Cement News tagged under: rail
Swiss cement deliveries down 5% in 201917 January 2020, Published under Cement NewsDeliveries by the Swiss cement industry fell by 4.9 per cent YoY to 1,034,914t in the fourth quarter of 2019 from 1,088,196t in the 4Q18. The latest figures published by Cemsuisse show a softening cement market after a promising first quarter with 4.8 per cent growth. In the 2Q19 and the 3Q19 the market contracted by -0.2 and 1.5 per cent, respectively. For the full-year 2019 cement demand fell 1.7 per cent to 4,214,785t from 4,289,401t in 2018. Cemsuisse also reported that despite rail ... |
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... |
Hanson secures rail deal to supply Hinkley Point C project with cement05 November 2019, Published under Cement NewsHanson Cement (HeidelbergCement group) has agreed a new contract with GB Railfreight for seven years. The new deal will provide freight services for bulk cement from the Ketton works in Rutland, Lancashire, to terminals at London King's Cross, Avonmouth in Bristol and Mossend in Glasgow. GB freight will operate nine trains a week for cement deliveries in the UK for Hanson Cement which are in part for the construction of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. John Smith, managin... |
Ohorongo Cement plans to reduce bulk road transport02 October 2019, Published under Cement NewsNamibia-based Ohorongo Cement has extended its partnership with Transnamib to reduce its use of road transport in the moving of bulk materials around the country. Transnamib has seen the construction of a multi-faceted private siding with two independent sections designed for in- and outbound shipments at Ohorongo Cement’s plant near Otavi. Ohorongo Cement and Transnamib entered into a public-private partnership with the establishment of their Ondangwa depot, in which Ohorongo investe... |
Ohorongo to increase rail use20 December 2018, Published under Cement NewsNamibia’s Ohorongo Cement is working together with TransNamib, the country’s railway company, to take more than 5000 truck loads of product off the road. The cement producers will move more freight onto rail, reducing the use of road transport between the Sargberg plant and the northern regions, according to the Namibia Economist. “This specific route is one of the busiest roads countrywide and this reduction of volumes on the route is thus contributing a safer journey for passenger ve... |
RM Rail to supply 1000 cement hopper wagons14 December 2018, Published under Cement NewsRM Rail has been awarded the contract to supply Russia’s Gazprombank Leasing and VEB-Leasing on behalf of Russian cement companies as well as Kazakhstan’s largest cement manufacturer, Steppe Cement, with more than 1000 Type19-1217 cement hopper wagons by September 2019. The wagon producer said the Type 19-1217 has an ‘innovative’ teardrop shaped body giving a capacity of 73t and volume of 60m3, taking into account the density of bulk cement. There are smooth inner walls to speed up unloadi... |
Molsabana to transport cement by rail25 July 2018, Published under Cement NewsColombia-based Molienda de la Sabana SAS (Molsabana) has signed a contract with Ibines Férreo, which will transport 320t of its cement every fortnight via the Bogotá-Belencito rail corridor. Molsabana owns a cement operation in Tocancipá, Cundinamarca and produces cement under the brand Fortecem. Established in 2013, the Tocancipá works is the successor to the 0.6Mta Sabanagranda works, whivh opened in 2004. This followed the commissioning of the 0.3Mta Betania works in 2000 and th... |
Ugandan cement producers struggle to participate in SGR project14 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsLocal cement producers will have to change their products to supply the new Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project in Uganda. The SGR project is a mega railway transportation network that will be constructed by Chinese firm, China Harbour Engineering Company. "The cement we have is not cement meant for the railway, we benchmarked from Kenya and found that Bamburi plant in Mombasa had changed its manufacturing configuration to meet these [SGR] standards," said SGR project coordinator, Kasingy... |
Automation: moving up a gear18 April 2018, Published under Cement NewsThe last decade has seen an unprecedented build-up of Russia’s cement capacity. Over 35Mta of capacity has been added with total output potential now standing at 105Mta. However, as demand fell to 55Mta in 2017, competition has increased and to gain the edge, BaselCement’s Serebryanskiy Cement automated its logistics to improve delivery times. By BaselCement, Russia. BaselCement’s 1.8Mta Serebryanskiy Cement plant supplies cement to Russia’s key Moscow market Located in the Ryaz... |
Lafarge Cement to supply Malaysian rail link project20 March 2018, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Cement Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Lafarge Malaysia, has been awarded a MYR270m (US$68.92m) cement supply contract by the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), for the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project. The contract will see the company supply cement for all eight stages of work from now until 31 December 2019. Beyond this, the agreement is renewable for a further two years subject to mutually-agreed terms and conditions. "We are very pleased to be awarded the trust... |