Global Cement News

Japan: Taiheiyo Cement has concluded an agreement to dispose of waste produced by any natural disasters that should occur in Hidaka City and Saitama Prefecture. Under the agreement, Taiheiyo Cement will establish a disposal system with realises the potential of disaster waste as a resource. This will work alongside another recycling programme for conventional wastes. The cement producer says that this will help to build a safe and secure community.

Azerbaijan: Total national cement production was 1.76Mt during the first half of 2023, according to the State Statistics Committee. This corresponds to a 1.9% year-on-year rise from first-half 2022 levels. Clinker production rose more sharply, by 16% to 1.82Mt, while ready-mix concrete production rose by 15% to 1.77Mt.

US: A fire broke out in a building at Buzzi subsidiary Buzzi Unicem USA's Stockertown cement plant on the evening of 13 July 2023. Local fire crews arrived at the plant in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, at 19:18. The Express-Times newspaper has reported that the fire affected an electrical room, and that parties present at the scene requested that power to at least a portion of the facility be cut.

India: UltraTech Cement has announced the inauguration of its expanded Sonar Bangla II cement plant. Reuters has reported that the expansion has more than doubled the plant's capacity to 1.3Mt/yr. It increases UltraTech Cement's total installed capacity by 0.5% to 131Mt/yr.

China: China National Building Material expects its net profit to drop by 80% year-on-year during the first half of 2023. AAStocks Financial News has reported that the group partly attributed the anticipated drop to a fall in its cement prices, as well as its commercial concrete prices.