Cement News tagged under: Completed project
Sephaku launches production at Delmas plant16 January 2014, Published under Cement NewsSephaku Cement began commercial production at its Delmas grinding plant on 6 January 2014 following a successful commissioning phase, Sephaku Holdings has announced. The Delmas plant, situated in east of Gauteng, is expected to ramp up capacity to 1.4Mta by mid-2014. CEO, Dr Lelau Mohuba, said: "This has been a nine-year journey and we are pleased to finally have our cement brand in the market. We are proud of SepCem's highly experienced operational team for attaining this key milestone in... |
Bosowa inaugurates Maros cement mill, Indonesia24 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe Bosowa Group of Indonesia has inaugurated a 1.8Mta cement mill at its plant in Maros, South Sulawesi, raising the company’s total production capacity to 5.3Mta. The inauguration ceremony for the second mill at Maros was attended by MS Hidayat, Indonesia’s Minister of Industry as well as senior officials of the Bosowa Group. The industrial conglomerate’s cement plants are operated by Semen Bosowa Maros and Semen Bosowa Indonesia, which run cement plants in Maros and Batam, respective... |
Benin Nocibe mill No 1 produces first batch of cement23 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe Benin Nocibe works, a project led by Groupe Layousse of Ciments du Sahel and contracted to Sinoma International (Tianjin), has produced its first batch of qualified cement from mill No 1. Installation of steel structure was started in April, followed by mechanical equipment in June and electrical equipment in August. The project was commissioned in October. In less than half a year, the project team overcame all difficulties and completed installation and commissioning works smoothly in... |
Chaudhary Group launches production at new Nepal plant17 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe Chaudhary Group (CG) has started production from a new 1500tpd plant in Nepal. Barun Chaudhary, director of CG, said the new Chinese-built plant can produce 250tpd of OPC and 1350tpd of PPC. The group plans to formally launch CG OPC next week, while CG PPC will follow a month later. “We have identified places between Janakpur in the east to Darchula in the west as our potential market,” Chaudhary told Republica news. Though CG Cement is procuring clinker from Nepali producer at... |
Sino-Zimbabwe boosts clinker capacity05 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsSino-Zimbabwe has completed phase one of its plant modernisation programme by increasing clinker production capacity by 40 per cent. Capacity of the plant has now been increased to 700tpd. Phase two of the project, due for completion this year, involves upgrades to warehouses and storage facilities. Further modernisation measures are planned for next year. The new project will also reduce energy consumption and the carbon footprint of the plant based 40km southwest of Gweru. Sino... |
South America now drives Cimpor27 November 2013, Published under Cement NewsTurnover for Cimpor during the first nine months of the year emerged 23.4 per cent higher as the additional assets in Argentina, Brazil and elsewhere more than made up for the assets sold, predominantly in the Mediterranean rim. The EUR1984.3m turnover was 69.5 per cent higher than the EUR1170.6m shown for the first nine months of last year. EBITDA improved 14.2 per cent to EUR481.5m on a comparable basis and 35.5 per cent higher than the EUR355.4m shown a year ago. There has been no in... |
Ultracem starts up Gebr Pfeiffer grinding unit12 November 2013, Published under Cement NewsUltracem SAS, a new entrant on the Colombian cement market, has initiated operations of a cement grinding plant supplied by Gebr Pfeiffer Inc at its plant in Barranquilla. The privately-owned cement producer contracted Gebr Pfeiffer, Inc, a subsidiary of Gebr Pfeiffer SE to supply an MPS 3350 BC vertical roller mill for clinker with a complete cement grinding plant. The grinding facility includes a rotary air lock with drive, MPS 3350 BC mill, an SLS 2900 BC high efficiency classifier, fea... |
Akmenes modernisation project nears completion, Lithuania28 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsAkmenes Cementas, Lithuania's sole cement producer, is due to bring its new dry-process kiln line into operation shortly. “Representatives of equipment suppliers are visiting the facility now. They are checking, fine-tuning and testing the equipment, adjusting the programmes,” Arturas Zaremba, Akmenes Cementas CEO, told the Baltic Business Daily. The Akmene's plant's nominal grinding capacity currently stands at 1.35Mta, with a clinker capacity of 1.2Mta. However, the new project will repl... |
Dalmia's new Karnataka plant scheduled for March completion22 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsDalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd has said its new plant in Karnataka will start production before the close of the current fiscal year and serve the neighbouring state of Maharashtra. Speaking to local reporters, Vipin Agarwa, CEO, South-Cement. Dalmia Bharat Group, told the Business Standardt aht the new 2.5Mta is expected to begin production by March 2014. He further added that the company plans to sell some of its product to the Maharashtra market which offers a good potential. The project h... |
UltraTech Cement's quarterly profit falls 52% YoY21 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement, India’s largest cement maker, posted a 52 per cent decline in net profit for the July-September quarter, mainly due to lower selling prices and subdued demand. The company reported a net profit of INR2.6bn (US$42m) for the quarter ended 30 September. Domestic cement and clinker sales stood at 9.1Mt. It noted that cement demand remained “sluggish due to a prolonged monsoon and a “low-take off from the infrastructure and housing sectors.” It further added that a sof... |