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Kaspi cement plant in Georgia to use tyres as alternative fuel
03 October 2024Georgia: Hunnewell Cement, a subsidiary of HeidelbergCement Georgia, has launched a new project to use tyres as an alternative fuel at its Kaspi cement plant, with support from the Georgian government. The project has a budget of US$2.1m, and is expected to create additional job opportunities. It marks a shift from the use of coal and natural gas at the plant, to ‘significantly’ reduce environmental impact and contribute to sustainable development.
Economy minister Levan Davitashvili said "Our goal is to minimise environmental pollution from ‘waste’ while promoting economic development and creating added value.”
Türkiye's cement exports to Georgia rise
02 August 2024Türkiye: Türkiye exported cement products worth US$40.5m to Georgia from January to June 2024, marking an increase of 14% year-on-year. The Turkish Ministry of Trade reported that in June 2024, cement exports to Georgia totalled US$7.9m, up by 16% from June 2023. However, June 2024 saw Türkiye's global cement exports decline by 18% compared to June 2023, to US$336.5m.
Türkiye sees rise in cement exports to Georgia
02 May 2024Türkiye/Georgia: Türkiye's exports of cement products to Georgia have increased by 7% year-on-year to US$17m from January to March 2024, according to its Trade Ministry. In March 2024, exports to Georgia reached US$7.6m, representing a 4% year-on-year increase.
However, Türkiye's global cement exports from January to March 2024 fell by 7% to US$1.1bn compared to the same period in 2023. In March 2024, exports were down by 11% year-on-year to US$390m. From March 2023 to March 2024, Türkiye exported cement products worth US$4.5bn.
HWI details upgrades in 2023
27 December 2023US: Calderys-subsidiary HWI has highlighted upgrades it has undertaken in 2023. This has included upgrading plant production software, increasing capacity at the White Cloud plant in Michigan, the Lowellville plant in Ohio and the Thomasville plant in Georgia, and adding new equipment at sites in Ohio and Missouri. Additional investment projects are planned for 2024.
Ross Wilkin, Calderys Senior Vice President of Americas, said, "In less than a year under new ownership and since combining with Calderys, we've successfully integrated our Americas operations with the former Calderys operations in the US and in Brazil, enhanced our products and services portfolio for customers, and completed massive investments in our manufacturing facilities. We are well-positioned for the future."
Private equity investment company Platinum Equity completed its acquisition of Calderys from Imerys in January 2023. It then purchased HWI in February 2023.
Heidelberg Materials exits Georgian joint venture
25 April 2023Georgia: Heidelberg Materials has completed the divestment of its joint venture in Georgia. It previously held a 45% state in CaucasusCement Holding BV (CCH), the parent company of HeidelbergCement Georgia Ltd and Terjola Quarry Ltd, Tbilisi.
Heidelberg Materials sold its share to its long-term joint venture partner Cement Invest BV, an investment company that is jointly managed and owned by the Georgian Co-Investment Fund and Hunnewell Partners. The joint venture’s scope included two integrated cement plants, 14 ready-mixed concrete plants and two aggregates plants. The partners agreed to not disclose the financial terms of the transaction.
Heidelberg Materials said that these latest steps reflect its continued simplification of its country portfolio and would help to position the company as front runner on the path to Net Zero and circularity in the building materials industry.
US: Eco Material Technologies has won a contract with Georgia Power to mine 600,000t/yr from the energy company’s Plant Bowen ash dump in Cartersville, Georgia. Eco Material Technologies will use the ash to produce its 99% reduced-CO2 building materials, including an alternative cement with 20% greater compressive strength than ordinary Portland cement (OPC) after 28 days, according to the company.
Grant Quasha, CEO of Eco Material Technologies, said "As the largest partnership of its kind in the US, this project will not only use material from landfills and ash ponds, but also keep millions of tonnes of CO2 from going into the atmosphere."
US: Sweden-based Bruks Siwertell has commissioned a Siwertell 490 F-type ship unloader at Colonial Group’s Georgia Kaolin Terminals in Savannah, Georgia. The unloader has a rated cement handling capacity of 800t/hr, discharging vessels of up to 55,000dwt.
Ash Grove re-opens upgraded Port Manatee terminal in Florida
09 February 2022US: Ash Grove Cement has re-opened its Port Manatee terminal in Florida following the installation of a new Kovako type ship unloader supplied by FLSmidth. The machine was custom built for Ash Grove by the Denmark-based company to meet its specific needs. The cement producer says it is the largest mobile pneumatic ship unloader built, has twin 800hp blowers, 37m suction arm and can offload a dry bulk vessel at a high rate while maintaining maximum efficiency and minimising environmental impact by eliminating dust emissions.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the event was held on 7 February 2022 as a shipment of fly ash was processed at the site. This maiden shipment completes the Phase 1 transformation project at Port Manatee, which began in early 2021. The project is intended to improve the subsidiary of CRH’s capacity to import cement, slag and fly ash for customers in Florida and South Georgia. It is also planning to use the terminal’s existing silo capacity to complement the capabilities of Ash Grove’s cement plants in Sumterville and Branford.
Georgian cement imports rise by 16% so far in 2021
27 December 2021Georgia: Cement imports rose by 16% year-on-year to 0.78Mt in the first eleven months of 2021 from 0.68Mt in the same period in 2020. Data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia and the Trend News Agency show that the value of these imports increased to US$40.2m from US$34.6m. Azerbaijan was the leading cement exporting nation to Georgia with a 75% share followed by Turkey with most of the rest. Russia, Greece and Germany have also exported cement to Georgia so far in 2021.
Georgia: HeidelbergCement Georgia plans to invest in additional grinding capacity at both of its cement plants. The subsidiary of Germany-based HeidelbergCement says that it will complete expansion work at both plants by the 2022 production season. It is also contemplating the possibility of clinker capacity expansions.
In early July 2021, Georgia experienced a cement shortage due to the release of pent-up demand from infrastructure projects and reduced imports from Turkey and Azerbaijan.