Cement News tagged under: Southeast Asia
Ssangyong Cement order fourth KHD Pyrorotor®22 August 2022, Published under Cement NewsSsangyong Cement C&E Company Ltd has ordered another KHD’s Pyrorotor ® for its Donghae plant in South Korea. Ssangyong Cement C&E Company Ltd (Korea) awarded another supply and engineering contract to Humboldt Wedag GmbH for the modernisation of clinker production line five of the Donghae plant. This project marks the fourth Pyrorotor® installation at the Ssangyong plant. The Pyrorotor ® will enable Ssangyong to continuously achieve a thermal substitution rate (TSR) above 85 ... |
Vietnam's Xuan Than Cement to commission Line 3 in October10 August 2022, Published under Cement NewsVietnamese cement producer Xuan Than Cement is expected to bring online its third line, with a cement capacity of 4.5Mta, at the end of October, according to local media. Upon completion, the production line will increase the company’s total capacity in Ha Nam province to 10Mta. The 2.3Mta Long Thanh project is also expected to be commissioned this year. It will add to an already-high cement supply in the 64Mta market. |
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions wins Prepol® SC order10 August 2022, Published under Cement Newsthyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions’ Asia Pacific region has won a contract to supply a supply a prepol ® SC combustion chamber for a cement plant in South Korea. The scope of the contract includes engineering, mechanical equipment and some modifications to the preheater tower. The commissioning of the system is planned for the end of 2023. thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions’ Regional CEO, Lukas Schoeneck, commented: “The current turbulences on the coal market create a lot of pressure i... |
South Korea's cement prices rise again04 August 2022, Published under Cement NewsCement prices in South Korea will rise for a second time this year, leaving ready-mix concrete producers to find ways to lessen the impact, reports Korea JoongAng Daily. Sampyo Cement will increase the price of cement by 11.7 per cent to KRW105,000/t from September. Buyers of Hanil Cement ’s product will pay out 15 per cent more at KRW106,000/t. Sampyo Cement increased its prices by 19 per cent in February 2022, along with Sungshin Cement, SsangYong Construction and Engineering and Ha... |
thyssenkrupp wins Prepol precalciner order03 August 2022, Published under Cement Newsthyssenkrupp Industrial Services in Asia-Pacific has been entrusted to provide a Prepol SC combustion chamber for a cement plant in South Korea. The target is to increase the thermal substitution rate in the calciner of up to 85 per cent without compromising any performance parameters in the pyroprocess. Feeding material will be mainly coarse municipal waste with high moisture levels. The contract constitutes engineering, mechanical equipment and some modifications in the preheater tower. T... |
Cahya Mata Sarawak plans to double its cement capacity27 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsCahya Mata Sarawak (CMS) is looking at doubling its current cement production at the Bintulu grinding plant as the conglomerate plans to ramp up capacity for construction of Indonesia's new capital Nusantara. The Bintulu grinding plant in Sarawak has a current production capacity of 0.75Mta. Regional demand for cement is expected to increase with the Nusantara City project set to be inaugurated in 2024. Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, had said early construction of Nusantara is und... |
Song Lam Cement exports 2.28Mt of cement in 1H2227 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsVietnam-based Song Lam Cement JSC , part of the Vissai Group , exported 2.28Mt of cement in the first half of 2022, according to local media. The Philippines was the largest off-taker of Song Lam cement, importing 713,000t. Other sizeable volumes were bought by China (640,000t) and the USA (628,500t). A further 101,000t was shipped to France and 5000t to Singapore. In terms of production, Song Lam Cement produced 2.53Mt of clinker and 2.84Mt of cement in the 1H22. The company achieved... |
Ha Tien Cement's net profit halves to VND160bn25 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsHa Tien Cement JSC’ s ( Vicem group ) net profit halved YoY in the 1H22 to VND160bn (US$6.8m) due to higher fuel and additive costs. The company says prices of key inputs like coal, oil and gypsum increased sharply, pulling down profits. It reported revenues of VND4.34trn (US$184.8m), up 8.5 per cent. The military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the embargo by the West have caused global coal, oil and gas crises. According to the Vietnam National Cement Association, coal account... |
Cautious growth forecast for Indonesia22 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsIn the first three months of 2022, Indonesia's cement market expanded by 4.8 per cent to 15.594Mt when compared with the equivalent period in 2021, when demand stood at 14.873Mt. In January Indonesian cement producers supplied 5.4Mt of product to the domestic market, up 10.1 per cent YoY. However, this robust growth faded as the quarter progressed with the market absorbing 4.727Mt in February, representing an increase of two per cent YoY, and deliveries in March increasing 2.5 per cent YoY t... |
CEMEX gives Solid Cement expansion project update22 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX Philippines is building a US$356m new integrated cement line in its Solid Cement plant in Antipolo City, Rizal, Philippines, to raise the plant’s annual capacity by 1.5Mta to 3.4Mt, and position itself to supply more for the nation’s infrastructure programmes and building needs. CEMEX Philippines President and CEO, Luis Franco, said that “this expansion project will not only meet infrastructure needs, but will also increase the growth and development opportunities in the com... |