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Russia: LafargeHolcim's plant in Kolomna, Moscow has begun production of a new cement base for mortars under the Kelma brand. It is characterised by high strength, fine adhesion to surfaces and a long retention of mobility that provides for the mortar's plasticity necessary for construction works without adding extra water. The product is being sold in 50kg bags.

Russia/China: A delegation from Conch company, one of China's largest building materials corporations, has visited Russia to see the cement plants of Eurocement. At the meeting, which was held at Eurocement's central office, the group's president Mikhail Skorokhod explained the group's key projects to the Chinese representatives and discussed possible areas of cooperation.

"Conch has the most modern equipment for the production of cement and has considerable experience in operating production lines. It is extremely interesting for Eurocement to study its experience as well as to consider its foreign experience for the development of the national building materials industry in Russia," said Skorokhod. "I am convinced that our Chinese colleagues would also be interested in getting acquainted with the activities of the Russian cement sector leader. This meeting will be the beginning of a fruitful and mutually beneficial cooperation."

The Chinese delegation will visit Mikhailovcement, Ulyanovskecement and Sengleevskiycement during the visit.

Russia: Mordovcement, part of Eurocement, has launched an investment programme to rebuild local railway infrastructure.

The investment offers funding for the full replacement of 9.1km of track and 42 switches. The proposed repairs will guarantee the continued safe use of the railway infrastructure for the supply of raw materials. The US$3.14m project will raise the turnover of wagons for the loading of cement and will help to establish the stable delivery of cars of raw materials from the quarry to the production area. The development will boost the reliability of the railway track as a whole and extend its lifecycle, reducing the complexity and cost of maintenance and obtaining economic benefits during its operation.

Russia: Sibirsky Cement's cement plants produced about 3.15Mt of cement in the first nine months of 2015, down by 10% year-on-year. The Topki Cement plant produced 2.27Mt of products, a 6% year-on-year fall, Kransoyarsk Cement produced 621,100t, down 14% year-on-year, while Timlyui Cement made 261,900t, a 28% decline.

Russia: Eurocement President Mikhail Skorokhod visited several key cement plants in the Leningrad region recently.

Key performance indicators of Peterburgcement were evaluated positively at the end of August 2015. "The company shows strong growth and consistently high product quality. This is the result of the work of a highly professional close-knit team. Today, the team is facing new tasks and new challenges and it is planned to reach the historical record and produce 1.86Mt of cement in 2016," said Mikhail Skorokhod. Reducing costs and consistently high product quality, according to Skorokhod, will allow Peterburgcement to increase its market share in the Leningrad and neighbouring areas and reduce imports of inferior quality cement from neighbouring countries.

During his visit, Skorokhod appointed Dmitry Zibaev as the new Peterburgcement plant CEO. Skorokhod said that Dmitry Zibaev has considerable experience in the industry and in-depth knowledge of all processes of cement production. Dmitry Zibaev graduated from Belgorod State University of Technology. He started his career as a Maintenance Foreman in Lafarge Cement. He moved from Mechanical Engineer to the Deputy General Director of Peterburgcement.

Skorokhod also inspected the production process at Pikalevskiy Cement plant during his visit to the Leningrad region. He set the task to increase control over the quality of clinker. "Pikalevskiy Cement has high trust and reputation among customers and clients. The plant staff should not only meet the customers' expectations, but also raise the bar," said Skorokhod. He expressed the view that the decision taken recently by the Russian Government to introduce mandatory certification of cement will set the barrier to low-quality and counterfeit basic construction material and it will lead to higher work level of the plant. Technical Engineers of Pikalevskiy Cement have improved the clinker quality in recent months. Talking about the construction of a new dry line at the plant, Skorokhod said that the company intends to consistently implement its modernisation programme at its plants.

Russia: Eurocement's Akhangarancement plant produced 164,000t of cement and 127,205t of clinker in August 2015, 2.5% and 12.2% year-on-year rises respectively. The plant shipped 164,863t of cement to in August 2015, a 1.2% year-on-year rise.

The most popular types of cement in August 2015 were PC 400-D20 (Portland cement of grade 400 with active mineral additives accounting for more than 5 - 20%, SPC 400 (Slag Portland cement of grade 400 with active mineral additives accounting for 20 - 80%), PC 400-KD20 (Portland cement of grade 400 with composite additives accounting for 10 - 20%). The share of these types of cement was 91.8%, up from 75.1% in August 2014.

Russia: Igor Nikolenko has been appointed the new General Director of CJSC Kavkazcement, part of Eurocement. A Eurocement statement stated that the new appointment was highly qualified with a 'deep knowledge of Eurocement group's business processes and long experience in the field of construction materials.'

Igor Nikolenko was born in Belgorod in 1965. Having graduated from Belgorod Technological Institute of Building Materials in Mechanical Engineering in 1990, he came to work in the Belgorod cement plant. He worked as a Deputy General Director and Technical Director of Balcem, a General Director at Savinskiy cement plant and Deputy General Director and Technical Director of Eurocement Ukraine. Most recently he was the head of Mikhailovcement plant from 2012 until 2015.

Russia: Sengileevsky Cement Plant has begun sending cement by barge. The company sent its first batch of 1700t of cement to a distribution centre in Cheboksary during the last week of August 2015.

"Our company is developing further opportunities to ship, not only cement in bulk, but also bagged cement by water transport," said Mikhail Skorokhod, President of Eurocement.

The Sengileevsky Cement Plant is situated on the bank of the Volga River, making it easy to transport cement to the Ulyanovsk region and surrounding areas, as well as further afield. Shipping by barge is relatively low cost, which should help to stabilise cement prices.

Russia: Germany's Beumer will exhibit its range of space-saving, fully-automatic palletising robots at CeMAT Russia, which runs from 22 to 25 September 2015 in Moscow. Its new stretch hood model range, which has been optimised for greater efficiency, is part of Beumer's enhanced product offering.

Russia: Igor Nikolenko has been appointed as the new general director of EuroCement's CJSC Kavkazcement. Igor Nikolenko was born in Belgorod in 1965. He graduated from Belgorod Technological Institute of Building Materials in Mechanical Engineering in 1990 and then worked in the Belgorod cement plant.

Kavkazcement is one of the largest cement plants in southern Russia with a production capacity of 3.1Mt/yr. The raw material base is limestone from the Ust-Dzhegutinsky mine and clay from Karachay-Cherkessia. The company became part of EuroCement in 2004.