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After a period of stagnation, the cement production in Ethiopia has been increasing with +5.1% to 9.83 Mta last year and 8.77 Mta in 2019. However, the capacity utilization is with only 46.8% not economical and the per capita consumption…
CIMAF Mali, part of the CIMAF Group (Ciments de l’Afrique), started the construction of a second cement grinding plant in Natien, a village located in the Sikasso region at the border triangle to Burkina Faso and the Ivory Coast. The…
In 2024 Argentina’s cement dispatch started with a huge -20.0 % decline to 0.773 Mt, after 0.966 Mt last year. The decline is even higher than in the Corona year 2020, when the dispatch declined to -14.3%.
In the Dominican Republic in the period from January to September 2023 to cement production increased by +1.8% to 5.001 Mt, after 4.914 Mt same period in 2022. The 3.Q in saw the largest increase by +4.0%, while in the…
CRH Americas Materials, a subsidiary of CRH plc, has finalized its US$ 2.1 bn acquisition of Martin Marietta’s South Texas cement and related concrete operations. The deal (we reported 22.11.2023) includes the Hunter cement plant (photo) in New Braunfels, a…
In 2023 in Mexico, the white cement production declined by -26.9% to 0.689 Mta, after 0.942 Mta in 2022, while the average ex-works cement price increased by +17.8% to 207.09 US$/t after 175.76 US$/t in 2022. Accordingly, the value of…
In 2023, Zambia’s cement consumption increased by +10.2% to 2.43 Mta, after 2.20 Mta in 2022, despite 2-digit cement price increases in the last quarter. The per capita consumption (PCC) of cement increased significantly from 110 kg to 118 kg,…
The Rohrdorfer Group has set itself the goal of CO2 neutrality by 2038. At its Hatschek cement plant (photo) in Gmunden in Austria, Rohrdorfer is installing a CO2 pilot capture plant based on the Andritz amine technology as well as…
Kiln line1 at the Kalavatala plant of Ramco Cements in Kolimigundla, Andhra Pradesh in India, was commissioned in April 2022. In the last quarter the 2.5 Mta clinker and 1.5 Mta cement capacity has been upgraded by 0.65 Mta through…
Pakistan’s cement exports started with a plus of +6.9% into the new year. In total 0.447 Mt cement have been exported after 0.418 Mt in Jan 2023. Only 0.049 Mt (10.9%) were exporter by the Northern producers, while 0.398 Mt…