Cement News tagged: International
Indonesian monthly consumption up 3.2%
Indonesian cement consumption increased by 3.2 per cent in October 2014 and year-to-date sales were ahead by 3.4 per cent. However, industry sources caution that sales may start to slow on account of the rainy season. During October 2014, Indonesian demand increased to 5.759Mt versus 5.579Mt in the same period of last year. Cement consumption over the first 10 months of the year reached 48.7...
US Jan-August shipments increase 7% YoY
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico for the year through August 2014 were 57.3Mt, up by about seven per cent from the same period of last year, latest figures from the US Geological Survey show. In August 2014 total shipments were 8.7Mt, up slightly from the same period of last year. The leading Portland cement producing states in August were ...
Pakistan sales up 8.87% in first four months of FY14-15
Pakistan cement sales increased by 8.87 per cent to 8.197Mt during the first four months of the current fiscal year, latest data by All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) shows. In July-October, exports of cement decreased 4.43 per cent to 2.79Mt over the same period last fiscal year. Cement factories in the North Zone dispatched 6.872Mt during the July-October period, up ...
Vietnam 10-month domestic sales up
Vietnam's total cement sales including exports increased six per cent YoY to reach 53.22Mt in the first 10 months of 2014, latest data from the country's Construction Ministry's Building Material Department reveals. Of the amount, 41.54Mt was consumed in the domestic market, up eight per cent compared with the corresponding period last year, while exports rose slightly by one per cent to re...
Argentina: cement consumption rises 5% MoM but notes 3% YoY decline
The Argentine cement market expanded by 5.3 per cent MoM to 1,101,072t in October 2014 but contracted by 3.1 per cent YoY, according to AFCP, the national cement producers’ association. The country’s cement producers dispatched 1,115,224t in the period. The figure, which includes exports represents a MoM increase of 5.8 per cent but a fall of 3.1 per cent YoY.
INC awards International Materials clinker supply contract
Paraguayan state-owned cement company Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) has awarded International Materials the contract to provide 60,000t of clinker. International Materials is based in the US, but this clinker shipment will come from Spain. The contract was scheduled to be signed this week it is hoped that the first deliveries of between 10,000t and 35,000t each will arrive in the fir...
China demand nears 'turning point' - UBS
China's cement sector has entered the "new normal" of stagnant demand, according to UBS. "The turning point in China cement demand growth is near, in our view, amid limited potential upside in infrastructure investment growth and a structural downturn in the property sector," it says. (Source: Dow Jones)
Tajikistan 10-month output rises
Over the first 10 months of this year Tajikistan produced more than 1Mt of cement, an increase of 776,000t compared to the same period of last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies (MoINT). The increase in output has been possible due to the “operation of two large cement plants – the Yovon cement plant [Huaxin Gayur Cement Co] and OJSC Tojikcement [Dushanbe cemen...
Odisha state clears three grinding projects, India
The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) today approved three new cement grinding units in the eastern state of Odisha. Emami Cement has been given approval for a 1.5Mta grinding unit at Begunia in Khurda. Similarly, Shree Cement has proposed to establish a 3Mta cement grinding mill at Odapada in Dhenkanal district. The Rajasthan-based company has opted for this site so tha...
Dangote applies to build Tanzania coal-fired plant
Dangote Cement has applied for a licence to build a 75MW coal-fired plant in Tanzania that would power its 3Mta cement plant under construction. "Dangote Industries ... applied for a 75 MW electricity generation licence to build, own and operate a coal-based captive power plant adjacent to its cement manufacturing plant," the state-run Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA)...
Arabian Cement to set up Brazilian joint-venture
Egypt-based Arabian Cement Company, announced it will establish a grinding plant in northwest Brazil as part of a joint-venture agreement with local cement manufacturer Cementos Relampago, part of Cementos La Union. The 2.3Mta facility is expected to involve an investment of €23m ($28.7m), of which Arabian Cement will contribute €7m. Arabian Cement added that its contribution represents 60 p...
Pakistan exports continue to fall in first quarter
Pakistan cement exports continued to fall in the first quarter of FY14-15, largely due to declining shipments to its biggest market of Afghanistan. Export volumes in the July-September 2014 period fell by 3.85 per cent to 2.436Mt while revenues were down 3.22 per cent to US$ 142.77m. In terms of the Pakistan rupee, revenues also showed a 5.38 per cent drop to PKR14.36bn. On a slightly mor...
Cuba looks for foreign investment to build US$400m plant
As part of a wider package of projects requiring some US$8bn of foreign investment, Cuba is looking overseas to finance the construction of a US$400m cement works in Holguín. Cuba needs foreign investment of US$2bn per year to achieve future economic growth of five per cent rather than the current one per cent, according to Minister of Foreign Trade, Rodrigo Malmierca. "Governments can do m...
Hope Construction Materials wins MPA’s John Crabbe Award for health and safety
Hope Construction Materials, the UK’s leading independent supplier of construction materials, has won the MPA’s prestigious John Crabbe Award for health and safety in the industry. The trophy, which was presented to Amit Bhatia, founder and chairman of Hope Construction Materials, during a ceremony in London, is awarded for outstanding excellence in health and safety. The news comes one day...
MPA: sales volumes indicate further growth
An acceleration in third-quarter sales compared to the previous quarter indicated continuing growth in construction activity, according to latest figures from the Mineral Productions Association (MPA). Statistics published yesterday by the MPA show sales volumes for asphalt, ready-mixed concrete and crushed rock in 3Q rose by 2.5-3.5 per cent compared to the previous quarter, and 8.5 per ce...
Kenya: National Cement to build 15MW power plant
Kenya’s National Cement, part of the Devki Group, plans to build a KES1.7bn (US$19m) coal-fired power plant to serve its clinker plant and limestone mining operation in Kajiado, Kenya. The power plant will produce 15MW of electricity and is being seen by the company as a more cost-effective alternative to the national grid. “The cost of procuring electricity from Kenya Power is twice as much ...