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Attock Cement Pakistan Limited (ACPL) successfully completed a new cement production line at its plant in Hub, Balochistan. The new line from Sinoma has a capacity of 1.3 Mta and brings ACPL’s clinker capacity to 4.08 Mta and the cement…
In FY 2023/24 the cement production in India increased by +9.1% to an impressive 415.5 Mta, after 380.7 Mta in FY 2022 The cement capacity capacity utilization rate increased to 76.2%, although in the FY 23/24 an additional 42.5 Mta…
In the first 2 months of 2024, Mexico’s cement production from integrated cement plants increased by +6.2% to 6.979 Mt, after 6.474 Mt in 2023 and 6.288 Mt in 2021, in January and February. While the Jan. increase in 2024…
India’s UltraTech Cement ordered several vertical roller mills (VRM) from Gebr. Pfeiffer. The VRMs are for three new clinker production lines in different location in India and were awarded as a follow-up order to Gebr. Pfeiffer SE, Germany, and its…
Texas Lehigh Cement, which is a 50/50 JV between Heidelberg and Eagle Materials, will start a slag grinding unit in Huston, Texas this summer. The plant will have a production capacity of 0.5 Mta to supplement Texas Lehigh’s cement manufacturing…
In the first quarter of 2024, Saudi Arabia’s cement dispatch (local and exports) declined by -4.7% to 12.590 Mt, after 13.205 Mt the same period last year.
In the first quarter of 2024, Saudi Arabia’s cement exports declined by a massive -29.8% to 0.374 Mt, after 0.533 Mt in the same period in 2023.
Ambuja Cements signed an agreement to acquire the Tuticorin grinding unit from My Home Industries (MHIPL) in the southern part of Tamil Nadu, India. The grinding unit has a capacity of 1.5 Mta and was installed with a FLSmidth vertical…
Natal Portland Cement (NPC) held a ground-breaking ceremony for the kiln line expansion in Simuma, in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. NPC became a subsidiary of China’s Huaxin Cement, after taking over the assets from Intercement (we reported here 28.12.2023). The…
After the first two quarters in 2023, not many believed in a positive change of the cement demand in Indonesia. However, after -6.5% YoY in 1.Q and -3.1% YoY in 2.Q, the cement consumption in 2023 still increased +3.6% to…