Cement News tagged under: New projects
At the edge of the desert15 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsExposed to the Sahara desert climate, a new cement plant has been taking shape some 40km north of Biskra, Algeria. In the hot arid summer with temperatures reaching 49.4˚C and an annual rainfall of less than 100mm, the construction of the Algeria Spa CILAS cement works presented its own challenges, but a flexible approach by main contractor CBMI contributed to the successful completion of the project. By Jinjun Gu and Yingying Zhang, CBMI Construction Co Ltd, China. The new cement wor... |
India: Shree Cement set for more expansion28 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsShree Cement, the fourth largest domestic cement company, is looking to ramp up capacity by another 10Mta in the coming three years. The cement producer has lined up a capital expenditure of INR60000m (US$900m) to construct three new clinker plants. The first plant will be a 3Mta the line at Bazar-Bhatapara district, in Chhattisgarh. The company has recently won a bid for limestone reserves at the Karhi-Chandi area in the state to supply the plant with raw materials. This area has an... |
Dangote Cement full-year boosted by new African plants02 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement posted a 25.6 per cent rise in 2015 revenues to NGN491.7bn (US$2.47bn) as new plants performed strongly across Africa, the company reported yesterday. New production facilities opened by the group in Senegal, Cameroon, Ethiopia and Zambia made their first contributions to the business in 2015 and as a result, volumes rose by 35 per cent to 18.9Mt. “New factories performed very successfully across Africa, gaining significant market share against long-established incumbents,” ... |
Indonesia: a return to higher ground?16 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsAs Indonesia’s cement sales growth disappointed last year, the industry is hoping a revival of government infrastructure spending will help overcome recent challenges and return demand levels to higher ground. From strong double-digit growth rates experienced in the 2011-12 period, Indonesian cement volume expansion has been slowing over the past two years. Latest industry figures show that Indonesian cement sales increased by just 3.6 per cent in 2014, dragged down by higher interest rat... |
Eurocement and Sinoma sign modernisation contracts13 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsEurocement Group and Sinoma International Engineering Co have signed an agreement for the modernisation of three plants at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing. The contracts cover the construction of dry-process cement lines at the Kavkazcement, Belgorodsky Cement and Oskolcement plants in Russia. All the lines will have a clinker capacity of 6200tpa (3Mta) and each contract is worth US$$93.3m. Earlier in May, Eurocement signed six contracts to build new facto... |
PCA: new capacity projections unchanged23 September 2014, Published under Cement NewsPreviously announced plans of more than 6Mta of new capacity during 2016-18 remain unchanged, according to the Portland Cement Association’s (PCA’s) latest capacity report. There have been no plant shutdowns since April 2012. However, the re-opening of plants closed during the economic downturn has yet to materialise, the association has said. PCA’s latest projections for cement consumption suggest sustained growth though the forecast horizon. "Given a domestic capacity scenario still char... |
Cemex invests in Dominican Republic operations19 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsCemex is carrying out investments DOP989m (US$22.75m) worth of investments in the Dominican Republic to improve energy efficiency as well as enhance bagging and distribution capabilities. Some DOP800m will be invested in the company’s San Pedro de Macoris cement plant, while DOP DOP189m will be spent on various activities to strengthen its business. Among the planned projects will be a waste heat generate system with a capacity of 7MW of electricity and improvements in the calcination sys... |
Canada: competitors annoyed at government funding of cement project03 February 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe Quebec government has drawn criticism regarding its CAD250m (US$225m) guaranteed loan for the new McInnis Cement plant at Port-Daniel-Gascons. The McInnis project is scheduled to produce 2Mta of cement and will employ about 2,400 workers during the construction phase — and about 400 people directly and indirectly by 2016, when the plant should be fully operational. However, rivals in the cement industry say government funding will threaten other jobs in the province. A top La... |
Myanmar: government names successful joint venture cement plant bids08 November 2013, Published under Cement NewsMyanmar's cement sector is set to expand with the prospect of several new state-led joint ventures coming into existence after the government gave the go-ahead to 13 companies to establish projects to boost the country's cement production. The Ministry had offered tender to both local and foreign firms to operate the plants, which fall under the jurisdiction of the No. 3 Heavy Industries Department of the Ministry of Industry. The winning firms are: Shwe Taung Cement Co Ltd, Original Gr... |
Thailand: slower consumption for Siam Cement23 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsDomestic cement consumption for Thailand's Siam Cement (SCC) is expected to be weaker over the next year, according to local paper The Nation. An SCC group meeting of local investors with Siam Cement's CEO, Kan Trakulhoon, and CFO Chaovalit Ekabut shed light on the company's current prospects and the cement market going forward. Trakulhoon explained that a softening of the property market and the slow movement of state infrastructure projects will see a slowdown in domestic cement consumpt... |