Cement News tagged: International
Kenya set to see decline in 2012 consumption
Kenyan cement consumption is set to register the first decline in three years. Provisional data for 2012 from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows that consumption is unlikely to go over the 3Mt mark surpassed in the previous two years. Over the first 11 months of 2012, demand reached 2.6Mt compared to 3.4Mt in full-year 2011 and 3.1Mt in 2010. On the positive side, consumption in ...
Colombia’s cement output drops 1.3% in December 2012
Colombia’s grey cement production fell 1.3 per cent YoY in December 2012 as output slipped to 948,400t, according to the national statistics agency DANE. In terms of dispatches, some 831,500t were sold on the national market, a 5.9 per cent YoY cut, attributed mainly to the 11.6 per cent drop in retail sales. However, builders and contractors increased their takeoff by 9.9 per cent. The...
Egypt's cement sector faces decline in natural gas supply
In a filing sent to the Egyptian Exchange, Suez Cement reported that Egypt's cement sector is facing a decline in natural gas supply below normal levels. Nevertheless, it said this has not affected the deliveries at its plants because of the group's strategic inventory of clinker. The Ministry of Trade and Industry announced on 20 January 2013 said that it would hike prices of heavy fuel oil...
Kenya: Cemtech gains cement plant licences
The government has granted all required licences for the construction of the KES12bn (US$136.9m) Pokot Cement Factory. Rajesh Rawal, Cemtech Sanghi's Group director, said it has taken more than two years for the company to be granted the licenses. He said the company is now ready to begin the project which is scheduled to be completed by end of 2014 or early 2015. "What we will set up is fac...
Holcim Apasco: cement consumption in Mexico expanded 3.5% in 2012
Holcim’s Mexican arm, Holcim Apasco, estimates that cement demand in the country grew 3.5 per cent in 2012 compared to 2011. The cement major said the increase in consumption, which reached 35Mt last year, was driven by stronger growth in the infrastructure segment, moderate expansion in self-build housing as well as the construction of industrial buildings, offices and shopping centres. ...
Cement imports into Algeria almost double
Cement imports into Algeria have almost doubled in 2012, according to the National Customs Centre for Informatics and Statistics (CNIS). The import value of construction cement, which encompasses five types, rose 94.67 per cent in 2012, from US$125.537m to US$244.4m, according to a CNIS report. In terms of volume, there is a 98.37 per cent rise from 1.361Mt to 2.701Mt. The CNIS attribut...
Investing in Iranian cement production
Iran’s Bank of Industry & Mine, a specialised government-owned bank which aims to increase economic growth through the development of the industry and mining sectors, has allotted around EUR400m to fund 15 cement projects over the past three years, IRNA News Agency has reported. Latest figures on the cement sector show that Iran's cement output will reach 75Mt, by the end of current Irania...
Amrit Cement India launches new plant, India
Amrit Cement India Ltd (AMIL) has launched its 1Mta cement plant in northeast India. Situated in the Jayantia Hills, Meghalaya, the new cement works will serve the northeastern market, the Economic Times (ET) of India reported. The facility is also equipped with a 10MW captive power plant. AMIL has an ambitious plan to install 5Mta of cement capacity by 2015-16 through capacity additions...
Semen Indonesia inaugurates Papua packing plant
Semen Indonesia (formerly Gresik) has inaugurated a new packing plant in West Papua, Indonesia. Situated in Sorong and involving an investment of IDR162trn, the new terminal has a capacity of 2200 bags per hour with a cement bulk capacity of 120tpa. The plant is supported by a jetty capable of handling vessels of 10,000dwt. “This will further strengthen the company's existence and business...
UK construction falls 11% YoY, further declines ahead
Latest figures by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that UK construction edged ahead on a quarterly basis in the final three months of 2012. However, activity declined by 11 per cent YoY and further falls are expected in the year ahead. ONS figures published on Friday show the UK economy fell by 0.3 per cent in the final quarter of 2012 compared to the previous quarter and was fl...
Southern Province Cement commissions third mill, Saudi Arabia
Southern Province Cement Company started commissioning its third mill at the Jazan plant on 27 January 2013. The commissioning period is expected to be completed by 15 March 2013. The contract for the mill was awarded to Christian Pfeiffer of Germany. The scope of supply comprised the delivery of all mechanical and electrical equipment, the design, the supervision of civil works, the s...
Bosowa breaks ground on new plant
The Bosowa Group has kicked off construction of a clinker grinding plant in Sorong, northern cost of Papua, Indonesia, with a groundbreaking ceremony. The new plant will have a capacity of 0.75Mta and is scheduled to be operational by January 2014, according to Bosowa chief Erwin Aksa. The plant will be operated by Bosowa subsidiary Bosowa Sorong, and the output will be sold to consumers in...
Holcim raises cement prices in Mauritius
Holcim raised its price of a 50kg bag in Mauritius to MUR211.60 or US$6.86 (delivery to Port-Louis). In other parts of the island, a premium of around MUR5-10 is paid to trucking costs. The island’s other supplier Lafarge, last raised its prices in April 2012 and a 50kg bag, for delivery to Port-Louis, of their cement costs MUR195.50. In the recent past, the State Trading Corporation ...
Pakistan first-half cement export volumes rise
Pakistan cement exporters have registered almost a 30 per cent YoY rise in cement export volumes in the first six months of the current fiscal. However, the amount of deliveries to neighbouring India continue to disappoint. During 1HFY13, Pakistan exported 4.514Mt of cement and earned US$304.92m compared to 4.419Mt at US$235.02m in the corresponding period of last year. This shows that ceme...
Congo’s SONOCC aims for 300,000tpa output
Société Nouvelle des Ciments du Congo (SONOCC) plans to increase its annual output after completing an expansion project last week which is expected to alleviate a cement shortfall and help bring down prices. The cement producer plans to lift output from 72,000t to 300,000t. The higher volumes are forecast to reduce the cement deficit in the country as well as support national construction ...
Dangote eyes further investment in Zambian market
With Dangote’s first cement plant in Zambia set to be completed next year, a senior company executive has said that plans for another new plant in the East African country are on the horizon. Dangote is currently constructing a 3000tpd greenfield plant situated in Ndola which is set to change the face of the domestic industry. When the plant comes on-stream, the new plant will make Dangote ...