Your blog category
Cement is booming in Malaysia! In the period from January to November 2023, the cement production increased by 16.3%, YoY to 20.689 Mt. In November the cement production alone increased by +28.6% to 2.442 Mt, after 1.899 Mt in November…
In 2023, in Kazakhstan the cement production improved by 0.5% to 12.151 Mta. after 12.088 Mta in 2022 and 12.649 Mta in 2021. Due to a cement capacity expansion by 1.5 Mta this year, the cement capacity utilization declined to…
Yamama Cement awarded Sinoma Overseas a contract for a cement plant upgrade to 12,500 tpd in the Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia. The upgrade comes after a decision by the Management Board in April 2021, to relocate the existing cement kiln…
In the Ukraine, the cement im- and exports in 2023 are not a reflection of the construction demand. While the imports increased 46% to 0.024 Mta, the exports increased by 122% to 1.311 Mta. This shows that during the war…
Votorantim Cimentos and Atlas Renewable Energy signed a power purchase agreement for the Luiz Carlos Solar Park, located in the municipality of Paracatu, Minas Gerais. The solar park will have an installed capacity of 787 MWp, of which almost two-thirds…
In 2023, Spain’s cement im- and exported more diverged. While the exports declining by -4.9% YoY to 3.969 Mta, the imports increased by +5.4% to 0.628 Mta.
Crown cement, one of the leading cement manufacturers in Bangladesh, started its sixth cement mill this month at West Mukterpur, Munshiganj on the bank of the river Dhaleswari (photo), south of Dhaka. The company selected an efficient vertical roller mill…
In Germany, in November average ex-works cement prices of 119.83 €/t have been achieved. This is a +28.2% YoY increase. Maximum cement average prices were 120.16 €/t in September and the maximum YoY increases were in February with +41.2%.
In Germany, in the period from January to November 2023, the cement production declined YoY by -14.8% to 24.090 Mt. In November, the decline has been even -19.9% to 2.220 Mt from 2.635 Mt in November last year. The decline…
What has been announced in July this year has been completed last week. Summit Materials successfully combined their business with Argos USA for a transition of US$ 3.2 billion. In the USA, Argos has an installed cement grinding capacity of…