Cement News tagged under: international
CeMAP’s solid waste management efforts, Philippines05 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Cement Manufacturers’ Association of the Philippines cited the effectiveness of partnership in co-processing waste following the success of its solid waste management project in Teresa, Rizal. “Co-processing waste is a service that is offered by many of CeMAP members and the technology has effectively worked while keeping the same levels of quality of the cement produced,” said CeMAP president Ernesto Ordoñez. “The waste materials included are primarily plastics and combustible resi... |
New Uruguay joint venture plant investment04 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsThree cement companies are planning to invest in a new joint venture cement plant in eastern Uruguay’s Treinta y Tres department to tap export potential in neighbouring Brazil, according to local press reports. State oil and cement company ANCAP, along with Spanish cement producer Cementos Molins and Brazil’s Votorantim have filed an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for a new 750,000tpa. Total costs are estimated at US$160m, with Cementos Molins contributing 60 per cent and ANCAP and... |
Adelaide Brighton full year earnings on track, Australia04 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsAdelaide Brighton has confirmed it is on track to meet its 2011-12 earnings guidance, underpinned by its exposure to the resource and infrastructure sectors. Speaking to the Australian Financial Review, Adelaide Brighton managing director Mark Chellew said the group’s 2012 financial year net profit guidance was between A145m-155m. Although the group has been hit by a slowdown in the residential sector, it has reviewed its resources-based cement exposure and was not expecting any fall in ce... |
Ambuja Cements September sales and output climb, India04 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndian producer Ambuja Cements said sales rose 4.73 per cent to 1.55Mt in September from 1.48Mt in the same month a year ago, the company said in a statement. The company reported growth of 6.85 per cent in cement production at 1.56Mt, compared to 1.46Mt in September 2011. For the first nine months of this year, sales reached 16.37Mt, a 6.23 per cent increase compared to 15.41Mt in the same period of last year. Production, meanwhile, rose six per cent during the period to 16.38Mt from 15.4... |
Eurocement to construct new plant, Russia04 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsRussia’s leading cement producer is planning to build a new cement plant in the Blagodarnensky district of the Stavropol territory. The plant’s annual capacity will be 1.3Mta and the amount to be invested will be RUB15bn, SKRIN Newsire reports. Eurocement has a present-day capacity of 37.5Mta and is currently on an expansion drive which will see it starting up new facilities both in its domestic market of Russia and build on capacity in Ukraine and Uzbekistan over the 2012-17 period. Over... |
Andhra Pradesh hit by declining prices and demand, India04 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsCement producers operating in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh continue to suffer due to lower prices and demand in the region, the Economic Times of India reports. Cement prices have corrected sharply by 10 per cent over the last few weeks and are down 25 per cent on peak levels from INR300/bag. The decline in prices is attributed to new market entrants rather than seasonal effects. For example, JP Cement is selling cement at around INR201-220/bag which is INR20-30 lower than prices by l... |
South Africa’s second-half sales rise seven per cent03 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsSecond-quarter cement sales in South Africa reached 2.91Mt, a seven per cent increase on the same period of the year before (2.7Mt), the latest data from the country’s Cement and Concrete Association (C&CI) shows. First half sales amounted to 5.55Mt, representing a 6.8 per cent rise on the first half of 2011 when figures reached 5.197Mt. For the 12 months to June 2012, the moving annual total was 11.59Mt, a rise of 6.6 per cent compared to 10.872Mt in the comparable period of the previ... |
Lafarge Dunbar receives quarry equipment, UK03 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsQuarry operators at Lafarge Cement’s Dunbar Works are celebrating the arrival of some brand new four dumper trucks – measuring five metres to the top of the cab – and one giant excavator, managed under a contract hire arrangement, which have been given the thumbs up by operators including Dunbar-based Gerry Donnellan, production operator. He says he and fellow workers are finding the machines ideally suited to the challenging quarry conditions and make work more enjoyable. “The new kit h... |
ACC September cement production up 9%, India02 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsACC Ltd, part of the Holcim Group, reported that its production in September rose by nine per cent to 1.82Mt from 1.67Mt in the same month of 2011. Dispatches reached 1.80Mt, compared with 1.73Mt, an increase of four per cent. For the first nine months of this calendar year, cement production stood at 18.28Mt compared with 17.76Mt in the corresponding period last year, an increase of three per cent. Meanwhile, cement dispatches were 18.22Mt, up by two per cent from 17.79Mt in January-Septe... |
Eastern Province Cement to add new line, Saudi Arabia02 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsEastern Province Cement’s management board decided at a meeting on Sunday to build an additional production line, to boost output. The new production line will have a capacity of 10,000tpd. (Source: SeeNews Middle East and Africa) |