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Roanoke Cement recognised for environmental achievements09 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsRoanoke Cement Company, a subsidiary of Titan America, has been formally recognised as an Exemplary Environmental Enterprise within the Virginia Environmental Excellence Program (VEEP). VEEP was established in 2000 and RCC was "accepted" as its initial cement producing facility. The facility-based track promotes the use of environmental management systems (EMS) and pollution prevention and serves to help organisations minimise the affect of their operations on the environment. The ... |
Dangote plans to invest in new Kenya plant09 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement plans to invest in a new cement plant in Kenya, according to the country’s president’s office. Aliko Dangote was part of a business delegation that was visiting Kenya with Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan. The countries signed bilateral deals in sectors including tourism, agriculture and oil and gas. "(President Uhuru Kenyatta) particularly cited the ... the decision by Nigerian tycoon Aliko Dangote to invest US$400m in a cement processing plant as an indicator that ... |
Mika Cement to resume operations, Armenia09 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsArmenia-based producer Mika Cement plans to resume operations, having been idle for a year. The kiln will be launched on 10 September 2013, plant director Naira Martirosyan told Arminfo. The 1.2Mta cement plant, situated in the city of Hrazdan, has been shut down since September 2012. The plant has been able to resume operations following a loan it recieved from VTB Bank (Armenia) in July this year. The bank allocated funding so the cement producer could fulfill its loan commitments, inclu... |
ASEC consortium wins Iraq plant contract06 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsA consortium of ASEC Cement and Iraq's Qemmet El-Iraq has won a contract to rehabilitate and manage for 14 years the Muthanna cement plant in Muthanna Governorate, Iraq. Representatives of the consortium, including Abulla Hussein of Qemmet El-Iraq as well as ASEC Cement Chairman and CEO Giorgio Bodo, attended a signing ceremony in Baghdad with Southern Cement Co., the state holding company that controls Muthanna Cement, on 28 August 2013. "We are delighted to be entering this new market ... |
Iran increases output by 3% in first five months05 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsCement output in the first five months of the current calendar year (started on 21 March 2013) continued its upward climb to reach 31.475Mt, information from Iran’s Cement Producers Association showed. "The figure shows a three per cent increase compared to the same period of the previous year," the IRNA News Agency quoted Abdolreza Sheykhan, an official of the association as saying. Some 30.874Mt of clinker was produced during the same timeframe, also representing a rise of three per cent... |
Bolivia’s Tarija government studies new cement plant option05 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe government of Tarija, Bolivia, is studying the possibility of building a cement plant on the back of limestone deposits in the department, said Cyrus Rose, Tarija’s productive development director. “We will start by signing an agreement to the quantification and qualification of the limestone,” he said. It is expected that the study will take 12 months and according to Mr Rose, the technical and market studies will determine whether the project will go ahead. He further stressed ... |
Pakistan monthly sales fall05 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsPakistan cement dispatches fell seven per cent YoY in August due to the Eid holidays and wet weather conditions. Sales were down to 2.15Mt in August 2013 compared to 2.6Mt in the same month of the previous year. Meanwhile, on a sequential basis, August sales fell by 17 per cent compared to July 2013 dispatches of 2.6Mt. Domestic sales were hardest hit as volumes were down 19 per cent to 1.5Mt while exports fell 13 per cent. For the first two months of current fiscal, which began in Jul... |
Malaysian fuel price hikes to impact production costs05 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Malaysia Bhd, the country's leading cement producer, said an increase in fuel prices due to the government's recently-announced cut in subsidies, will have a definite impact on production costs. “The increase would naturally have an impact on businesses in terms of transportation cost for both production and delivery to the market,” a spokesman from the company told The Star newspaper of Malaysia. “We understand the need for this subsidy rationalisation exercise by the Governmen... |
Cemex starts affordable housing construction project, Dominican Republic05 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsCemex has launched the construction of 186 units of affordable housing in the province of San Pedro de Macoris, during a ceremony headed by the President of Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina. The 186 homes are part of the first stage of Altos del Higuamo project, which includes the construction of 568 houses with a total investment of approximately US$18m. The first 60 units will be delivered in December 2013. This housing complex is outstanding in its category and includes green, instit... |
TCC expects sales increase in China and Taiwan04 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan Cement Co (TCC) said it expects shipments to China to increase by double-digits this year due to strong infrastructure demand while domestic shipments are also forecast to advance. Shipments to China are forecast to increase by 10-15 per cent this year from 39.7Mt in 2012 to 45-46Mt this year, the Tapei Times reported Taiwan Cement’s senior vice president Edward Huang saying during an investors conference. Closure of obsolete and backward cement capacity in China due to more stringe... |