Cement News tagged under: international
Segezha Packaging to close its Almería site, Spain09 June 2010, Published under Cement NewsSegezha Packaging Group has announced to permanently stop production of paper sacks for industrial applications at its Spanish site in Almería. The Segezha Packaging S.A.U. conversion mill, which has three production lines with a total annual capacity of 100 million units, is slated to be closed in autumn this year. According to Segezha, the closure marks the complete withdrawal of the packaging company from the Spanish market. The closure stands to affect 61 employees. |
Asamer takes the train, new logistics centre opens Austria09 June 2010, Published under Cement NewsAsamer will transport the vast amount of material produced at one of its plants via train. Manfred Asamer, head of Upper Austrian firm Asamer, said today 80 to 90 per cent of the material at the Roitham factory – or 180,000t of gravel – will be transferred to its plant in Linz via train as of now. The company boss revealed EUR8m had been invested in the new logistics centre which connects the plant to the railway network. Asamer claimed the new cargo system meant a reduction of 1920t of ... |
Belarus producer output rises09 June 2010, Published under Cement NewsCement output of Belarus’ state-run Krichevtsementnoshifer increased 15.8% on the year in January-April 2010 to 423,600t , an official with the company told Prime-Tass Thursday. Krichevtsementnoshifer was established in 1933 and is one of Belarus’ largest cement makers. It commissioned a new 0.55Mta kiln at the end of 2007 and produces around 1.4Mta of cement. |
Dangote confirms plans to raise stake in Sephaku, South Africa09 June 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe management of Dangote Group at the weekend confirmed plans to increase its shareholding in South Africa’s Sephaku Cement Limited from the present 19.8 per cent to 64 per cent. Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive of Dangote Group, said the decision to increase its stake in Sephaku Cement is part of its Sub-Saharan expansion project. Sephaku Holdings had earlier announced that the decision was reached by both parties, and that: “”the board is pleased to announce that a heads of... |
Siam City Cement expects flat second quarter09 June 2010, Published under Cement NewsSiam City Cement Plc (SCCC), Thailand’s second-largest cement manufacturer, expects local cement consumption to be flat this quarter due to recent unrest after 7% YoY growth the first quarter. Chantana Sukumanont, SCCC’s executive vice-president, said some residential projects were postponed while transport of cement was affected during the peak of the riots. "We expect some of the residential projects will restart again in the third quarter. Construction of the Supreme Court near the Ro... |
Indian cement prices expected to recover09 June 2010, Published under Cement NewsIndian cement prices are expected to recover by 5%-6% in the next financial year (2011-12) thanks to slowing capacity addition and sustained demand growth. Consequently, the industry’s operating margins will likely improve to about 26% in 2011-12, a research done by Crisil said on Thursday. |
Saman-e Gharb plant due to come on-stream, Iran09 June 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe Saman-e Gharb Cement factory in Kermanshah is set to come on-stream in late August. The plant, situated in western Iran, will have two production lines and is expected to produce 7000tpd of clinker. Source: Islamic Republic of Iran News Network |
Brazil: 12-month cumulative sales up 4.9%09 June 2010, Published under Cement NewsLatest industry data and market estimates indicate that cement sales in Brazil for May 2009-April 2010 period reached 53.7Mt – representing a YoY increase of 4.9 per cent. Figures released by the Brazilian cement association, Sindicato Nacional da Indústria do Cimento, show that between January-April 2010 18.1Mt of cement was consumed, a YoY rise of 15.7 per cent compared to the same period in 2009. In April 2010, 4.6Mt of cement was sold in the local market, up 15.9 per cent on April 200... |
Inteco to build cement plant in Tula Region08 June 2010, Published under Cement NewsRussian real estate developer Inteco plans to build a RUB25bn cement plant in the Tula Region, business daily Vedomosti reported Monday citing the company’s representative Gennady Terebkov. The company plans to spend both its own and borrowed funds on the plant’s construction, Terebkov also said without providing where the company planned to borrow funds from. The plant with a projected annual production capacity of 4.6Mt of cement is expected to be built on a 900ha area in the region’s Ve... |
Lafarge to increase output at Aceh plant, Indonesia08 June 2010, Published under Cement NewsLafarge is investing around US$300m in the rehabilitation of its plant in Aceh, Indonesia which was destroyed by the tsunami in December 2004, a company spokesperson said. "This year the production of our cement factory in Aceh is expected to reach 1.6Mt or 20 per cent higher than it was before the tsunami," the company`s president director, Marc Jarrault, said on Monday, at the launching of a vocational safety campaign month. Production was started in June and after around 30 per cent of ... |