Cement News tagged under: production
Titan05 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsMisr Beni Suef Cement, which is owned by Titan through Alexandria Portland Cement Company SAE, is starting the production of sulphur-resistant cement, and is expecting to produce 0.2Mt in 2016 in addition to OPC. |
Egypt's Ministry of Industry to issue a condition of contract for new production licences04 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsEgypt's Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade, Tarek Qabil, announced that the ministry would issue conditions for tender documents and requirement specifications of cement production in the coming days to meet the future needs of the local market. The minister said that the Cabinet has recently approved defining a fixed value for the cement licences paid to the government based on the economic feasibility, according to a report in Daily News Egypt. The government will also be accepting qu... |
Nigeria's long-term viability23 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsDespite short-term macroeconomic challenges, Nigeria’s demand for cement is expected to expand significantly in the longer term. Investments in infrastructure, population growth and private-sector led initiatives are all expected to drive growth going forward, spurring domestic producers to invest heavily in new cement production capacity. By Damilola Lawal, CardinalStone Partners Ltd, Nigeria. Dangote Cement plant, Obajana, Kogi state, Nigeria Nigeria has undergone a dramatic r... |
Vietnam: La Hien hits 2015 target18 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsVietnam’s La Hien Cement Joint Stock Co has reached its 2015 production and sales targets. By 14 December, the company had produced and sold 652,148t of cement, surpassing the 0.65Mt target. By the end of the year, sales are forecast to be around 0.68Mt, generating a revenue of over VND570bn (US$26.6m). Net profit is expected to be around VND32.6bn, or VND5.6bn over the annual target. |
Peru's cement market contracts 4.8% in November16 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsCement dispatches in Peru fell 4.8 per cent YoY in November 2015, according to Asocem, the country’s cement association. Some 0.884Mt of cement was sold, down from 0.929Mt in November 2014. Total sales saw a 3.4 per cent drop to 0.923Mt. Output fell five per cent YoY from 0.973Mt to 0.924Mt in November 2015. |
Vietnam output up 10.3%, exports to miss target16 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsVietnam produced 61.2Mt of cement in the first 11 months of this year, up 10.3 per cent from the same period of last year, the government-run General Statistics Office said. The country's cement sales increased 10.2 per cent YoY to 6.5Mt in November. The Ministry of Construction predicted that Vietnam’s sales of cement and clinker to rise to between 72-74Mt this year. Domestic sales are expected to have risen 4.5-6.5 per cent to reach 53-54Mt, while exports will be betweem 19-20Mt. ... |
Government investigates excessive capacity in northeast China15 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsChina's Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Xin Guobin, recently led a delegation to investigate excessive cement capacity in northeast China. Xin urged local governments, industry associations and key enterprises to work together, further reduce excessive capacity, and try to reverse losses in the cement industry in the region. Cement companies with a presence in the northeast include Yatai Cement, Liaoning Daying Cement Group, Inner Mongolia Mengxi Cement Co, Ltd, Sunn... |
Kenyan output and demand growth slows11 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsDuring the first 10 month of the year, Kenyan cement manufacturers increased output by 10.58 per cent YoY, The Star (Kenya) reported citing latest provisional data by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). This is a slower pace of growth compared to 15.59 per cent in a similar period last year. In the period under review, 5.33Mt of cement were produced, a modest growth over the 4.82Mt recorded in 10M14. The highest monthly production this year was recorded in July at 570,904t, but... |
Polish monthly cement production up 3.1%08 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsCement production in Poland decreased by 3.1 per cent YoY to 1.22Mt in November, while sales rose by 3.6 per cent to 1.24Mt, Poland's Cement Producer Association said in a statement. Year-to-date production grew 0.6 per cent YoY to 14.65Mt. Meanwhile sales over the period rose by 1.1 per cent to 14.95Mt. |
US Southeast's comeback story07 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsCement demand in the US Southeast (ie, Florida plus the ‘Piedmont’ states of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North and South Carolina) was hard hit by the Great Recession. Since the 2010 trough, demand recovery in the region has been the strongest among the five US divisions but remains volatile and well below previous highs. Nevertheless, long-term prospects are better than average. By Rob Roy, ROI Consulting, USA. Cemtech Conferences & Exhibitions looks forward to welcoming delega... |