Cement News tagged: International
SCG hosts groundbreaking ceremony for Laos cement plant project
SCG has hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Khammouane cement plant, its first cement plant in Laos. Present at the ceremony were Pichit Maipoom, President and Vice President - Operations, SCG Cement - Building Materials, Nithi Pattarachoke, Vice President - Domestic Market, SCG Cement - Building Materials, Chanson Senbouttalat, Deputy Minister, Minister of Natural Resour...
US January shipments - preliminary data
Portland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico in January 2015 were 5.355Mt, preliminary data* from the US Geological Survey shows. Of the total shipments, domestic dispatches comprised 4.859Mt and imports 496,005t. Earlier this month, the USGS confirmed that total shipments in 2014 reached 88.4Mt, up by about eight per cent YoY. Imports for the whole year totalled 8.39Mt, a...
Lafarge Zambia to kickstart expansion project in 2H15
Lafarge Zambia will begin work on a EUR200m expansion project in the second half of this year, Emmanuel Rigaux, chief executive of the Lafarge unit, said last week. The work will double Lafarge Zambia’s existing capacity, adding 1Mta. The company is proceeding with the project despite Dangote Cement due to launch its own 1.5Mta plant in Zambia. However, Mr Rigaux told the Cape Times that dema...
APCMA appeals to government to save local industry from smuggling
Pakistan's cement industry has made an appeal to government to put an end ot the alleged smuggling of Iranian cement into the country. The All Pakistan Cement Manufactures Association (APCMA) has requested Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar and Chairman of Federal Board of Revenue Tariq Bajwa to include the cement industry in its negative l...
FCB TSV™ Classifier for Lafarge Ain Sokhna plant
Fives will supply a new high-efficiency separator for the Lafarge Cement Egypt petcoke grinding unit in the frame of its conversion from open to close circuit by Imsat (Romania). Thanks to the installation of the FCB TSV™ Classifier the grinding plant will produce 90tph of pulverised petcoke with R90µm ≤ 5 per cent, as required by LCE to shift from the conventional fuel used presently for t...
Cemex to bring forward Caracolito expansion, Colombia
Cemex is bringing forward the expansion of Caracolito plant in Colombia, the corporate affairs vice-president of the company’s Mexican division has said. Daniel Suarez told local news that the project consists of the expansion of the existing quarry with an additional 11ha, a complete reconstruction of the kilns and the replacement of air filters. Encouraged by the positive outlook and busi...
Expected second-quarter pick-up in Indian demand
Indian cement demand is expected to see a revival over the July-September quarter on the back of an increase in infrastructure spending. Consumption continued to remain tepid during March, leading cement producers to cut their dispatches by 20-30 per cent even in the northern region which has been one of the most stable regions, according to brokerage firm PL India. Its report on the sector ...
ACCIONA Energía wins IADB award for Cemex Eurus wind farm project
ACCIONA Energía has won the Infraestructura 360º prize awarded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) for the sustainability of its infrastructure projects implemented in the Latin America/Caribbean area. The winning project was the Eurus wind farm, built and operated by ACCIONA Energía México as a self-supply project for Cemex. The jury particularly highlighted its positive impact on t...
Asia Cement in renewable energy schools project, Thailand
Asia Cement, part of the Italcementi Group, has initiated the "25 Renewable Energy Schools Project" as part of the Thai cement producers corporate social responsibility, environmental and energy efforts. The project involves the installation of 4kW on-grid solar PV rooftops to be used alongside electricity distributed by the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) in 25 small and medium- sized...
Hrazdan cement plant faces closure
Hrazdan cement plant, Armenia, has an outstanding debt of AMD509m (USD1.08m) owed to the tax authorities and faces closure, according to plant manager Naira Martirosyan. Over 2008-14, the plant paid AMB2.9bn in various taxes, but the sharp decline in domestic consumption and problems with exports resulted in serious losses and failure to service debts. The Hrazdan cement plant was commission...
India: Rashmi Group to invest USD24m in new plant
Rashmi Group (India) intends to invest INR1.5bn (USD24m) to increase cement capacity at its 0.2Mta Jhargram grinding plant in West Bengal. The company is increasing its investment into steel products at Kharagpur and aims to use slag produced from the steel plant for cement production at the nearby Jhargram plant.
Builders challenge cement price rise in southern India
The price of cement has gone up by INR100 per bag (USD1.61) over the last six months in Tamil Nadu, according to the Tiruchi branch of the Builders’ Association of India. The construction industry has been adversely affected and the Builders’ Association of India is now exploring the possibility of importing cement, claimed Mr Thirusangu, chairman of the association in Tiruchi. Furthermore, ...
US market picks up 12% YoY in January 2015
US market demand reached 5,355,378t, representing a 12.1 per cent increase on January 2014, according to preliminary figures by the US Geological Survey. Shipments of Portland and blended cement by US producers reached 4,859,373t in January 2015. Clinker production stood at 5,407,342t. In addition, the country imported some 496,005t of cement. Exports by US producers totalled 51,037t,...
India: CREDAI to import Chinese cement
Following the Telangana government's decision to impose a road tax on trucks from Andhra Pradesh and the spiralling hike of cement prices facing builders, the Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association of India (CREDAI) is planning to import cement, particularly from China. With truck owners suspending their operations in protest of the new tax, cement shortages have been reported...
Vietnam cement sales down 0.5% in 1Q15
Vietnam's cement sales in 1Q15 slipped 0.5 per cent YoY to 10.6Mt as many projects started late after a long holiday and exports fell 35 per cent in March, according to the Construction Industry. Domestic consumption in March decreased 23 per cent YoY to 3.91Mt.
Ciments du Maroc: Moroccan market to show little change in 2015
The Moroccan cement market is expected to show not much change in 2015 from the previous year, according to Mario Bracci, CEO of Ciments du Maroc. The Italcementi-owned cement producer delivered sales in 2014 in line with a 5.4 per cent domestic market contraction. Ciments du Maroc responded to the downturn by increasing the use of alternative fuels and improving operating efficiency, effort...