Cement News tagged under: Eastern Europe
Katavksy and Krasnoyarsk Cement announce new equipment and products10 August 2022, Published under Cement NewsA number of Russian cement companies have made announcements regarding new products and equipment. Katavsky Cement , part of the Eurocement Group, has reportedly modernised the control systems of its raw material mills and replaced outdated power equipment. According to Esmerk Russian News, the company has opted for Segnetics domestic microprocessor controllers and modern microprocessor units MBV, produced by Intellectual Machines. The investment is expected to reduce specific power consump... |
CEMEX expands trial of zero-emission concrete mixers09 August 2022, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX is further developing its global pilot of electric, zero-emission concrete mixers in Europe. Tests of these vehicles were carried out in Poland, following initial trials in Germany and France, among others. CEMEX has completed testing of the Putzmeister iONTRON e-Mixer, a fully electric ready-mix concrete truck, organised in Germany, France and Poland. This prototype vehicle is powered solely by electricity so the manufacturer provided a mobile charging station for use during the tr... |
Iskitimcement produces 0.53Mt of cement in 1H02 August 2022, Published under Cement NewsRussia-based Iskitimcement produced 528,000t of cement in the 1H22, up six per cent when compared with the 1H21. Of this total, CEM I 42.5B cement accounts for 42 per cent, CEM II/A-SH 32.5B cement for 22 per cent, CEM 0 42.5B cement for 13 per cent and cement for road construction for seven per cent. Company sales totalled 515,000t, of which 408,000t was shipped in bulk and the remainder in paper and big bags. Most of the cement – 334,000t – was delivered to the customer by truck, but... |
Holcim’s Russian assets raided29 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsHolcim has reported a raiding attempt on its Russian assets, according to Kommersant daily and RIA Novosti. Unidentified people have filed documents with the Federal Tax Service to change the structure of the legal entities owned by Holcim. In March, Holcim announced it would leave the Russian market following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Now, following the decision of the Leninsky district court of the Chechen capital Grozny, the benefactors of its Russian divisions have reportedly cha... |
Nevyansky raises production by 18% in 1H2225 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsNevyanski Tsementnik , owned by Russia-based Mikhailovsky Combine of Building Materials , produced 436,000t of cement in the first half of 2022, up 18 per cent YoY. CEM I 42.5N accounted for over 90 per cent of this total. Customers received more than 437,000t, representing an increase of 17 per cent YoY. Product was delivered by rail and road. The higher output was attributed partly to new equipment installed in the plant, where renovation is expected to continue. This autumn the facto... |
Limak Cement Group has carbon footprint report independently verified22 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsLimak Cement Group ’s Anka plant broke new ground in the Turkish cement industry and became the first cement factory with a verified carbon footprint report. The cement factory in Anka , Turkey, has been awarded a certificate as the first cement factory whose 14064-1:2018 carbon footprint report has been verified by Emicert and QSI, which are accredited in the cement industry. |
Aumund Fördertechnik wins Bursa Çimento order19 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsBursa Çimento Fabrikasi AS is upgrading its entire cement plant to reduce CO₂ emissions and energy consumption to a minimum. The Turkish company has ordered 26 machines from Aumund Fördertechnik in Rheinberg, Germany, for this modernisation. The equipment will be supplied in January 2023. Aumund will supply of six belt bucket elevators, four chain bucket elevators, seven pan conveyors, three arched plate conveyors, three spillage conveyors and three drag chain conveyors. The machin... |
Krichevtsementnoshifer to obtain voluntary environmental declaration15 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsPart of the Belarusian Cement Co Group, Krichevtsementnoshifer ’s plant in the Mogilev region of Belarus plans to obtain a voluntary environmental declaration, said the company’s press service. “At the moment EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) is being registered in the international system, with a unique registration number assigned. We are talking about two brands of cement produced by the enterprise - CEM I 42.5 N and CEM I 42.5 R,” Denis Kozhevnikov, head of Krichevtsementnoshife... |
Kant Cement opens new limestone deposit14 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsKant Cement Plant JSC ( United Cement Group ) has started the development of a new limestone deposit at the Agalatas quarry, Kyrgyz Republic. The “Severnaya Gryada” deposit will be able to provide the plant with raw materials, such as limestone with a higher calcium content, in the long term to reduce the consumption of crushed stone and subsequently minimise dust emissions into the air. Kant Cement plant has been successfully using fly ash as an additive in cement grinding for more th... |
Steppe Cement sees turnover improve 18% YoY in the 1H2213 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsSteppe Cement sold 837,063t of cement in the first half of 2022, compared to 840,661t in the same period a year earlier. While volumes remained stable, turnover over the same period improved by 18 per cent from KZT16,657m (US$35.1m) to KZT19,579m. The average price of delivered cement over the 1H22 was KZT23,391/t, up from KZT19,814/t in the 1H21. The average ex-factory price came in at KZT20,485/t in the opening half of 2022, versus KZT16,571/t in the first half of 2021. Steppe Cement cu... |