Cement News tagged: Corporate
UltraTech looks to increase presence in eastern India
UltraTech Cement is looking to increase its market share in eastern India to 23 per cent, due to the considerable growth in the region. "There is an excess demand in the eastern region. The capacity in east is less than the total demand, including in Bengal. The rise in cement consumption in east is 15 per cent, while nationally it is 5-6 per cent," said Dev Banerjee, joint president of Ultr...
Breedon's unaudited 1H18 results see revenues up 16%
Breedon Group Plc's interim results (unaudited) for 1H18 saw revenues up 16 per cent to GBP378.4m (US$378.4m) from GBP326.3m in 1H17. Profit before tax reached GBP30.4m down three per cent on GBP31.2m in 1H17. Net debt stood at GBP383.6m compared with GBP146.8m in 1H17. The company reported that it sold 9.3Mt of aggregates and 1.2Mt of asphalt and 1.6Mm 2 of ready-mix concrete in the peri...
Caribbean Cement receives approval for quarry projects
Jamaica’s Caribbean Cement Co Ltd has received approval from the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to develop a new limestone quarry and extend its existing gypsum quarry. The company expects to produce 200,000tpa of gypsum once it expands its Halberstadt quarry from 2ha to 6.7ha. The new 20ha limestone quarry at Harbour Head, St Andrew, would be contiguous to an existing quarr...
ASEC Cement starts Zahana exit negotiations
Qalaa Holdings announced that its subsidiary ASEC Cement has commenced negotations to exit Zahana Cement, in which it owns 35 per cent of shares. ASEC Cement has invested US$62m in Zahana Cement, which has a plant located some 40km from Oran, western Algeria. The cement producer upgraded the works to produce 0.75Mta and has been building a new 1.6Mta line, scheduled to come online at the sta...
Power Cement secures investment for plant upgrade
Arif Habib Corporation Ltd (AHCL) has called extra ordinary general meeting on 26 September to make an additional investment of US$11m in Power Cement Ltd (PCL), an associated undertaking of the corporation. PCL aims to install components/machinery to make its plant more energy efficient, according to a notification on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on 4 September . This guarantee am...
Rizmy Rishard becomes director Siam City (Lanka) Ltd
Siam City Cement (Lanka) Ltd has announced the appointment of Rizmy Rishard as an Independent Director, to its Board, effective from July 2018. Mr Rishard brings with him extensive experience in business transformation, having played a local and global role in multinational and local conglomerates during his career spanning 25 years. Mr Rizmy is a Chartered Management Accountant and a Charte...
Shah Cement wins 'Superbrands' award
Shah Cement Industries Ltd of Bangladesh has won the 'Superbrands award 2018', in a award recipient's ceremony of Superbrands Bangladesh for 2018-20, held at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden on 1 September. The company said, "leadership in Bangladesh cement market for over a decade, consistent product quality and superior service for customer confidence has taken Shah Cement to a new height."...
GCCA expands to 16 members
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) expanded to 16 members last month, adding companies from Europe, South America and Asia. Buzzi Unicem, Cementos Argos, Cementos Pacasmayo, Çimsa Çimento, SCG Cement and Titan Cement were all welcomed to the association which launched earlier this year. Furthermore, the US-based Portland Cement Association has joined the GCCA as an affiliate. ...
SOBOCE to invest further in El Puente
Bolivia’s Sociedad Boliviana de Cemento SA (SOBOCE) is expanding the production capacity at its El Puente cement plant to meet the current and future cement demand in Tarija. The modernisation of the works represents an investment of BOB49m (US$7.1m) to date and started with the installation of a new crusher, pre homogenisation, raw material storage and transport as well as a new 10MW elect...
Nepal's banks loan US$140.5m to Hongshi Shivam Cement
Hongshi Shivam Cement of Nepal has been supported by a consortium of five of Nepal's commercial banks who have approved credit of US$140.48m to the 6000tpd Nepal-China joint venture. The joint venture required the loan to conclude financial closure of the new cement plant that begun trial production earlier this year. The banks involved include NMB Bank, Nepal Investment Bank, Prabhu Bank, Ev...
Cimentos de Maiaia signs coal deal with Vale
Mozambique’s Cimentos de Maiaia has awarded Brazilian mining giant Vale the contract for its coal supply. The initial deal is for 600tpa of thermal coal from Vale’s mines in the western Mozambican province of Tete. “Every quarter we will take about 200t, and after a year of this contract we shall increase our capacity to use coal from Vale”, said the managing director of Cimentos de Maiaia,...
Emisa to stop cement production
Emisa will cease to produce cement at its Oruro works, Bolivia. The company’s mills date from 1946 and are no longer able to compete effectively with newer plants. The company will focus on cement distribution in Oruro instead. Local workers were offered jobs in other plants, accept voluntary retirement or a redundancy package.
East African Portland Cement pleads for more time
Simon Peter Ole Nkeri, managing director of East African Portland Cement (EAPC), has urged the courts and creditors to give the company time, while it trims staff levels and sells 14,000 acres of land to the newly-established Special Economy Zones Authority (SPEZA). "All we are saying to the court is we need time to sort issues out and sell some assets. Creditors are also knocking on o...
Cemento Polpaico sees CLP4bn net profit in 1H18
Chilean cement producer Cemento Polpaico reported a 32.2 per cent increase in revenues to CLP82.114bn (US$120,143m) in 1H18 from CLP62.118bn. The company has attributed the higher operating revenues mainly to an increase in cement and concrete sales volumes, driven by an uptick in economic activity during the first six months of 2018, compared with 1H17. However, distribution costs we...
Lack of foreign currency affects Zimbabwe's plants
Zimbabwe's foreign currency shortage is impacting on the operational efficiency of its cement plants. While Sino-Zimbabwe Cement Co is able to source 85 per cent of its raw material needs from local sources, the remaining materials are imported, requiring foreign currency. In addition, the company needs to buy spare parts from Europe and core services such as the paper bags for packaging ce...
JK Lakshmi upgrades capacity for increased demand
India’s JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd has recently upgraded the capacity at two grinding units in Gujarat to supply the growing demand in the region. The units in Kalol and Surat supply cement for both Gujarat and Maharashtra. "Our combined capacity at both these locations has been raised to about 2.5Mta from earlier 1.5Mta," said Shailendra Chouksey, whole-time director, JK Lakshmi Cement. "We ha...