Cement News tagged under: international
CIMAF builds cement plant in Burkina Faso23 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsMorocco’s Ciments d’Afrique (CIMAF) is building a cement works in the industrial zone of Kossodo, Burkina Faso. On Saturday, 19 January 2013 the first stone was laid in the presence of the country’s prime minister Luc Adolphe Tiao, members of the government and Anas Selfrioui, CIMAF president. The new 0.5Mta cement production facility represents an investment of XOF20bn (US$41m) and result in 200 direct and indirect jobs. Commissioning of the plant is scheduled for late 2014 and it... |
Ciments Kercim to go into production in spring 2013, France23 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsCiments Kercim’s clinker grinding unit in Montoir-de-Bretagne (Loire-Atlantique) is scheduled to enter service in spring. Located in the bulk terminal port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, the facility is ready to receive its first shipment of 15,000t of Turkish clinker as a process test. Once the trial period has ended and certifications are received, it is expected to start normal operations in May or June and ramp up its throughput gradually to its full capacity of 0.6Mta by 2017. The proje... |
Thatta’s Cement announces modernisation project, Pakistan22 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsPakistan cement producer Thatta Cement Company’s announced that its board of directors has approved a plan to improve production efficiency at its cement works through a ‘Balancing Modernisation and Rehabilitation’ (BMR) programme. The BMR project will take about 18-24 months to execute from the date of equipment order, CemNet News has learnt. Thatta’s cement works is located 115km northeast of Karachi, in Makli, Thatta District. The plant was commissioned in 1982 and based on dry-proc... |
Dangote calls for limestone allocation to invest in Ghana22 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement has said it is yet to receive a limestone allocation from the government of Ghana to invest in local production. The Nigerian cement major is instead having to bag cement produced in Nigeria for distribution on the Ghanaian market. “If we get limestone today, within 24 months we will be producing,” Alhaji Tajudeen Sijuade, Vice Chairman of Dangote Cement Ghana Limited, told told press at the company’s plant in Tema terminal in Ghana where tonnes of finished cement are bagge... |
Spanish demand sees largest drop for over 70 years21 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Spain has seen its full-year figures for 2012 fall even further than the pessimistic forecasts predicted by Oficemen in December. Last year, cement demand contracted 34 per cent YoY to 13.5Mt, representing the largest decline in the Spanish cement market’s history for several decades. Only in 1936 a larger drop was found. Full-year output figures registered a fall of just under 29 per cent to 22.18Mt. “We face data that are really symptomatic of the poor state of he... |
Algeria’s Oggaz plant hits production record21 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe Lafarge-owned Oggaz cement plant, in Mascara, Algeria, achieved a new production and sales record for grey cement in 2012. Meanwhile, increased output of white cement reduced imports of the product by nearly one-third. In 2012, around 3.1Mt of grey cement left the factory gates, according to the company. Lafarge Algeria CEO, Luc Callebat, said: “The Oggaz plant is only five years old but managed to reach the historical result of 3.1Mt of grey cement sold in 2012. It is the countr... |
Dalmia Cement to raise northeastern capacity, India21 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsDalmia Cement plans to invest INR18bn (US$334m) over the next two years to lift capacity to 21Mta through a new greenfield plant and expanding its facilities in northeast India. Puneet Yadu Dalmia, managing director of Dalmia Cement, told local press that the company’s total capacity will increase to 21Mta at the end of the process from the current 17Mta. It will invest INR13bn in its upcoming 2.5Mta Greenfield plant in Belgaum city in Karnataka state while its plants in the northeast of I... |
Latin America market movements21 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsThree major Latin American countries, Brazil, Peru and Argentina, released full-year consumption figures for 2012 this week with two showing YoY gains while demand in the third faltered. Brazil With Brazil's economy continuing its lull, construction activity is expected to have grown by five per cent last year, thus underperforming its significant potential. Fundamentally, the opportunities for the construction sector are immense given the country's housing and infrastructure needs and... |
Indonesia sales forecast to see double-digit growth hat-trick18 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsIndonesian cement consumption is expected to continue its strong growth trajectory and rise by double-digits for the third year in a row, according to estimates by local analysts. “We’ve seen two years of two digit growth. This year, the cement market remains positive because demand remains strong, particularly in ongoing infrastructure projects,” said Gifar Indra Sakti, an analyst with PT Sucorinvest Central Gani said. Cement demand rose by 17.7 and 14.5 per cent in 2011 and 2012, res... |
PCA revises 2013 consumption outlook upwards18 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsAccording to the latest forecast from the Portland Cement Association (PCA), there will be an 8.1 per cent growth in cement consumption in 2013, significantly higher than the tepid growth projected in its fall 2012 report. The upward revisions reflect adjustments made in light of the recent fiscal cliff accord, recognition of stronger economic momentum, and markedly more optimistic assessments regarding residential construction activity. The January report marked 2012 consumption at 78... |