Cement News tagged under: Egypt
Beni Suef begins construction of coal mill, Egypt16 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsBeni Suef Cement has began the construction of the coal mill worth EGP200m (US$26.3m), to be used as an alternative to natural gas and heavy fuel oil at its cement plant in Egypt. Farouk Mustafa, managing director of the company, said he expects the project to be completed in October, adding that the project is being partly funded through a EGP100m loan with Egyptian Gulf Bank. Mustafa said that using mazut as a temporary measure to prevent natural gas shortages halting production. Howe... |
Italcementi saw weaker French and Italian volumes in 201409 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsItalcementi's turnover declined by 1.8 per cent in 2014 to EUR4155.6m, or by 0.7 per cent on a comparable basis. Group cement shipments edged ahead by 0.6 per cent to 43.4Mt and the turnover from cement and clinker was ahead by 1.0 per cent to EUR2742.9m, with cement volumes improving everywhere but in Europe. The concrete and aggregates turnover declined by 6.9 per cent to EUR1162.5m as shipments of aggregates declined by 5.6 per cent to 30.8m tonnes and ready-mixed concrete deliveries ... |
Egypt: Supreme Administrative Court suspends privatisation appeal20 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsThe Supreme Administrative Court has decided to halt proceedings looking into the appeal against the privatisation of Egypt-based Beni Suef Cement Company. The court has ordered that workers are reinstated to the company but has temporarily suspended looking into the privatisation appeal. The suspension is pending another court decision in a case questioning the constitutionality of a law issued last year, which bans third parties from challenging sales or investment contracts signed betw... |
Boldrocchi completes new de-dusting project in Egypt13 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsBoldrocchi Ecologia has successfully completed commissioning and start-up of new air pollution control equipment for Line 1 of Suez Cement's Sokhna plant in Egypt. Mechanical installation was completed in October 2014 and after three months of running since the first start-up, test reports show dust emission levels of <5mg/m3. The commissioned de-dusting line consists of a kiln and raw mill baghouse filter, clinker cooler heat exchanger and bag filters all withnew exhaust fans. The ... |
Egypt: gas supplies to cement plants replaced by fuel oil13 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsEgypt’s decreased gas output is further squeezing fuel supplies to the country’s cement factories. The Egyptian Gas Holding Co (EGAS) has halted gas supplies to cement plants and redirected them to power plants, Daily News (Egypt) reports. The Al-Qatameya, Helwan and Al-Qawmeya plants have been exempted from the gas cuts as they are directly connected to the Abu Gharadiq gas field, according to the report. Their total gas consumption is 61 cubic feet/day. The cement industry’s total gas co... |
Suez Cement completes coal trials at Katameya plant29 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsSuez Cement has completed the trial period of using coal to run its Katameya factory and it is now the main source of fuel at the Egypt-based factory, chairman Omar Mohanna announced. TheItalcementi group company is currently operating at 80 per cent of it 1.5Mta capacity compared to 50 per cent during times of natural gas supply shortages. Mr Mohanna told AlMal that the energy mix at the Katameya factory consists of coal (85 per cent), industrial waste (10 per cent) and ordinary energ... |
Suez Cement to invest in conversion to coal17 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsSuez Cement, Italcementi’s Egyptian unit, said on Tuesday it planned to spend EGP600m (US$84m) in 2015 on equipping two factories to run on coal. CEO Bruno Carre said in a statement to the bourse the firm would develop its Helwan and Tora 2 factories "to use coal and residues to compensate for the lack of energy supplies." Suez Cement was one of the companies affected when the government cut natural gas supplies to factories in January and has had to import clinker at higher cost. T... |
South Valley Cement 9M14 net profit up 10.5% YoY16 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsGiza-based South Valley Cement Co's net profit for the first nine months of 2014 rose by 10.5 per cent YoY to EGP100.58m (US$14m). Net profit for the corresponding period of 2013 stood at EGP91m, the company said in a filing to the Cairo stock exchange. Last month, South Valley Cement approved a capital increase of more than EGP602.8m and ratified a long-term loan of EGP1.27bn from five Arab banks. The company is planning to use the cash to finance expansion in cement milling and storag... |
Egypt: Titan Cement selects Gebr Pfeiffer coal mill01 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsTitan Cement has ordered a MPS 2800 BK vertical roller mill for coal from Gebr Pfeiffer SE for Line No 1 of its Beni Suef works in Egypt. The mill is designed for a finished product rate of 40tph. The coal, with a Hardgrove grindability index of 45, will be ground to a product fineness of 12 per cent residue 90µm, while simultaneously being dried from a maximum 12 per cent feed moisture to a maximum one per cent residual moisture by using hot gases from the cement process, according to Geb... |
Egypt: cement prices hold firm as energy sources change27 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsCompanies have fixed their cement prices and are subject to regular ministry investigations and inspections, said Minister of Supply, Khaled Hanafy, in a Wednesday statement. Cement companies announce their prices by the third week of every month. The investigations are conducted at supply firms, factories, wholesalers and cement retailers to ensure their compliance with the prices they state, said the minister. Suez Cement (Italcementi Group), which operates Tourah, Helwan and Suez cement... |