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MINTed cement industries
08 January 2014There was a great quote on BBC News from Nigerian cement mogul Aliko Dangote to start 2014 with: "Can you imagine, can you believe, that [Nigeria] has been growing at 7%/yr with no power, with zero power? It's a joke."
In the article Dangote is describing economic growth in Nigeria and the BBC points out that 170 million people in Nigeria use the same amount of power as 1.5 million people do in the UK. The author then goes on to predict that Nigeria could grow at a rate of 10 – 12%, by just solving power infrastructure in the country.
For the start of 2014 the British state broadcaster has been running a radio series on the so-called MINT economies. The term refers to the growing economies of Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey and is being used as a new buzzword in the same fashion as BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) to describe broadly similar growing economies outside the traditional western bloc dominated by the G7.
Comparing the cement industries in the MINT countries raises some discrepancies between the desires of Western economists and the local cement industries. Mexico has a population of 118m, a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of US$1.85tr and a cement production capacity of 50Mt/yr. Indonesia has a population of 238m, a GDP of US$1.29tr and a cement production capacity of 47Mt/yr. Nigeria has a population of 175m, a GDP of US$479bn and a cement production capacity of 28Mt/yr. Turkey has a population of 74m, a GDP of US$1.17tr and a cement production capacity of 82Mt/yr.
Mexico and Turkey have the lower populations in the MINT group, the highest (and most similar) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita at US$15,000 and are the more developed cement industries in the group with the higher cement production capacities per capita. All of the MINT countries have infrastructural issues that will require large amounts of cement in the coming years.
Highlighting Dangote's concerns we cover a cement industry news story this week from Nepal, where Dangote is considering potential locations for a cement plant. Part of the publicly reported meeting between Dangote and the Nepalese government concerned power requirements for the project. Dangote intends to generate 30MW itself and has asked Nepal to provide 30MW. From the CEO downwards the cement producer clearly understands the problems of underdeveloped infrastructure. This is not surprising given his comments above!
That MINT economies are growing powers will not surprise the cement industry. In this week's Global Cement Weekly, in addition to the Dangote story, we feature two news stories focusing on direct industry capital investment in Indonesia. Looking more widely nearly half the stories are from BRIC or MINT countries.
With this in mind Global Cement has developed its own buzzword for the cement industry in 2014: the VISA group. This group includes Vietnam, Italy, Spain and Australia, countries that have all had problems with their cement industries in 2013 such as a production overcapacity or financial losses. If readers have any nicknames of their own for groups of cement producing nations let us know at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
OYAK Group orders three vertical roller mills from Pfeiffer
17 December 2013Turkey: Bolu Cimento Sanayii AS, a member of the OYAK Group, has ordered three vertical roller mills from Gebr Pfeiffer SE for the new production line at its cement grinding plant in Kazan near Ankara. Installation of the mill will expand the existing plant into an integrated cement plant. Delivery of the mills is scheduled for mid-2014 and will boost the total number of Pfeiffer mills installed at OYAK Group cement plants to eight.
An MPS 4500 B with a drive power of 3150kW will be used for cement raw material grinding. The mill is guaranteed to produce 320t/hr at a product fineness of 12% residue on the 0.090mm screen.
Pet-coke and lignite will be ground in an MPS 225 BK vertical roller mill with a drive power of 400kW. The throughput rate of this mill when grinding pet-coke will be 20t/hr at a fineness of 3% residue on the 0.09mm screen and 35t/hr when processing lignite.
Bolu Cimento has also ordered an MPS 4500 BC mill with a drive power of 3300kW, which will yield 130t/hr of CEM I at a specific surface of 3900cm²/g acc. to Blaine.
Turkey: Engineering supplier Loesche has released information about a contract it signed in July 2013 to supply Göltas Cimento with a Type LM 56.3+3 vertical roller mill for cement grinding for its plant 130km north of Antalya. Loesche has previously supplied the company with vertical roller mills for cement raw material and coal grinding. The mill will produce at least three different types of cement, a standard OPC cement and various types of composite cements, at a production rate of up to 230t/hr.
Made in Russia
30 October 2013Eurocement recently trumpeted the production of two new types of cement at its Podgorensky plant in Voronezh Region. A focus on standards follows a self-declared offensive being taken by the leading Russian cement producer against foreign imports since August 2013.
When the 3Mt/yr Podgorensky plant reached its full production capacity in July 2013, Eurocement president Mikhail Skorokhod gave a press conference to promote his products over the imports from Iran and Turkey. Some of the more humorous comments Skorokhod made to the press included suggesting that Iranian cement might be radioactive and the revelation that the title of Eurocement's in-house magazine, 'All Shades of Grey', might be inspired by an erotic novel with a similar name ('50 Shades of Grey').
More seriously, Russia's southern regions between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea are vulnerable to foreign imports. Both Turkey and Iran have high cement production capacities and they have access to the country via these two seas. In addition to rising housing construction in Russia since 2010, cement demand is expected to further take a boost from building associated with the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
As stated by Skorokhod, the Podgorensky cement plant was created to fight foreign imports. Hence the focus on standards and government approval. The cement types in question - TSEM I 52.5N and TSEM II/ A-Sh 42.5N - were certified by NIIMosstroy (the Moscow Construction Research Institute) with additional testing conducted by the Voronezh Regional Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology. The move was similar to attempts made in recent years by local producers in southern and eastern Africa to focus consumers' minds on quality versus the potential risks of low-cost imports.
Eurocement clearly wants to fight imports head on given that, according to CMPRO data, total cement imports to Russia nearly doubled from 2.8Mt in 2011 to 5.1Mt in 2012. Turkey, Belarus and Iran were the main importers in 2012. In 2012 cement imports as a percentage of consumption hit their highest level since 2008. At the same time Russian consumption of cement rose by 13% to 65Mt in 2012 from 58Mt in 2012.
Back in August 2013, Skorokhod said that the Podgorensky plant had cut imports to the southern ports. With no figures available yet for imports in 2013 we can only wait and see.
KHD receives COMFLEX® order from Batısöke
29 October 2013Turkey: Batısöke Söke Çimento Sanayi T.A.Ş., part of the Bati Anadolu Group, has awarded KHD Humboldt Wedag a contract for engineering and delivery of equipment to increase its cement grinding capacity at its cement plant in western Turkey. The contract to install a new COMFLEX® grinding system will increase the capacity of cement grinding unit no 5, from 59t/hr to 195t/hr at 3300 Blaine and save more than 12kWh/t energy.
KHD´s scope includes the engineering and delivery of mechanical and electrical equipment, as well as advisory services during erection and commissioning for the new COMFLEX SC16-3250. This will be KHD's third COMFLEX grinding unit in Turkey after Denizli and Kahramanmaras Cimento.
The core equipment to be designed and delivered by KHD include: a clinker grinding system (COMFLEX® SC16-3250); a roller press RPS 16-170/180 with ROLCOX® system for control and monitoring; a V-separator, type VS 524, as static classifier; a high efficiency separator SEPMASTER, type SKS-VC 3250 as dynamic classifier; and a system fan HKF 200/265.
The commissioning of the new COMFLEX® system, in combination with the existing ball mill system, is planned for the end of 2014.
Kupeliler starts construction of Euro100m cement plant
10 October 2013Turkey: Kupeliler AS has started the construction of a Euro100m integrated cement plant in the north-western province of Eskisehir, according to local media. The Turkish cement and wood products manufacturer intends to start production in August 2015 with a cement production capacity of 2Mt/yr and a clinker production capacity of 1.5Mt/yr.
Kupeliler is financing the project with its own funds, the company's board chairman Hasan Kupeli told the Turkish newspaper Dunya. The plant will create 97 jobs and will operate in conformity with European Union emission standards.
Batisoke takes Euro10m loan under sustainable energy scheme
09 October 2013Turkey: Batisoke Soke Cimento Sanayii has secured a Euro10m loan from local lender Akbank. The 7.5-year loan will be provided from Akbank under the EURO Turkey Mid-size Sustainable Energy Financing Facility of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Batisoke said in a filing with Borsa Istanbul.
With the facility, the EBRD aims to support Turkish private-sector borrowers to implement mid-size renewable energy, waste-to-energy and industrial energy efficiency investments via providing loans to seven Turkish banks for on-lending to private sector borrowers.
Limak orders KHD kiln for Trakya
25 September 2013Turkey: Limak has ordered a new 3500t/day clinker production line from KHD for its Trakya cement plant. Cement plant equipment manufacturer KHD has been contracted to deliver the equipment, supervise the construction and commission the project, including on-site training. The new kiln line will be erected near an existing 1850t/day line, which will also be upgraded by KHD in the beginning of 2014.
Core components of the new KHD line include: a four-stage KHD Preheater with PYROCLON®-R Low NOX calciner, equipped with PYROTOP® compact mixing chamber, tertiary air duct with dust settling chamber, and PYROBOX calciner firing system for coal dust; a PYRORAPID® two-tire rotary kiln, with a diameter of 4.4m; PYRO-JET® kiln burner for coal and fuel oil; PYROFLOOR® clinker cooler equipped with a PYROCRUSHER® System.
The new calciner with PYROCLON®R will be KHD's first Low-NOX calciner in Turkey. Trakya will be the second PYROFLOOR® system Limak has installed at one of its plants. Commissioning of the new kiln at Trakaya is scheduled for the autumn of 2014.
Çimsa’s operating profit up by 13%
23 August 2013Turkey: Çimsa Çimento has announced that its consolidated net profit surged to Euro82m in the first half of 2013 from just Euro18.5m in the first half of 2013, a rise of 343% year-on-year. Its first-half performance was mainly driven by income from investment activities of Euro53.9m compared to just Euro3.4m a year earlier.
Çimsa's operating profit rose by 13% to Euro26.8m in the six months to 30 June 213 as revenue increased by 18% to Euro176.7m. Its first-half domestic sales rose by 22% to Euro125.9m, while sales abroad were up by 9.0% to Euro50.8m.
The company's second-quarter consolidated net profit jumped to Euro72.8m from Euro15.7m, in the second quarter of 2012. This represents a rise of 363%. Second-quarter revenue increased by 5.7% year-on-year to Euro105.2m.
Oyak plans to sell 24% stake in Aslan Beton to Aslan Çimento
21 August 2013Turkey: Turkish cement producer Aslan Çimento said its parent company Oyak has proposed to sell its 24.24% stake in Aslan Beton to Aslan for US$4.52m.
After the acquisition, Aslan Beton will become a wholly-owned unit of Aslan Çimento while Aslan Beton, As-san Insaat, Birtas Birlik Insaat and Marmara Madencilik will be merged under the control of Aslan Çimento, Aslan Çimento said in a bourse filing. The managing board of Aslan Çimento will now assess the proposed move.