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UK cement sales seen up 3% in 2011, declines ahead10 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsLatest cement data from the Mineral Products Cement Association (MPA) shows that cement sales for the January – November 2011 period were 7.92Mt, up 5.5 per cent on the 7.51Mt recorded in the same period of 2010. Domestic cement sales for November 2011 were 730,000t, compared to 666,000t in November 2010, up 9.6%. Production for the first 11 months of 2011 rose 6.6 per cent YoY to 8Mt. Output for November alone reached 720,000t, a YoY rise of 4.8% compared to November 2010. However, a sp... |
Thatta Cement plans Sri Lanka grinding plant10 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsThatta Cement Company said on Friday that its proposal to set up a grinding and packing plant in southern Sri Lanka was approved by the Sri Lanka Port Authority (SLPA) on 6 January 2012. SLPA has asked Thatta Cement to send business team to sign the formal contract agreement with the Sri Lankan government and for implementation of the project. Thatta Cement has decided to construct the grinding plant to benefit from growing demand in Sri Lanka and the African continent. This project will u... |
Pakistan capacity utilisation hits decade low10 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsCapacity utilisation of the Pakistan cement sector reached its lowest level for a decade (at 69.67 per cent) in the first two quarters of 2011-12 which ended on 31 December 2011. Meanwhile, exports continued to decline, offsetting the gains in local consumption. "The expected turnaround in the economy did not materialise as the capacities of the sector continued increasing," said a spokesman of the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers' Association (APCMA). He said that expansions in cement sec... |
ECDE: 2011 production below expectations, Algeria10 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsCement production at Algerian cement producer Chlef Entreprise publique des ciments et dérivés (ECDE) in 2011 is below expectations due to some technical problems among other issues, a company source said yesterday. Production amounted to 2.11Mt against a target of 2.4Mt, the source said. It attributed this decline to "two big failures of the conveyor belt of raw material, which lasted 12 days, and a movement of distributors that have blocked access to the plant for three weeks." Howe... |
Saudi Arabia: Hail Cement signs SAR118m deals for housing complex09 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsHail Cement Co said that it had signed a housing contract with the JV of Teberak Trading and Contracting Company and Mo B Co for Civil Construction. The contract value is SAR117.8m (US$314.6m). It said the project will be completed in four phases. The first phase will be completed in 11 months, the second in 14 months, the third in 16 months and the fourth in 18 months. The total area of the housing campus is 80,000m2 out of which the built up area is 45,000m2 comprising 19 Villas, 120 apa... |
Saudi Cement sector takes stock09 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsNCB Capital, Saudi Arabia’s largest asset manager, expects the Saudi cement sector to continue witnessing strong demand in 2012, led mainly by government projects. The new NCB Capital report analysing the Saudi cement sector noted that there are concerns on supply due to an apparent inability by Yanbu and Southern Cement to receive increased quantities of subsidised fuel from Aramco for their new lines, leading to potential delays in the start of their operations. “There have been ongoing... |
Kenya: new plants on recruitment drives09 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsCemtech, the Indian cement firm majority-owned by the Sanghi Group, has began recruiting staff in a signal that the company is about to give the long-delayed project a new push. The company has advertised for senior staff, including general manager for finance, to steer construction of the Pokot-based factory. Prime Minister Raila Odinga presided over the ground-breaking ceremony for the project in 2010. It is expected to add a production capacity of 1.2Mt to the fast-growing Kenya cement... |
Venezuelan government accords VEB2.4bn to FNC and Invecem09 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Venezuelan government announced the budget for the state enterprises, allocating VEB2.4bn (US$558.1m) to cement companies Fabrica Nacional de Cementos (FNC) and Industria Venezolana de Cementos (Invecem). Cementos Venezuela (formerly Cemex), has not been made public as the business is in a transition phase. FNC has been allocated a budget of VEB860.8m and Invecem VEB1.6bn. In return, it is expected that the two companies will have to produce 3.7Mt of cement. While cement production ... |
Swiss cement volumes to decline in 201209 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsCement deliveries by Swiss cement producers increased 2.9 per cent in 2011 compared to the year before. This increase is attributed exclusively to the first half. In the second and third quarters, deliveries dropped slightly, and rose only incrementally in the fourth quarter by 0.3 per cent YoY. Total deliveries in 2011 reached 4.69Mt (year before: 4.55Mt). The share consumed by concrete plants reached a record 77.5 per cent. Due to a less favourable economic outlook for 2012, CemSuis... |
Pakistan: cement sector capacity utilisation lowest in 10 years09 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe capacity utilisation of cement sector reached its lowest at 69.67% in past one decade in the first two quarters of 2011-12 that ended on 31 December 2011 while exports continued to decline offsetting the gains in local consumption. The cement industry ended the year 2011 not on a very encouraging note. The capacity utilisation of the industry stood at 81.53% in 2007-08 that has gradually declined to its present level, giving nightmares to the cement manufacturers. “The expected turn a... |