Cement News tagged: International
Century Textiles to complete cement expansion by March 2013
Century Textiles and Industries Ltd’s INR20bn (US449.9m) upgrade and expansion programme to increase cement capacity is expected to be complete by March 2013, the company said in its 2010-11 ann
India: Kesoram expansion on hold
Kesoram Industries, the flagship of the Basant Kumar Birla group, has put its cement capacity expansion plan on hold because of excess capacity in the market.
Swiss 2Q11 cement sales slip 1.4%
Cement deliveries in Switzerland fell by 1.4% to 2.324Mt in the second quarter of 2011, according to Cemsuisse, the Swiss cement manufacturers’ association.
South Africa: 2011 cement volumes to replicate 2010
Lafarge Cement CEO, Thierry Legrand, noted that although sales in South Africa had decreased by 2.8% since the beginning of the year, "We have recently started to see an increase on the daily sales.
Madras Cements expects more capacity addition
Madras Cements Ltd expects the surplus capacity situation to continue and prices to be under pressure in the southern region, from which it derives 90% of its sales.
Uzbekistan increases cement capacity
Bekabadcement, the Uzbekistan subsidiary of United Cement Group (Kazakhstan), is planning to launch a new 1Mta integrated production line (0.85Mta clinker) at its facility in Bekabad, located approxim
Dangote to start work on US$400m Zambian cement plant
Dangote, Nigeria’s largest cement maker, expects to start building a US$400m plant in Zambia this month, Zambia’s commerce, trade and industry minister said on Monday.
Ukraine to increase production of cement by 30% this year
Total capacity of Ukrainian cement plants is expected to grow by 30% to 30Mta by 2015, according to the latest forecast by Ukrcement, the Ukrainian association of cement producers.
HeidelbergCement opens modernised kiln in Polish cement plant Górazdze
HeidelbergCement today celebrates the opening of a modernised kiln line at its Polish cement plant in Górazdze. The expansion of the clinker capacity to 6000tpd had already been completed on schedule
Saudi cement sector outlook remains strongest since ’07
Cement prices in Saudi Arabia should remain robust, NCB Capital said in a new sectoral report, noting that the recent spike "is temporary and focused on the western region."
Tanzania: Wazo Hill land row
Some 950 residents of Chasimba village, who have been in a protracted land row with Tanzania Portland Cement Company (TPCC) at Wazo Hill in Dar es Salaam, will be relocated to Mabwepande,
Tabuk Cement buys US$58.3m mill to boost output
Tabuk Cement Company is to buy another cement mill from Germany to boost its output by 75%.
Pakistan: Fauji Cement expansion takes capacity to 11,560tpd
To meet the future challenges and demand, Fauji Cement Company Limited (FCCL) has constructed the country’s biggest single-unit cement plant to enhance its cement capacity by almost 200 per cent.
Malaysia: permanent solution sought on cement supply
A severe slowdown in the delivery chain and supply of Portland cement persists in Malaysia despite recent assurances from Cement Industries Sabah (CIS) that production is back to normal and imports ar
Nigeria: Lafarge unveils NGN23bn power plant in Ewekoro
Cement manufacturer Lafarge Cement WAPCO has commissioned its NGN23bn (US$151.8m) power plant in Ewekoro Ogun State, in a move to ameliorate the power crisis currently facing the country.
Indonesia: Lafarge update on its possible IDR5tn investment in northern Sumatra
Lafarge SA, the world’s largest cement producer, reaffirmed its commitment to building a cement plant in Langkat, northern Sumatra, with an investment of up to IDR5trn (US$585m), Indonesia&rsquo