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US: Mitsubishi Cement Corporation has reportedly abandoned its planned construction of a cement terminal at the Port of San Diego in California. The Union-Tribune newspaper has reported that the cement producer failed to produce a plan involving electric vehicle use for cement deliveries to the facility. Board of Port Commissioners rejected the company’s previous terminal proposal in 2020 because of its involvement of diesel-powered cement trucks.

Australia: Hallett Group said that a 42m-high storage dome at its upcoming Port Adelaide cement terminal deflated amid on-going construction work at the site on 2 February 2023. ABC News has reported that Hallett Group plans to rebuild the structure at the facility in South Australia. It said that the supplier of the dome's outer skin has sent representatives from Canada to supervise in the reconstruction.

When commissioned, the Port Adelaide cement terminal will distribute cement from Hallett Group's Port Augusta slag cement grinding plant in the north of the state.

Cyprus/Türkiye: Çimsa has appointed Soner Atilmis as the terminal manager at its Kıbrıs terminal in Northern Cyprus. Previous roles at Çimsa included working as Domestic Special Products Sales Executive and Technical Support Supervisor since 2007. Before this he held project management and mechanical engineering positions with Mersin Makina Sanayi and Gökçay İnşaat respectively. Atilmis holds a degree in engineering from Mersin University.

Italy: General Sistem has inaugurated its new 300,000t/yr Venice cement terminal. The facility is equipped with four cement silos with a total capacity of 20,000t, and will be able to receive 150m-long ships. CITIT News has reported that the Bahamas-registered Nordanvik was the first cement transport ship to dock at the terminal, on 10 January 2023. The Venice terminal will receive up to 50 cement ships annually.

US: Argos USA has ordered a 490 M-type ship unloader from Swden-based Bruks Siwertell for cement and fly-ash handling at the Port of Houston in Texas. The unloader will have a continuous rated cement handling capacity of 800t/hr and is designed to accommodate vessels up to 65,000 dwt. It will be assembled on site and is planned for delivery in February 2024. Bruks Siwertell will also supply the complete screw conveyor system for transporting dry bulk material from the unloader to a storage dome, along with support structures and walkways.

Australia: Adbri has extended Independent Cement and Lime (ICL)'s contract to exclusively distribute its products to the New South Wales and Victoria markets. ICL is a 50% subsidiary of Adbri. Volumes under the renewed contract will be similar to those during 2022, while prices will reflect market conditions. Adbri said that ICL distributes a 'substantial' proportion of the cement produced at its Birkenhead cement plant in South Australia.

Adbri's interim chief executive officer Mark Irwin said “Independent Cement and Lime is Victoria’s pre-eminent cementitious products distributor and is an important part of Adbri’s supply chain across Victoria and New South Wales. We are pleased to extend our distribution arrangement with ICL through to the end of 2023. We look forward to the commissioning in 2023 of the Melbourne cement facility’s new 45,000t silo at Port Melbourne, which will enhance Independent Cement and Lime’s ability to service the Victorian market.”

Adbri had previously considered buying Barro Group's cement assets, which included the remaining 50% stake in Independent Cement and Lime, in 2018.

Chile: A fire at Sites 1, 2, 3 and 5 of Puerto Ventanas port in Valparaíso Region has disrupted clinker transportation to Melón’s Puerto Ventanas cement plant. The La Tercera newspaper has reported that the fire destroyed a clinker conveying system connecting the port to the cement plant. The producer expects the damage to ‘significantly impact’ its cement production capacity for a period which it is ‘not yet possible to specify.’

Melón said, “We have deployed contingency and operational continuity plans in order to ensure our supply to our customers." It added that it could not yet quantify the ultimate impacts on its assets, liabilities or results.

Australia: Bruks Siwertell has received an order from Hallet Capital for an enclosed ship unloader for Port Adelaide. A gantry-mounted Siwertell 490 F-type unit has been ordered along with a jetty screw-conveyor system feeding a dome silo and individual screw conveyors for installation inside the dome. The unloader will be suitable for discharging bulkers up to 40,000dwt at a rated cement handling capacity of 500t/hr. It is planned for delivery in August 2023 and will be assembled on site.

Hallett Group announced plans in mid-2022 to build a slag cement grinding plant in Port Augusta, South Australia. The project will also include a new distribution facility at Port Adelaide.

Türkiye: Adocim says that it has successfully commissioned a new four-silo cement terminal at the Port of Samsun, Samsun Province. The producer says that the terminal has a storage capacity of 45,000t. The facility will serve the producer's Portland limestone cement (PLC) export operations to countries including the US.

Parent company Titan Cement Group said "This new investment will enable us to further increase our sales of lower carbon cement, contributing to our group’s Net Zero goal towards a greener and more sustainable future."

Australia: Cockburn Cement has awarded US$1.65m-worth of increased work scope to construction company SIMPEC on an existing contract with the producer. Business News Australia has reported that SIMPEC is carrying out work on Cockburn Cement's Kwinana grinding plant upgrade. The cement company is in the process of consolidating its Western Australian cement production at an expanded 1.5Mt/yr facility at the site, at a cost of US$152m. A new US$35.1m clinker terminal at Kwinana Bulk Terminal will receive up to 40,000t/yr of clinker for use at the plant and in fellow cement producer BGC's local operations.