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News 20 September 2022

20 September 2022

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Adani Group aiming to become the most profitable cement producer in India

20 September 2022

India: Gautam Adani, the chair of Adani Group, says his company has plans to double its cement production capacity to 140Mt/yr by the late 2020s and become the most profitable producer in the sector. In a speech made to mark the group’s US$6.5bn acquisition of Ambuja Cements and ACC, he anticipated that a rise in cement demand in India, due to economic growth and government infrastructure development, would lead to “significant” margin expansion, according to the Press Trust of India. He added that the transaction was the country’s largest ever in-bound merger and acquisition in the infrastructure and materials sector.

Adani explained the decision to enter the cement market was due to India’s growth potential in the cement market. He said that while India is the second largest producer of cement in the world, its per capita consumption is just 250kg compared to 1600kg of China. He also expected that long-term average growth in cement demand would be 1.2 to 1.5 times the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) due to government investments in infrastructure and housing.

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Oficemen blames high electricity price for falling cement exports from Spain

20 September 2022

Spain: Oficemen has blamed falling exports of cement on high electricity prices. The cement association reports that exports fell by around 25% year-on-year to 3.76Mt for the first eight months of 2022 from over 5Mt in the same period in 2021. Local consumption of cement slowed to an increase of just 0.2% to 9.88Mt from 9.86Mt.

Aniceto Zaragoza, the general director of Oficemen, said “Electricity costs in our sector have increased by 400% in the last two years, a situation that worsens every day due to the energy crisis we are suffering. Without competitive electricity costs, it is impossible for our industry, which for many years has led the cement export market, to continue competing with other producers in the Mediterranean area that pay much less for their energy inputs, such as Algeria, Turkey or Egypt.”

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Qatar National Cement Company and Gulf Organisation for Research & Development sign deal on low-carbon building materials

20 September 2022

Qatar: The Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) and Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the research and development of low-carbon building products. The organisations will also lead capacity building and knowledge sharing exercises to encourage the industry-wide transition to low-carbon solutions and green building practices.

Essa Mohammed Ali Kaldari, the chief executive officer of QNCC, said, “We are pleased today to sign a MOU with the GORD, which aims to enhance the cooperation towards scientific research in the area of green and low carbon products, achieving sustainable development, and establishing an integrated system that serves all the people of Qatar.” He added “In line with Qatar National Vision 2030, QNCC started significantly supporting institutions that focus on capacity building and create a strong sustainability culture that combines the economy and the environment.”

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Makin Teguh and Borneo Oil mark firing up of kiln at ILPP cement plant

20 September 2022

Malaysia: Makin Teguh and Borneo Oil have held a ceremony to mark the firing up of the kiln at the 0.23Mt/yr ILPP cement plant being built in Sabah. The new plant is next to a limestone quarry owned by Borneo Oil and it is set to further benefit from the oil company’s other limestone assets via long term supply contracts, according to the Borneo Post newspaper. Borneo Oil increased its stake in Makin Teguh to 38% in May 2022.

A China-based supplier has built the new plant. It includes a waste heat recovery (WHR) unit and it reportedly the first integrated cement plant in Malaysia to use alternative fuels such as heavy fuel oil derived from refined recovered oils, palm kernel shells and bio char.

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Ethiopian government sets fixed prices for cement

20 September 2022

Ethiopia: The Ethiopian Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration has set fixed prices for cement in response to price inflation. The ministry said it took the move when cement producers responded to a request for price adjustments with prices that the government viewed as too high, according to the Addis Standard. The government department subsequently established a task force to investigate the market and came up with its own price window.

Also, due to low production levels, priority for cement will be given to government projects. Such schemes will procure cement directly from plants after obtaining government certification. Other consumers will be able to buy cement products through government development organisations and other outlets. The ministry warned that buying cement from other sources would be considered illegal and appropriate legal action would be taken in response.

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Quebec government orders St Mary’s Cement’s Port-Daniel-Gascons cement plant to reduce dust emissions

20 September 2022

Canada: The Quebec Ministry of the Environment has ordered St Mary’s Cement’s integrated plant at Port-Daniel-Gascons to reduce its dust and other emissions to government-mandated levels. The notification follows an incident that occurred over the summer of 2020 and has reoccurred since on occasion. The order requires, amongst other measures, that the subsidiary of Brazil-based Votorantim allow an independent expert recognised by the department to carry out an assessment of air filtration equipment at the plant and propose ways to improve the situation.

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Dankalk orders dryer from Gebr. Pfeiffer

20 September 2022

Denmark: Lime and chalk producer Dankalk has ordered a three-tube dryer type TRT 3150/5,0 from Germany-based Gebr. Pfeiffer. The order replaces a previous dryer also supplied by Gebr. Pfeiffer. Dankalk manufactures lime products for agricultural purposes, products for waste incineration plants and chemical auxiliaries and polymers for industrial wastewater treatment and environmental processes.

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