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Polish cement production fell by 0.1% in January 2015
10 February 2015Poland: Cement production fell by 0.1% year-on-year to 520,900t in January 2015, while sales rose by 15.4% year-on-year to 638,500t, according to Poland's Cement Producer Association. In 2014, cement production increased by 6.8% year-on-year to 15.4Mt, with sales for the same period rising by 6.6% to 15.6Mt.
Poland’s cement sales to grow to 16Mt in 2015
08 January 2015Poland: According to the Polish Association of Cement Producers (SPC), cement sales might exceed 16Mt in 2015, while in 2017 - 2018 they might return to the record-breaking level of 19Mt. Official sales figures for 2014 have not been revealed yet, but recent estimates show that some 15 - 15.2Mt of cement were sold in 2014, which would represent a 6% increase when compared to the 14.3Mt sold in 2013.
Poland’s production fell by 4.5% in August
08 September 2014Poland: Poland's year-to-date cement production increased by 11.9% year-on-year to 10.2Mt, while sales in the same period rose by 10.7% to 10.3Mt. In August 2014 cement production declined by 4.5% year-on-year to 1.51Mt, while sales fell by 9.7% year-on-year to 1.46Mt, according to Poland's Cement Producer Association.
Polish cement sales to grow to 15.5Mt in 2014
11 June 2014Poland: Gorazdze Cement has forecast that sales of cement in the country will grow by up to 7% year-on-year in 2014 to 15.5Mt up from 14.5Mt in 2013. Similar sales growth is expected in 2015, provided more projects co-financed by the European Union are started. The Institute for Market Economics (IBnGR) expect sales to reach 15.2Mt in 2014 and then 16.4Mt in 2015. The research institute attributes the sales growth in 2014 to an improving situation in the rail, energy, residential and road construction sectors.
Poland's cement output surges 42% in December 2013
09 January 2014Poland: Poland's cement production totalled 846,500t in December 2013, up by 42% year-on-year, according to statistics from the country's Cement Producer Association.
Cement sales jumped to 725,500t in December 2013, marking a 55.3% year-on-year increase on December 2012. For the 12 months to December 2013, cement output declined by 7.5% to 14.5Mt, while sales dropped by 7.6% to 14.6Mt.
Polish regulator fines cement companies for cartel
18 December 2013Poland: The Court of Competition and Consumer Protection (SOKiK) has upheld a decision by the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) to fine seven cement companies for forming a cartel. However, the SOKiK lowered the total fine from Euro100m to Euro80m. According the UOKiK the cartel fixed prices and divided the Polish market among themselves for at least eleven years.
According to the UOKiK the cartel activities could have had negative consequences for the construction sector and had affected consumers. The cartel had almost 100% share of production and sale of grey cement in Poland.
During the investigation two cartel members decided to co-operate with the UOKiK in exchange for leniency. Therefore UOKiK decided not to fine Lafarge Cement and lowered the fine for Gorazdze Cement. The remaining five cartel members - Grupa Ozarow, Cemex Polska, Dyckerhoff Polska, Cementownia Warta and Cementownia Odra - were fined to the full legal extent, 10% of annual turnover.
Poland: Cement production in Poland has fallen by 33.5% to 2.69Mt for the first four months of 2013, according to the Polish Cement Association. January to April 2013 sales fell by 31.1% to 2.82Mt. In April 2013, production dropped by 33.8% year-on-year to 1.04Mt and sales dropped by 24.1% to 1.19Mt.
Poland's cement output drops by 35% in February 2013
13 March 2013Poland: Poland's cement production totalled 350,600t in February 2013, a decrease of 35.4% year-on-year, according to statistics from the country's Cement Producer Association. Cement sales remained relatively stable at 533,300t, marking a decrease of 2.5%. For the first two months of 2013, cement output declined by 46.6% to 705,900t, while sales dropped by 24.1% to 941,000t.
New VRM orders announced by Pfeiffer
12 September 2012Germany: Gebr. Pfeiffer SE has announced new orders for vertical roller mills (VRM) in Poland and Malaysia.
Pfeiffer has won the contract to supply a MPS 3070 BC VRM for grinding 46t/h of blast-furnace slag for the Odra works in Opole, Poland.
At the plant it is intended that slag ground to 3800cm²/g Blaine will be used as an additive to the cement. The VRM will feature a main drive with an output of 1350kW for a production rate of 46t/hr. Exhaust gases produced by the clinker cooler will allow the slag to be dried from a 9% feed moisture level down to below a 1% residual moisture level while being ground in the mill. The design of the mill will also make it possible to grind as much as 45t/hr of Ordinary Portland Cement to a fineness of 3500cm²/g Blaine.
In Malaysia Pfieffer has won a contract from KHD Humboldt Wedag for the construction of a 5000t/day plant. KHD is acting as a general contractor for an order from Straits Cement, a subsidiary of the Malaysian YTL Group.
Pfieffer is to supply the VRM for grinding cement raw material and coal. A MPS 4750 B raw mill is to be set up which can handle a capacity of 300t/hr of cement raw material ground to a product fineness of 12% R 90µm. The coal mill of the type MPS 2800 BK will be capable of grinding 35t/hr of coal.
Gorazdze to be number one in Europe
04 April 2012Poland: Gorazdze Cement is set to become the largest cement production site in Europe thanks to the installation of a new mill. The new investment will see the company's production capacity grow by 25% to 5.5Mt/yr. Company president Andrzej Balcerek said that within three or four years cement demand in Poland will exceed 20Mt/yr.