Cement News tagged under: grinding capacity
Boral concludes deal with Geelong Port for new facility26 September 2018, Published under Cement NewsA new clinker grinding and cement facility is to be built at Geelong following an agreement between Boral Cement and Geelong Port, Australia. The 25-year agreement will see Boral invest AUD130m (US$94.3m) in a 1.3Mta facility, which is to be connected by a conveyor system to Lascelles Wharf to provide efficient discharge and processing. The new facility is expected to enable Boral to increase capacity to meet future infrastructure demand in Victoria and extend Boral’s range of products. ... |
JK Lakshmi upgrades capacity for increased demand03 September 2018, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd has recently upgraded the capacity at two grinding units in Gujarat to supply the growing demand in the region. The units in Kalol and Surat supply cement for both Gujarat and Maharashtra. "Our combined capacity at both these locations has been raised to about 2.5Mta from earlier 1.5Mta," said Shailendra Chouksey, whole-time director, JK Lakshmi Cement. "We have been expecting reasonable growth in the cement sector largely driven by various government initia... |
Pioneer Cement raises grinding capacity28 June 2018, Published under Cement NewsPioneer Cement, located at Khushab, in Punjab province has increased its cement grinding capacity to 0.8Mta. Company Secretary, Waqar Naeem, notified the stock exchange on Wednesday that Pioneer Cement had raised its grinding capacity to 345tph. According to Sherman Securities' Research Analyst Saqib Hussain, the capacity increase of 0.8Mta will help the company improve its revenue and profit. The extra grinding capacity was delayed and was originally scheduled to come on-stream in Decembe... |
Vicat04 April 2018, Published under Cement NewsVicat is to invest some EUR223m in its Indian operations. Of this, EUR60m will be spend on a 1.75Mta grinding centre at Vizianagam in Andhra Pradesh for completion by the middle of 2022. EUR140m will be invested at the Karnataka works, adding a further 2.25Mta to the plant’s capacity and taking it to 5Mt by 2023. |
Paraguay’s INC announces record sales in November05 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsIndustria Nacional del Cemento (INC) announced record sales of 1.2m bags in November 2017. Jorge Méndez, president of the Paraguayan cement producer, said the company sold 1,249,065 bags of Cemento Vallemi, a sign that the market is returning to growth. He added that the company successfully switched from fuel oil to petcoke to fire its kiln, which has enabled the company to generate significant cost savings. While the fuel oil has an average cost of US$750/t, petcoke is considerably ... |
Consortium applies to build 1Mta grinding unit in Athi River13 November 2017, Published under Cement NewsA consortium of local quarry operators and institutional investors are planning to establish a KES5bn (US$48.3m) cement plant in Athi River, Kenya. Global Choice Ltd will build a 1Mta grinding unit at the location. Roller press technology will be used to produce 3000tpd of cement. Clinker for the plan will be imported and transported via the standard gauge railway while pozzolana and gypsum will be locally sourced, creating new revenues for the quarry operators. The company is currently... |
Holcim Philippines breaks ground on Kalayaan project30 October 2017, Published under Cement NewsHolcim officials broke ground at its Davao plant, where two major projects are being undertaken to raise the works’ production capacity from 1.4Mta to 2.2Mta. The PHP1.5bn (US$29m) Kalayaan project will see the automation of loading of its products from ship-to-dock and an increase in grinding project. The Davao expansion is part of Holcim Philippines’ PHP2.7bn investment to raise its domestic cement capacity to 12Mta from the current 10Mta. The increased capacity will allow the compan... |
HeidelbergCement11 September 2017, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement's quoted Italcementi subsidiary, Suez Cement, saw a consolidated 1H17 loss of EGP40.61m (EUR1.95m), compared with a profit of EGP53.76m. Suez Cement is to dissolve its Saudi Arabian subsidiary Al Madinah International Pre-Casy Concrete Company. HeidelbergCement’s British subsidiary Hanson Cement hopes to start work this year in a GBP20m (EUR18.4m) investment in a new grinding mill at its Padeswood works to replace three of the existing four mills there. The new mill will ... |
Ecocem invests EUR30m in new JV plant06 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsIreland’s Ecocem has invested EUR30m into a new production plant in the north of France as part of a joint venture with ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel company. The joint venture, in which Ecocem holds a 70 per cent stake, will increase the company’s capacity from 1.4Mta to 2Mta. The high-performance, low-carbon cement will be delivered to markets in the north of France and the UK. The step is the latest in Ecocem’s expansion from the UK. Earlier Ecocem built an import termin... |
Paraguay: new cement mill to provide US$50m sales boost02 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsIndustria Nacional de Cemento (INC) expects a US$50m boost to its sales following the commissioning of its new mill at its Villeta plant, according to Jorge Méndez, president of the Paraguayan cement producer. "The operation of the new mill is one of several goals that we have and that we will realise," he said. “Civil works are carried out by local firm Engineering, while parts of the mill were manufactured by China’s Sinoma and shipped in early July and is expected to arrive in the coun... |