Cement News tagged: International
Philippine third-quarter cement sales surge
Philippine cement sales surged 18.6 per cent in the third quarter from a year ago, according to the latest data from the Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (CeMAP). Sales volumes during the July-September quarter reached 6.37Mt, up from 5.37Mt a year earlier on the back of strong construction activities by the private and public sectors. These latest figures bring cumul...
Vietnam 10-month sales edge ahead
Vietnam sold 58.66Mt of cement and clinker in the first 10 months of this year, rising one per cent from a year earlier and fulfilling 80 per cent of the whole-year target, the Building Material Department under the Ministry of Construction said. The total comprised 45.51Mt of domestic sales (+9 per cent YoY), the Xay Dung online newspaper cited the department as saying. In October, the c...
Lafarge Mahaweli Cement celebrates four consecutive years of zero LTI
Sri-Lanka based Lafarge Mahaweli Cement celebrated four consecutive years of zero lost time injuries (LTI) with a special event for employees. The company attributed this victory to the global best practices in health and safety, which has been made a core practice for all their employees and contractors. Congratulating its employees and contractors who helped Lafarge in its health and safe...
Shree Cement commissions Uttar Pradesh grinding plant
Shree Cement has commissioned a grinding plant at Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh on 30 October 2015, the company said in a statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange. The new facility has a cement capacity of 2Mta.
Vietnam output reaches 54.8Mt in first 10 months
Vietnam is estimated to have produced 54.8Mt of cement in the first 10 months of this year, up 10.4 per cent from a year ago, the government-run General Statistics Office said. The figures include an output of 6.1Mt in October, an increase 10.8 per cent. In the first nine months, the country’s cement production hit 48.7Mt, according to the revised figure. Vietnam currently has 76 cement pro...
Colombia sees 5.2% market expansion in September
Colombia’s cement demand expanded by 5.2 per cent YoY in September 2015 to reach 1.143Mt on the back of a strong performance in the contractor and ready-mix sectors, which noted a rise in cement consumption of 25.9 and 13.3 per cent, respectively. In terms of provinces, Meta recorded the highest increase in demand with a 33.7 per cent advance, followed by Atlántico (+18.8 per cent) and Boy...
US shipments eight-month shipments up 3.5%
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in the eight months through August 2015 totalled 59.1Mt, up by 3.5 per cent compared to the same period of last year, the latest data from the US Geological Survey shows. In August 2015 shipments reached about 9.1Mt, up from four per cent in the same month of last year. The leading producing states for Portla...
Competition ramps up in Uganda
Hima Cement (LafargeHolcim Group) has announced that it is seeking to invest US$40m to establish a greenfield grinding station in Tororo, eastern Uganda. However, this is only the first of a series of capacity building projects which the company says it will embark upon. Additionally, Hima Cement is investigating limestone reserves in northeastern Uganda to support a possible future clink...
ICCI asks cement manufacturers to reduce prices to help quake-hit areas
The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has called on Pakistan's cement manufacturers to reduce the price of cement to benefit the millions of people whose homes were damaged after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit the Pak-Afghan region earlier this week. Pakistan’s Ministry of Water and Power says early reports indicate the country’s dams and hydropower installations are safe an...
Huaxin plans Kazakhstan plant investment
Chinese cement producer Huaxin Cement plans to invest US$150m in the construction of a cement plant in Aktobe region of Kazakhstan. Construction of the dry-process cement works, to be located in the village of Priozernoye in Kargaly district, is scheduled to start in 2016, according to local press reports/ On Wednesday Regional Governor Berdibek Saparbayev met representatives of the Chinese ...
CTLGroup announces new hire appointment
Amy Trygestad, PE, FACI, has joined CTLGroup as a Principal Engineer. She is a licensed Professional Engineer with over 20 years of experience in the structural design and construction industry. She hold a Bachelor and Master of Civil Engineering from the University of Minnesota. Her experience includes engineering consulting, programme management, concrete subcontracting, ready-mixed concr...
Cementos Chihuahua 3Q15 sales rise 23% YoY
Mexico’s Cementos Chihuahua posted sales of MXN3.983bn (US$241.4m), up 23 per cent YoY, in the third quarter of 2015. The rise in turnover has been attributed to higher volumes and prices in Mexico and the USA. Sales in the US expanded by 24 per cent on the back of a three per cent advance in cement volumes in Minnesota, Texas and Colorado as the building and infrastructure sectors generate...
Cemex recognised in the UK for protecting road users
Cemex announced today that its operations on the United Kingdom were recognised with the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Annual Award for Excellence in Vulnerable Road Users Safety. The award was sponsored by Transport for London and highlights the initiatives undertaken by Cemex UK since 2004. Cemex UK’s ongoing efforts in road safety cover all areas of transport busin...
Brazil sees double-digit drop in September sales
Brazil’s September cement sales fell by 14.7 per cent YoY to 5.5Mt, according to a summary of preliminary industry data and market estimates published by Sindicato Nacional da Indústria do Cimento. Imports fell by 52 per cent YoY during the month to 32,000t, data collected by SECEX/MDIC showed. Accumulated cement sales over the January-September 2015 period reached 49.2Mt, down 7.7 per cent ...
Chinese company signs MoU for Namibian plant
China-based Asian and African Business Management has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Namibian company Whale Rock Cement for a US$350m cement plant. The signing ceremony was attended by the Chinese Ambassador to Namibia, Xin Shunkang, and the chairperson of Asian and African Business Management, Zhang Jimin, according to reports by China Daily. The plant, about 245km from the capit...
Namibia: Ohorongo Cement named NMA Manufacturer of the Year 2015
Ohorongo Cement has been awarded the Namibian Manufacturers Association (NMA) Manufacturer of the Year 2015 Award. Namibia's sole cement producer scooped the following awards at the annual event held on Thursday: • Overall winner: NMA Manufacturer of the Year • Gold Award: NMA Best Ambassador for Manufacturing in Namibia • Gold Award: NMA Most Environmentally Friendly Manufacturer of the Y...