Cement News tagged under: international
China – Heidelberg in Guangzhou joint-venture30 July 2003, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement is jointly funding the construction of a modern, environmentally-friendly cement works in Guangzhou, southern China. It teams up with Hong Kong-based Yue Xiu Enterprises Holdings to form Fangzheng Cement Co, which will hold 90 per cent of the shares while the remaining 10 per cent will be held by Guangzhou Cement Company. Investors already in place will fund 55 per cent of the total cost while bank loans will take the remainder. The new RNM1bn plant will cover nearly 52h... |
New order for KHD Humboldt Wedag AG09 July 2003, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Beocinska Fabrika Cementa, Serbia, placed an order with KHD Humboldt Wedag AG for modernisation and upgrading its raw-material grinding system at the Beocin plant located northwest from Belgrade at the Donau river. Except for concrete foundations and control system the project will be implemented by KHD Humboldt Wedag AG on a turnkey basis. The existing grinding system equipped with an impact dryer and air-swept grinding mill as major machinery of a capacity of approximately 180t... |
USA - St Lawrence Cement gets backing for new works30 June 2003, Published under Cement NewsThe Business Council of New York State has backed the proposal of St Lawrence Cement to close its existing Catskill, Green County plant and build a more modern works across the Hudson River. Trebling in effect cement production capacity of the old unit, the new plant will be located in an existing quarry between Greenport and the City of Hudson. Environmental groups disregard the fact that modern pollution control systems will reduce toxic emissions, now released into the air by the Cats... |
Brazil - Increasing tyre recycling targets30 June 2003, Published under Cement NewsIn an effort to reduce the number of tyres dumped in the Brazilian countryside, the government has stipulated that tyre manufacturers in Brazil are to collect and recycle 20 per cent more tyres than nationwide sales from 2005 onwards. The collection will take place mainly through a network of 4000 points of sales which deliver them to “Eco-Points”, large warehouses provided by municipal governments. Tyres are then ground up in one of three special centres. The resulting material is then ... |
USA - Holcim wins tentative state approval to burn old tyres30 June 2003, Published under Cement NewsThe Montana Department of Environmental Quality has issued a draft air-quality permit to Holcim Inc. The company applied to the environmental department in February 2001 for permission to burn used tyres as 15 per cent of its fuel source at its Trident works. Nicole Prokop commented on the decision “We are excited that it’s finally moving on to the next step.” The public will be given time to comment on the proposal until 9 May before any final decision is made. A date for the public hea... |
FLSmidth receives order for six more vertical cement mills in Brazil06 January 2000, Published under Cement NewsFLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately US$32m from Brazilian Votorantim Cimentos, Ltda to supply six OK mills for cement grinding. The mills are to be installed with the new pyroprocessing lines also purchased from FLSmidth, as announced in July 2010. The contract includes supply of the main equipment, process engineering and site advisory and commissioning services for four OK 33-4 mills and two OK 36-4 mills. The contract also includes an option for purchase of a sevent... |
China to build cement works in Amur Region, Russia04 January 2000, Published under Cement NewsChina Triumph International (CTIE) will build a cement works in the Amur Region. The construction of the works, on the basis of the Chagoyansk deposit of limestone, is to begin in April 2011 and to be finished in the first quarter of 2013. |
Holcim Catskill layoffs extended through February, USA04 January 2000, Published under Cement NewsThe temporary layoffs at the Holcim cement plant in Catskill will continue until the end of February, a company official said Monday. The layoffs, which were announced in November and effective until Monday, are being extended until February 28, according to Holcim’s Vice President of Corporate Communications Robin DeCarlo. “We continue to face challenging market conditions,” DeCarlo said. In an email last November, Plant Manager Deon van den Berg said “slow market conditions, the no... |
Brazil 12 month accumulated sales up 13.8%04 January 2000, Published under Cement NewsPreliminary data industry data and market estimates indicate that accumulated domestic Brazilian cement sales over the 12 months from December 2009-November 2010 reached 58.4Mt, representing an increase of 13.8 per cent against the same YoY period (December 2008-November 2009). In November 2010 alone, domestic cement sales were 5.1Mt. Between January 2010-November 2010, sales amounted to 54.3Mt. |
Philippine sales growth slows04 January 2000, Published under Cement NewsPhilippine cement sales in 2010 likely grew at a slower pace from 2009 which saw increased construction activity to repair the damage caused by Tropical Storm Ondoy and Typhoon Pepeng, an industry group official yesterday said. Growth should be expected again in 2011 as the private sector takes on more projects this year, Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (CeMAP) executive director Ernesto M Ordoñez said. Total sales in 2010 are estimated to have increased by 7%-8% to as... |