Cement News tagged under: international
Dangote in supply talks for new African projects14 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsIn a bid to consolidate its leadership position in the cement industry in Africa, Dangote Cement Plc is holding talks with AVIC/KHD on building new cement plants across some African countries. The company, in a statement issued to THISDAY, said some of the countries are: Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Algeria and Tanzania "This time, the construction of the planned cement plants, are to be undertaken by a Chinese state owned consortium of AVIC International Beijing Company and German... |
Vietnam consumes over 31Mt in first eight months14 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsVietnam’s Ministry of Construction reported that in August the country consumed 3.41Mt of cement, raising total demand in the first eight months to 31.65Mt, equalling to 58 per cent against the targeted plan for the year. In addition, cement producers exported about 2.8Mt of clinker and cement so far. In 2011, the ministry has estimated cement demand at about 54.5-56Mt, a YoY increase of 9-10 per cent. Of which, Vietnam Cement Industry Corp (Vicem) was expected to produce and sell about 19-... |
Indonesia August cement sales fall 0.3 per cent14 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsIndonesia’s cement sales fell 0.3 per cent in August from a year ago due to the Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr festive season, data from the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI) showed on Wednesday. Cement sales volumes in August slipped to 3,603,234t from 3,615,181t last year, Urip Trimuryono, chairman of the association, told Reuters. Sales rose 17 per cent YoY in July. |
Cachapuz receives additional order from Jaiprakash, India13 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe Cachapuz Bilanciai Group has received a new order to implement its SLV Cement Bag Counting technology for Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (the cement division of Jaypee Group). The bag counting module will be installed to improve and control the bag loading processes in 10 truck loading lines at the Chunar cement plant (located in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh). This new module complements the logistic and dispatching SLV Cement solutions recently contracted by Jaiprakash. It will enable the ... |
Brazil Jan-August sales up 7.6% YoY13 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsPreliminary data and market estimates show that domestic cement sales in Brazil between the January-August 2011 period reached 41.4Mt, up 7.6 per cent on the same period of 2010. August 2011 sales were up 7.3 per cent YoY to 5.8Mt. For the 12 months between September 2010-August 2011, sales reached 62.61 per cent, up 9.6 per cent over the September 2009-August 2010 period. Source: Sindicato Nacional da Indústria do Cimento (SNIC). |
UltraTech to invest in capacity increases12 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s UltraTech Cement Ltd plans to invest INR110bn over the next three years to as as part of the company plan to increase capacity from its current 52Mta to 75Mta, Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said at the company’s annual general meeting in September. UltraTech is set to bring on-stream 9.2Mta of cement capacity by 1QFY14. Investment plans involve new clinker plants through brownfield expansion at Chhattisgarh and Karnataka together with additional grinding units. The company also plan... |
Lafarge awaiting building licence for Indonesian project12 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsLafarge, which is planning on building a cement factory in Langkat district, North Sumatra, hasn’t yet obtained a building license for the project, a North Sumatra energy official said. "No license has been issued for Lafarge which will build cement plants in Kuala and Bahorok, Langkat," head of North Sumatra Mines and Energy office, Iskandarsyah said here on Sunday. Antara learned that Lafarge will build a cement factory with the designed capacity of 1.5Mta with a total investment of IDR3.... |
India capacity utilisation down to 75% in Apr-Jun 201112 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsIndian cement firms utilised only 75% of their capacity in April-June period this fiscal, with production of 54.79Mt, according to the official data. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation in a review of the country’s infrastructure sector revealed that cement firms’ average capacity utilisation in the first quarter of last fiscal was a little better at 78%. Capacity utilisation during June this year, however, was even worse at 73% compared to 75% in the same month last ye... |
New cement brand launched, Pakistan12 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe National Cooperative Council will soon issue cement to the market under a new brand name: "Co-op Cement," said Bandu Ranawaka, the chairman of the council. This cement will be imported from Thatta Company Ltd of Pakistan. The maximum wholesale price of a bag of this cement will be PKR645 and the maximum retail price PKR750. The government is already importing cement from another Pakistani company. That cement is called Lucky Cement. There was a shortage of cement in the local market du... |
Flour Mills to boost local cement production, Nigeria12 September 2011, Published under Cement NewsFlour Mills of Nigeria Plc said that plans are underway to boost its local production of cement to over 2Mta within the next two months, through its subsidiary — United Cement Company of Nigeria, Unicem, Limited. Speaking in Lagos, weekend, Managing Director, Flour Mills, Mr. Emmanuel Ukpabi, said to achieve this, the company has installed a new crusher that is suitable to local climatic condition, adding that the new crusher which will be commissioned before the end of the third quarter, w... |