Cement News tagged under: Algeria
LafargeHolcim Algeria celebrates first export from Arzew11 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim Algeria will celebrate the first export of grey cement from the port of Arzew by a west African country. The ceremony will take place in the presence of representatives of the Ministry of Commerce and LafargeHolcim Algeria's Director General, Jean-Jacques Gauthier. The shipment is the first since lifting the ban and will see the export of 16,000t of cement from LafargeHolcim’s Oggaz cement plant to Gambia. |
CILAS sees Biskra plant inauguration18 October 2017, Published under Cement NewsThe new cement plant at Biskra by CILAS was inaugurated on 17 October 2017 in the presence of the Minister of Industry and Jean-Jacques Gauthier, CEO of LafargeHolcim Algérie, among others. CILAS is a joint venture between the Algerian Souakri Group and LafargeHolcim with a 51-49 per cent share split. The new Biskra plant has a production capacity of 2.7Mta and will enable Algeria to be self-sufficient in its cement supply, particularly to the southern part of the country. The project... |
Algeria’s GICA to produce 20Mta of cement by 2019-2013 July 2017, Published under Cement NewsAlgeria’s Groupe Industriel des Ciments d’Algérie (GICA) will increase its production to 20Mta by 2019-20, said company spokesperson Azzeddine Asfirane. The increase in output will be possible due to the expansion of the company’s cement works at Chlef, Ain El Kebira and Zahana and the commissioning of two new cement works at Sigus (Oum El Bouaghi) and Béchar. Ain El Kebira, which entered service last February, is expected to ramp up to its full 3Mta capacity by February 2018 while Ch... |
Gebr Pfeiffer wins new order in Algeria09 June 2017, Published under Cement NewsSociété Saoura Ciment has contracted Gebr Pfeiffer to supply a vertical roller mill for its new greenfield plant in Bechar, Algeria. The cement producers has ordered n MVR 5000 R-4 for cement raw material grinding. With a total drive power of 3800kW the mill has the capacity to grind 50tph to a fineness of a maximum 12 per cent R0.090mm. Delivery of the equipment is planned for the first half of 2018. The contract comes after Société Saoura Ciment had switched to Gebr Pfeiffer technolo... |
Société Saoura Ciment selects Gebr Pfeiffer mill19 May 2017, Published under Cement NewsSociété Saoura Ciment has opted for a MVR 5000 R-4 raw grinding mill for its second production line in Zahana, Algeria. The mill will have a capacity of 425tph and grind raw material to a fineness of 12 per cent residue 90µm. The total drive power will be 3500kW. The feed material has a surface moisture of almost 13 per cent and is dried easily while being ground in the mill. The order was placed by the Chinese contractor CBMI. |
Qalaa Holdings completes sale of ASEC Ciment Algérie17 May 2017, Published under Cement NewsQalaa Holdings announced that its subsidiaries ASEC Cement and ASEC Cement Djelfa Offshore have completed the sale of 100 per cent of ASEC Ciment Algérie (ACA) to an Algerian investor at a deal value equivalent to US$60m. The sellers are currently complying with government requirements to repatriate the proceeds from Algeria. Qalaa held an effective (indirect) 37 per cent ownership stake in ACA , which has a licence to build a 3Mta cement plant in the city of Djelfa, Algeria. The sale ... |
GICA sets new production record26 April 2017, Published under Cement NewsGroupe Industriel des Ciments d’Algérie (GICA) has set, for the second year running, a new production record. In 2016 the company produced 12.6Mt of cement, up four per cent YoY from 12.14Mt in 2015. While claiming that the cement volumes of the group’s 12 cement plants have been fully sold on the market, the cement group stresses that its main objective is to "actively contribute to closing the cement deficit estimated at 4Mta, in a context marked by large public investments in the housin... |
Algeria to see cement surplus in 201720 April 2017, Published under Cement NewsAlgeria expects a surplus of cement output in 2017, according to Abdeslem Bouchouareb, the country’s minister of Industry and Mines. Domestic production is expected to reach 30Mt this year as cement producers have made several investments in the country’s production base. Last April, the minister inaugurated two new cement plants in Adrar and Biskra. |
Lafarge-Algérie's Oggaz plant ups output 10%04 April 2017, Published under Cement NewsLafarge-Algérie's Oggaz cement plant increased its cement output by 10 per cent in the last quarter to meet the country’s growing cement demand, according to plant manager, Jean-Louis Sibiede. In the past three months, the works produced 0.953Mt, including 0.844Mt of grey cement. The company converted part of the plant’s white cement production lines to produce grey cement to meet growing demand from developers and wilaya authorities. The authorities are currently carrying out three ma... |
Algeria: SARL Biskria Ciment orders five Loesche VRMs21 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsLoesche has been awarded the contract for five large vertical mills (VRMs) by Algerian cement producer SARL Biskria Ciment. Two mills will be supplied for the grinding of cement raw meal and three mills will be for clinker grinding for the cement producer’s plant in Biskra, 300km southeast of the capital Algiers. The new equipment will enable raw meal to be ground to a fineness of 12 per cent sieving residue with 90μm at a processing capacity of 500tph, and cement to a clinker fineness of 3... |