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In the first 2 month of 2024, Morocco’s cement dispatch increased by +7.5% to 2.206 Mt after 2.053 Mt in the same period in 2023. While in January the dispatch increased by +6.5% YoY, in February the dispatch even increased…
In the first 2 month of the year 2024, Saudi Arabia’s cement exports declined by -34.1% to 0.257 Mt, after 0.390 Mt in the same period in 2023. The exports declined by -18.1% YoY in January and and -54.0% YoY…
UltraTech Cement commissioned the 1.0 Mta expansion of the Roorkee grinding plant, 190 km north of New Delhi in Uttarakhand, India. Roorkee is a grinding unit that has been established in 2010 with a capacity of 2.0 Mta. The clinker…
In February China’s cement production declined by -7.9% to 182.80 Mt, after 198.55 Mt in the same period in 2023. In China the published February data include January and February.
In Saudi Arabia, in the first 2 month of 2024 the cement dispatch was 8.892 Mt, exactly 0.002 Mt higher than the dispatch same period last year. While the cement dispatch increased by +3.6% in January, it decreased by -3.6%…
Heidelberg Materials in Italy announced a power purchase agreement (PPA) with OX2, a leading independent power producer from renewable sources. The PPA will last for 7 years, starting in 2025 for an annual electricity supply of 36.6 to 51.2 GWh.…
Progress has been made in the “CI4C” carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project in the Mergelstetten cement plant in Germany. This is a € 120m joint venture project by Schwenk, Buzzi-Dyckerhoff, Heidelberg Materials and Vicat with an oxyfuel process…
In the first 2 months of 2024, Kazakhstan’s cement production increased by +2.2%, YoY to 0.948 Mt after 0.928 Mt in the same period in 2023. While there has been an increase in January by +9.6% YoY, there has been…
In the first 2 months of 2024, Ukraine’s cement exports declined by -9.1%, YoY to 138.1 kt after 152 kt in the same period in 2023. While the decline in January has been -30.3% YoY, the decline in February decreased…
Cemex announced to seek EU funding for two of its decarbonation projects in Spain. In February 2023 Cemex signed an agreement with green fuels producer ETFuels, to transform CO2 from their Alicante cement plant (photo) into green fuels. It is planned…