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Mozambique cement production to hit 4Mt by 201305 April 2011, Published under Cement NewsMozambique is expected to reach production of approximately 4Mt of cement by 2013 when two more factories are due to start operating, the country’s Minister for Industry and Trade, Armando Inroga said in an interview with Mozambican weekly newspaper, Domingo. The Cimentos de Moçambique plant, located in Matola is now installing new equipment to increase production to 1Mta. Several companies are investing in the cement sector in Mozambique, including Chinese, Portuguese and South African inv... |
Rain Commodities plans mini cement plant05 April 2011, Published under Cement NewsRain Commodities of India plans to establish a mini cement plant with a capacity of 0.5Mt. The facility is to be established in the Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh. |
Pakistan cement dispatches down 7.86%05 April 2011, Published under Cement NewsAll Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) said on Monday that the cement dispatches during July-March 2010/11 stood at 16.02Mt, a decline of 7.86 per cent compared with 17.38Mt during the corresponding period of last year. Cement units located in the north posted a 12.06 per cent decline in dispatches, while those in the south posted a gain of 17.41 during the period under review, the APCMA said in a statement. The overall decline in exports was 14.46 per cent at 6.72Mt, aga... |
US January shipments rise six per cent05 April 2011, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico for January 2011 were 3.7Mt, according to recent data from the USGS. This was 6% higher than shipments in January 2010. The leading producing states (Texas, California, Missouri, Florida, and Alabama, in descending order) shipped 53% of the January total. The leading consuming states (Texas, California, Florida, Louisiana, and Arizona, in descending order) received about 48% of the January total shipments. ... |
Construction of West China new line to begin soon05 April 2011, Published under Cement NewsWest China Cement plans to construct a new 4500tpd clinker line with a 7.5MW residual heat recovery system in Hetian district of Xinjiang province. Construction is scheduled to start in or around April 2011 and completion is scheduled for around June 2012. The total estimated capital investment cost of the proposed expansion is around CNY650m and will be funded by internal resources of the group. |
Swiss 1Q cement shipments rise 21.2%05 April 2011, Published under Cement NewsFirst quarter 2011 shipments in Switzerland rose by 21.2% per cent YoY to 1.01Mt. This sharp increase reflects strong levels of construction activity in the country, according to a statement from cemsuisse, the Swiss cement association. More than half (50.5%) of deliveries were made by rail. |
Property tax protest nets Holcim US$1.5m, USA04 April 2011, Published under Cement NewsThree years’ worth of property tax protests paid off for Holcim’s cement plant in Pueblo, Colorado. The state Board of Assessment Appeals recently awarded the Penrose plant a US$1.5m refund. The refund will be paid by the five taxing entities which get revenue from Holcim’s property tax payments, Fremont County Commissioner Ed Norden said. |
Ohorongo dispute – hopes for amicable agreement04 April 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe Namibian organisation for commerce and industry is hoping to reach an amicable understanding with Namibian cement producer Ohorongo Cement on unfair trading practices. The issue will only reach the Namibian Competition Commission if Ohorongo Cement “does not address the concerns or if it does not address them satisfactorily,” said the Namibian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI). Ohorongo Cement, which opened Namibia’s first integrated cement factory earlier this year has been accus... |
Indian producers sees March sales rise04 April 2011, Published under Cement NewsSome of India’s leading cement producers have reported a rise in shipments for March 2011 however, the domestic industry is unlikely to beat growth figures registered in February. ACC’s shipments rose 12.4 per cent to 2.18Mt in March 2011 over March 2010. Production rose to 2.19Mt from 1.94Mt. Ambuja Cements’ cement shipments were up 6.6 per cent to 2.05Mt during the same period. Production, meanwhile, increased to 1.95Mt from 1.92Mt. UltraTech Cement’s cement shipments increased 2.2% to 3.... |
Indonesian 1Q cement sales rise six per cent04 April 2011, Published under Cement NewsDomestic sales in Indonesia rose six per cent in the first-quarter 2011 to 10.28Mt, up from 9.7Mt over the same period last year, the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI) reported. The increase is attributed to relatively stable interest rates, according to Urip Timuryono, chairman of ASI. He said developers have begun to build properties under such supporting conditions. “There is also construction of toll roads and bridges in the first quarter of this year,” he added. Mr Timuryono noted ... |