Argos to collect 5000 waste tyres per month in Honduras
Colombia’s Argos will collect around 5000 waste tyres per month in Choluteca, Honduras, and transport them to Comayagua for disposal at its Piedras Azules cement plant. Cemen...
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Cemex partners with Orcan Energy for WHR project in Rüdersdorf
Cemex has made a further advancement in its efforts to achieve carbon neutrality at its Rüdersdorf cement plant by 2030. The latest partnership will see the implementation of a...
Loesche acquires Dynamis
Loesche has welcomed to its fold Brazil-based Dynamis, a company specialised in combustion and industrial processes since its foundation in 2003. “The Dynamis name is synonym...
Colombian cement market expanded 3% in September
Cement consumption in Colombia edged up 2.9 per cent YoY to 1.164Mt in September 2021 from 1.131Mt in September 2020, according to the country’s statistics agency, DANE. When c...
CRH sees 11% YoY increase in sales
CRH’s cumulative nine-month sales to the end of September reached US$22.8bn, an increase of 11 per cent YoY and ahead seven per cent on a like-for-like basis. EBITDA was up 15 ...
Petcoke prices fall while coal sees upward movement
Following on from ICR’s most recent energy report , the price of Brent oil fell to US$78.50. The API2 1Q22 contract edged up to US$129.00 while the API4 1Q22 price increased t...
PPC sees 20% YoY rise in revenue
South Africa’s PPC Ltd has announced a 20 per cent YoY increase in revenue to ZAR5.13bn (US$324.5m) in the first half of the year, ended 30 September, compared with ZAR4.27bn i...
Tanga port receives large clinker consignment
Tanzania’s Tanga port has received a consignment of 50,000t of clinker from Saudi Arabia, which is reportedly on transit to Prime Cement in Rwanda. Tanga Regional Commission...
Argos recycles 180t of bags in 2021
Through its Sacos Verdes (Green Bags) programme, Colombia-based cement producer Argos has recycled around 180t of cement packaging in 2021, the equivalent to stop cutting more ...
Pakistan registers fall in exports during 4MFY21-22
Pakistan’s Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) reported a 38 per cent fall in exports in terms of dollar value and a 44.2 per cent decrease in export volumes in the 4MFY21-22 wh...
Holcim Philippines signs contract for two solar power plants
Holcim Philippines has signed a 20-year deal with Blueleaf Energy, a leading renewable energy company, to deliver solar power to its plants in Norzagaray, Bulacan, and Bacnotan...
Carbon market falling back as energy complex goes lower, reflects COP26 disappointment
By Frank O. Brannvoll, Brannvoll ApS, Denmark For once there were no new record highs. The carbon market was in the shadow of coal and gas markets, and reflected speculators...
Sinoma to build WHR plant for Philippine producer
The Philippines’ Board of Investment (BoI) has approved Sinoma Energy Conservation (Cebu) Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) Co Inc as the new operator of a 4.5MW WHR plant in Naga City...
INC restarts clinker production
Following three days of stoppage to change one of the raw mill motors, Paraguay’s Industria Nacional de Cemento (INC) has resumed clinker production, said Ernesto Benítez, pres...
USG Supramax/Ultramax spot freight market experiences volatile month
By Maria Vasyutenko, associate of Brannvoll ApS, Denmark Tight tonnage supply and strong demand were pushing rates sharply up during the first two weeks of the month. Fres...
Coal sharply lower after Chinese price intervention, petcoke discounts turn negative as petcoke price remains stable
By Frank O. Brannvoll, Brannvoll ApS, Denmark The euro holding tight US$1.15-1.17 trading range in the wider US$1.15-1.20 range. Table 1: Prices at a glance ...
Vicat to invest EUR800m to meet 2030 climate targets
This week, Vicat held a meeting at L'Isle d'Abeau on the company's climate strategy. The French producer has been describing how it will meet its 2030 and 2050 emission target...
Peruvian cement market expands 2% in October
Domestic cement deliveries in Peru edged up two per cent to 1.264Mt in October 2021 when compared with October 2020, according to Peruvian cement association, Asocem. Its membe...
St Marys Cement seeks low CO2 fuel switch
St Marys Cement (Votorantim group) intends to apply to Ontario's provincial government to use a different fuel mix at its St Marys Cement plant, Canada. The company want...
Udayapur Cement plans modernisation project
Nepal’s state-owned Udayapur Cement Industry is set to undergo a NPR500m (US$4.19m) modernisation plan, which will see it replace old equipment to keep up pace with the market’...
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