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It has been communicated already since several months. GCC, in which Cemex has a 40% minority stake, will build a new 3000 tpd kiln line in Odessa, TX, in the USA by year end 2025. Thyssenkrupp Polysius is the supplier…
In El Salvador from January to September 2023, the cement consumption increased by +2.6% to 1.362 Mt, after 1.327 Mt in the same period last year. However, in the 3.Q the consumption decreased by -4.7% to only 0.392 Mt, which…
In Colombia, from January to October the accumulated cement production declined -4.8% to 10.845 Mt, after 11.391 Mt in the same period last year. However, in October there has been a little recovery with 1.262 Mt, which is an increase…
Holcim has a groundbreaking CCS-project in the Obourg cement plant in Belgium. The GO4ZERO-project is implemented in 2 phases. First, the 2 wet kilns will be replaced by a new dry process line with a clinker capacity of 1.7 Mta,…
In Italy, from January to October 2023 the accumulated cement production declined by only -2.0% to 15.901 Mt, after 16.225 Mta in the same period last year. In October the cement production declined by just -1.6% to 1.966 Mt, after…
In Uzbekistan, from January to October this year, the cement production increased by +3.7% to 10.311 Mt. However, in October the cement production declined by -12.0%, YoY, from 1.242 to 1.093 Mt. Data cover the production by large enterprises. It…
Kavkazcement JSC, which is part of CEMROS, will upgrade its plant in Karachay-Cherkessia in Northern Ural, Russia, in 2024 by 25% up to 2.5 Mta. The plant is operational since 1974 and has 4 kiln lines. The upgrade will be…
From January to October 2023, Thailand had a decline by -1.8% in its cement production to 30.126 Mt, after 30.680 Mt in the same period last year. In October this year the production only declined by -0.3% MoM from 2.743…
In the last financial years the cement export revenues of Bangladesh have been in the range from 9 to 10 US$m. However, this year sees a large increase. From July to October the export revenue increased by 104.8% to 5.172…
Aalborg Portland, which is part of the Cementir Holding Group, is commissioning its second carbon capture pilot plant. The CCUS method developed under the auspices of ConsenCUS can potentially cut the energy consumption of traditional capture technologies by 50%. The…