Cement News tagged under: new capacity
Heidelberg Materials celebrates expansion at Port Canaveral02 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe media was given a tour of the new Heidelberg Materials slag-cement processing facility at Port Canaveral, USA, on 25 May. In operation at the port for 20 years, guests witnessed a grand re-opening of the reconfigured plant after a US$24-25m project to increase its slag cement output by 25 per cent. Heidelberg Material’s expansion at Port Canaveral adds 200,000t of capacity to support construction projects throughout Florida and beyond. It also adds another 40 jobs to the port’... |
Lucky to add a new clinker line of 1.82Mt in Iraq19 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsGM Finance and Company Secretary, Faisal Mahmood, of Lucky Cement Ltd ( Yunus Brothers Group ) informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on 18 May that the company has made a 1.82Mta expansion plan with its joint venture partner in Samawah, Iraq, taking the total capacity under its clinker production company Najmah Al Samawah to 3.13Mta. It will coincide with the increasing cement demands in Iraq. The management expects the plant to be completed in 18 months, as per PSX notice, after... |
New Mitchell Cement kiln line produces first clinker28 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsFirst clinker was produced at the Lehigh Portland Cement's new state-of-the-art cement plant in Mitchell, Indiana, USA, on 23 April 2023. The construction of the new Mitchell cement plant ( Heidelberg Materials group ) began in 2019 and the vast majority of the work at the site has now been completed. “We are extremely pleased to have the new Mitchell kiln online and producing clinker,” said Chris Ward, president and CEO of Heidelberg Materials North America . “With the capabilit... |
Fauji Cement Co to become Pakistan's third-largest cement producer25 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsFauji Cement Co Ltd (FCCL) heads to become the third-largest cement producer with a total cement production capacity of 10.5Mta in Pakistan, according to AKD Research. FCCL commissioned its Nimazpur capacity expansion of a 2.05Mta plant at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in late October 2022. Moreover, another capacity expansion for FCCL of 2.05Mta at Dera Ghazi Khan is in the pipeline and is expected to be commissioned in 2QFY23-24. The research house has estimated that the current coal mix... |
Congo's Tao-Tao plant project 45% completed18 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsWork on the new Tao-Tao cement plant in the Niari department of Republic of Congo has been 45 per cent completed, according to Les Echos du Congo Brazzaville. The second plant in the Niari region is expected to come online in 2024, following an agreement between the Congolese and Indian governments. Earlier, the company announced the construction of a 1.8Mta plant in Mafoubou. The new plant will have a cement capacity of 0.6Mta and enable the country to increase its production of cement. |
Sinoma signs US$600m industrial agreement with Sino-Ethiopian JV17 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsChina-based Sinoma International Engineering has signed a cooperation agreement with Sino-Ethiopian joint venture, National West Industrial Holding (NWIH) Building Materials Holding Co, to undertake a US$600m investment in an industrial park development project in eastern Ethiopia. Sinoma will undertake the engineering, procurement and construction works of the Melka-Jebdu industrial park development project, which includes a 6000tpd cement plant, along with metal and lime production plant... |
New cement plant for Afghanistan03 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsAfghanistan will increase its cement capacity with a new 1Mta cement plant, the Shur Andem cement project, located in Kandahar. The acting head of Kandahar’s Mines and Petroleum Department, Abdul Hanan Hamid, said the project represents an investment of US$100m. “The production will be low initially but eventually, around 5000 people will be employed here,” said Abdul Rahim, head of the company. Practical work in terms of cement production will start within one year, according TOLO news, ... |
Bamburi Cement to open a new shale quarry03 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsKenya-based Bamburi Cement (part of Holcim )will be opening a new shale quarry in Kwale County to serve a new cement plant. The quarry is expected to supply around 20 per cent of the total resource material for the clinker production process. Bamburi plans to scale up its south coast business and establish a 5000tpd clinker plant, said the company’s former CEO, Seddig Hassani. The site is located on approximately 700 acres of land currently owned by local communities that are practicing... |
Ecebol plant expected to start up in June21 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsBolivia’s Empresa Pública de Cemento (Ecebol) expects to commission its new Potosí plant in June with the project currently 92 per cent complete and a budget execution of 85 per cent. The start-up of the 1.3Mta plant will take place on 30 June with the grinding and dispatch of the first products. "The first bags of cement will be in November to then verify the quality and put them on sale," said the country’s Minister of Productive Development, Néstor Huanca. He also indicated that t... |
Nexe plans EUR400m decarbonisation investment15 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsCroatia-based Nexe announced a EUR400m project to construct a new carbon-neutral clinker production line at its Našice cement plant. The project will also enable the transportation and storage of 700,000t of CO2 at Bockovci-1, and creates opportunities for revenue generation. Nexe will seek financing from the EU’s Innovation fund. It has already signed an agreement with thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions to design and build the new production line. The new line is scheduled to enter ope... |