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Venezuela: Cerro Azul to come online in September23 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsVenezuelan President Hugo Chávez announced that the new Cerro Azul cement works, located in El Pinto Piar, Monagas state, is scheduled to enter service in September. "Right now we need to get the power line to ensure sufficient supply of energy to start the work and have no more delays. The plant is almost ready. We expect that in September we can start the production of cement," said Chavez. The construction of the plant is being realised with support of Iran and when online, will provid... |
Oman: Port of Duqm to build cement terminal22 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsOman is set to increase imports of cement and bitumen with the establishment of new terminals at the Port of Duqm. Both facilities are indispensable to supporting the speedy and cost-effective development of the region’s ambitious Special Economic Zone (SEZ), according to a senior official of the port authority. “We are finalising negotiations with a well-known Omani cement manufacturer for the development of a cement import terminal on the quayside at Duqm Port,” said Reggy Vermeulen, com... |
Vietnam: cement sales decline22 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsTotal domestic cement consumption during the first seven months of this year was 27.6Mt, down by three per cent against the same time last year and 50 per cent of the yearly target, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction. In July alone, only 4.14Mt of cement were sold, 300,000t lower than the previous month. The downturn has been blamed on the gloomy real-estate market. To better deal with cement stockpiles, cement producers have pushed exports. A total of 4.5Mt of clinker an... |
Dangote to eliminate Tanzania’s cement shortages22 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsWhen it comes on-stream in 18 months’ time, the new 2Mta Dangote cement plant at Mtwara is expected to reduce the cement deficit in Tanzania. Since 2011, the country’s cement deficit has exceeded 1Mt, according to the Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC). The TIC's acting executive director Raymond Mbilinyi said that in few years the country will no longer experience such deficit due to the establishment of the new cement plant in Mtwara. Mbilinyi said that the investment will also create over... |
Ghana: Government backs pozzolana cement22 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsNew schools and housing units in Ghana are to be built with pozzolana cement after the government signed an agreement with Pozzolana Ghana Limited (PGL). The Architecture Engineering Service Ltd (AESL), State Housing Company and SADA are spearheading the initiative and have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to execute government projects with proportional pozzolana cement, Vivek Garg, PGL managing director, told the Ghana News Agency. He said PGL was transporting thousands of bags of p... |
USA: Martin Engineering opens new Wyoming facility22 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsBulk materials handling technology specialist Martin Engineering has announced it is opening a new factory-direct and service centre in Gillette, Wyoming, USA. The new facility will allow Martin to provide factory-direct parts, sales and service 24/7 for the mining industry in Gillette and the surrounding region. “The new factory-direct sales and service centre will house a large stock of inventory in Gillette and serves as a sign of our commitment to this region and the Western US mining... |
The Philippines: 1H12 cement sales up 20%21 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsPhilippine cement sales from January to June this year reached 9.54Mt, up by about 20 per cent YoY, according to data from the Cement Manufacturers’ Association of the Philippines (Cemap). Cemap president Ernesto Ordoñez attributed the sales increase to higher infrastructure spending, which was a combination of new infrastructure projects for 2012 and the pent-up demand from last year. The government deferred last year the implementation of various projects for review. This resulted in t... |
USA: TXI Hunter Cement has job offers21 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsTexas Industries’ (TXI) Hunter Cement plant, near New Braunfels, is nearing completion of the commissioning of its new kiln line, which will add another 1.4Msta of cement capacity. The culmination of this project will enable the plant to expand its workforce by adding a further 20 new employees, according to a local news release. “We are pleased to announce the hiring of additional employees at our Hunter plant,” said Clifton Stapleton, Hunter plant manager. “This area of Texas will bene... |
India: Chincholi to receive giant cement plant21 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsShiva Shankar Minerals Limited has successfully approached the government for permission to construct a 3.5Mta cement plant on 1500 acres of land at Burigpally and Ghanapur, Chincholi Taluk. The huge cement factory and a 50MW captive power generation unit require an investment of INR22.5bn (US$405.372m). Officials added the completed factory will require 6Ml of water a day — which will have to be drawn from the Mullamari River. In addition, the plant will require 89,500kVA of power from th... |
USA: New CEO at Giant Cement21 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsJose A Llontop has been named as the new president and CEO of Summerville-based Giant Cement Holding Inc (GCHI), a subsidiary of Madrid-based Cementos Portland Valderrivas. Mr Llontop will oversee the company’s American operations at plants in Alabama, Maine, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. He previously held senior level positions at Cemex. “I am looking forward to returning GCHI to profitability through excellent customer service and product innovation, an efficient cost structure leve... |