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Mali: Mahamoud Ould Mohamed, the Minister of Industry and Trade, has laid the foundation stone of the Mali Sahel cement plant in Bema, Bamako District. Sacko Holding is financing the project and it was previously reported as costing around US$300m, according to Mali Actu. The plant is expected to create around 600 direct jobs. It is scheduled to become operational in 2025. Sacko Holding and Energie du Mali (EDM), the state-owned electricity company, are also planning to provide an electricity supply to Bema as part of the initiative.
Thailand: Siam Cement Group (SCG) recorded total national cement consumption growth of 6% year-on-year throughout the first nine months of 2022. The producer partly attributed the comparatively high figure to nationwide building site closures during the first nine months of 2021. In its management discussion and analysis of its third quarter 2022 results, the group noted commercial construction as the main driver of demand growth. Its cement consumption rose by 8% year-on-year, cement use by infrastructure projects grew by 6% and cement demand for residential projects rose by 5%.
Public construction supplies 40% of Thai domestic cement demand, with commercial and residential construction together accounting for the remaining 60%.
SCG previously reported that Thai cement demand had dropped by 5% year-on-year during the first half of 2022.
China: Data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China shows that cement output fell by 12% year-on-year to 1.56Bnt in the first nine months of 2022 from 1.78Bnt in the same period in 2021. However, output started to pick up on a monthly basis in September 2022, with a year-on-year increase of 1% to 207Mt. Despite national increases in infrastructure development, the China Cement Association revealed that real estate development investment decreased by 8% to US$1.44tn in the first nine months of 2022.
Clay foundations reduce cement consumption by 40%
13 October 2022Australia/China: A Charles Sturt University team has found that the use of clay in soft soil foundation stabilisation can eliminate 40% of cement used in this type of construction. Australian Associated Press News has reported that China-based Kunming University of Science and Technology also supported the research.
Adani Port seeks damages for Vizhinjam port construction delays
10 October 2022India: Adani Group subsidiary Adani Port has sued the government of Kerala for US$9.56m in compensation for on-going delays to the construction of the upcoming Vizhinjam port in the south of the state. A local church-led protest over the rights of fishing communities has stalled construction of the port. The New India Express newspaper has reported that Adani Port had lost over US$12m on 8 October 2022 as a result of the delay. The company rented 12 barges for the work.
The government will hold talks with protestors on 13 October 2022.
Holcim invests in COBOD International
07 October 2022Denmark: Switzerland-based Holcim has made an investment in 3D concrete printer supplier COBOD International. Holcim hopes that the investment will help it to further expand its TectorPrint 3D printing ink range. Holcim and COBOD International's collaboration dates to 2019, since which time the partners have 3D printed windmill tower bases in Denmark, a school in Malawi and a housing development in Kenya.
Holcim's head of global research and development Edelio Bermejo said “At Holcim, we are continuously expanding our range of building solutions to build better with less, working to improve living standards for all in a sustainable way. 3D concrete printing will help us meet these goals."
China Building Materials Academy patents 3D printing method
04 October 2022China: China Building Materials Academy has patented a new 3D printing method which uses short rebars to reinforce printed layers. The developer says that this will enable builders to ensure structural strength without the disruption caused to 3D printing by the long rebars of conventional building skeletons.
China Building Materials Academy said that an 'inverted U-shaped or inverted L-shaped short rebar is vertically inserted into the cement slurry layer, wherein the bending mechanism comprises two bending members, separately disposed on two sides of a clamp.'
Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies to supply concrete for glass wool recycling plant
03 October 2022France: Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies is supplying its low-CO2 clinker-free cement for the construction of an industrial prototype glass wool recycling plant in Chemillé-en-Anjou by Saint-Gobain subsidiary Isover. The company will supply its H-UKR cement for use in the facility’s foundations.
Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies co-founders Julien Blanchard and David Hoffmann said "This unprecedented project is totally in line with what we want to embody since the creation of Hoffmann Green: the promotion of the circular economy in the construction sector through the revalorisation of waste from industry."
Ciments Calcia sets date for start of construction of new production line at Airvault plant
28 September 2022France: HeidelbergCement subsidiary Ciments Calcia plans to lay the first stone of a major upgrade project at its Airvault cement plant on 5 October 2022. The event will mark the start of the construction phase of a new 4000t/day clinker production line, according to La Nouvelle République newspaper. The Euro300m project will be built by Germany-based ThyssenKrupp.
PERI and STRABAG build 3D printed office building
23 September 2022Austria: PERI and STRABAG have used a COBOD 3D printer to successfully build Europe’s first 3D printed office building in Hausleiten, Lower Austria.
PERI board member for innovation and marketing Thomas Imbacher said "The building in Hausleiten is a milestone for STRABAG, for PERI, for all involved. We are convinced that 3D printing of buildings will be part of the future of construction, as this technology offers solutions for challenges that are currently occupying our industry: digitalisation, efficiency, shortage of skilled workers and much more."