Cement News tagged under: Algeria
Algeria: Cevital to build 8Mta cement plant24 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe Cevital group, owned by Issad Hebrab, plans to build a greenfield cement plant in Algeria. The country’s National Investment Council has validated the project and technical studies have started, according to Mr Hebrab in El Watan. Located in El Khroub, Wilaya, the cement works is expected to produce 8Mta in the long term. In 36 months, the first phase of construction will result in a production capacity of 4Mta, followed a year later by an additional 4Mta. The cement plant will be supp... |
Gebr Pfeiffer wins Algeria order21 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsGebr Pfeiffer SE has won a contract to supply a MVR 6700 C-6 cement mill and an MVR 6000 R-6 raw mill for Lafarge’s cement plant near the Algerian town of Biskra. This acquisition underpins Lafarge’s strategy towards the "one-mill solution with MultiDrive®", Gebr Pfeiffer said, noting that it offers a "high level of availability when it comes to cement grinding, thus giving preference to this concept over the conventional two-mill solution with less availability." The cement mill has a... |
Algeria: Saoura Ciment to build 1Mta works05 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsSaoura Ciment, a subsidiary of GICA, is currently carrying out negotiations with a Chinese partner to realise the Ben-Zireg cement plant, in Bechar, according to its director general. Director, Abdelkader Bouaichaoui, said: "The SSC has recently started negotiations with a Chinese company that made the best financial and technical proposals, to realise this cement plant,." The new plant will have a capacity of 1Mta. It will draw upon the limestone found in Jebel Madjouz and nearby shal... |
Lafarge Algeria awards Sinoma Djamoura contract30 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsSinoma has been awarded its second cement plant project in Algeria as the Lafarge-Souakri joint venture signed the turnkey contract for its Djamoura works in Biskra. The new works will have a production capacity of nearly 3Mta and represents an initial investment of DZD32bn (US$0.4bn). Output from the plant will help the development of Algeria’s eastern region as well as reduce its reliance on imports from 2016 onwards. Work is expected to start soon with delivery scheduled in stages by ... |
PPC27 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsPPC has reported a two per cent rise in cement sales for the six months ending March 2014. Revenue came in at ZAR4.16bn (US$0.4bn), an increase of nine per cent on the same period last year. EBITDA was also up by five per cent to ZAR1.17bn, while operating profit jumped 15 per cent to ZAR1.36bn. The cement market now accounts for 86 per cent of the company's total revenue, compared to 10 per cent for lime and four per cent for aggregates. Much of the growth has come from increased export sal... |
Sinoma International awarded Algerian project30 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsSinoma International Engineering Co Ltd says its unit has been awarded the construction project for a new cement line worth EUR192.7m with Algeria's SPA CILAS. (Source: Reuters) |
Fives FCB wins 6000tpd line contract in Algeria03 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsFives FCB signed a contract with Entreprise des Ciments et Dérivés d’El Chellif (ECDE), part of Ciments d’Algérie (GICA) related to the extension of a third production line at the Chelf cement plant, Algeria. The turnkey contract involves the execution of a new 6000tpd line which is scheduled to begin operations at the end of 2016. The project forms part of GICA’s plans to expand its cement capacity in Algeria. It will enable ECDE to nearly double its existing production capacities, Fives... |
Algeria: SCS receives bids for Oum-El-Bouaghi plant construction31 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsSociété des Ciments de Sigus (SCS) has received bids from French, Danish and Chinese bidders to build its new cement works in Oum-El-Bouaghi, Algeria. The EUR350m project will see the construction of a 2Mta cement works, which is part of the investments planned by Groupe Industriel des Ciments d’Algerie (GICA). A site survey of the 119ha plot has been carried out and the authorities have given SCS the go-ahead to start work in terms of earthworks and securing the site. Commissioning ... |
ASEC in talks to sell Zahana stake, Algeria21 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsASEC Cement, a subsidiary of Citadel Capital, is looking to divest its minority stake in Zahana Cement Company of Algeria. In a statement released yesterday, Citadel Capital said that Yahia Bachir, director General of Ciments Algerie (GICA) – the Algerian holding company that controls all public-sector entities operating in the building materials sector – has publicly stated that the Algerian state is studying “buying out its Egyptian partner in a cement plant project.” Citadel Capital ha... |
Algeria sees decline in January imports21 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsAlgerian cement imports fell 13.6 per cent YoY during January 2014 as the value of imports fell from US$26.79m to US$23.16m. In terms of volumes, January saw cement imports contracted from 326.79t to 266.87t. Algeria expects to cease cement imports in four years’ time as it develops its national production capacity, said the country’s Minister for Industrial Development and Investment Promotion, Amara Benyounes in a recent statement. |