JSW Cement FZE, a subsidiary of Indian JSW Cement, ignited its new clinker line in Habhab in Fujairah, UAE. The kiln line has a capacity of 3000 tpd or 1.0 Mta, same as kiln line No.1 (photo), and will help…
In 2023, Saudi Arabia’s annual cement consumption declined by -6.9% to 47.257 Mta, after 50.735 Mta last year and 52.502 Mta in 2021. The per capita cement consumption (PCC) declined in 2023 to 1269 kg, after 1462 kg in 2021.
Qassim Cement Company (QCC) of Saudi Arabia made a transaction announcement to make an offer to Hail Cement Company’s (HCC) shareholders to acquire all shares of HCC in consideration for newly issued shares in QCC. HCC owns and operates a…
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…
Kaolin Group International (KGI) from the Netherlands, with local partner Middle East Calcined Clay (Me-CC) from Oman, has awarded IPIAC a contact for a LC2/LC3 cement plant. The plant will be equipped with a clay calcining system to be installed…
Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Cement Co. awarded Sinoma the contract for a new 10000 tpd kiln line in the Khurssniyah area on Abu Hadriyah Highway 145km north of Dammam. Prospective suppliers were invited to bid in March this year for the…
Delta Cement signed an EPC contract with Sinoma for the supply of a 5000 tpd kiln line in Bazian Sulaymaniyah (Slemani) district in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Delta Cement already operates a 2.0 Mta plant in Bazian, which has…
Saudi Arabia exported from January to November 2023 in total 1.990 Mt of cement. This is a YoY increase by +24.1% from 1.604 Mt the same period last year. However, these accumulated exports include only 0.133 Mt from November, while…
In Saudi Arabia, from January to November 2023, the cement dispatch (domestic and exports) declined by -6.3%, YoY to 44.943 Mt. In November the cement dispatch has been 4.426 Mt, which is a decline by -7.3% from the 4.777 Mt…
From January to October 2023, the cement producers in Saudi Arabia dispatched 40.517 Mt of cement. This is a decline of -6.2%, compared to 43.194 Mt in the same period last year. However, in the last 3 month the dispatch…