Cement News tagged under: rail transport
Taking a different route14 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsA modal shift in the transport of raw materials and finished product alike can bring significant benefits in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions for cement producers. CEMEX explains how and why it is in part leaving the roads in favour of rail and water. By Matt Wild, CEMEX EMEA, UK. Through a modal shift from trucks to rail CEMEX is able to take many trucks off the road and significantly reduce its CO 2 emissions When cement manufacturers and other companies in the c... |
Cementos del Tajo starts rail transport for clinker imports24 May 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe Toledo company Cementos del Tajo (G2 Hormigón group) will transport clinker by train from the port of Cartagena in southern Spain to Noblejas (Toledo), central Spain. The company has needed a special authorisation from network rail company Adif to take the first load of this product by train from Escombreras. The railway service foresees a frequency of two weekly trains travel over 400km with approximately 3000t of clinker to reach a total figure between 75,000-150,000t of clinker mo... |
Dragon Products ends rail shipments from South End spur17 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsDragon Products has stopped shipping cement along the Rockland South End rail line in Maine, USA. A representative of the cement manufacturer in Thomaston said the last planned shipment by barge from the South End marine terminal in Rockland departed on 13 January 2022. The company announced in August 2021 it would stop barge shipments and would stop using the South End Rockland rail spur. The cement plant purchased the 44 Atlantic St property in 1994. The Thomaston cement plant has since... |
SCR meets industry representatives to improve cement loading03 December 2019, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s South Central Railway (SCR) has met representatives from leading domestic cement producers to discuss the improvement of its cement loading. UltraTech, India Cements, Kesoram Cements, ACC, Orient and Bharati Cements all assured railway authorities that cement loading will increase in the coming months, according to Telangana Today. The cement industry is the second-largest freight contributor for SCR, which loaded nearly 13.71Mt during the first half of the FY19-20, the highest am... |
South Central Railway looks to boost cement freight in FY18-1928 January 2019, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s South Central Railway (SCR) has set a new target to boost its cement freight to 27.5Mt in the FY18-19, up from 25.82Mt of the previous year. The company has already transported 20.49Mt in the first three quarters of the financial year. As a whole, Indian railways transported 114.18Mt of cement during the FY17-18, with South Central performing highest amongst all zonal railways at 22.7 per cent of the total. To meet the higher target, Mr Madhusudhana Rao, SCR chief operations manag... |
India’s coal shortage likely to continue until the end of September17 September 2018, Published under Cement NewsShortages of coal for India’s non-power sector are likely to continue until the end of the September, according to Coal India Ltd (CIL). A surge in power demand at the start of summer has led to the coal giant diverting supplies from cement, aluminium and other sectors. This resulted in a rise in fuel costs for cement producers as they needed to import coal to continue operating their plants. Moreover, the ministries of railways and coal had diverted most of the available rail wagons to pow... |
Russian cement companies delivered 4.43Mt of cement by rail01 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsIn the first quarter of 2018, Russian cement companies supplied 4.43Mt of cement to their customers by rail. EuroCement Group accounted for a 34.5 per cent share of this total, down from 37.5 per cent the previous year, according to Esmerk Russian News. The top five suppliers by rail transport are Novoroscement with 405,950t (+18.3 per cent), South Ural Mining And Processing Company with 348,500t (+35.4 per cent), Mordovcement with 338,250t (-25.8 per cent), Sukholozhskcement with 295,2... |
Shree Cement to acquire railway siding operator01 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsThe board of India’s Shree Cement Ltd has approved the acquisition of Raipur Handling and Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, a private railway siding operator, for INR590m (US$8.8m). The acquisition will help the company improve the management of goods transportation on the railway network, according to a stock exchange disclosure. While the deal is subject to the approval from railway authorities, it is expected to be completed within three months of the execution of a definitive agreement, accordi... |
McInnis Cement can transport more cement by rail25 April 2018, Published under Cement NewsThe number of rail wagons transported by McInnis Cement across the Cascapedia bridges in Richmond may be increased, according to Radio Gaspésie. A recent review of the ultrasonic structure has shown that the bearing capacity of the bridges is higher than was estimated. The Canadian Department of Transport will allow McInnis Cement to increase the number of wagons that can cross from 10 to 25 per week. Although CAD100m (US$78m) investment was announced to overhaul the railway system al... |
McInnis Cement faces rail limit22 February 2018, Published under Cement NewsCanadian cement producer McInnis Cement faces a new challenge in distributing its cement. The Quebec Ministry of Transport is imposing a 10 rail cars/week limit on cement transportation between Matapédia and Caplan due to the dismal state of the rail line. While 90 per cent of its 2.3Mt cement output is shipped, McInnis Cement had planned to increase rail transport of its products to Canadian and US customers to 40 cars per week by next summer. In May 2015 the Quebec Ministry of Transp... |