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In 2023, the cement production in Kyrgyzstan increased by +10.9% to 2.961 Mta, after 2.670 Mta in 2022. The cement plants run almost under full capacity. However, this year a new 1.5 Mta greenfield cement plant by Terek-Tash will become…
French start-up company NeoCem has raised more than €23 m to build a clay calcining plant in Saint-Maximin, in the Oise Department, Picardy region in Northern France. The company, which is a spin-off of Lille’s NeoEco Engineering company, will use…
In the Ukraine, in January 2024 the cement exports declined by -30.3% YoY to 27.22 kt, while the cement imports increased by +13.5 YoY from a very low level to 0.45 kt.
At an Investor Summit with India’s PM in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Shree Cement announced via its Chairman to expand the cement capacity in UP by 7.0 Mta in the next two years. About Rs 2,000 crore…
UltraTech, India’s largest cement producer, has commissioned a 1.8 Mta plant expansion in Kotputli, Rajasthan. This brownfield expansion of the existing kiln line (photo) is part of the Phase II Capex announcement to increase Ultratech’s cement capacity by 22.6 Mta…
In 2023, Kazakhstan’s cement imports declined by -30.1% to 0.337 Mta, after 0.482 Mta in 2022. The imports in 2023 were mainly from 2 countries, Russia with 78.6% and the Iran with 20.8%. Only 0.6% were from 4 other countries,…
In 2023, Kazakhstan exported 0.584 Mta of cement. This an increase by +5.8%, when compared with 2022. The exports in 2023 were going to 3 countries, Uzbekistan 47.1%, Kyrgyzstan 29.6% and Russia 23.2%.
At its La Malle cement plant Holcim France trialled hydrogen as alternative fuel and were the first in the industry to achieve injection rates of more than 50%. With the remaining fuel mix from biogenic and other alternative sources the…
In January 2024, Spain’s cement exports where down by -24.4% to 0.253 Mt, after 0.335 Mt in January 2023. In 2023 the cement exports declined by -4.9%. Please note: If you will find other data, e.g. in news sections, these…
In January 2024, Spain produced 1.169 Mt of cement, after 1.437 Mt in January 2023. This is a YoY decline by -18.7%, after the -3.1% annual decline in 2023. Please note: If you will find other data, e.g. in news…