International
Opening ceremony held for new Lebap cement works, Turkmenistan
Turkish company Polimeks Insaat Taahhüt ve San Tic AS has inaugurated its Lepab Cement Factory which is set to help meet growing domestic demand due to the construction boom in Turkmenistan. The opening ceremony, according to reports in the Turkish press, was held in the presence of ...
CMA calls for a reduction in excise duty, India
Ahead of the government’s forthcoming Budget, the Cement Manufacturers Association of India has called for a reduction in the current excise duty on cement to bring it more in line with other core industries. It has ...
Cementos Bio Bio raises output 8% in 2012
Chilean cement producer Cementos Bio Bio increased its production by eight per cent YoY from 1.5Mt to 1.6Mt in 2012. As a result, the company, led by Hernan Briones, was able to maintain its 29 per cent market share...
EU December construction output falls MoM
Construction output fell by 1.7 per cent in the euro area EA17 and by 2.7 per cent in the EU27 in December 2012, compared with the previous month. The largest monthly declines were seen in Bulgaria, Poland and German...
Argentina’s cement plants deliver 4.4% more cement in January 2013
Argentine cement plants delivered 913,336t of cement in January 2013, according to the latest data published by the country’s cement association AFCP. The January figure represents a 12.9 per cent increase MoM whi...
Ecuador’s cement market expands 18.7% in January 2013
Ecuador saw a 18.7 per cent rise in cement demand in January 2013 as the market expanded from 452,647t in January 2012 to 537,391t last month, according to the latest figures published by the country’s cement associa...
Indonesia posts another double-digit rise in monthly cement sales
Indonesia reported cement sales growth of 15 per cent in January 2013 on the back of a boom in property development and infrastructure projects. Cement sales increased to 4.65Mt for the first month of the year, ac...
HeidelbergCement India increases cement capacity to 6Mta
HeidelbergCement confirmed yesterday that it has successfully completed the expansion of its clinker and cement grinding capacity in Central India. The plants are located in Damoh district (Narsingarh and Imlai faci...
Spain’s cold spell continues as January demand drops 21.5% YoY
Spanish cement producers have had a frosty start to the year as cement consumption continues to fall. January 2013 data show a 21.5 per cent decrease to 892,783t from 1.138Mt recorded in January 2012, according to th...
G Power Cement to construct new plant in Cameroon
Cameroon is set to see the establishment of a new cement plant as G Power Cement on Friday signed an agreement with the government for an 800,000tpa plant. The privately-held German firm will invest CFA45bn (US$90...
Eastern Province Cement announces new grinding project, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia-based Eastern Province Cement Co (EAPCC) has said it will install a new 150tph grinding mill at a cost of SAR82m (US$21.m). The company said on Saturday it has agreed a deal with a contractor for the ...
Nigeria: managing the surplus
Earlier this week United Cement Company of Nigeria Ltd (Unicem) became the latest domestic producer to announce a new round of investment as it aims to double capacity by 2016. But with the country's recent drive to ...
Emerging markets continue to play key role in global energy prices
With a sluggish US economy where the fiscal cliff remains a major concern in 1H13 and a recession-hit Eurozone burdened by unaffordable energy import costs, it is clear that most support for global oil demand hinges ...
Brazil: January sales rise 5.9% YoY
Latest data on the Brazilian cement market shows that cement consumption increased by 5.9 per cent in January 2013 to 5.6Mt. Figures released by Sindicato Nacional da Indústria do Cimento (SNIC), show that for the...
Torah Cement inaugurates environmental projects, Egypt
Egypt’s Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmy inaugurated on Tuesday environmental initiatives by Torah Cement. The cement producer has invested US$24m to replace electrostatic filters with fabric ones, according to r...
Holcim (US) receives HandsOn South Alabama's Corporate Citizenship Award
Holcim (US) announced today that its Theodore plant located in Theodore, AL, received the Corporate Citizenship Award from HandsOn South Alabama (HOSA) at the organisation’s 31st annual Heart of Gold Awards. The awar...