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Vietnam: Larger cement producers in Vietnam have failed to build government mandated waste heat recovery (WHR) systems. Under Vietnam's cement industry development plan until 2020 with a vision towards 2030, all cement plants with a clinker production capacity of 2500t/day or above have to implement a WHR system to save at least 20% of their electricity consumption by 2015. However, local media has reported that only Holcim and Ha Tien 2 have invested in the technology. Other cement producers have been prevented from investing in their plants by high debt and poor local demand for cement.
Nguyen Quang Cung, chairman of the Vietnam Cement Association admitted to the delayed investment in the WHR systems. "However, there won't be an extension. The cement makers will be forced to implement this on time," said Quang Cung.
Nguyen Cong Minh Bao, director of Sustainable Development of Holcim Vietnam, which invested US$18m in a WHR system in 2012, said that Vietnam should not extend the deadline. According to Bao 60% of Chinese firms apply the system in China and WHR is an intrinsic component of any new project.
Holcim Vietnam's WHR system has an output capacity of 44MkWh/yr. It will be enough to serve the firm's Hon Chong Cement Factory for 88 days of operation, meaning Holcim Vietnam will save 9000t of coal and reduce 25,300t of CO2 per year.
Vietnam's cement sector is considered as one of the country's most energy-intensive industries. Under the third draft of the retail pricing scheme conducted by the state-run Electricity of Vietnam in 2013, steel and cement producers using power voltages of 110kV or higher during peak hour would pay 10% than the asking price for their normal power. Overall, the draft would dish out a power tariff hike of 2 - 16% to steel and cement producers.
China Tianru revenue rises by 14% to US$1.4bn in 2013 02 April 2014
China: China Tianrui Group Cement Company has reported that its revenue rose by 14% to US$1.40bn in 2013 from US$1.22bn in 2012. Its gross profit remaining static at US$305m in 2013 and its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation rose slightly to US$356m. The Chinese cement producer attributed the rise in revenue to increasing sales volumes of cement in response to a 'proactive' pricing strategy and a general increase in demand driven by rural development and the demand from certain large-scale infrastructure projects, such as the South-North Water Transfer Project.
Sales of cement rose by 19% year-on-year to US$1.30bn in 2013. Sales of clinker fell by 23% to US$107m. By region, the company saw its revenue in its Central China region rise by 13% to US$1.01bn. In Northeastern China its revenue rose by 16% to US$385m. By volume, the company sold 36.9Mt/yr in 2013, a rise of 41.4% from 2012.
In 2013 Tianrui acquired one 1.2Mt/yr clinker production line and six cement production lines with a combined production capacity of 5.3Mt/yr in Liaoning and Henan provinces, at a cost of US$109m.
Podilskiy Cement reports Euro7.4m loss in 2013 02 April 2014
Ukraine: Podilskiy Cement has preliminary reported a loss of US$7.4m in 2013. The CRH subsidiary reported a US$6.5m loss in 2012 despite increasing its revenue. The wet process cement plant has six production lines with a total cement production capacity of 3.7Mt/yr.
Qatar National Cement Company to build new cement line 01 April 2014
Qatar: Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) has signed a letter of intent with Fives FCB to build a fifth cement plant line with a clinker production capacity of 5000t/day. Fives FCB and TPF Basse Sambre will work together to finalise the contract documents by the end of April 2014.
The turkey contract has been valued at US$261m. Construction will start after handing over the site on a phased manner, starting with two cement mills which will be delivered after 17 months and 19 months. The overall project will be completed in 27 months.
Fives FCB was also the contractor for the construction of plant lines two, three and four. QNCC's production capacity is expected to rise to 17,000t/day of clinker and its grinding capacity will rise to 20,000t/day.
Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine to start building US$250m cement plant in 2015 01 April 2014
Uzbekistan: The Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine (AMMC) is planning to build a 1.5Mt/yr cement plant in the Surkhandarya region of southern Uzbekistan in 2015. The contract is being negotiated with Turkey's Dal Teknik Makina with a completion date set for 2015, according to Russian news agency RIA Novosti. The US$250m project will be financed by equity funds of the AMMC, credits from the Fund for Reconstruction and Development of Uzbekistan and local Uzbek banks.
In late March 2014 the AMMC completed construction of a cement plant in Jizzakh region with a value of US$114m. The plant has a production capacity of 0.75Mt/yr of grey OPC and 0.35Mt/yr of white cement. The general contractor of the project was also Dal Teknik Makina.