Cement News tagged: International
Cemex achieves record alternative fuels substitution rate in Germany
In April 2013, Cemex's German cement plants attained an alternative fuels substitution rate of 82.6 per cent—the first country within the company’s global operations network to reach this milestone. Furthermore, its Kollenbach cement plant in Beckum, Germany, averaged a 90.9 per cent substitution rate for the month, Cemex announced in a statement. “Beyond significantly reducing fuel costs, ou...
Cementir hit by hard Nordic winter
Cementir's first-quarter turnover eased by 0.3 per cent to €194.7m and the EBITDA declined by 26.9 per cent to €9.2m as the cement major was hit by a hard Nordic winter weather. The trading loss increased by 56.1 per cent to €12.4m, but at the pre-tax level the increase in the loss was a more modest 20.3 per cent up to €13.7m. The severe winter weather in Scandinavia and Italy had a partic...
Siam Cement appoints Chinese contractor for new Indonesian plant
Siam Cement Group (SCG) of Thailand has signed an agreement with China-based Anhui Conch Design & Research Institute for the construction of a greenfield plant in West Java, Indonesia. The Chinese company, a subsidiary of the Anhui Conch Group, will supply machinery and equipment and provide engineering and construction services for the 1.8Mta plant to be constructed in Sukabumi. The new ce...
Vicem sales up 14.8% in first four months, Vietnam
State-owned Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem) sold 6.94Mt of cement and clinker in the first four months of this year, rising by 14.8 per cent YoY. Of the total, 6.9Mt of cement and clinker was sold in the domestic market, up 21.7 per cent YoY, while 41,000t of cement was exported, a rise of nine per cent, the corporation said on its website late Wednesday. In April, the corpor...
Western Diamond Cement Ltd secures project loan, Ghana
Stanbic Bank has closed a US$20.15m loan deal with Western Diamond Cement Ltd, part of the West African Cement SA (WACEM) Group, to build a cement production plant in the western region of Ghana. T he 1Mta cement factory will be located at Egyam Bokro near Takoradi and production is scheduled to start in 2014. Speaking at a signing ceremony in Accra, the Chairman of WACEM Group Manubhai...
China first-quarter 2013 exports rise
China exported 2.85Mt of cement and cement clinker worth of US$160m in the first quarter of 2013, a YoY increase of 30.6 per cent and 20.8 per cent respectively, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Full year exports last year were expected to have reached 11.5Mt last year, up 8.5 per cent on the 10.6Mt in 2011.
Holcim Philippines gets go-ahead for new plant
Holcim Philippines has received approval from its Swiss parent company to construct a US$550m cement plant in Bulacan, to support brisk private and public-sector investment. Speaking to local press, the company's CEO, Ed Sahagun, said the new plant will have a capacity of 2.5Mta and is expected to come on-stream in 2016. “The timing of the construction of new plant is perfect because the ...
Argentina’s Supreme Court rejects cartel arguments
The Argentine Supreme Court rejected Wednesday the arguments provided by the country’s five largest cement companies – Loma Negra, Minetti, Cemento San Martin, Petroquímica Rivadavia, Cement Avellaneda - and its cement association AFCP against a combined ARP310m (US$60m) fine imposed by the state for price and market fixing. The court’s decision draws a line under a legal battle that starte...
Mangalam Cement to begin upgrade of Kiln Line 1, India
Mangalam Cement has halted operations of its Kiln Line 1 to upgrade its clinker manufacturing capacity, the company has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange. The cement producer stopped operations on 6 May so it can hike capacity by 0.5Mta. The project is likely to be completed by the end of the second quarter of FY14. It noted that supplies will be sufficient in the interim as it has clinker i...
Himachal Pradesh gives Reliance Cement green light for new cement works
The Himachal Pradesh government has given Reliance Cement the green light to set up a new cement plant in the north Indian state. It has also served notices to four cement plants for failing to set up cement plants despite the government having granted approval some years ago. The cabinet, headed by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, took the decision to issue notices to Jaiprakash Associates...
Venezuela government sees per capita demand reaching the 300kg mark
Venezuela’s cement consumption per capita is forecast at 300kg in 2013, in line with the National Plan, 2013-19, according to Vice President for Economy & Production and Minister for Industries, Ricardo Menendez. "Before the Bolivarian Revolution, per capita consumption was 130kg per person per year, only with the measures in the sector by Commander Chavez it climbed to 280kg" in 2012, he s...
Algeria: Gica launches 1.5Mt import tender
Algerian cement company Gica launched a tender for the importation of 1.5Mta of cement with the first delivery of 0.95Mt due early July. The imports are expected to alleviate the cement shortage in the country, which currently has a demand exceeding 20Mt but only 17Mt in national output. Two technical stoppages have occurred during the year and in addition, Lafarge halted operations at ...
Lanco Industries withdraw proposal for Andhra Pradesh plant, India
Lanco Industries has withdrawn its proposal to establish a 0.3Mta mini cement plant in Andhra Pradesh, India. The decision was made after the company reviewed the current market situation in the southeastern state. In a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange, Lanco Industries stated: "Considering the present market scenario of cement in Andhra Pradesh, the proposal for setting up of mini cemen...
Kuwait Portland Cement net profit surges
Kuwait Portland Cement said its net profit surged to KWD3.2m (US$11.3m) in the first quarter of 2013 from KWD2.3m a year ago, the trader said in a bourse statement. Earnings per share (EPS) rose to 34.69 fils from 24.8 fils. Total assets stood at KWD 80.2m at end the end of March 2013, up from KWD75.3m a year earlier. Kuwait Portland Cement Co. is engaged in import of bulk cement and ...
US February shipments edge ahead
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico for February 2013 were about 4.7Mt, slightly more than shipments in February 2012. Shipments for the year through to February 2013 were 9.6Mt, up by nearly three per cent, the latest data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows. The leading Portland cement producing states in February were Texas, Californ...
Lafarge Canada Inc in multi-partner initiative to invest $8m in low carbon fuels
Lafarge Canada Inc, Natural Resources Canada, the Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy and Carbon Management Canada announced in a statement that they are joining forces and investing more than $8m to develop innovative solutions to power Lafarge Canada's cement plant in Bath, Ontario, by re-using local surplus materials as low carbon fuels. This multi-partner initiative in...