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Emirates Cement Factory to supply Barakah nuclear power plant, UAE04 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsEmirates Cement Factory (ECF) has been certified by Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and Hyundai Samsung Joint Venture (HSJV) to supply Q Class cement to the Barakah nuclear power plant Units 1 and 2, owned by Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation, located in Abu Dhabi's western region. ECF, a fully owned subsidiary of Arkan Building Materials, upgraded its quality assurance, quality control and production procedures to meet the standard of ASME NQA-1-2008 and to qualify them as supp... |
Orient Cement receives environmental clearance for new plant, India04 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsOrient Cement has received environmental clearance for its 3Mta greenfield plant in Chittapur in Gulbarga district, Karnataka, India. The plant is expected to be ready by the end of December 2015 and will increase the company’s capacity to 8Mta. Orient already operates a plant at Devapur in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh and a split-grinding unit at Nashirabad, in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra |
Indonesia sales growth slows03 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsIndonesian cement sales during the month of May rose at their slowest pace for 17 months as all regions outside Java and Sulawesi registered declines. Following an 8.6 per cent rise in April, nationwide sales during May increased by 2.1 per cent to 4.7Mt, latest data from the country’s leading cement producer Semen Indonesia shows. Sales in Java, which accounts for 55 per cent of the local market, rose by 5.3 per cent to 2.8Mt. On the island of Sulawesi dispatches also increased 12 per... |
Vietnam cement production rises 7.2% in 1H1303 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsVietnam has reported a 7.2 per cent rise in production for the first half of the year to 28.1Mt, the country’s General Statistics Office (GSO) has said. Last month, cement output increased by 21 per cent to 5.3Mt compared to the same month of the previous year, the GSO said in its monthly report on the sector. However, the office has revised down cement production figures for the January-May 2013 period to 22.9Mt from a previous estimate of 23.5Mt. This year, cement sales are envisa... |
Nepal sees double-digit rise in imports03 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsCement imports to Nepal have increased by 15.5 per cent in the first 10 months of the year, according to data from the Trade and Export Promotion Centre. During the review period, Nepal imported NPR3.34bn compared to NPR2.89m in the same period of last year, despite seven new cement factories being established. According to Aatma Ram Murarka, former president of the Nepal Cement Manufacturers Association, imports rose due to ongoing development projects with foreign investors. "In the ... |
Pakistan export earnings up in 11MFY1302 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsDuring the first 11 months of fiscal FY12-3, Pakistan exported 8.013Mt of cement and earned US$524.68m, up 1.27 per cent and 17.43 per cent, respectively. These latest figures come from Pakistan’s Federal Bureau of Statistics also show that in terms of local currency, the value of exports surged by 27.51 per cent to PKR50.64bn during July 2012-May 2013. Average export prices also rose by 15.95 per cent to US$65.47/t over the 11 months of the current fiscal compared to US$56.46/t in the com... |
Siggenthal cement works shifts to lignite, Switzerland02 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsHolcim’s Siggenthal cement works in Switzerland is changing over its fuel supply from anthracite to lignite. It is expected to require around 1500t per week to fuel its kiln. The lignite is supplied as pulverised coal from Europe by rail and once at the plant, it is stored in a new steel silo of 55m high and 10m diameter, constructed for the purpose by the cement producer. Two additional railway tracks have also been built. |
China: concentration is the key02 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsChina Cement Association had drafted a plan to promote mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity and step up the elimination of obsolete capacity to increase concentration of the domestic production base. According to the strategy entitled ‘Implementation Plan for Accelerating M&A in Cement Industry’, the number of cement enterprises in the country will witness a significant drop during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-15) from the 2010 level, with no more than 1000 cement clinker units a... |
Positive start for Semen Baturaja on IDX, Indonesia02 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsSemen Baturaja has received a positive response from the market during its first day of trading on the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX). The company’s shares, sold under the code ‘SMBR’, opened at IDR590 (5.9 US cents), or 5.4 per cent higher than its initial public offering price (IPO) of IDR560. The price, which reached its peaked at IDR700 in the afternoon trading session, closed the day at IDR570, down 3.4 per cent from the opening price but 1.8 per cent higher than the IPO price. S... |
Galilei Group plans Angolan investment02 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe Galilei Group of Portugal plans to enter the Angolan market as part of a joint venture, its chief executive Fernando Lima told local press. Preliminary work on the Cimentos Nacionais Angola (CNA) project has begun, Mr Lima told financial daily Diário Económico, adding that the cement plant will be constructed in partnership with HeidelbergCement. Mr Lima said that construction of the 2Mta facility would begin this year and is expected to cost around US$370m. |