Cement News tagged under: trading
HeidelbergCement merges HC Trading and Interbulk Trading23 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsFollowing the acquisition of Italcementi by HeidelbergCement Group, HC Trading and Interbulk Trading have merged their operations into a new company with a total turnover of round US$1.4bn (based on 2015 trade volumes). The merger of HC Trading and Interbulk Trading under the entity of HC Trading BV will carry the group’s international trading activities, specialising in cement, clinker, coal and petcoke, one step further by expanding the trade network and improving its position in the ma... |
Fiji: Chinese clinker offloaded at Suva Port23 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsPacific Cement Ltd of Fiji is receiving a 22,000t shipment of imported Chinese clinker, according to Tomu Raturaga, boarding officer at Carpenters Shipping. The cargo is reportedly offloading from the vessel Mount Adams at Suva Port and will be destined for the cement producer’s 0.2Mta grinding plant in Lami. Pacific Cement Ltd, formerly known as Fiji Industries, is one of two cement producers on the island. In January 2014, Tengy Cement (Fiji) Co Ltd was launched with Chinese backing... |
USA: Portland and blended cement shipments in August rise by 3.1%17 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in August 2016 were 9.4Mt, up by 3.1 per cent from sales in August 2015. The leading producing states for Portland and blended cement in August 2016 were Missouri, Texas, California, Florida and Michigan, in descending order, and these accounted for about 42 per cent of the national total. The leading cement-consuming states, in descending order, were Texas, California, Florida, Ohio and Illinois, whic... |
Algeria: building material imports fall in 9M1616 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsBuilding material imports (cement, iron and steel, wood and ceramic products) stood at US$1.61bn over the first nine months of 2016, against US$1.95bn in the same period in 2015, down -17.65 per cent, the Customs told Algerie Press Service. Imported quantities shrunk to 7.95Mt against 8.14Mt , down -2.4 per cent, according to the Customs' National Centre for Data Processing and Statistics (CNIS). Cement imports dropped to US$257.8m against US$352.9m, a fall of -27 per cent from 9M15. The... |
USA: preliminary August cement shipments total 9.41Mt16 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsPreliminary data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) for US shipments of cement in August 2016 estimate that Portland and blended cement totalled 9.41Mt in the month. This is up on July’s cement shipments of Portland and blended cements which reached 7.14Mt. For YTD, end-August, US shipments of cement totalled 61.4Mt. The Mountain and Pacific district had the highest cement produced with1.91Mt during August. California made up the bulk of that output with 0.92Mt of shipments. Missouri was ... |
Angola: Cimangola to cease clinker imports15 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsNova Cimangola announced that it will stop importing clinker and instead use domestic resources. The company has identified a raw material deposit near Luanda, where its plant is located. According to Manuel Pacavira Júnior, Nova Cimangola administrator, the company will save approximately US$50m a year. |
Ghana: Union calls on Government to protect local cement industry15 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsDr Ekwow Spio Garbrah, Ghana's Trade and Industry Minister, is being encouraged by the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) Ghana to take immediate action to defend the local cement industry. Solomon Kotei, the general secretary of the union, called on the government to immediately "as per Legislative Instrument 2240, put a regulation on quotas and sign and clear the license approval process with the Cement Monitoring Committee." Cement producers grievances include: "under d... |
Uruguay: ANCAP official speaks out about Turkish imports08 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsArtigas González of the Federación ANCAP (FANCAP) and member of the Portland commission of the ANCAP workers guild, said Cementos Charrúa (Cimsa) is currently importing bagged cement from Turkey and repackaging it under a Uruguayan brand for marketing, according to El Observador. "It comes in the form of dumping (below its cost of production) and at a price that is unfair competition," he said. FANCAP has made a formal proposal to the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining to review the... |
Myanmar: traders seek to import cement in northern state04 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsA large number of traders are seeking to import cement through border trade in Myitgyina, the capital of Myanmar’s Kachin state. Over 3500t of cement have been permitted for import from China in the current fiscal year, according to an official at the Myitgyina Import and Export Office. |
Azerbaijan: custom duty on cement increases03 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsImported cement into Azerbaijan is subject to a higher customs duty as of 3 November. The Cabinet of Ministers announced that the new duties will be valid for two years. According to the amendment, customs duty has been set at US$0.07 for 1kg of Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, superphosphate cement and analogical hydraulic cements, coloured or uncoloured cement, finished or clinker cement and gypsum. Previously Azerbaijan applied a fixed import duty of 15 per cent of th... |