Tajikistan's Ministry of Industry and New Technology said that in the next two years, the country plans to build six more cement plants to change the situation of domestic cement shortage. Benefiting from the substantial increase in the Rogun hydropower plant, roads and other national infrastructure projects, the demand for cement in Tajikistan has risen sharply, even to 2 million tons per year, while the total domestic cement production in 2014 was only 1 million tons.

2015-01-20

South Korea's carbon emissions trading system, which was launched on January 12, is expected to cover more than 500 companies, including the cement industry, and is known as the second largest carbon emissions trading scheme in the world. The plan aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2020.

2015-01-19

Itacamba Cemento, the Bolivian subsidiary of Votorantim, Brazil's largest cement company, plans to import 50,000 tons of cement in 2015 to guarantee the supply of cement to Santa Cruz, the country's capital and largest city. At the same time, the company will increase production by 6% to 3.6 million bags (50 kg per bag) in 2015.

2015-01-15

According to a recent report by Timetric, the construction industry in Romania grew at a compound annual rate of 3.78% in nominal terms between 2009 and 2013. At the same time, foreign direct investment in the construction and real estate sector increased from $7 billion in 2012 to $7.8 billion in 2013, an increase of 7.7% year-on-year.

2015-01-14

Report from Infiniti Research: The cement market in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.96% from 2014 to 2019.

2015-01-13

Recently, during his state visit to China, Venezuelan President Maduro signed a joint venture with China to build three 2500t/d cement plants in Venezuela. However, the details of the investment have not yet been given.

2015-01-12

According to foreign media reports, Jidong Cement may recently reach a final agreement with Peruvian cement company Cementos Interoceanicos on the acquisition. This is another step in Jidong's strategy of expanding cement production capacity globally.

2015-01-09

In December 2014, cement prices in southern India rose by an extraordinary 40%. The main reason for this is that cement producers have recently joined forces to control cement prices by reducing production.

2015-01-09

On December 23, Song Zhiping, Chairman of China Building Materials Group, held talks with the CEO Thomas Schulz of Smith Company in Denmark to communicate and exchange views on cooperation between the two sides.

2015-01-04

On December 23, the General Office of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Government issued the Notice on the Assessment of the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution, which pointed out that the implementation of the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution would be assessed.

2014-12-30

At present, the R & D team is comprehensively evaluating the functional characteristics, cost-effectiveness and production process comparison between the new cement and the traditional cement by using the product life cycle assessment method. Preliminary results show that the new cement with the same function can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 11%, reduce cement production waste by at least 20%, and reduce total production costs by at least 21% compared with traditional cement.

2014-12-30

According to Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam's cement export volume reached 19.5 million tons in 2014, becoming a cement exporter, an increase of 4 million tons compared with the established target. It is worth mentioning that Vietnam is still a cement importer until 2010.

2014-12-30

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued the first regulation on the harmless treatment of fly ash in coal-fired power plants in the United States. The regulation establishes safeguards to protect the community from leakage of fly ash storage ponds and groundwater pollution and emissions from fly ash treatment projects.

2014-12-25

Ethiopia's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently released a draft strategy for the development of the cement industry, aiming to increase the annual consumption of cement in the country to 20 million tons by 2025. The Ethiopian government is expected to invest $30 million in this development plan. The government said it would provide financial support to cement plants to solve the problem of domestic cement shortage.

2014-12-24

According to Daker Abdellah, a member of the Egyptian Federation of Construction and Building Contractors (EFCBC), Egyptian cement producers are tacitly controlling the price of cement by reducing cement production, bringing it to a high price of 800 Egyptian pounds per ton (bank counter transaction price on that day: 1 Egyptian pounds = 0.8708 yuan).

2014-12-23

According to insiders, UltraTech is in talks with Jaiprakash (Jaiprakash Associates Ltd) to acquire cement plants in central and southern India. The negotiations include the acquisition of cement plants in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.

2014-12-22

According to local Egyptian media, Suez Cement plans to invest 600 million Egyptian pounds ( $84 million) next year to equip two cement plants south of Cairo with coal power generation equipment. This investment will increase Suez cement production, reduce production costs and better cope with Egypt's energy crisis.

2014-12-19

Mexico's Cemex, one of the world's largest cement makers, said Thursday that its subsidiary, Cemex Latin America Holdings, will invest $35 million over three years to boost cement capacity at its Colorado plant in Costa Rica.

2014-12-19

The Indian Pollution Control Board will provide the National Industrial Promotion Agency of Tamil Nadu, India (State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu). (Sipcot) 20,000 tons of sludge from textile mills in the Perundurai Industrial Park is transported to Ariyalur district in Tamil Nadu for use as an alternative fuel.

2014-12-18

PPC, South Africa's largest cement producer, recently received a merger proposal from unlisted rival Afrisam on the condition that Afrisam take a stake in PPC. The proposal will consolidate the interests of South Africa's two largest cement producers in the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), making them the largest shareholders in PIC. The two groups will have a combined share of about 60% of the local cement market.

2014-12-16