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Philippines: six month cement sales accelerate to 10.13Mt20 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsCement sales in the first six months increased 6.18 per cent to 10.13Mt from 9.54Mt in 2012, the Cement Manufacturer’s Association of the Philippines said. The group attributed the healthy performance to the country’s improving construction business and to the government’s ongoing infrastructure programme. Meanwhile, the group reported that the industry imported 12Mt of clinker during the first six months. Total domestic cement output in 2012 was 18.35Mt, 17.5 per cent higher than in 2011. ... |
Bolivia to import more cement as demand rises20 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe manager of Insumos Bolivia, Óscar Sandi, said if the seasonal demand for cement in Bolivia continues to growth, the state-owned body will increase cement imports. "I do not think there were supply problems as such, there may have been delays in deliveries, but (the supply) is guaranteed. If there is unmet demand, we will import according to the volumes required, " he said. Official data indicated that cement output in the first half of 2013 rose 8.5 per cent YoY. |
Belarusian Cement Corporation gets go-ahead19 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsBelarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has approved a plan for the creation of the holding Belarusian Cement Corporation. The new holding company is expected to comprise three cement plants: Belarusian Cement, Krasnoselskstroimaterialy and Krichevtsementnoshifer as well as a transport and logistics company. Work on establishing the holding company is expected to be complete in 2014. The government expects to attract a strategic investor the following year. This move should to help r... |
Kenya’s cement consumption leaps further ahead of production19 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsKenya’s cement industry, the largest in East Africa, will benefit from increased government spending on infrastructure projects and investors should buy shares on price dips, according to Kestrel Capital East Africa Ltd. “Increasing government capital expenditure in power and transport infrastructure projects will aid cement consumption growth,” the Nairobi-based brokerage said. Domestic consumption is growing at a faster rate than production, and Kenya’s market is expected to consume 81 p... |
Ethiopian government commends Dangote over new cement plant19 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe prospect of large job creations arising from the establishment of the new cement plant has encouraged the government of Ethiopia has commend the effort of the president of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, and promised to provide the enabling atmosphere to make the business thrive. The commendation, conveyed through a letter from the government of Ethiopia to Alhaji Dangote came on the heels of a similar appreciation by the government of Tanzania over the recent ground-breaking cere... |
USA: cement company seeks to stop pipeline19 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsEssroc Cement Corp is suing to stop a natural gas pipeline from running through its Lawrence County property. Nazareth-based Essroc Cement Corp filed the lawsuit last Tuesday to stop the line, which is slated to go through the company’s land in North Beaver Township. The lawsuit names three defendants: NiSource Corporate Services and Pennant Midstream LLC, both of Columbus, and Houston-based Hillcorp Energy, which has a local office in New Castle. According to the lawsuit, Essroc owns... |
Cementos Cosmos exports 13% of clinker to Brazil19 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe Brazilian market is offering Spain’s Cementos Cosmos the opportunity to maintain its clinker production at a high level. Of the 1.5Mt clinker produced at its Toral de los Vados plant, Cosmos exports 0.2Mt to Brazil. While the company’s management says it is preferable to sell the clinker in the market where it is produced, " the market situation has led us to take the opportunity our parent offered, even at the cost of losing part of the profit margin in the transport,” said the compa... |
Tanga Cement breaks ground on new line16 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsTanga Cement Company Ltd (TCCL) has launched construction of a new clinker production line involving an investment of US$165m. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony, Lau Masha, TCCL board chairman, told local press: "Apart from increasing our clinker manufacturing capacity to match the current cement grinding, this project will also reduce cement manufacturing cost, improve quality and increase cement availability,.” The first phase of the expansion project involved the installation of a... |
Peruvian seven-month dispatches rise 10.8%16 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsCement deliveries in Peru increased by 10.8 per cent YoY to 5,785,150t between January and July 2013, according to the country’s cement association, Asocem. Output from Asocem-affiliated cement plants also saw an upward trend to 5,911,497t, representing a 10.9 per cent rise when compared with the same period the previous year. Exports in Jan-Jul reached 108,620t, up 42.8 per cent against the Jan-Jul 2012 figure of 76,058t. |
Cemex opens new marine terminal in Norway16 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe southern Norwegian port of Kristiansand is now home to Cemex’s fifth marine terminal. “With this strategically-located terminal in Kristiansand we close the gap between the west and east coast of Norway, because we could not reach this geographic region by truck,” explained Andreas Rotermund, Cemex Deutschland’s commercial and logistics vice president. The first cement cargo to be unloaded at the terminal was shipped from Cemex OstZement’s Rüdersdorf works in Germany. Following the... |