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One of Turkey's largest conglomerates Sabancı Holding and Turkish cement manufacturer Çimsa have agreed to establish a gray cement grinding plant in the United States with an investment of $82 million, according to the mutual announcement made by the companies.

The current capacity utilisation of Mukutban, which has an installed production capacity of 3.9 million tones, stands at 40-45%

Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in June 2023 were an estimated 10.5 million metric tons (Mt), a slight decrease from shipments in June 2022, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey.

Chilean utility Colbun is assembling a 9.9-MWp captive solar photovoltaic plant for building materials company Polpaico Soluciones to turn its Cerro Blanco cement factory in Chile’s Santiago Metropolitan Region into a renewables prosumer.

The cement industry witnessed a 37.04% surge in dispatches during August 2023, with total shipments reaching 4.518 million tonnes, up from 3.297 million tonnes in the same month the previous year.

Cemex will provide over 200,000 cubic meters of Vertua lower carbon concrete for the development of the topside infrastructure for the expansion of the Khalifa Port in the United Arab Emirates, part of AD Ports Group, and one of the largest port infrastructure projects in the world.

Turkey increased cement exports to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 1.3 percent ($31.5 million) from January through August 2023 compared to the same period last year, Turkey’s Ministry of Trade said.