Cement News tagged under: international
Poland's 1H sales see double-digit decline08 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsCement sales and ouput in Poland continue to feel the pinch following the completion of construction activity related to the 2012 European Football Championships, as double-digit declines are registered in the first half of this year. For the six months to the end of June 2013, cement sales in Poland dropped by 22.1 per cent to 5.842Mt, while output was similarly down by 22 per cent to 5.782Mt, latest data by the country's cement association shows. For the month of June alone, cement ... |
Iranian exports surpass 5Mt mark08 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsIran cement and clinker exports for the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year crossed the 5Mt mark. Exports for the period stood at 5.075Mt, which represented a 50 per cent increase compared to the same period of last year. Cement exports represented 4.21Mt of the total. The country plans to export over 18.5Mt of cement, Mohammad Fatemian, an official with the Industry, Mine, and Trade ministry, had previously said. In the Iranian year ended 20 March, Iran’s cement... |
Shiva Cement to raise capacity by 1Mta08 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsShiva Cement, in which ACC Ltd holds a 12.65 per cent stake, plans to increase capacity by 1Mta at its cement plant in Odisha on the east coast of India. The company currently has a capacity of 0.132Mta at the works in Rourkela and plans to invest INR270 crore to raise its volumes. RP Gupta, chairman and managing director of Shiva Cement, said the project is expected to be completed by the first half of 2015 with plans for a further increase also in the pipeline. |
ICL gets green light for New South Wales facility, Australia08 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsIndependent Cement and Lime Pty Ltd (ICL) has received permission to build a cement and ground slag facility in a section of the former BHP Steelworks site at Mayfield North, Newcastle, New South Wales. The plant will receive about 600,000t of dry bulk cement and about 200,000tpa of ground slag, according to the environmental assessment. The cement and ground slag will be imported to the plant by ship and stored in silos before being distributed by truck. It will operate 24-hours a da... |
New Gazakh cement line officially opened, Azerbaijan08 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsGazakh Cement has officially opened its new production line in the presence of Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan. The greenfield plant in Dash-Salahui village near Agstafa in the Gazakh region of northwest Azebaijan, involved the construction of a 2500tpd a clinker production line and will be able to produce 1Mta of cement. The cement producing facilities were completed in March this year enabling the start of trial tests which have proved successful. CBMI (Sinoma) and Turkish SC Endu... |
Swiss cement deliveries advance 2.3% in 1H1305 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsIn the second quarter of 2013, the domestic deliveries of the Swiss cement industry increased 1.8 per cent when compared with 2Q12, according to the latest data from CemSuisse, the Swiss cement association. Dispatches rose from 1.286Mt in 2Q12 to 1.262Mt. In the first half-year, deliveries increased 2.3 per cent from 2.06Mt in 1H12 to 2.11Mt, reflecting the active construction market in the country. For the end of the year, a stable to slightly contracting volume can be expected. |
Japan: imperial couple tour disaster-stricken cement plant05 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsEmperor Akihito and Empress Michiko inspected equipment to desalinate rubble and a rotary kiln which heats raw materials to make cement at the plant in Ofunato , Iwate Prefecture, one of three prefectures in northeastern Japan devastated by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck the area. The plant, operated by Taiheiyo cement, is close to the sea and was heavily damaged by the tsunami. But it was back online about eight months later and is now producing cement used... |
Indian capacity expansion rate to slow05 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsFaced with overcapacity, the Indian cement industry is likely to slow expansion with an extra 66Mt expected by 2015-16 amidst an expected surge in demand and price, Care Research said. "Over the past few years, cement industry has witnessed huge capacity addition. The capacity has increased from 219Mt in FY09 to 325Mt in FY13, registering a CAGR of 10.4 per cent," said Care Research, a unit of Care Rating. Given the huge surplus prevailing in the industry, the pace of capacity building w... |
Caribbean Cement to increase prices, Jamaica04 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsCaribbean Cement Company Ltd (CCCL) is set to increase cement prices for the third time in 2013, this time due to the depreciation of the Jamaican dollar against the US dollar. In a notice to the Jamaica Stock Exchange, CCCL said that as of 8 July 2013, the price of a bag of Carib Cement OPC will be increased to JMD945.48 (US$9.38), while a bag of Carib Cement Plus will sell for JMD914.53. The new prices represent an average rise of one per cent. CCCL said the price changes are necessar... |
Madras Cement to construct new grinding unit, India04 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsMadras Cement plans to build a grinding unit in the port city of Visakhapatnam, a port city on the southeast coast of India and the second largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The company already operates two grinding facilities in Tamil Nadu and one in West Bengal. Output from the new milling unit will sold in coastal Andhra Pradesh (with Visakhapatnam being the main market) as well as in the neigbouring states of Orissa and Chhattisgarh. Completion is scheduled for the end of FY14... |