Global Cement News

Spain: Holcim España invested Euro4m in an upgrade to its 1.5Mt/yr Carboneras cement plant in Almería. Alimarket-Construction News has reported that the upgrade will raise the plant’s alternative fuel (AF) substitution rate to 70% and enable it to dispose of 50,000t/yr of waste through co-processing it as AF. Holcim España expects this to reduce its CO₂ emissions by 22,000t/yr.

Germany: Heidelberg Materials preliminary reported a 4% year-on-year decline in its sales during the third quarter of 2023, to Euro 5.6bn. Its earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose by 17% to Euro1.39bn from Euro1.28bn. The group succeeded in raising its profit in the quarter, by 24% year-on-year to Euro1.08bn.

Heidelberg Materials says that it expects to record a ‘moderate increase’ in its revenues in full-year 2023. The company raised its profit target range for the year to Euro2.85 – 3bn from Euro2.7 – 2.9bn.

India: Udaipur Cement Works commissions second kiln line at its Udaipur cement plant in Rajasthan. Reuters has reported that the new line doubles the plant’s clinker capacity to 3Mt/yr.

India: Sagar Cements reported sales worth US$136m in the first half of the 2024 financial year. This corresponds to a year-on-year rise of 9.1% from US$124m in the first half of the previous financial year. The producer recorded a loss for the period of US$6.31m, down by 3.9% from US$6.57m. This was in spite of a 7.8% rise in its total costs, to US$148m.

Mexico: Cementos Moctezuma has awarded a contract to France-based Fives FCB to supply an FCB Horomill 3800 grinding mill for its Morelos cement plant in Tepetzingo. The supplier says that the mill offers a lower power consumption than any competing product in the market. The latest mill will be the 15th Fives FCB mill at a Cementos Moctezuma cement plant in Mexico. Fives FCB says that its mills had accumulated 1.5m hours of operation across three different sites at the end of 2022.