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Vietnam cancels nine proposed cement projects08 April 2013, Published under Cement NewsNine proposed cement projects in Vietnam are to be cancelled by the government following calls by the Vietnam Building Materials Association to help bring cement capacity more in line with market trends. According to reports by Vietnam News Brief Service, the projects cancelled by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, include Ha Tien-Kien Giang, Truong Son- Ro Li, Hop Son, Ngoc Ha, Vinafuji Lao Cai, Thanh Truong, Son Duong, Quang Minh and Cao Bang. Each was reported to have a capacit... |
Swiss cement deliveries in the first quarter of 201308 April 2013, Published under Cement NewsSwiss deliveries increased slightly in the first quarter of 2013 despite harsher weather conditions, latest data from domestic cement association Cemsuisse shows. In the January-March 2013 period, domestic deliveries increased by three per cent to 821,655t compared to 798,008t in the same period of the previous year. This advance was achieved despite a colder and more prolonged winter than usual. |
Nepal Cement factory limestone supplies obstructed08 April 2013, Published under Cement NewsA cement plant in Nepal has been unable to producer clinker for over a year and a half as local residents have prevented it from extracting limestone. Arghakhanchi Cement Industry obtained a 30-year permit from the government to extract 1000tpd of limestone at Narapani, Arghakhanchi, however local residents have said the quarry has caused their water sources to dry up. The plant’s investors say that due to the obstruction, production at the cement factory in Mainaia has stopped as well... |
South African market challenges08 April 2013, Published under Cement NewsFull-year data for South African cement sales released this week show that dispatches edged ahead in 2012, but the growth rate remained tepid. Producers will hope that the government's new infrastructure plans will deliver a new growth impetus to the market. Meanwhile, the country's leading cement producer is pursuing additional opportunities across sub-Saharan Africa to bolster profits. South African cement demand has been rising gradually since 2010 and data released on Wednesday by t... |
Indonesia's multi-billion dollar capacity drive continues05 April 2013, Published under Cement NewsIndonesian cement capacity is expected to reach 100Mta by 2017 from the current 60.5Mta with domestic producers and new investors earmarking an estimated US$6.68bn over the next four years to build new and expand existing plants. Local producers have already announced plans to invest some US$4.83bn over the next four years to expand capacities by an aggregate total of 35.3Mt. These include state-owned Semen Indonesia which is building two new 2.5Mta plants and Holcim Indonesia is on cours... |
South Africa sales rise by 3% in 201204 April 2013, Published under Cement NewsSouth African cement sales edged ahead 2.9 per cent in 2012 to reach 11.6Mt from 11.23Mt the year before, data from the Cement and Concrete Institute (C&CI) shows. For the final quarter of the year, sales were just over 3Mt, also representing an increase of 2.9 per cent on the same period of 2011 when fourth-quarter sales were 2.944Mt. The C&CI will be closing down at the end of April, and as such, these are the last set of statistics to be issued by the institute. |
Ube Industries prepares for further growth in domestic demand, Japan04 April 2013, Published under Cement NewsJapanese cement producer Ube Industries is to develop a limestone mine in Yamaguchi Prefecture to prepare for further expected increases in cement demand. This will be the company’s first mine development in 35 years and production is expected to start in 2017, according to a Nikkei Report. The mine has estimated reserves of some 300Mt and Ube Industries plans to operate the mine for about 40 years. Ube Industries operates three plants with a combined clinker capacity of 7Mt and in FY1... |
UltraTech Cement production at 4Mt in March04 April 2013, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement said that the company’s total production for March 2013 was 4Mt. Dispatches were 4.01Mt, the company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. India’s largest cement company recently announced that it had commissioned two new cement facilities as part of its ongoing expansion drive to raise cement capacity by 9.2Mta to 62Mta. The recently-commissioned plants are a 3.3Mta brownfield clinker works at Rawan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh state and a 1.6Mta grinding unit in Hotgi... |
Akmenes Cementas reports encouraging start to 2013, Lithuania03 April 2013, Published under Cement NewsLithuania’s sole cement producer Akmenes Cementas reported a 13 per cent rise in revenues for the first two months of 2013 to LTL15.2m (EUR4.4m) Sales volumes rose by 16 per cent to 65,000t from 56,000t in the same period of last year, company spokesperson Giedre Kundrotiene told Baltic News Service. Domestic cement consumption is likely to have shown a five per cent decline in 2012 to 0.65Mt, but is expected to show a modest improvement in 2013, supported by the infrastructure spending ... |
Vietnam first-quarter cement sales rise 15% YoY03 April 2013, Published under Cement NewsVietnam cement producers have reported a 15 per cent YoY rise in sales in the first quarter of 2013 to 7.55Mt, the Ministry of Construction (MoC) has reported. The double-digit quarter rise comes despite a 30 per cent drop in March sales to 2Mt. Thanks to the increase in cement sales between January and March, the country’s cement inventory dropped by 45 per cent YoY to 40,000t, according ot the MoC. The MoC forecasts that the country’s cement sales will rise between 5-8 per cent in 2013... |