Cement News tagged: International
India: Ambuja Cement launches Ambuja Plus
Ambuja Cement has launched a new cement product, Ambuja Plus, in the state of Maharashtra, India. This innovative product is created with an advanced formula, offering additional strength than ordinary Portland cement, claims the company. Ambuja Plus is aimed mainly at small consumers or individual house builders. MD and CEO Ajay Kapur said: “Ambuja Plus is special quality PPC [Portland Pozz...
India: cement producers target government road projects
High-ranking representatives of 17 cement manufacturers promised road transport minister, Nitin Gadkari, that their companies would put in lower bids to encourage development projects, according to the Times of India Group. The ministry has now invited bids asking manufacturers to quote the lowest price ex-factory price that they can offer to road developers. Soon after taking charge of the ...
HeidelbergCement recognised as 'best improver'
HeidelbergCement has been honoured as the 'best improver' in disclosure of environmental information among the 350 largest-listed companies in the Germany-Austria-Swittzerland (DACH) region by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). HeidelbergCement now ranks among the top five companies in the energy and materials sector. The company received the accolade during the CDP Leadership Award Confe...
Italcementi completes Devnya modernisation
Italcementi has completed the modernisation of its Devnya cement plant in Bulgaria, taking the plant’s capacity to 1.5Mta and employing best available technology. “With one of the largest investments made in the country over the past 25 years, we have helped to make our business more efficient from an industry perspective and aligned with best available techniques to protect the environment. ...
Holcim Awards 2014 winners for Africa Middle East announced in Beirut
The 12 winning projects of the Holcim Awards 2014 Africa Middle East have been announced in Beirut, with a green building in Turkey, an urban forest rehabilitation in Lebanon, and a low-cost housing plan in Ethiopia receiving the top prizes. The projects, which were recognised with a total of USD330,000 in prize money, focus mainly on enhancing social and environmental resilience, as well as ...
Saudi Arabia: strong annual 3Q gains for Yanbu despite weak start
Yanbu Cement reported a 16.4 per cent rise in third-quarter net profit to SAR163m (US$43.4m), driven by lower cost of sales due to increased production and the government's subsidy on imported clinker. The result was well ahead of estimates by Al-Rahji Capital who forecast net profit of SAR131m for the three month period (consensus: SAR149m). Yanbu's robust performance came as a surprise to ...
Cemengal launches new Plug&Grind®XL
Cemengal has introduced its new Plug&Grind®XL. The grinding concept is the same as the company’s original and patented Plug&Grind® Classic but allows capacity to reach more than 30tph (>220,000tpa) of cement. The Cemengal Plug&Grind®XL This new Plug&Grind®XL grinding station is housed inside containers and takes eight months to deliver – the same amount of time as the Plug&Grind® ...
NCCD plans new Egyptian plant
Egypt's National Company for Construction and Development (NCCD) is to build a cement plant due to the high price of locally-produced cement. The new facility will be aimed at covering cement requirements for the company's subsidiaries, Al Mal News reported, citing NCCD's chairman. The state-run firm is currently evaluating the best timing for the project. NCCD has 20 subsidiaries including n...
Spain: September demand up 6.1%
In September, Spain’s cement consumption rose 6.1 per cent YoY to 959,150t, according to the latest figures issued by Oficemen, the country’s cement association. Spain’s cement market saw demand drop by one per cent to 8,079,653t in 9M13 and as a result of the recent figures, Oficemen’s economic research department forecasts a one per cent drop in full-year consumption for 2014. "The in...
Peru: September dispatches up 3.7%
Cement dispatches in Peru rose 3.7 per cent in September to 904,840t, according to the country’s cement association, Asocem. Including exports, dispatches reached 946,762t. For 9M14, total domestic sales remained stable at 7.6Mt, edging up 0.4 per cent when compared with 9M13. Some 0.2Mt of exports were dispatched from the Latin American country in the period. Output registered a 0.81 per c...
Holcim breaks ground on Timaru terminal
Holcim has hosted the official groundbreaking ceremony for its new cement import terminal at the Port of Timaru. Member of Parliament for Rangitata, Hon Jo Goodhew planted a tree to celebrate the groundbreaking. The old silos have already been demolished by PrimePort and the site is clear for construction to begin on the new import terminal. The company has all the approvals required and co...
Beni Suef reaches agreement to build coal mill, Egypt
Beni Suef has reached an agreement to build a coal mill worth in 12 months, the cement producer announced in a statement to the stock market. The project, worth EGP200m, will be funded through self-financing and loans, the company added. It is expected to be completed by the end of 2015.
Vietnam cement prices to rise?
The price of cement in Vietnam could be increased this month, according to the country's Ministry of Finance, without stating a reason for the potential rise. Cement is currently sold for VND1.05m-1.5m/t (US$49.5-70.7) in the northern region and VND1.46m-1.8m/t in the south. Clinker and cement export prices were also stable at US$38.2 and US$55.2/t, respectively, the ministry added.
Vicem Jan-Sept sales edge ahead
State-owned Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), the country’s leading cement producer, said it sold 16.14Mt of cement and clinker in the first nine months of this year, up 1.6 per cent from a year ago. Of the total, 13.7Mt of cement and clinker were sold in domestic market, down 4.7 per cent YoY, while 2.43Mt were exported, up 61 per cent. In the third quarter, the corporation’s ...
JSW Group seeks to set up new Karnataka unit
JSW Group, is planning to set up a 3Mta clinker plant at Chittapur in Gulbarga district, in Karnataka state. The company is in the process of seeking statutory approvals to undertake exploratory drilling at a limestone deposit in Gulbarga. "Gulbarga project is still in preliminary stages and we have approached the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) for permissions. It will take at le...
Dangote reduces Ghana prices on cedi appreciation
Dangote, has reduced prices of its cement by GHS2.70 following the gradual appreciation of the Cedi against the dollar and other major international trading currencies. Joeseph Kobina Abu, sales and marketing manager of Dangote Cement Ghana Ltd said the company has reduced "the price from GHS30.75 to GHS28.05 “. The reduction took effect on 9 October 2014. GHACEM had also reduced its ex-fa...