Cement News tagged: International
Lucky Cement begins production at Iraq works
Pakistan producer Lucky Cement has started production at its 0.87Mta joint venture grinding plant in Basra, Iraq. Lucky Cement CEO, Muhammad Ali Tabba, told local press that production started in February. Mr Ali Tabba explained to Dawn News that the grinding plant is the first phase of development and "if we succeed in our projections, we may go for a full cement production line of 1.25Mt, w...
Groundbreaking ceremony for new Tajikistan-China joint venture plant
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon attended a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of a greenfield cement plant in Gayur-Sughdcement, in the Bobojonghafourov district, Sughd province. According to the Tajik president’s official website, Tajikistan’s Gayur Ltd Liability Company will build the 1.2Mta cement works in partnership with China’s Huaxin Cement Co. The plant is scheduled for complet...
Hetauda Cement hikes prices, Nepal
The board of Hetauda Cement Industries Ltd decided on Tuesday to raise the price of cement due to increased raw material costs. The Nepalese-based cement producer is to increase prices by NPR28.25/bag (US$0.30), the Kathmandu Post reported. Following the revision, the price of a bag of cement will cost NPR684.78 for dealers while development projects it will be NPR696.08. The retail price ha...
Consortium awarded Oruro contract, Bolivia
German-Spanish consortium (ThyssenKrupp) Polysius-Sacyr-Imasa has been awarded the US$244m contract for Ecebol’s new cement plant in Caracollo Norte, Oruro, Bolivia, according to the general manager of the Service for the Development of Productive Public Companies (SEDEM), Patricia Ballivián. Local press have reported that the award includes the construction of a US$2m electrical substation...
Essroc’s Nazareth cement plant earns Energy Star certification
Essroc’s cement plant in Nazareth, PA has earned the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star certification which signifies that the facility performs in the top 25 per cent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meets strict energy efficiency performance levels set by the EPA. “Essroc is pleased to accept EPA’s Energy Star certification in recognition of o...
DR Congo: North Kivu starts first cement plant
Nyiragongo launched its first cement on 1 April 2014 during a ceremony presided over by the head of the provincial executive, Julien Paluku. This is first cement works to be situated in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. The project was initiated by Mr Tana Twagira and will have an initial output of 50tpd.
Sino-Zimbabwe confident on production targets
Sino-Zimbabwe Cement is confident that it will meet its targeted 700-1200tpd production capacitty following the completion of phase one of its plant upgrade. Sino-Zimbabwe a joint venture between the Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe and (IDC) and China’s CBMC Renovations at the works, situated 40km southwest of Gweru, are being undertaken in three phases. The US$4m upgrade wi...
Russia: Eurocement terminates project with KHD
ZAB Zementanlagenbau GmbH Dessau, a subsidiary of KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG, has received notice of project termination from Eurocement group company Stavropolsky Zavod Stroitelnih Materialov, the German equipment supplier announced in a statement today. In May 2012 KHD confirmed that ZAB Zementanlagenbau received an order worth more than EUR80m from Stavropolsky for the constructio...
Venezuelan cement plants see 4Q13 output fall
Venezuela’s largest cement company, Venezolana de Cementos, saw production drop 13.1 per cent in 4Q13, according to data by the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV). The fall in output has been attributed to a range of factors, including unplanned shutdowns, lack of raw materials and other inputs as well as issues with packing equipment. However, Venezolana de Cementos was not the only Venez...
Uzbekistan cement works inaugurated
Uzbekistan has seen the official launch of a US$116m cement plant in Jizzakh oblast, which will add to the country’s grey and white cement production capabilities. The greenfield works, based in the Zafarabad area, has a grey capacity of 0.76Mta, plus 0.35Mta of white cement. Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMC) set up a joint venture with JSC Uzstroymaterialy in July 2012 and con...
Semen Indonesia eyes Middle East & Africa investment
PT Semen Indonesia, the country’s leading producer, is looking at expanding its presence into the Middle East and Africa region by developing factories there in 2016, CEO Dwi Soetjipto as quoted by Investor Daily. The Indonesian state-owned company company plans to invest IDR15trn (US$1.33bn) to boost production capacity to 50Mta by the year 2019. Semen Indonesia is targeting output at 30Mta...
Hima outlines sustainability initiatives, Uganda
Ugandan producer Hima Cement has outlined ambitious sustainability plans focussed on five main pillars. The company, owned by Kenya’s Bamburi Cement and part of the Lafarge Group, said the plan will be a key focus this year. Projects will be aimed at improving the areas of operational cost management, environmental conservation, job creation, health and safety and community development. Him...
Colombian demand grows 12% in February
Colombian cement demand expanded by 11.7 per cent in February 2014 compared to the previous year with dispatches reaching 924,000t, according to the statistics office, Dane. Major growth was recorded in Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Norte de Santander y Cauca. Cement production rose to 907,800t, up 10.2 per cent when compared with the same month a year ago. In the year ending Febr...
Taiwan Cement sees 28.81% jump in net profit
Taiwan Cement posted a record TWD10.03bn (US$330m) in net profit last year, up 28.81 per cent from a year earlier, the company said in a statement on Monday. Consolidated sales for 2013 rose 2.11 per cent YoY to about NT$116.10bn, while its gross margin rose about four percentage points from a year earlier to 19.66 per cent. The company's strong sales in China were reflected in the 2013 re...
QNCC signs LoI with Fives FCB for 5000tpd Umm Bab expansion
Qatar National Cement Co (QNCC) yesterday signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Fives FCB for the QAR950m (US$261m) expansion of its Umm Bab cement works, according to Qatar’s official news agency QNA. The France-based company will be responsible for the construction of a fifth production line with a capacity of 5000tpd. The new line is expected to come on-stream in July 2016 and bring the tot...
Vietnam 1Q14 domestic sales rise 8% YoY
Vietnam sold 10.23Mt of cement in the domestic market in the first quarter of this year, up eight per cent from a year ago, the Ministry of Construction (MoC) said. Shipments in March 2014 alone totalled 4.68Mt. The three-month sales figure accounted for 21 per cent of the country’s full-year target, the MoC said on its website last week. The country exported US$66m worth of cement and cl...