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VietinBank to finance Tuyen Quang plant

09 April 2015, Published under Cement News

Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade, or VietinBank (CTG) on has signed an agreement with Tan Quang Cement JSC to finance the latter’s cement plant in the northern province of Tuyen Quang. Under the agreement, Vietinbank will lend VND30bn (US$1.4m) to Tan Quang Cement JSC to develop its plant which has a clinker capacity of 2500tpd or 0.75Mta, and a cement capacity of 0.91Mta. Tan Quang Cement JSC is an affiliate of Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group (V...

Egypt: ACC secures loan to part-finance expansion

26 February 2015, Published under Cement News

Arabian Cement Company (ACC) said it signed Wednesday an agreement with Saudi British Bank for a SAR400m (US$106.6m) Islamic financing. The loan is to be repaid over a period of five years, including a one-year grace period. The cement firm said it will use the loan to finance part of the first phase of an expansion project to enhance grinding capacity.

Indonesia: Semen Bosowa sets aside US$500m for expansion

13 January 2015, Published under Cement News

Semen Bosowa is setting aside US$500m this year to expand capacity in anticipation of a pick-up in demand across the country. The company is building cement plants in Maros (South Sulawesi), Ciwandan (Banten), Banyuwangi, (East Java), Rembang, (Central Java) and Sorong (West Papua). The plants would boost the group’s cement production capacity to 12Mta over the next three years from 3Mta of present. “Bosowa is expanding because we see the cement industry growing,” group chief executive Erw...

New Guinea-Bissau grinding plant seeks IFC loan

12 January 2015, Published under Cement News

HeidelbergCement subsidiary Scancem, in partnership with Maxime Cardoz, a private investor from Senegal, has applied to the IFC for a loan of EUR11m to help finance Guinea-Bissau's first grinding plant. The Cardoz Cimentos de Bissau project, which is 60 per cent owned by Cardoz and 40 per cent by Scancem, would be located 1.5km from the port of Bissau, a  plant location in an area which currently absorbs 50 per cent of the country's cement consumption. The project has an estimated cost of ...

Semen Indonesia outlines 2015 capex plans

07 January 2015, Published under Cement News

PT Semen Indonesia Tbk has prepared capital expenditures worth IDR7-9trn (US$550m-706m), to fund new plants, upgrades and possibly further international expansion. Of the total, around IDR5trn would be invested in the new plants in Rembang, Central Java, and Indarung, West Sumatra, the company’s finance director Ahyanizzaman told the Jakarta Post.  The new plant in Indarung was expected to start operating in the first half of next year, while the plant in Rembang was expected to begin oper...

Atrus halts Russian plant construction

12 December 2014, Published under Cement News

Austrian company Atrus Cement Holding AG has halted the construction of a cement plant in Krasnodar territory indefinitely, a source familiar with the situation told Interfax. The source said that the project had been temporarily put on hold due to a lack of funds to finance the construction. Atrus Cement Holding AG was planning to build a 2.1Mta cement plant in the Crimean district of Krasnodar, the district administration previously told Interfax. The project was expected to cost over RU...

ARM secures loan to finance expansion

10 December 2014, Published under Cement News

ARM Cement has secured a KES4.5bn (US$50m) loan from CFC Stanbic Bank to finance its expansion plans. “The credit adds to our existing facilities and will be used in current and new projects,” said ARM’s chief executive Pradeep Paunrana told Business Daily in an interview on Tuesday. ARM Cement opened its new 1.2Mta clinker plant in Maweni, Tanga, in November 2014, involving an investment of US$150m. It expects to complete a grinding plant in the same location next year. ARM will als...

Italcementi obtains EBRD loan for plant revamp

04 December 2014, Published under Cement News

The Italcementi Group has signed an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) granting it a loan for approximately EUR20m to fund the modernisation of the Shymkent cement plant in southern Kazakhstan. In addition to the loan, the EBRD will make an investment of approximately EUR4m in Shymkentcement, for an equity stake of around 21 per cent. The project, arranged under the EBRD policy to support energy efficiency initiatives in Kazakhstan, will replace the...

Semen Indonesia seeking IDR1-2trn banking loans

05 November 2014, Published under Cement News

PT Semen Indonesia Tbk is seeking banking loans of IDR1-2trn (US$82.1-164.3m) to finance its 2015 capital expenditure of IDR5trn, said Corporate Secretary Agung Wiharto. (Source: Reuters)

Semen Indonesia seeks loan for Papua plant construction

25 September 2014, Published under Cement News

Semen Indonesia is seeking IDR600-IDR840bn(US$50-70m) in bank loans to help finance construction of a new cement plant in Jayapura, Papua, according to reports by the Jakarta Globe. Indonesia's largest cement producer has recently announced its intention to construct the first cement plant in the country's most eastern-most province to meet the region's demand potential and reduce distribution and logistic costs. “For the Papua plant, we will seek external funds like from loans on top of e...