Cement News tagged under: international
South African competition set to intensify10 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe South African cement sector is set to see increased competition from the end of next year when Sephaku Cement starts production. The company is set to be the first new market entrant since 1934 through the construction of its new Aganang cement plant. It is also constructing a grinding mill near Delmas, Mpumalanga and “We look like we will produce 2.5Mta from the end of next year,” , CEO Pieter Fourie told local press. The Aganang works, near Lichtenburg in the North West Province,... |
Angola expansion points to fast growing market10 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsPortugal’s Secil leapt on to the African cement news pages this week with its announced intention to increase production at its Lobito plant in Angola from 0.28Mta to 1.8Mta. This will be a significant boost to the Angolan cement capacity, which currently stands at around 5Mta. The US$150m Secil Lobito expansion project will take three years to complete. The plant is 51 per cent owned by Secil and the Angolan state cement company holds the remaining 49 per cent of shares. After years of ci... |
India: Compat hears petitions in cement cartilisation case07 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) has started hearings on the plea of 11 cement companies seeking stay on INR6307 crore (US$1160.4m) penalty imposed by fair trade regulator CCI on the grounds of cartelisation. It was COMPAT’s first hearing after the cement firms filed their amended petitions after CCI served them separate copies of its order providing them with complete details on production, pricing, dispatches and sales etc. After hearing day long arguments, a three member COMP... |
Nigeria: Dangote closes cement plant07 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe management of Dangote Cement Plc has finalised arrangements to temporarily close down its 4Mta Gboko Plant as a result of competition and excess cement in the market, according to Guradian News. The Group Head, Corporate Communication, Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina who confirmed this in Lagos, said the move was necessitated by the glut in the market arising from the success currently being recorded with the exponential increase in local production of cement and further compounded by ... |
Myanmar cement firms prepare for building boom07 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsLV Technology Plc (LVT) expects Myanmar's cement market to exhibit similar growth trend to Thailand's development path. The equipment supplier said: "There is massive potential for cement growth in Myanmar. The growth trends for the industry will be similar to Thailand, with more direct investments leading to higher demand," said Wisoot Anupunthumetha, an adviser for LVT. Supervising LVT's business in Myanmar, Mr Wisoot said the first cement plant with production capacity of 200tpd was set... |
Zimbabwe: Chilanga cement's Managing Director is deported07 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Zambian government has deported the managing director of Lafarge cement barely a week after deporting directors of another cement plant Zambezi Portland. Fola Esan was bundled, denied access to his lawyers and put on next flight out of Zambia on Thursday afternoon. He has not been charged with any specific offence apart from the now famous charge of likely to be a danger to Zambia. But sources have told the Watchdog that Fola has been deported for refusing to give contracts to PF cadre... |
Fiji Industries Ltd begins cement production07 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsFiji Industries Ltd has started the production of cement today. The mill broke down two weeks ago resulting in short supply of cement across the country. Fijian Holdings Ltdd Group Acting CEO Nouzab Fareed said the mill is at 40% capacity and hopes to reach 100% capacity and 24 hour production by Sunday. The supply of cement from Fiji Industries is expected to normalise by mid next week. Meanwhile, 3000t of cement will arrive on Sunday from New Zealand and another 2000t next week. Nouzab ... |
Mali: new integrated Astro Cement plant to produce first cement06 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe latest addition to the cement industry of Mali, the Astro cement works located at Gangoterie is expected to be fully up-and-running on 21 December. The project, owned by Diamond Cement Mali (DCM), has a 1Mta cement capacity with a 0.5Mta clinkerisation unit installed at the village of Gangoterie, Bafoulabé, while grinding will take place at Ko-Gare in Kati, Koulikoro. The grinding facility has been operational since 8 June, when the first bag of cement with delivered clinker was produ... |
US September shipments dip YoY05 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico for September 2012 were about 7Mt, slightly less than September 2011, figures from the US Geological Survey show. However, shipments for the year through September were 59.6Mt, up by about 10 per cent. Production The leading producing states in September were Texas, Missouri, California, Michigan, and Florida, in descending order and accounted for about 42 per cent of total output. The leading consuming... |
Lafarge Malayan Cement warns of weak 4Q05 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Malayan Cement said it expects the fourth quarter to be weak as demand has been impacted by the rainy season. At a briefing last Friday, the company said its recent unilateral price hike in August 2012 will be dampened somewhat by rebates and discounts. Analysts at CIMB Research had earlier expected the hike in prices to be the key driver in the second half of 2012, and underestimated the impact of the weather patterns on cement demand. Operating costs over the next four quarte... |