Cement News tagged under: Belarus
Belarusian cement plants post losses16 April 2024, Published under Cement NewsIn 2023 OAO Krichevcementnoshifer reported a loss of BYN120.65m (US$36.9m), a fourfold YoY increase despite a 9.3 per cent YoY revenue increase, according to Charter 97. OAO Krasnoselskstroymaterialy doubled its loss to BYN55.1m in 2023 when compared with 2022 while its revenue saw a 5.6 per cent YoY uptick. The OJSC Belarussian Cement Plant reduced its net loss by 16 per cent to BYN34.36m in 2023 while its revenue declined by 2.9 per cent over the same period. The Belarusian ce... |
Belarus to increase peat shipments for cement mill operations28 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsPeat industry enterprises intend to increase shipments of peat fuel to Belarusian cement mills by 20 per cent in 2023, the Energy Ministry told BelTA. The volumes of deliveries of peat briquettes and dried milled peat in 2023 were agreed as a result of a working conference at premises of the Belarusian fuel and gasification industrial group Beltopgaz. Plans were made to increase peat fuel shipments to Belarusian cement mills by 20 per cent to 435,000t in 2023. Cement industry enterprises... |
Cement imports from Belarus threaten Russian production18 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsRising imports from Belarus may hit cement production in Russia, according to the real estate office of the RIA Novosti agency. Cement imports from Belarus have increased by 61 per cent YoY in September-October 2022 to 434,000t. By the end of 2022, total cement imports to Russia are forecast to reach 2.2Mt, of which 1.5Mt will originate from Belarus. Eurocement believes that imports from Belarus could rise to 2.5Mt in 2023, taking total cement imports to Russia to more than 5Mta. “As a r... |
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... |
Belarusian commodity exchange to sell 1.5Mt in 202228 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) expects the sell around 1.5Mt of cement in 2022. In 2022 up to 50 per cent of the total volume of cement by the Belarusian Cement Co to the domestic market, or 1.5Mt, will be put up for auctions. In the first stage, buyers will include any companies, except for those engaged in the construction of facilities financed from the national budget and the funds equivalent to it. Market participants are offered one-time or long-term ones excha... |
Belarusian cement plants quadruple peat consumption in 2015-2125 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsBelarusian cement plants increased the consumption of peat fuel by 4.36 times to 362,000t between 2015-21, according to Valery Kovalyov, vice CEO of Beltopgaz. “Peat fuel consumption by cement plants increased from 83,000t in 2015 to 362,000t in 2021,” Mr Kovalyov said in an interview with Beltopgaz’ corporate journal. Cement plants account for 44 per cent of total peat fuel sales and have been actively substituting imported natural gas with locally-available peat products. |
Belarusian commodity exchange sees 64% rise in cement exports30 December 2021, Published under Cement NewsThe Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) saw a 64 per cent YoY increase in cement export transactions in January-December 2021 to US$15.2m, according to the exchange’s press service. Two transactions were carried out on 28 December to supply 6000t and 39,000t of Belarusian Portland cement with a total value of US$2.7m to Poland. In 2021, 74 per cent of the country’s cement exports were sold through BUCE to the Russian Federation, with 10-12 Russian companies regularly participa... |
Belarus cement exports up 54% in 7M2116 September 2021, Published under Cement NewsCement exports from Belarus increased by 53.7 per cent YoY in the January-July 2021 period, according to Belarusian Cement Co. Total cement shipments increased 110 per cent and total sales surpassed BYN14.1m (US$5.7m), reflecting a profit margin of 8.9 per cent. The company’s cement production advanced by 4.6 per cent, while its lime and chalk output were up by 7.9 and 9.5 per cent, respectively. |
Belarusian Cement Plant reports 7% production increase07 July 2021, Published under Cement NewsBelarusian Cement Plant has reported a 7.3 per cent YoY rise in production to 710,000t of cement in the first five months of 2021. The volume of production in actual prices rose 14.2 per cent to BYN115.9m (US$45.39m) during the period. The company reported BYN7m in sales profit in January-May 2021, with half of this amount made in May alone. |
Belarusian Cement BUCE’s No 2 exporter in 1Q2122 April 2021, Published under Cement NewsBelarusian Cement Co was named the second-largest exporter on the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange in the first quarter of 2021, according to BUCE spokesperson Roman Yaniv. While timber products accounted for two-thirds of exports, cement exports nearly increased five-fold to US$10.2m in the 1Q21. “Such a surge was possible thanks to Belarusian Cement Company’s interest in concluding long-term contracts to supply products in the course of a year. If the company continues to apply th... |