The downward trend in Poland continues in 2024
The downward trend in the cement production of Poland continues in January 2024 with -25.9%, YoY, to 0.589 Mt, after 0.795 Mt in January 2022.
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Tunisia’s annual cement production slightly declined
In 2023, Tunisia’s cement production declined by -2.6% to 7.326 Mta, after 7.520 Mta in 2022. The production increased only in the 2.Q, while in the other quarters there has been a decline, especially in the 1.Q and the 3.Q.…
UAE’s Al Ain Cement will use steel slag to reduce CO2
UAE’s Emirates Steel Arkan (ESA), a leading steel producer in the Middle East region, will use the Magsort technology to use its steel slag at its Al Ain Cement plant (photo). Magsort, a Finnish engineering company, has a proprietary dry…
Taiwan’s cement production declined -8.7% in 2023
In 2023, the cement production in Taiwan (ROC) declined by -8.7% to 10.246 Mta, after 11.224 Mta in 2022. The cement capacity utilization declined from 55.6% to 50.7%
Kyrgyzstans’s annual cement production further increased
In 2023, the cement production in Kyrgyzstan increased by +10.9% to 2.961 Mta, after 2.670 Mta in 2022. The cement plants run almost under full capacity. However, this year a new 1.5 Mta greenfield cement plant by Terek-Tash will become…
French NeoCem to build a clay calcination plant
French start-up company NeoCem has raised more than €23 m to build a clay calcining plant in Saint-Maximin, in the Oise Department, Picardy region in Northern France. The company, which is a spin-off of Lille’s NeoEco Engineering company, will use…
Jan 2024 cement im- and exports of the Ukraine
In the Ukraine, in January 2024 the cement exports declined by -30.3% YoY to 27.22 kt, while the cement imports increased by +13.5 YoY from a very low level to 0.45 kt.
India’s Shree Cement expands in Uttar Pradesh
At an Investor Summit with India’s PM in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Shree Cement announced via its Chairman to expand the cement capacity in UP by 7.0 Mta in the next two years. About Rs 2,000 crore…
UltraTech in India expanded integrated Kotpuli plant
UltraTech, India’s largest cement producer, has commissioned a 1.8 Mta plant expansion in Kotputli, Rajasthan. This brownfield expansion of the existing kiln line (photo) is part of the Phase II Capex announcement to increase Ultratech’s cement capacity by 22.6 Mta…
Kazakhstan’s annual cement imports further decline
In 2023, Kazakhstan’s cement imports declined by -30.1% to 0.337 Mta, after 0.482 Mta in 2022. The imports in 2023 were mainly from 2 countries, Russia with 78.6% and the Iran with 20.8%. Only 0.6% were from 4 other countries,…