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Vietnam: cement output touches 4.41Mt in June05 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsStatistics from the Ministry of Construction showed that the cement producers in June 2010 have reached an output of 4.41Mt, raising the accumulative production volume in the first half of the year to 24.92Mt, fulfilling 49.8 per cent of the year plan. Meanwhile, the country’s total cement consumption volume in June achieved 4.32Mt, while the 1H progressive volume was 24.49Mt, equal to 49 pe rcent of the year plan. The cement price stayed at stable level, in general. This year, ministry of... |
Nevyansky Cementnik’s May production rises, Russia05 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsIn May CJSC Nevyansky Cementnik produced 113,071t up from the 20,494t sold in the same period in the previous year. Over the last five month the company steadily kept in line with the target on all the key operational parameters. Clinker output in May totaled 86,017t (which is on target). The company shipped118,964t of finished products to its consumers (105% ahead of target) with the packaged cement dispatches being 183% ahead of target. The amount of dispatches to date is 23,465t or 25% ... |
Kavkazcement ahead of planned production targets05 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsCJSC Kavkazcement has demonstrated a high performance in all industrial and public fields which set the scene for its leadership position among Eurocement’s production units in 2010. Its May performance recorded 182, 245t of clinker which is 15.2 % up from same period of the last year, 270,100t of cement which is 16.4 % up from in the same period of the last year and 280,411t of finished products shipped to consumers which is 19.7 % up on May 2009. |
Dust plumes billowing from Ash Grove plant, USA04 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsLarge plumes of dust were spotted coming from the southern most tower of Ash Grove Cement’s Seattle plant. The dust appeared to be coming from the top south eastern edge of one of three towers. There was no fire, but thick smoke billowed from the plant. The company would not confirm what the explosion but the Seattle Fire Department said the cement company was dealing with it internally. |
Siam Cement plans to expand cement interests abroad04 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsSiam Cement, Thailand’s third- biggest company by market value, said the start up of a new US$1.2bn petrochemical plant will help it maintain profit growth this year. “With the new cracker, we triple the size of high-margin petrochemical products,” Siam Cement President Kan Trakulhoon said in Bangkok. Petrochemicals produced at the plant, including ethylene and propylene, have “healthy profit margins,” he said, declining to elaborate. Siam Cement has increased investments in petrochemica... |
Marquesado quarry project given green light, Spain04 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsAuthorities in Andalusia, Spain, have given the go-ahead for the use of a quarry to supply raw materials for a cement works being built by Cementos del Marquesado. The quarry is located on 93ha of public forest in the municipality of Valle de Zalabí. As a result, this decision in favour of the quarry is conditional to the restoration of the area’s forested character after the conclusion of the extraction work, as required by an environmental impact statement. Use of the quarry will enabl... |
Fire at Finnsementti works, Finland02 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsFinnsementti’s plant in Lappeenranta is experiencing power outages following a fire which caused damage to wiring and structures. Electricity was partially installed on Thursday afternoon and the two mills at the plant are expected to start production in a few days. |
India Cements plans for a coal-based captive power plant02 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsIndia Cement Limited (ICL), a cement company operating in Tamilnadu is planning to set up a 48 MW coal based CPP at Narnamalpuram village, in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. The proposed CPP will be set up over an area of 10.99 acres. It will have a circulating-fluidised-bed-combustion boiler unit of 48 MW capacity, to be fuelled with coal. |
Holcim expects Mindanao cement demand to fall, Philippines02 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsDemand for cement and other construction materials in Mindanao is expected to go down this year compared with last year’s. William C Sumalinog, Holcim Philippines, Inc. head for Mindanao, said demand for cement in Mindanao was down by 18% compared with the same period last year. “Last year was an abnormal year [for the construction industry],” he said, as demand for construction materials was very high because of the government’s infrastructure program particularly the repair of national ... |
India: growth may slip below 8% in June02 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsA slowdown in demand from key cement consuming sectors is likely to push the industry’s growth below eight per cent in June. Though the industry statistics will be released next week, the initial numbers from cement majors signal a remarkable decline in demand. According to analysts, demand slowdown from infrastructure and real estate segments, coupled with decline in demand in the North due to the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, will make it tough for the industry to maintain a growth r... |