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Indonesian sales recover from seasonal slowdown04 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsIndonesian cement sales recovered from a seasonal downturn in August and stood at 4.19Mt in September. Slower activity during and right after Ramadan led to a dip in cement sales, which fell by 2.4 percent in August. However, September sales rebounded by 45.4 per cent year-on-year due to the increasing property and infrastructure building. Given the current stable macroeconomic conditions, analysts and market observers believe that the present cement sales ceiling of 45Mt can be surpassed ... |
US August shipments up 8% YoY04 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico for August 2011 were 7.9Mt. This was 8% higher than shipments in August 2010. Shipments for the year through August were 46.7Mt, slightly higher than those of the same period in 2010. The leading producing States in August were Texas, Missouri, California, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, in descending order and accounted for about 42% of the total production. The leading consuming States (Texas, California, Ohi... |
Raw materials, finished items should be under ’mandatory standards’03 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsPhilippines Cement manufacturers have asked the Department of Trade and Industry to impose mandatory standards on its raw materials including producers of finished products that make significant use of cement to ensure quality standards are being followed. DTI Undersecretary for consumer welfare Zenaida C. Maglaya told reporters this was raised by Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (CeMAP) during a meeting last week. According Maglaya, CeMAP would like raw materials ’ fly ... |
UK construction sector ’unexpectedly expands’03 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe UK’s construction sector unexpectedly grew at the fastest pace in five months in October, according to a new survey. The Markit/Cips construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI) jumped to 53.9 in October from 50.1 in September, defying forecasts for a dip to 50.0, which marks no growth. The survey cited a spike in new commercial business. However, activity in the housing construction sector continued to fall. "The outlook for the sector remains uncertain, with October seeing a furth... |
New Estonia plant project to be relaunched in 201503 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsEstonia-based chemical company Viru Keemia Grupp (VKG) is planning to relaunch the plan for a new cement plant which it had stalled in 2009. "The cement plant project was shelved so it could be taken off the shelf at some point, but that moment definitely has not arrived yet," VKG’s director in charge of development Jaanus Purga told BNS on Wednesday. "The time-line is five years from today," he said. As soon as the launch of the company’s second oil refinery plant is successfully complete... |
Cemex to complete Bunol storage facility in 201203 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsCemex plans to complete the construction of a clinker storage facility at its cement plant in Bunol, Spain, in March or April 2012. Despite the difficult economic situation, Cemex plans to invest EUR1.3m in the construction of the facility. The storage facility will have a capacity of 50,000t and its construction was relaunched by Cemex last month. |
UltraTech Cement sales dip, India03 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s Ultratech Cement on Wednesday reported nearly seven per cent decline in October sales at 3.187Mt over the same month last year. The company had sold 3.42Mt of cement in October, 2010, it said in a statement. Production during the month also declined to 3.27Mt compared to 3.47Mt in the same month last year. Ultratech Cement’s sales during the April-October period of this fiscal stood at 21.8Mt and production at 21.668Mt. |
HeidelbergCement rising cement sales, outlook affirmed03 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement confirmed its outlook for the year after third quarter turnover rose 6.6% from the year-earlier quarter, supported by sustained growth in Asia-Pacific and Africa, as well as improving markets in the US and Europe. Excluding exchange rate and consolidation effects, turnover grew by 9.8%, with all group areas recording an increase in turnover. Operating income before depreciation (OBID) was almost unchanged at EUR778m, despite higher energy and raw material costs. “Due to o... |
Pakistan calls for more trains to facilitate exports02 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has urged the government to press India to allow two train interchanges per day until exports by trucks are allowed. A spokesman for APCMA said that presently all cement exports via land are made through train. Trains have limited capacity and the number that move between the two countries is also fixed, he added. He highlighted that train shipments involves double loading and unloading and storage requirement, which further restr... |
India’s Jaiprakash Oct cement shipments up 13%02 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s Jaiprakash Associates said cement shipments in October rose 13 per cent from a year ago to 1.65Mt. The engineering and construction firm, which also has interests in hospitality and power, operates capacity to produce 21.3Mta of cement. |