Cement News tagged: International
India: Jaypee Cement comes to city
Jaypee Group this week launched its brand Jaypee Cement in Hyderabad with the creation of a wide network to make the cement available state-wide through more than 1100 dealers. With an installed capacity of over 31Mta from 24 cement plants across the country, Jaypee is set to increase its cement capacity to 36Mta with forays in the state of Hyderabad and a new cement plant in Krishna distric...
Nigeria: Dangote Cement asks Federal Government to spend more on infrastructure
This week, Dangote Cement opened its new 6Mta Ibese cement plant and it is possible that before the end of this year Nigeria’s cement production might exceed local cement demand. Therefore, Dangote Cement has urged Nigeria’s government to invest more on infrastructure to enable it to absorb the anticipated increase in cement production. Mr Joseph Makoju, the Special Assistant to Alhaji Al...
Indonesian cement companies increase sales
Indonesia’s cement sales increased to 4.05Mt from 3.52Mt a year earlier, Investor Daily Indonesia reported, citing data from the country’s cement association.? Yesterday, Bloomberg stated that PT Semen Gresik, Indonesia’s largest cement producer, rose 0.4% to IDR11,550 (US$1.27). PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa, Indonesia’s second-largest cement producer, also rose 1.7% to IDR17,800 (US$1.90)...
Saudi Cement Company re-opens its Kiln No 6
Saudi Cement Company will start up its Kiln No 6 with 4000tpd clinker capacity by May 2012 after it has completed most of the rehabilitation works. The kiln’s environmental aspects will be checked and it will be converted to use crude oil rather than gas, as per Saudi Aramco’s directions. The company will also bring three older kilns back into operation during the same period, so that an ext...
Oman: competition reduces Raysut Cement’s profits
Oman's Raysut Cement is losing market share at home as rival UAE players offer competitive cement pricing. The country's largest cement maker reported a 28% fall in annual profit. Net income declined to OMR14.9m (US$38.6m), in line with analyst estimates, from OMR20.7m (US$53.7m) a year earlier, the company said in a filing to the Muscat Securities Market yesterday. Sales costs increased to...
South Africa: cement sales boom
In South Africa cement sales by volume soared by 22% YoY in January to 779,003t, data released by the Cement and Concrete Institute (CNCI) showed. January’s data is merely the latest in a string of strong YoY increases. The increase in the past five months (September to January) was 10.5% YoY with the November 2011 volumes of 1,141,248t the highest monthly total since 2008.
Sinoma completes biggest cement factory in sub-Saharan Africa
Sinoma has completed a 6Mta cement plant in Nigeria for Dangote Cement Group. The US$1.6bn plant was formally unveiled on Thursday evening by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan at Ibese in southwest Nigeria's Ogun State. Aliko Dangote, chairman of the Dangote Group, said the new plant would generate 7000 direct jobs and many indirect jobs, noting that the Ibese plant is the biggest cement ...
Saudi Arabia: short-term solution to cement shortage
The acute cement shortage in Makkah province might be on its way to be solved with the daily injection of 10,000t of cement (200,000 bags) into the region, sources at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) said on Sunday. However, talking to Arab News, Saleem Al-Harbi, chairman of Manar Construction Company and a member of the board of directors of Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and In...
Indonesia's January cement sales rise and PT Semen Gresik announces new packaging plants
Indonesia's domestic cement sales rose 15.2% YoY in January, according to PT Semen Gresik. According to the firm's website, the country's sales volumes in January reached 4.06Mt, slightly lower than 4.6Mt a month earlier. Infrastructure development and cement sales are likely to be spurred by the central bank last week, cutting its benchmark rate to a record low 5.75%, and by the parliament...
Consumption in Thailand to rebound on building reconstructions
President Pramote Techasupatkul said the government should act quickly and accelerate infrastructure projects after suspending some in last year's fourth quarter when severe flooding hit Bangkok. "Consumption in the commercial segment is expected to rebound substantially on reconstruction of buildings and industries after the floods," said Mr Pramote. He said while home repair activity has ...
Nigeria: AshakaCem to boost cement capacity by 0.3Mta
Ashaka Cement Plc, a subsidiary of Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria plc, says it is adding 300,000tpa in capacity and raising its total output potential to 1.3Mta. Alhaji Umaru Kwairanga, the company’s new chairman, said the company is being spurred by the expansion fever in the cement industry as most of the local producers are currently investing in capacity expansion to bridge the supply gap...
Kenya: quarry blockage paralyses cement plant
Barely two weeks after the troubled East African Portland Cement (EAPC) resumed operations, the cement factory is facing closure due to lack of raw materials. Members of Maasai community have closed access to the cement factory’s quarry at Kabini and Ngurunga, thus crippling the operations of the cement firm. The 300-acre Kabini quarry is a no-go zone for company tippers. The material canno...
Saudi cement output rises 23% in January
Cement production in Saudi arabia, the Arab world’s largest economy, grew 23% in January from the same month a year earlier. Production from 13 companies rose to 4.8Mt last month from 3.9Mt in January 2011, according to industry data posted on the website of Yamamah Saudi Cement Co.
More private finance needed to fund UK infrastructure projects
The UK's Construction Products Association (CPA) has emphasised the essential role private finance has in providing funding for infrastructure and other public sector assets, especially considering the current constraints on public sector spending in the coming years. The statement comes on the back of the Treasury's recent PFI Review. Michael Ankers, the CPA's chief executive, said: "It is e...
South African January sales rise 22%
South African cement sales increased by 22 per cent YoY in January 2012 to 779,003t compared to 638,749t in 2011, data released by the Cement and Concrete Institute (CNCI) showed. The moving annual total for the last 12 months was up five per cent YoY to 11.37Mt and also had two less selling days that the year before. Earlier this month, the country’s leading producer Pretoria Portland Cem...
Dangote inaugurates new Ibese cement plant, Nigeria
Dangote Cement, opened a US$1bn cement plant on Thursday, raising its production capacity by more than 40 per cent. The new plant will produce 6Mta of cement, taking Dangote’s total production to 20.25Mta. The new facility is situated in Ibese, Ogun state, just outside Lagos. "We are working towards making the company one of the eight biggest producers of cement in the world," Dangote's bil...