Cement News tagged under: paraguay
INC call for tougher cement import controls in Paraguay07 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsParaguay’s Industria Nacional de Cemento (INC) has called upon the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) to require precertification of the quality of imported cement. The company said the large inflows of imported cement are damaging its sales on the domestic market. INC head Carlos Krüssel said that the cement producer had already asked the National Customs Directorate (DNA) for more controls on cement imports. He added that the National Institute of Technology, Standardisation and Me... |
Low Paraguay river makes INC clinker transport difficult23 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe low levels of the Paraguay river are making transport of clinker more difficult. The current water level is adding 20% to the clinker transport bill of Industria Nacional del Cimento (INC), according to its president, Carlos Krüssel Llano. INC produces clinker at Vallemí and then ships it to its Villeta grinding unit. However, the company’s president assured that Villeta currently has a good stock of clinker and that it would have no difficulties supplying the market with the necessar... |
Paraguay’ INC plans to increase cement prices20 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndustria Nacional del Cemento intends to raise the price of cement to offset its high production costs. While no official figure has been released yet, data indicate that the company is currently suffering a PYG6000 loss for each bag it produces. Carlos Kruessel Llano, INC president, said that a detailed study of cost composition would be made before a new price level would be announced. |
Cemex interested in investing in INC15 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndustria Nacional de Cemento, has reported that Mexican cement giant Cemex has expressed an interest in investing in the Paraguayan state-owned producer. According to INC’s head, Carlos Krüssel, Cemex would transfer its technology to and possibly invest in INC. Mr Krüssel just completed a visit to a Cemex plant in Mexico to learn about Cemex’s plants and their experience in the provision of services and other products such as precast concrete. INC plans to expand its range of services a... |
Paraguay’s cement sales pick up in July-August27 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsCement sales in Paraguay increased in July and August, even before the reactivation of public works. In fact, the two months were the first in the year in which Industria Nacional de Cemento had no financial deficit due to the increased commercial activity. A combination of increased output and the recovery of several major customers helped to boost the state-owned firm’s takings. Nevertheless, it is expected that the cumulative loss of the cement producer will stand at around PYG24bn (US... |
INC to import 80,000t of clinker, Paraguay30 April 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndustria Nacional del Cemento (INC) will rise this week to the Public Procurement website’s invitation to bid, with an auction to buy 80,000t of clinker imports. This is the second call for tenders for purchase of imported clinker, since the former was declared void because the offers that had exceeded the budget of the state company. INC President, Edgar Acosta explained that while the company has 30,000t of domestic production in stock the problem is the limited transport capacity, as... |
INC reactivates its clinker kiln, Paraguay18 April 2012, Published under Cement NewsFollowing a two-week shutdown, Industria Nacional de Cemento (INC) yesterday reactivated its clinker kiln, according to the state company.? Having heated up the kiln, input of raw materials is expected to start today, company president of INC, Edgar Acosta Alcaraz. The stoppage took place, as with previous occasions, was due to a lack of fuel oil that was not supplied in time by the company’s official provider, Petropar. Petropar had already supplied 30,000m3 of fuel to last at least ... |