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Siam Cement plans to expand Vietnam operations08 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsThailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) will invest US$2m to expand its Vietnam operations next year with a total capacity of 100,000tpa. Pramote Techasupatkul, President of SCG Cement, told local press that now is not the right time to build a new cement plant in the country due to the cement surplus issues it is currently facing: “However, we have still drawn up the plan to expand the production of high-quality white and grey cement in Vietnam in the near future,” he said. SCG Cement in March... |
Cimentos de Moçambique to invest in storage and bagging facilities08 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsCimentos de Moçambique, part of the Cimpor group, plans to invest in a new silo and bagging facility at its Nacala-Porto plant in Nampula province, according to local press reports. The company’s director, Marcelino Manhera, said that the company plans to construct a 1000t silo as part of the announced investment. It will also buy a new bagging machine to equip its plant with modern technology to increase the speed of bagging the cement produced at the unit with a nominal capacity of 750tpd... |
JSW Cement to double capacity, India07 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsJSW Cement is all set to double its production capacity by March 2013, with the commissioning of two more mills that have already been installed, according to Director and Chief Executive Officer RC Sodhani. He said the production capacity would go up to 4.8Mta at the Nandyal plant in Andhra Pradesh and with the Bellary unit, the company would have a total capacity of 5.3Mta. The company is also in the process of setting up a slag cement plant in Bellary with an investment of INR350 cr... |
ANCC Egyptian plant to begin production in April 201307 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Arab National Cement Company’s (ANCC) 2Mta cement plant in Minya will start full production in April 2013. The cold run phase of the state-of-the-art greenfield project is now in progress, officials revealed as they welcomed the new Minya governor Dr Moustafa Kamel Eissa to the factory. “I was impressed with the progress I saw,” said Eissa. “In addition to providing much-needed employment opportunities, the high-quality Portland grey cement ANCC will produce will capitalize on the ... |
Holcim New Zealand in coal mining land acquisition07 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsHolcim (New Zealand) Ltd. is planning to acquire land in New Zealand for coal mining operations, leading to speculation that the company expects to proceed with its -delayed proposal to build a new cement plant. According to reports by Fox Business, the coal mining operations are aimed at supporting the company's second manufacturing plant in the country, a project that it put on hold last year due to uncertainty stemming from a fragile global economy. Although it is now working on th... |
Pakistan October dispatches down on falling exports06 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsPakistan cement dispatches in October 2012 fell by 5.87 per cent mainly due to a steep 20.59 per cent drop in cement exports, data from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers (APCMA), showed. Dispatches for the month stood at 2.767Mt, down from the 2.939Mt recorded in the same month last year. Local dispatches were 2.086Mt, representing a marginal rise of 0.19 per cent compared to 2.082Mt in October 2011. In the first four months of this fiscal year, total cement dispatches stood at 10.4... |
CSN plans to invest in new capacity, Brazil06 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsBrazilian steel major Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) plans to invest BRL1bn (US$491m) to set up four cement facilities in the state of Minas Gerais which would increase the company's capacity from 2.4Mta to 5.4Mta. Currently the company plans to set up three integrated cement plants and a second clinker unit, adding to its one at Arcos which began operations in May 2011. The new plant is to have a capacity of 6500tpd, according to reports by Brasil Economico. |
China cement sees Jan-Sept slowdown05 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsChina's cement sector witnessed a sharp slowdown in the first nine months of this year, according to the latest data from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Cement output rose 6.7 per cent YoY to 1.59bnt in the January-September period, compared with 18.1 per cent recorded in the same period of 2011, according to a recent NDRC report. The factory price of cement tumbled 18.7 per cent from August to an average of CNY317.3/t (US$50.36). At the end of September, ceme... |
Concerns on UK construction indicators05 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe latest Construction Trade Survey published today shows that construction activity fell sharply in 3Q, despite a return to growth for the UK economy as a whole. Of greater concern, however, the forward looking indicators of orders and enquiries, were also negative, reinforcing concerns that the sector is unlikely to experience growth until at least 2014. Commenting on the survey, Noble Francis, Economics Director at the Construction Products Association said: “Conditions throughout c... |
ACC sales rise 3.5 per cent YoY to 2.04Mt in Oct05 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsACC Ltd's sales rose 3.5 per cent to 2.04Mt in October, from 1.97Mt in the same month a year ago. The company's production increased marginally to 2.05Mt during the month, as compared to 2.04Mt in October 2011, ACC said in a statement. During the January-October period of 2012, the company reported 2.5 per cent growth in sales to 20.26Mt from 19.76Mt in the same period last year. The production increased 2.72 per cent to 20.34Mt during the 10 months to October from 19.8Mt in the year-ago ... |