Cement News tagged under: New plant
Ciments du Maroc to invest in grinding unit03 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsCiments du Maroc will be investing MAD170m (US$20.7m) in a new grinding unit in Jorf Lasfar, 110km southwest of Casablanca. The grinding centre will have a capacity of around 0.45Mta. Located 5km from the port of Jorf Lasfar, the facility will include a horizontal cement mill, two rotary eight-nozzle bagging machines, automatic truck loading and two bulk loading stations. Storage for raw materials will include 2 x 4000t of clinker, 2200t of limestone, 1200t of gypsum and 800t of fly ash. ... |
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 ... |
New Kyrgyz Republic plant planned26 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsA new cement plant is to be constructed in the Aravan district of Osh province, Kyrgyz Republic. The main investor in the 500tpd facility is a Chinese company, according to local press reports citing a statement from the press service of the the regional administration. "The agreement between the Chinese company and the Head of Alya Anar rural district stipulates that locals will be employed," the statement said. |
PPC to construct Harare mill, Zimbabwe23 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsPPC said it would spend US$80m on a cement mill in Harare, Zimbabwe, to be commissioned in 2016. The new mill, to be funded by a corporate loan, is expected to boost operating efficiencies. The company is planning to close less efficient mills at its Bulawayo factory. Last year, PPC announced it would also construct a clinker plant in Mt Darwin in northern Zimbabwe and a cement mill in Tete province, Mozambique. Market slowdown In an interim trading statement released earlier th... |
Eurocement inks US$500m Chinese supply deal21 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsRussian cement major Eurocement Group has signed a package of contracts with Chinese companies for equipment supply, engineering, installation supervision and employee training services, totalling over US$500m. The contracts were signed with units of China’s Sinoma, CNBM, and Sinomach. “The contracts signed 20 May 2014 imply a delivery of a complete set of equipment necessary for the construction of new production lines for the production of cement using the so-called dry method,” a press r... |
Orient inks project finance for greenfield plant21 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsKhaitan & Co has advised Orient Cement on loan facilities worth US$200m from a syndicate of lenders led by State Bank of India. The loan is to finance the development of a 3Mta greenfield integrated cement plant along with a 45MW captive power plant at Gulbarga, Karnataka. Partner Shishir Mehta and associate partner Kumar Saurabh Singh acted as legal advisers to Orient Cement. |
Plans for new Kenyan plant in the pipeline19 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsConstruction materials supplier Karsan Ramji & Sons plan to set up a new cement production facility in Kenya. The KES426m (US$4.9m) plant is expected to produce an average of 700tpd for sale both locally and within the regional market, according to The East African. Karsan’s factory will be located in Athi River near other established cement producers ARM Cement Ltd, Savanna Cement Ltd, East Africa Portland Cement Company and Bamburi Cement Ltd. Envasses Environmental Consultants Ltd said ... |
Construction begins on new Ecebol greenfield plant, Bolivia16 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsBolivia’s president, Evo Morales has kick-started construction of Empresa Pública Cementos de Bolivia's (Ecebol) new 1.3Mta cement works in Jeruyo, Caracollo in the country’s Oruro department. The contract for the greenfield plant has been awarded to Spanish-German consortium Polysius-Imensa-VSM-Sacyr. The state-owned cement factory, which will be situated at 4000m above sea level on 74ha site, carries a price tag of US$306m. According to a study by Sergeotecmin, the site has 87.3Mt of li... |
Contract for new CMS grinding unit set to be signed16 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe contract for CMS Cement’s new MYR190m grinding plant project on Sarawak, Malaysia, is due to be signed early next month, according to group managing director, Richard Curtis. Speaking to The Star (Malaysia), Mr Curtis said the new 1Mta grinding plant is expected to be more efficient in production compared with the two existing plants as it would be equipped with the latest technology. The grinding facility is to be situated adjacent to CMS’ Mambong clinker line which has also recently... |
Mamba Cement to build new South Africa plant14 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsNedbank Capital and the Bank of China Johannesburg have jointly announced the raising of debt capital to fund a new entrant into the South African cement industry. The project is being undertaken by the Mamba Cement Company, a special purpose vehicle established to construct and operate the cement production facility and mine the limestone. The equity required for the project was provided by the Jidong Development Group (majority shareholder in the project), the China-Africa Development... |