Saudi Arabia: Eastern Province Cement has invited contractors to bid for work on the construction of its planned 10,000t/day Najibiyah clinker plant.
Trade Arabia News has reported that the producer also plans to upgrade multiple decommissioned lines at its 3.5Mt/yr Al Khursaniyah cement plant.
Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Cement's full-year 2022 results show an 11% year-on-year drop in sales to US$159m, from US$179m. The producer's operating and administrative costs dropped throughout the year. As such, it recovered a net profit of US$50.5m, up by 13% year-on-year from US$56.9m.
Belgium: Holcim Belgium has received an environmental permit for the kiln upgrade for its 100% decarbonisation of its Obourg cement plant. Agency Belgium News has reported that the upgraded kiln will employ a 'new incineration concept' to enable it to replace limestone with alternative raw materials. It will reduce the plant's thermal needs by 40% and its CO2 emissions per tonne of clinker by 30%. Construction will commence in late 2023. The kiln replacement will support a carbon capture installation as part of the GO4ZERO project.
The first phase of the GO4ZERO project is running from 2022 to 2025, and commands total investments of over Euro350m.
Mexico: Cemex says that it is within its rights to have continued using the Punta Venado terminal in Quintana Roo beyond the expiry of its contract with owner Sac-Tun at the end of 2022. Cemex says that it obtained an injunction to continue using the facilities after it began to have difficulty accessing them in late 2022. It subsequently obtained a contempt of court order against Sac-Tun when it tried to prevent it from accessing the terminal.
The Mexican State Prosecutor's Office supported Cemex's re-entry into the Punta Venado terminal on 14 March 2023.
