Armenia’s cement consumption exceeded 1.5 Mta
In 2023, Armenia’s cement consumption massively increased by 29.1% to 1.530 Mta, after 1.185 Mta in 2022. The per capita cement consumption (PCC) increased from 395 kg to 509 kg!
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Armenia’s cement capacity utilization rate >90%
90% In 2023, Armenia’s cement production increased by 13.1% to 1.136 Mta, after 1.004 Mta in 2022. The cement capacity utilization increased from 80.3% to 90.8%, which will result into a capacity expansion in the near term.
Holcim Kujawy with unique CCS technology in Poland
Holcim is working on its Go4EcoPlanet CCS-Project at the Kujawy cement plant in Poland since some 1 ½ years and still needs a long time to go. The planned system will use the unique Cryocap™ FG technology by Air Liquide…
Heidelberg Materials’ next CCS step in the UK
Heidelberg Materials signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for their CCS project at Padeswood cement in Flintshire, UK. This comes after the company choose already about a year ago Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ KM CDR solvent-based process for the…
Chile’s annual cement dispatch below 2020 level
In 2023 in Chile, the cement dispatch declined by -11.0% to 5.209 Mta, after 5.855 Mta in 2022. The dispatch even declined below the level of the COVID year in 2020. The cement capacity utilization declined from 67.3% in 2022…
El Salvador’s cement consumption from minus to plus
In El Salvador, in the period from January to November 2023, the cement consumption increased by +1.6% YoY to 1.633 Mt. In November, the consumption increased by +27% YoY, which turned the accumulated consumption from minus -0.7% in October to…
Phase II of Tanzania’s Huaxin Cement MLL started
Huaxin Cement commissioned the new 4000 tpd kiln line of Maweni Limestone Limited (MLL) in the Tanga Region of Tanzania. The construction of the project (Phase II) started on July 26, 2022 with a groundbreaking ceremony (photo). It is the…
Ambuja Cement plans 6 Mta plant in Telangana, India
The Adani Group signed a MoU with the Govt. of Telangana in India to invest Rs 1,400 crore to set up a 6.0 Mta cement plant in the next five years. This project, announced 2 weeks ago, would be put…
Bolivia’s cement consumption on the rise
In Bolivia, in the period from January to November 2023, the cement consumption increased by +4.9% to 3.626 Mt, after 3.458 Mt in the same period in 2022. Interestingly, alone in November 2023 the consumption increased by +22.7% YoY to…
Bolivia’s cement production on an increase
In Bolivia, from January to November 2023, the cement production increased by +2.9%, YoY to 3.635 Mta, after 3.532 Mt in the same period the year before. In November the production increased even +16.4% YoY to 0.359 Mt.