Displaying items by tag: Kazakhstan

Azerbaijan: Norm Cement plans to increase its clinker production in order to expand its export markets. It intends to export 1Mt in 2019, according to the Trend News Agency. In 2018 it exported 10,000t to Georgia. In 2019 it hopes to send 0.1Mt to Kazakhstan.

Eurasian Economic Union: The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) produced 12Mt of cement in the first quarter of 2019. Armenia produced 68,000t and imported 47,200t. Belarus produced 0.84Mt, imported 79,500t and exported 0.26Mt. Kyrgyzstan produced 0.35Mt, imported 38,600t and exported 0.15Mt. Kazakhstan produced 1.47Mt, imported 0.11Mt and exported 0.33Mt. Russia produced 9.3Mt, imported 0.18Mt and exported 0.17Mt. Usually production in the first quarter represents 16 – 19% of annual production. Consumption of cement in the EEU region is expected to grow by 2.5% year-on-year in 2019.

Singapore: International Cement Group is planning to build new cement plants in Central Asia, Africa and South-east Asia to complement China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The company, formerly known as Compact Metal Industries, has held a ceremony to mark its listing at the Singapore Stock Exchange, according to the Business Times Singapore newspaper.

The company holds a 65% stake in a 1.2Mt/yr cement plant in Tajikistan. This unit’s production capacity was recently upgraded to 1.35Mt/yr. In mid-2018 it said it was building a new plant in Kazakhstan. This project is scheduled for commissioning by the end of 2019. In late 2018 the group said it had failed to buy a majority stake in a partially-built cement plant at Salamanga in Mozambique. In March 2019 the group agreed to buy a majority stake in Namibia’s Ohorongo Cement from Schwenk Namibia for US$104m.

Kazakhstan: Dal Holding plans to build a 1.8Mt/yr cement plant in Aktobe region for around US$270m. The project will be a joint venture with the Aktobe Civic-Entrepreneurship Company (CEC), according to Interfax. The joint venture has been created and a road map has been signed. Construction at the site is scheduled to start in April 2019. Dal Holding is an engineering company that undertakes projects in the cement, mining and energy sectors. Previously, in 2016, China’s Huaxin Cement was linked to cement projects in the region.

Kazakhstan: Steppe Cement’s sales revenue rose by 32% year-on-year to US$74.8m in 2018 from US$56.6m in 2017. Its cement sales volumes rose by 6% to 1.72Mt from 1.63Mt. Its exports grew by 50% to 0.22Mt from 0.15Mt. Overall, the cement producer said that local cement consumption fell by 4% to 8.6Mt.

Kazakhstan: Gezhouba Shieli Cement has launched its 1Mt/yr oil well cement plant in the Kyzylorda region. 260 jobs have been created at the site and 48 of the local staff were trained in China. The project is a joint venture majority owned by Chinese investors with a minority stake from a local cement company. China Triumph International Engineering built the plant.

Kazakhstan: The Rudny cement plant plans to start production in early December 2018. Arkhimed Mukhambetov, governor of the Kostanay region, attended the launch ceremony of the unit, according to the Trend News Agency. It has reportedly had a total investment of US$100, double the previous amount published in local media. The 0.5Mt/yr plant has been postponed several times since 2010 due to a lack of finance. The company’s director, Artem Maklasov, said that a consignment of up to 0.3Mt of cement from the plant will be sold to Ufa in Russia. Subsequently, cement from the plant will be sold in Kostanay region and in southern Russia.

Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan: Kazakhstan’s SAS-Tobe Technologies has increased its exports to Uzbekistan. It is the first Kazakh manufacturer accredited at the Uzbek Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange, according to the Podrobno News Agency. The company has sold around 1500t through the exchange in the last two months. It now plans to export over 50% of its 0.25Mt/yr production capacity.

Kazakhstan: Steppe Cement’s sales revenue rose by 22% year-on-year to US$32.8m in the first half of 2018 from US$26.8m in the same period in 2017. The cement producer said that the local market grew by 5% and that it had increased its market share to 15.5% from 14.5%. Its sales volumes grew by 14% to 0.74Mt from 0.65Mt. It reported that its selling expense increased as sales in the south and exports grew ‘significantly.’

The company noted that the local market is expected to be 9Mt in 2018, a figure similar to 2017. Construction was reported ‘strong’ in the west and south of the country. Imports in the country have increased by 30% so far in 2018 to 0.34Mt. Exports increased to 0.92Mt from 0.45Mt due to demand from Uzbekistan.

Kazakhstan: Local cement production rose by 11.5% year-on-year to 4.63Mt in the first half of 2018 from 4.16Mt in the same period in 2017, according to Kazakhstan Newsline. Previously, production rose by 1.5% in the first half of 2017 from 4.09Mt in the same period in 2016.