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Swiss 2Q11 cement sales slip 1.4%06 July 2011, Published under Cement NewsCement deliveries in Switzerland fell by 1.4% to 2.324Mt in the second quarter of 2011, according to Cemsuisse, the Swiss cement manufacturers’ association. However, despite the slip in sales over the quarter, 1H11 sales remain higher than the previous year, noting an increase of 7.4%. Last year, deliveries of cement totalled 4.553Mt, an increase of 5.1% on the previous year. |
South Africa: 2011 cement volumes to replicate 201006 July 2011, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Cement CEO, Thierry Legrand, noted that although sales in South Africa had decreased by 2.8% since the beginning of the year, "We have recently started to see an increase on the daily sales. In April it went up by 6.7% and rose 2% in May. If this trend continues we can expect 2011 volumes to be similar to 2010." Lafarge Cement operates a 2.4Mta clinker facility at its main Lichtenburg site in the North West Province, South Africa. The group invested ZAR1.2bn (US$117.6m) to increase... |
Madras Cements expects more capacity addition05 July 2011, Published under Cement NewsMadras Cements Ltd expects the surplus capacity situation to continue and prices to be under pressure in the southern region, from which it derives 90% of its sales. "With the capacity growth outstripping demand in the southern region, prices would continue to be under pressure," Madras Cements said in its recent annual report. "The cement industry would continue to experience lower capacity utilisation levels. Inflation would also affect the costs of various inputs of production and distr... |
Uzbekistan increases cement capacity05 July 2011, Published under Cement NewsBekabadcement, the Uzbekistan subsidiary of United Cement Group (Kazakhstan), is planning to launch a new 1Mta integrated production line (0.85Mta clinker) at its facility in Bekabad, located approximately 150km south of Tashkent. The project is valued at US$62m and is expected to be implemented by CFMC Engineering Co. (China), the company that built the 1Mta grinding plant at Bekabadcement last year for a reported cost of US$33.2m. The new line will have a capacity to produce 850,000t clin... |
Dangote to start work on US$400m Zambian cement plant05 July 2011, Published under Cement NewsDangote, Nigeria’s largest cement maker, expects to start building a US$400m plant in Zambia this month, Zambia’s commerce, trade and industry minister said on Monday. "We are expecting a team of construction experts from Dangote to arrive in Zambia either today or tomorrow and the building of the plant should be launched this month," Felix Mutati told Reuters in an interview. Mutati said the plant, one of Zambia’s largest investments outside mining, is expected to produce 1.5Mta of cement... |
Ukraine to increase production of cement by 30% this year05 July 2011, Published under Cement NewsTotal capacity of Ukrainian cement plants is expected to grow by 30% to 30Mta by 2015, according to the latest forecast by Ukrcement, the Ukrainian association of cement producers. According to Peter Lopatyev, CEO of the Ukrcement, current production capacity stands at 23Mta for cement and 20Mta for clinker, rising to 29-30Mta and 25Mta, respectively, by 2015. This will be mainly due to ongoing modernisation of leading Ukrainian cement plants such as Podolsky Cement and Volyn Cement, as... |
HeidelbergCement opens modernised kiln in Polish cement plant Górazdze05 July 2011, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement today celebrates the opening of a modernised kiln line at its Polish cement plant in Górazdze. The expansion of the clinker capacity to 6000tpd had already been completed on schedule at the beginning of April and was commissioned shortly thereafter. "Modernising the kiln line No 2 in our Górazdze cement plant has enabled us to successfully complete another project as part of our investment programme in attractive growth markets," explains Dr Bernd Scheifele, Chairman of th... |
Saudi cement sector outlook remains strongest since ’0704 July 2011, Published under Cement NewsCement prices in Saudi Arabia should remain robust, NCB Capital said in a new sectoral report, noting that the recent spike "is temporary and focused on the western region." It said growth demand remains strong, but there is sufficient supply to meet this in the short-to-medium term. The price targets of most cement companies have increased by around 5-15% on the back of an improved demand outlook coupled with an excess capacity level enabling them to meet any potentially higher demand ea... |
Tanzania: Wazo Hill land row04 July 2011, Published under Cement NewsSome 950 residents of Chasimba village, who have been in a protracted land row with Tanzania Portland Cement Company (TPCC) at Wazo Hill in Dar es Salaam, will be relocated to Mabwepande, Bunju area in Kinondoni District to pave the way for expansion of the cement factory. The villagers and the cement factory have for several years been locked in an unending confrontation over land, particularly after Kinondoni municipal authorities failed to enforce the court order to relocate the former. ... |
Tabuk Cement buys US$58.3m mill to boost output04 July 2011, Published under Cement NewsTabuk Cement Company is to buy another cement mill from Germany to boost its output by 75%. The Saudi manufacturer, which produces the material from the northern city of Tabuk, signed a SAR218.73m (US$58.3m) contract with an as-yet unnamed supplier for mechanical and electrical works, design of civil works, metal structures and fixtures, and test operations to increase operations to 4000tpd. The duration of the contract is 20 months, the company told investors through the stock exchange ye... |