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Russia Jan-May 2011 production increases YoY20 June 2011, Published under Cement NewsCement production in Russia during January-May 2011 totalled 18.1Mt, data from the Federal Statistics Office showed. Compared with the corresponding period of 2010, production increased by 2.2Mt. In May 2011 alone, output stood at 5.3Mt. Last year, Russia produced 50.4Mt, up 13.8 per cent from 44.3Mt in 2009. |
Rostov plant of Lafarge to be commissioned by end-201520 June 2011, Published under Cement NewsLafarge has changed a schedule for commissioning of its RUB18bln cement plant construction project in the Matveyevo-Kurgan district of the Rostov region. The plant, capable to produce over 2Mta, will come on-stream by the end of 2015. OAO Lafarge Cement informed that at the end of 2013 a cement mill will be put into operation which will use clinker delivered from other regions. The entire plant, which will process raw materials from the Kulbakinsky deposit, will be commissioned at the end of... |
Lower cement prices ‘temporary’ – CNEN, Nigeria19 June 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe Cement New Entrant of Nigeria, CNEN, has expressed disappointment at the disregard of the directive of President Goodluck Jonathan to cement manufacturers to bring down the price of cement from N2700 to N1000/bag, saying that the current price of N2200 at the expiration of the 30-day presidential order was meaningless. Chairman of the group, Mr. David Iweta, said in a statement, that instead of obeying the directive, “Cement manufacturers are flooding the market with imported cement in... |
Holcim Catskill employees offered new training programme19 June 2011, Published under Cement NewsWorkers laid off last week from the Holcim cement plant who plan to enroll in a retraining or academic program destined to teach them new skills are now eligible for special benefits, under a recent decision by the federal government. The benefits include up to US$8250 to pay for a one-year program or US$15,000 for a two-year program and an extension of unemployment insurance while the person in enrolled. The reason for that is “so they have something to live on when they’re going to scho... |
Lafarge Ravena modernisation plan gathering pace, USA19 June 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe Lafarge modernisation plan for the old cement plant in Ravena is drawing closer to becoming a reality. At the recent Town of Coeymans planning board meeting, four Lafarge representatives including Atlanta-based Senior Project Manager John Light, Engineering Manager Marc Desimon, Environmental Manager John Reagan and Plant Manager Martin Turecky displayed an artist’s rendering of the proposed plant and answered questions from the board. Reagan said that while the company was not quite r... |
Gresik to support government’s development programme17 June 2011, Published under Cement NewsIndonesian state cement maker PT Semen Gresik Tbk will spend up to IDR22trn (US$2.57bn) on improving cement supply until 2014 to support a master plan for acceleration and expansion of Indonesia’s economic development (MP3EI), a minister said. "In the near future Semen Gresik Grup will build a cement plant in Kalimantan at a cost of Rp3.5 trillion," State Enterprises Minister Mustafa Abubakar said on the sidelines of a seminar on Thursday. The cement plant in Kalimantan would have a product... |
‘Artificial’ cement shortage hits parts of Ghana17 June 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe price of cement has, over the few past weeks, soared in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, following a scarcity, seemingly being created artificially, and therefore forcing some distribution outlets to temporarily shut. This seems to be the case across the country, according to The Chronicle, which has compelled most of key distributors of the commodity in Kumasi to throng the Ghana Cement Company (Ghacem) premises in Accra. Ghana Cement Company sources say it had not increased price (about... |
Peruvian shipments increase YoY17 June 2011, Published under Cement NewsPeruvian cement shipments in the first five months of 2011 totaled 3.197Mt, 1.66 per cent more than in the same period of 2010, when they amounted to 3.145Mt, reported the Association Cement Producers (Asocem). During Jan-May 2011 period, cement production was 3.29Mt, representing a YoY increase of 2.62 per cent, when it was 3,20Mt. In the first five months of 2011 exports reached 21,763t of cement, an increase of 1713.58 per cent over the same period in 2010 (1200t) . Total shipments... |
Holcim El Salvador to construct power plant17 June 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe limited energy supply that El Salvador is expected to experience in the next three to five years, as well as increased cement demand as the economy starts to grow, are the main reasons that Holcim has to decided to invest in a power plant in the coming years. Therefore the company is considering the construction of a power plant that will generate 100MW of power and associated energy to supply the cement factory and sell the surplus through the national network, CEO of Holcim, Ricardo ... |
Docemca withdraws Pro-Consumidor complaint, Dom. Republic17 June 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe suit filed against the consumer protection agency Pro-Consumidor in the wake of a ban on the sale of Jamaica cement brand Carib for lacking a required quality test certification, was dropped by its distribution company Docemca, in Dominican Republic’s Administrative Superior Court. Docemca represented by the lawyer Francisco Tabares, desisted from the litigation against Pro-Consumidor as soon as the Public Works Ministry issued the non-objection certificate after verifying its quality,... |