert staff on-the-spot to... |
Spain: cement consumption to drop 20% in 201318 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsNational cement consumption is expected to register a double-digit decline for its sixth-consecutive decline as Spanish cement association, Oficemen, put the YoY drop at 20 per cent. Oficemen also points out the decreasing profit margins for the country’s producers as demand continues to falls and production costs move in the opposite direction. The lack of competitive power prices, which sees price differences between Spanish and German power of around EUR15-30/MWh have pushed up product... |