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In Mexico, in the period from January to November 2023, the cement production increased by +1.7% to 38.012 Mt, after 37.371 Mt in the same period last year. In November the cement production increased by +1.0% YoY to 3.415 Mt.
Sinoma Overseas signed the first 28.2 MW photovoltaic power generation contract with Türkiye’s LIMAK Cement Group. The project is EPC based and will cover four plots of three cement plants of the LIMAK Group. The scope of work includes the…
In Peru in 2023, due to large overcapacities in the cement production, the cement imports further declined to 0.211 Mta (-21,9% YoY). However, the country has not been able to increase cement exports. On the contrary the exports declined by…
In 2023, Peru’s cement production declined by -13.6% to 11.494 Mta, after 13.196 Mta in 2022 and 12.855 Mta in 2021. The cement capacity utilization declined in 2023 to 61.6% from 79.0% last year.
Heidelberg Materials is hoping to produce America’s first carbon-free cement in the Edmonton plant (photo) in Canada. The CO2 in the exhaust gas of the plant will be captured in an absorption reactor to reduce CO2 emissions of 1.0 Mta…
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…