Cement News tagged: International
Argentina demand up 14% YoY
Argentina’s cement market expanded by 13.5 per cent in April to 958,241t when compared with April 2017, but fell 12.2 per cent MoM, according to the country’s cement producers’ association, AFCP.This demand was met by 953,081t of domestic output and 5160t of imports. Argentine producers saw total dispatches decline by 11.3 per cent MoM, but YoY deliveries, which include exports, advanced by...
Saudi cement production falls 7% in April
The total production of Saudi cement companies fell 7.4 per cent YoY in April 2018, declining to 4.2Mt from 4.54Mt. Furthermore, sales in the country dropped 9.5 per cent YoY in the same period, according to a report released by Yamama Cement Co. However, cement inventories rose 4.6 per cent to 1.19Mt in April. Elsewhere, Saudi Cement Co reported a 7.9 per cent increase in sales volume to 51...
Kyrgyzstan produces 1.503Mt of cement in 2017
Kyrgyzstan produced 1,503,400t of cement in 2017, according to data of the country’s National Statistics Committee.This represents a 16.6 per cent YoY rise. Cement production in 2016 reached 1,289,000t, a 13.9 per cent drop following an output of 1,496,400t in 2015. The top three companies contributing to the country’s treasury were CJSC South-Kyrgyz Cement (KGS420.9m/US$6.1m), JSC Kant ...
Uzbekistan announces measures to stabilise cement prices
Uzbek President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has signed a resolution "On Additional Measures for Stable Provision of the Internal Market with Cement," designed to give stability to Uzbekistan's cement market. The document emphasises that the volume of cement production in Uzbekistan and the pricing mechanisms for the product have a negative impact on ensuring the quality and timely completion of the...
Cemex Croatia is supporting Montenegro infrastructure projects
Cemex Croatia is actively participating in Montenegro's infrastructure boom by supplying building materials for several infrastructure projects, including three mixed-use resorts and a highway. For the Smokovac-Mateševo section of the Bar-Boljare highway – the largest engineering project currently under development in Montenegro – Cemex has already supplied over 280,000t of cement and ...
New plants boost Uganda cement industry
In the coming month, the Ugandan cement industry is expected to expand with two new plants in Tororo district as Simba Cement and Hima Cement commission their projects. Construction of the works started in February 2017. Simba Cement will bring its 3000tpd works at Tutir, on the Tororo-Mbale highway, online this month, according to Vishnu Patel, Simba Cement’s country manager. “We will offer ...
Saudi company to invest in Egyptian production lines
A Saudi Arabian company is expected to invest EGP500m (US$28.37m) in three Egyptian production lines, according to Ahmed Abdel Razek, head of the General Authority for Industrial Development. Mr Razek stated that the company has requested 200,000m in the industrial zone of Alexandria's Borg-El-Arab, and the first line will commence in 18 months once the land is allocated. A joint cooperation...
MP backs new cement plant for Chamba district
Shanta Kumar, Member Parliament, of the BJP has stated that the demand for a cement plant in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, India, should soon be met. He hopes plans will be fulfilled by October this year. The plant is likely to be established in the Sikridhar area. The state has 12 districts with Chamba sharing borders with Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. With not much income source...
New cement plant planned for Al-Bayda
The city of Al-Bayda in Libya will be the location of a 4000tpd greenfield cement plant. Ali Hussein, the city mayor, has held a meeting with a number of German investors in the presence of several businessmen from the city to examine the possibility of establishing a cement factory within the municipality. The meeting agreed upon a plan to establish a 1.3Mta cement plant located south of th...
Growth of Indian cement sector slows in March
The growth of Indian cement output has slowed in March to 13 per cent, compared to 23 per cent of the previous month. However, the cement sector was one of the principal performers throughout FY18, according to Aditi Nayar, principal economist at ICRA. "Cement output expanded by a five-year high [of] 6.3 per cent in FY18, marking a turnaround relative to the contraction of 1.2 per cent in F...
UltraTech moves closer to plant operation
India-based UltraTech Cement has moved closer to commencing operations at its plant in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The facility, initially owned by JP Associates (JPA), can only begin operations once certain environmental conditions are met. In line with a state cabinet decision, UltraTech can start production once JPA pays a penalty for mining on forested land. JPA will need to purchase an e...
Colombia's cement market contracts 10% in March
Cement deliveries in the Colombian cement market fell 9.9 per cent YoY to 976,300t in March, according to the country’s national statistics office, DANE. Around 68 per cent, or 668,700t of this total was supplied as bagged cement with a further 307,600t as bulk product. Deliveries to the country’s largest market, Bogotá, declined by 9.9 per cent while the key markets of Antioquia and Cundin...
Russian cement companies delivered 4.43Mt of cement by rail
In the first quarter of 2018, Russian cement companies supplied 4.43Mt of cement to their customers by rail. EuroCement Group accounted for a 34.5 per cent share of this total, down from 37.5 per cent the previous year, according to Esmerk Russian News. The top five suppliers by rail transport are Novoroscement with 405,950t (+18.3 per cent), South Ural Mining And Processing Company with ...
Tender for Jabal Saraj Cement to be re-issued
Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) in Afghanistan said they will re-issue a tender for the construction of the Jabal Saraj cement factory. MoMP officials said the cement plant project had been put out to tender in the past and that an Afghan company had looked set to win the contract. However, the High Economic Council decided to reissue the tender to find a more qualified company. Ac...
Pakistan releases survey with cement sector update
The Pakistan Economic Survey 2017-18 was released on 26 April by Dr Miftah Ismail, adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs. The report provides a detailed overview of Pakistan's economic performance during the year. According to the survey, the cement sector in Pakistan comprises 20 companies, with total listed capital of PKR72.618bn (US$518.7m) and the market...
Sinoma to build 5000tpd Salavat plant
A cement plant worth almost RUB12bn (US$194m) will be built in the Russian Republic of Bashkiria, RBC news agency reported on Tuesday. The clinker capacity of the plant will be 5000tpd. Prominvest, a company specialising in the production of cement, acts as an investor of the project, which has become one of the priority projects in the Salavat region. Following the visit of the Bashkir d...