Cement News tagged under: greenfield
Indonesia: Loesche mill for new plant01 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsPT Krakatau Semen Indonesia has awarded Germany-based Loesche a contract for its emerging Cigading slag grinding plant in Cilegon, Banten. The scope of supply for this contract includes a Loesche mill with an LDC classifier, the raw material transport system, the mill dust extraction system, the reject system and the silo equipment. Loesche GmbH subsidiaries are also participants in the contract, with Loesche ThermoProzesstechnik GmbH supplying a hot gas generator type LF-36L and autom... |
Semen Indonesia sets up Aceh joint venture18 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsPT Semen Indonesia Tbk and PT Samana Citra Agung on 17 March signed agreement to set up a joint venture company, called PT Semen Indonesia Aceh, which will engage in producing and distributing cement. The agreement was signed by president director of Semen Indonesia, Suparni, and president director of Samana Citra Agung, Deni Fahlevi in Jakarta. Samana Citra is based in Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatera Island. Both parties have agreed to invest a total of IDR5trn (US$383.3m) in estab... |
DG Khan: southern expansion progressing well15 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsPakistan producer DG Khan Cement has reported that its southern expansion project is progressing well and is scheduled for commissioning in 2QFY18. The 2.7Mta plant, which will involve an investment of US$275m, is being established in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. According to the company's half-year results, a letter of credit for the mills and and packing plant has been opened in favour of Loesche GmbH and Haver & Boecker of Germany. Civil work contracts for the project have be... |
Orascom wins greenfield contract in Algeria07 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsOrascom Construction has been awarded the contract for a greenfield cement plant in Algeria. The new 6000tpd plant is for a private sector client and comprises infrastructure work for an industrial complex, Orascom said in a statement. The combined value of both contracts is US$180m. |
Approval granted for new Quang Nam plant, Vietnam29 February 2016, Published under Cement NewsThaiGroup JSC has received approval from the Peoples’ Committee of Quang Nam province in Vietnam's central region to develop the second cement plant in the area. The company plans to build the plant on an area of 6.5ha in Thanh My town, Nam Giang district, Vietnam's Ministry of Construction said. The plant, named Thanh My 2 cement plant, will have a total investment of VND11trn (US$489m) and capacity of 12,500tpd of clinker. ThaiGroup, formerly known as Xuan Thanh Group JSC inaugurated it... |
ZCCM plans cement and power investment22 February 2016, Published under Cement NewsZambia-based ZCCM Investments Holdings is expected to develop a cement plant and 52MW thermal power and Ndola as part of the company’s diversification programme. ZCCM-IH will team up with private investors for the projects, and it is also collaborating with local and international financial institutions on the financing of the projects, according to local press. Pius Kasolo, CEO of ZCCM-IH, told journalists on Monday that the power plant will provide 30-35MW of reliable electricity suppl... |
BUA Group reportedly in talks to build two plants in east Africa19 February 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe BUA Group of Nigeria in talks with China’s Sinoma to build two cement plants in east Africa and a steel plant in Nigeria for US$1.9bn, according to a report by Reuters. BUA Group chairman, Abdulsamad Rabiu, told the international news agency that the two cement plants will have a capacity of 3Mta and cost US$700m. The steel plant will have a capacity of 1.2Mt at a cost of US$1.2bn. In a statement, BUA said the pact came following the successful start of production at its new Obu cement... |
Peru: Pacasmayo 4Q15 boosted by public sector demand, new Piura facility17 February 2016, Published under Cement NewsPeru-based Cementos Pacasmayo saw a nine per cent in fourth-quarter volumes which benefitted from the anticipated increase in demand from the public sector, the company said in a statement yesterday. Crucially, supplies were supported by its new Piura facility which improved Pacasmayo's competitive position in the northern region of the country, it added. Fourth-quarter revenues rose by 8.7 per cent and EBITDA up more than 10 per cent, excluding the impact of extraordinary non-operating i... |
Egypt receives 37 applications for new coal-fired cement plants16 February 2016, Published under Cement NewsA total of 37 companies have applied for licences to construct new coal-fired cement plants in nine governorates, Daily News Egypt reported on Saturday citing Egypt’s Industrial Development Authority (IDA). Ismail Gaber, head of the IDA, said the new licences aim to increase investments in the cement industry to meet local consumption. Minister of Industry, Tarek Qabil, announced earlier this year that the IDA would issue licences to establish cement factories in the governorates of Be... |
FLSmidth receives large cement order in Algeria09 February 2016, Published under Cement NewsFLSmidth has signed an EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contract with a value of more than EUR200m with SARL Amouda Ingineering for the supply of a greenfield cement plant in Algeria. The plant will be located in El Beida (Laghouat), approximately 400km from the capital Algiers. The order includes engineering, equipment supplies, construction, commissioning and training. Once completed, the cement plant will have a capacity of 6000tpd. "EPC solutions are increasingly req... |