International
Indonesia cement sales rise 8.6%, Jan-Apr 2013
Indonesian cement sales increased by 8.6 per cent in the four months to the end of April 2013, the latest data from the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI) reveals. Sales for the January-April 2013 period reached 18.12Mt compared to 16.68Mt in the same period of last year. In April ...
Upward trend in Ecuadorian sales continue
Domestic cement sales on the Ecuadorian market in the first four months of 2013 rose by 14.2 per cent YoY while April sales alone surpassed 500,000t. Latest data from the country's cement association INECYC shows ...
New cement unit for Tunisia operational by 2014
Tunisia will expand its cement production facilities in the region of Bizerte by 2014, according to Mehdi Jomaa, the country’s minister of industry. State-owned Ciments de Bizerte operates at around 1Mta. The exte...
Cemex Lloseta exported 40% of output to Maghreb
Cemex’s Lloseta cement works in Mallorca, Spain, exported 40 per cent of its output to Maghreb countries last year. The rise in exports proves a turning point for the plant which was on the verge of closure one ...
Iranian cement output down in first month of year, exports rise
The Iranian cement industry produced 4,940,597t of cement and 6,277,978t of clinker in the first month of the Iranian calendar, known as Farvardin (20 March - 20 April 2013), according to local sources. However, cem...
Argentine April dispatches and consumption advance
Local cement producers in Argentina have reported a rise in dispatches (local and exports) for April 2013 whilst consumption on the local market has also demonstrated healthy gains, latest figures from the country's ...
Brazil cement sales rise 11.6% in April
Sales in the Brazilian market rose by 11.6 per cent YoY in April to 5.9Mt, latest data from Sindicato Nacional da Indústria do Cimento, shows. For the first four months of the year, accumulated sales reached 22.1M...
Cemex achieves record alternative fuels substitution rate in Germany
In April 2013, Cemex's German cement plants attained an alternative fuels substitution rate of 82.6 per cent—the first country within the company’s global operations network to reach this milestone. Furthermore, its ...
Cementir hit by hard Nordic winter
Cementir's first-quarter turnover eased by 0.3 per cent to €194.7m and the EBITDA declined by 26.9 per cent to €9.2m as the cement major was hit by a hard Nordic winter weather. The trading loss increased by 56.1 ...
Siam Cement appoints Chinese contractor for new Indonesian plant
Siam Cement Group (SCG) of Thailand has signed an agreement with China-based Anhui Conch Design & Research Institute for the construction of a greenfield plant in West Java, Indonesia. The Chinese company, a subsidi...
Vicem sales up 14.8% in first four months, Vietnam
State-owned Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem) sold 6.94Mt of cement and clinker in the first four months of this year, rising by 14.8 per cent YoY. Of the total, 6.9Mt of cement and clinker was sold in t...
Western Diamond Cement Ltd secures project loan, Ghana
Stanbic Bank has closed a US$20.15m loan deal with Western Diamond Cement Ltd, part of the West African Cement SA (WACEM) Group, to build a cement production plant in the western region of Ghana. T he 1Mta cement f...
China first-quarter 2013 exports rise
China exported 2.85Mt of cement and cement clinker worth of US$160m in the first quarter of 2013, a YoY increase of 30.6 per cent and 20.8 per cent respectively, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry...
Holcim Philippines gets go-ahead for new plant
Holcim Philippines has received approval from its Swiss parent company to construct a US$550m cement plant in Bulacan, to support brisk private and public-sector investment. Speaking to local press, the company's ...
Argentina’s Supreme Court rejects cartel arguments
The Argentine Supreme Court rejected Wednesday the arguments provided by the country’s five largest cement companies – Loma Negra, Minetti, Cemento San Martin, Petroquímica Rivadavia, Cement Avellaneda - and its ceme...
Mangalam Cement to begin upgrade of Kiln Line 1, India
Mangalam Cement has halted operations of its Kiln Line 1 to upgrade its clinker manufacturing capacity, the company has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange. The cement producer stopped operations on 6 May so it can h...