Cement News tagged under: international
Argentina sees August declines13 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsIn August 2012, Argentina cement producers shipped 860,601t, including exports, a decrease of 5.6 per cent from July and down 16.5 per cent on August 2011. The latest data from Asociacion de Fabricantes de Cemento (AFCP) shows domestic shipments in August reached 841,124t, representing a decline of seven per cent from the previous month and a fall of 16.6 per cent compared to August 2011. |
Indonesian August sales dip12 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndonesia's domestic cement sales fell 0.1 per cent in August from a year ago, data from PT Semen Gresik Tbk showed on Wednesday. August sales were 3.6Mt, the lowest since September last year, down 25.2 per cent on a monthly basis, the data said. The decline was because there were fewer working days during the Muslim Eid al-Fitr festival, Teguh Hartanto, a Jakarta-based analyst at Bahana Securities, said in a report. "We believe that outlook for the cement industry remains solid with expe... |
Greek 1H12 construction contracts 12%12 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsGreek construction activity shrank by an annual 12 per cent in the first half of 2012, leaving the industry on course for a seventh consecutive year of contraction as the cement industry heads towards a quarter of 2006 peak levels. Building activity in volume terms contracted to 9Mm3 in the six months to June from 10.2Mm3 a year earlier, statistics service ELSTAT said on Tuesday. It had stood at 36Mm3 in the first half of 2005, the sector's last year of expansion. Construction ha... |
New cement grinding plant for Guinea12 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsCiments de l‘Afrique (CIMAF) and Polysius France have signed a contract for the construction of a cement grinding plant and a cement dispatch centre in Guinea. The order comprises the entire scope of activities, from plant planning, procurement, manufacturing and delivery right up to the plant erection and commissioning. The plant has two clinker stores with 30,000t capacity in the port of Conakry. Another clinker store with a storage capacity of 10,000t will be built in the works approxi... |
Balsa Nova works begins operation, Brazil12 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Balsa Nova works of CIA de Cimento Itambè, situated near the city of Curitiba in southern Brazil, has started production. The new plant features a 3000tpd kiln line built by ThyssenKrupp Polysius as well as a second-generation 265tph raw meal Quadropol roller mill, also supplied by the German equipment manufacturer. The Quadropol is a compact mill designed for high drive powers and high availability. With its ability to switch over automatically from four-roller operation to two roll... |
Krasnoselskstroymaterialy output increases, Belarus12 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsBelarussian cement manufacturer Krasnoselskstroymaterialy produced nearly 1.3Mt of cement in January-August 2012, 2.6 per cent up on the same period of last year, BelTA reported citing Lyudmila Veretilo, Head of the company’s Economic Planning Department. Most of the volumes produced were sold to the domestic demand market but nearly 133,000t of cement was exported. Some 115,000t were delivered to Russia and about 15,000t to Poland. A small batch of cement was sold to Lithuania. |
Chettinad Cement to invest in power project, India12 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndian cement producer Chettinad Cement is planning to invest around INR1300 crore by way of equity in associate company Chettinad Power Corp, which is to use the funds to set up a thermal power plant in Tamil Nadu. Business Standard reports that in a statement to shareholders, the company said it had received a proposal from Chettinad Power Corporation Private Ltd seeking investment in its equity share capital for a 1329MW supercritical thermal power project (2 x 660MW) at Tharangambadi V... |
Iranian output rises three per cent in first five months11 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsTotal Iranian cement production reached 30.5Mt in the first five months of the Iranian year (beginning 21 March 2012), a rise of three per cent compared compared to 29.6Mt produced in the same period of last year. Clinker production totalled 29.9Mt in the period against 27.79Mt in Iranian year 2011. Cement and clinker exports for the first five months of this year was 5.6Mt, of which cement accounts for 4.87Mt. |
Indian producers appeal fine, India11 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsA total of 10 out of 11 Indian cement companies fined in June for cartel practices have approached the Competition Appellate Tribunal to contest the ruling. Sources said the companies had approached the tribunal last week and the matter is due for hearing on 13 September. In June, the Competition Commission of India had imposed a penalty of INR6,307 crore (US$1.1bn) on 11 cement companies for price fixing. The major companies on which penalty was imposed included ACC Ltd, Ambuja Cement... |
Chinese stocks boosted on approved government infrastructure projects11 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsChina cement firms are outperforming the broader market on hopes that the government's recently approved infrastructure projects will boost their earnings; Anhui Conch Cement is up 3.8 per cent at CNY15.64 and Xinjiang Tianshan Cement is 9.6 per cent higher at CNY8.79. Last week, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) approved new subways, highways and other projects estimated at around US$156bn. The projects will be positive for steelmakers, cement producers, construct... |