Cement News tagged under: international
UK construction falls 11% YoY, further declines ahead28 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsLatest figures by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that UK construction edged ahead on a quarterly basis in the final three months of 2012. However, activity declined by 11 per cent YoY and further falls are expected in the year ahead. ONS figures published on Friday show the UK economy fell by 0.3 per cent in the final quarter of 2012 compared to the previous quarter and was flat compared to the same quarter a year ago. The main contributors to this fall were the manufacturi... |
Southern Province Cement commissions third mill, Saudi Arabia28 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsSouthern Province Cement Company started commissioning its third mill at the Jazan plant on 27 January 2013. The commissioning period is expected to be completed by 15 March 2013. The contract for the mill was awarded to Christian Pfeiffer of Germany. The scope of supply comprised the delivery of all mechanical and electrical equipment, the design, the supervision of civil works, the steel structures, the mechanical and the electrical installations and the trial operations. The... |
Bosowa breaks ground on new plant25 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe Bosowa Group has kicked off construction of a clinker grinding plant in Sorong, northern cost of Papua, Indonesia, with a groundbreaking ceremony. The new plant will have a capacity of 0.75Mta and is scheduled to be operational by January 2014, according to Bosowa chief Erwin Aksa. The plant will be operated by Bosowa subsidiary Bosowa Sorong, and the output will be sold to consumers in provinces in Papua and Maluku. Cement consumption on the island of Papua is around 0.9Mta with p... |
Holcim raises cement prices in Mauritius25 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsHolcim raised its price of a 50kg bag in Mauritius to MUR211.60 or US$6.86 (delivery to Port-Louis). In other parts of the island, a premium of around MUR5-10 is paid to trucking costs. The island’s other supplier Lafarge, last raised its prices in April 2012 and a 50kg bag, for delivery to Port-Louis, of their cement costs MUR195.50. In the recent past, the State Trading Corporation stopped importing cement, leaving the two cement producers with a clear field to expand their busine... |
Pakistan first-half cement export volumes rise24 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsPakistan cement exporters have registered almost a 30 per cent YoY rise in cement export volumes in the first six months of the current fiscal. However, the amount of deliveries to neighbouring India continue to disappoint. During 1HFY13, Pakistan exported 4.514Mt of cement and earned US$304.92m compared to 4.419Mt at US$235.02m in the corresponding period of last year. This shows that cement exports rose by 2.16 per cent in terms of dollar value and 29.74 per cent in quantity over the Ju... |
Congo’s SONOCC aims for 300,000tpa output24 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsSociété Nouvelle des Ciments du Congo (SONOCC) plans to increase its annual output after completing an expansion project last week which is expected to alleviate a cement shortfall and help bring down prices. The cement producer plans to lift output from 72,000t to 300,000t. The higher volumes are forecast to reduce the cement deficit in the country as well as support national construction efforts. It is also expected to bring down the price of a bag of cement, which currently stands at X... |
Dangote eyes further investment in Zambian market24 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsWith Dangote’s first cement plant in Zambia set to be completed next year, a senior company executive has said that plans for another new plant in the East African country are on the horizon. Dangote is currently constructing a 3000tpd greenfield plant situated in Ndola which is set to change the face of the domestic industry. When the plant comes on-stream, the new plant will make Dangote Cement the biggest producer in Zambia and is in line with this emerging cement major's impressive re... |
Bolivia’s Fancesa announces 0.66Mta capacity expansion by 201624 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsFancesa celebrated its 54th anniversary by announcing plans for a new factory, enabling the Bolivian cement makers to produce an additional 2000tpd of clinker, equivalent to 0.86Mta of cement. The US$220m plant would enter service by 2016. Meanwhile, from March onwards, Fancesa will be producing an extra 1000tpd following the completion of a new clinker line at its Sucre works which will enable a 40 per cent capacity rise. The US$35m investment made so far is financed entirely with equi... |
Udayapur Cement production levels increased24 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsUdayapur Cement, the largest cement producer in Nepal has resumed higher levels of production which had recently been scaled back because of technical difficulties. The company’s cement plant has a capacity of 800tpd but due problems with equipment the plant had only been producing 450tpd. However, general manager of the plant Dr Surendra Prasad, has since told The Himalyan newspaper that the issues have been rectified and production has been increased to 550tpd. |
Antigua cement prices set to rise23 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsCaricement Antigua Ltd is considering a slight price increase on the back of rising production costs, in a move that follows two other hikes announced in the Caribbean this year. Antonio Garrido who heads the company’s Crabbs operations, told local press: “We are talking about between 50 to 75 cents per bag. He said the increase would be merely “symbolic” taking into account the increased cost at the production level. “The cost of cement has gone up for us by US $15 to $20 per metric ton... |