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China prices continue to fall21 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe average price of cement across China last week fell 0.83% to CNY336.25/t compared to the previous week. Cement prices have been falling since the end of April registering price adjustments of CN10-50/t mainly in Beijing, Hebei and Anhui. According to industry portal Digital Cement, the price of cement in Beijing and Hebei continued to fall last week by CNY20-50/t and the price in Beijing has dropped CNY120/t since the beginning of May.??It has also been reported that a number of prod... |
Spanish May cement consumption falls 37.2%20 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsSpanish cement consumption in May plunged 37.2 per cent over the same month last year to 1.26Mt, data from the domestic cement association, Oficemen shows. For the first five months of 2012, demand has dropped 34.6 per cent to almost 6Mt. The average daily consumption in May stood at 57,594t, a third of the total consumed in 2008 at the beginning of the crisis, Oficemen stressed. It further added that the current figures being witnessed in the local market continue to be similar to those ... |
Lafarge cement packer unveiled, UK20 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsLocal MP and member of Parliament, Ken Clarke, visited Lafarge Cement's Barnstone plant to officially unveil a state of the art cement packer which will significantly increase the plant's output. Lafarge operates the Barnstone plant for blending and packaging a unique range of over 26 ready to use cement-based products, mainly for the DIY market. The facility also exports specialist cements to some 27 countries. The latest investment in the cement packer follows an upgrade of the adminis... |
Indian producers face alleged cartel fines20 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Competition Commission of India (CCI) is expected to soon impose fines over alleged price collusion in the industry. According to local press reports, the CCI is expected to fine 11 large cement manufacturers approximately INR3000crore for being guilty of a price cartel. Business Standard of India quoted an unnamed source as saying: "The Competition Commission of India has found 11 cement firms guilty of cartelisation. The penalty of eight per cent of their three years' average turn... |
Fire at Hanson’s Ketton works, UK20 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsFirefighters were called to an underground blaze at Hanson Cement’s Ketton works where a conveyor belt caught fire. Once the power in the affected area was switched off, crews took just 30 mintues to extinguish the blaze. Plant manager, Mark Cox, said the fire began because one of the conveyor belts stopped and the clinker it was carrying set the rubber conveyor belt alight. Mr Cox added: “The hot clinker ignited a 10ft section of the belt. We phoned the fire brigade in line with our in... |
Indonesian sales seen reaching 16% in 1H1219 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndonesian cement consumption is expected to rise by double-digits in the first half of this year, driven by a residential housing boom and the realisation of infrastructure projects. Widodo Santoso, chairman of the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI), told reporters on the sidelines of the Cemtech Asia 2012 Conference & Exhibition in Jakarta, Indonesia that cement sales during January to June were estimated to reach 26Mt. “As of May, demand had already risen by 16 per cent as infrastr... |
India Cements receives approval for future expansion19 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndia Cements has received approval from the environment ministry as it gathers the necessary approvals for the possible expansion of its existing plants. The Times of India reports that the company sought the Terms of Reference (TOR) approval to expand capacity at its Dalavoi and Sankari cement works in Andhra Pradesh. India Cements has noted, however, that this is only an initial step and that the actual expansion projects have not been finalised. “We are getting the required approva... |
Work restarts at Dangote’s Douala works, Cameroon19 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsConstruction of Dangote Cement’s plant in Cameroon has restarted after a land dispute is resolved, Reuters reports. Work on the 1.5Mta cement plant, situated in Douala, began last September and was scheduled to last 15 months. However, construction was halted earlier this year after the ethnic Sawa people filed an injunction against the project, complaining it violated their sacred site on the banks of the Wouri River. “Following instructions from the Presidency of the Republic, work has... |
Consumer authority raids warehouse on repacked cement, Sri Lanka19 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsSri Lanka’s Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) of Sri Lanka has raided a warehouse of state-run Cement Corporation and seized thousands of expired cement bags that are allegedly being repacked. The CCA conducted the raid following a tip-off that expired cement stocks imported from Pakistan were being repacked after the expiry dates have lapsed, local press report. The authorities have confiscated around 7000 cement bags from a warehouse in Panchikawatta in Colombo and sealed the facility. ... |
Peruvian domestic shipments rise 14.2%18 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsCement shipments in the Peruvian market totalled 3.64Mt between January and May 2012, a 14.02 per cent increase over the figure recorded in the same period in 2011, according to data from local Cement Producers’ Association (Asocem). During the five month period cement production was 3.71Mt representing a YoY increase of 12.75 per cent. Cement exports, meanwhile, reached 58,060t, a YoY increase of 166.78 per cent during Jan-May 2012. Total cement shipments (domestic market plus expo... |