Cement News tagged under: petcoke
HeidelbergCement: July '1203 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Bosnian HeidelbergCement subsidiary Tvornica Cementa Kakanj is expecting a volume reduction of between 10-14 per cent this year. This would take consumption down to 40 per cent below the level seen in 2008. Domestic deliveries are expected to be some 15 per cent down on last year. Around 12 per cent of production is now exported, mainly to Croatia. HeidelbergCement's 1H turnover rose by 9.8 per cent to €6580.4m, while the EBITDA only advanced by 0.8 per cent to €911.6m as energy cos... |
Indian cement sector turns to US high-sulphur coal07 May 2012, Published under Cement NewsShree Cement and Ultratech have taken one cargo of US high-sulphur coal, with others set to follow suit, as the Indian cement sector seeks a cheaper alternative to the increasingly scarce petcoke. India's coal imports are set to grow rapidly to over 100Mt of thermal coal this year, most of it from Indonesia and South Africa destined for power generators. The cement sector is a smaller but significant consumer of imports. Some Indian end-users are likely to turn to the very high-sulphur Ill... |