Vietnam: exports expected to fall 7% in 2016
According to the Vietnam Building Materials Association under the Ministry on Construction, Vietnam is projected to earn just US$556m this year from 15Mt of cement and clinker ...
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Tanzania: three companies plan to expand capacity
With the implementation of several multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects, cement demand looks to soar in the coming years. In light of this three companies have instigat...
Camargo Correa in talks to sell stake in Argentinian cement assets
Reuters reports that an anonymous source has disclosed that Brazilian engineering firm Camargo Correa has opened talks with a view to selling a 40 per cent stake in its Argenti...
South Korea: Hyundai Cement auction set to raise KRW600bn
The auction of Hyundai Cement, preliminary bidding of which is scheduled for 16 December, is set to attract bids from multiple prospective buyers, with the assets expected to f...
USA: post-election uncertainty lowers consumption forecast
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has lowered its annual growth estimate for 2016 cement consumption from four per cent to 2.7 per cent. It also revised its 2017 US consump...
Belarusian Cement and Eurocement Group sign collaboration contract
Belarusian Cement Company and Eurocement Group, Russia, have signed a contract to regulate cooperation in 2017, according to the Belarusian Architecture and Construction Minist...
Pakistan: Lucky Cement considers buying Hattar plant and investing in Iraq
Lucky Cement has announced that it has begun the due diligence process for the purchase of Dewan Cement’s 1.134Mta Hattar plant and that separately it would look to expand its ...
Report predicts strengthening demand for cement additives in Nigeria and South Africa
A new report by market research firm Frost & Sullivan forecasts that demand for cement additives in South Africa and Nigeria will grow at an annualised rate of 71 per cent as c...
Cemex targets TCL acquisition
This week Cemex launched a bid to acquire Trinidad Cement Co Ltd (TCL) via its subsidiary Sierra Trading, which would consolidate the strength of Cemex in the region, while pr...
Argentina sees 1.6 per cent drop in domestic cement dispatches
Argentina’s cement market decreased 8.8 per cent MoM and 1.6 per cent YoY to 1,007,207t in November 2016, according to the country’s cement association, AFCP. In addition, a...
India: falling demand and rising petcoke prices threaten profits
The Economic Times reports that petcoke prices – which have risen by over 36 per cent since the start of the year – are likely to put a squeeze on cement company profits. Th...
Tanzania: government supports coal quality complaints
A Tanzanian government-commissioned report has confirmed that the quality of locally-produced coal is questionable. The Commissioner of Minerals tasked an independent committee...
USA: scientists develop programmable cement
Scientists at Rice University, Texas, USA, have decoded the kinetic properties of cement and developed a way to "program" the microscopic, semi-crystalline particles within. ...
India: proposed Karnataka plants denied environmental clearance
The federal Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has put a hold on proposals to build two cement plants and associated limestone mines in Kalaburgi, Karnataka, according ...
Costa Rica: residents seek relief from dust
Residents of Lourdes de Agua Caliente, Cartago, Costa Rica, have spoken out about dust emissions from a nearby Holcim Costa Rica plant. The Ministry of Health visited the pl...
Taiwan Cement plans to increase exports to China
The Taiwan Cement Corporation has said that it expects to ship 1.1Mt of cement to China in the first quarter of 2017, an increase of two per cent on its performance in 1Q16, th...
Vietnam: export volumes down 8.4% in 10M16
According to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs, exports of clinker and cement in the first 10 months of 2016 were down 8.4 per cent on the same p...
Iran: Gebr Pfeiffer mill for Biarjaimand Cement plant
Gebr Pfeiffer has been awarded a contract for the supply of a raw mill (type MVR 4250 R-4) to Biarjaimand Cement Company’s cement plant in Iran. The mill has an installed dr...
Côte d'Ivoire: Intercem Engineering collaborates with Sea-Invest
In connection with an outstanding order for the delivery of a 8000tpd cement grinding and packing plant to CimIvoire in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Intercem Engineering has been aw...
India: panel discusses Khrew cement plant modernisation
The Committee on Public Undertakings of the Legislative Assembly met to discuss a modernisation project for the upgrade of Jammu and Kashmir Cements Ltd's Khrew cement plant....
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