Cement News tagged under: Tanzania
Dangote Cement29 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement’s new plant in Ethiopia will open in May this year, helping to close the gap between demand and supply in the country. The plant, which is located in Oromia, is one of the largest in east Africa with a production capacity of 2.5Mta. Costing US$400m, the project has been overseen by Sinoma International Engineering. Ethiopia’s current cement production of 5.4Mta falls well below existing demand of 7-8Mta. Dangote is increasingly turning its attention away from Nigeria follow... |
TPCC to have own gas plant, Tanzania23 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsTanzania Portland Cement Company Limited (TPCC) plans to have gas plant are expected to be realised this year to reduce operational costs and overcome issues with erratic power supply. The TPCC Managing Director, Mr Alphonso Rodriguez, told local press during the 23rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) that arrangements were underway with a third party to build a gas plant at TPCC. Once completed, he said the company will be assured of reliable supply of power to meet its operational demands. TP... |
TPCC targets 1.5Mta output in 201521 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsTanzania Portland Cement (TPCC), part of the HeidelbergCement Group, said that it its production targets will not be deterred by the ongoing “illegal importation” of cement into the east African country. The firm's managing director, Alfonso Rodriguez, said that the company will produce 1.5Mta this year, up from 1.4Mta in 2014. The increased capacity follows last year's commissioning of a new 0.8Mta mill. "We managed to produce approximately 1.4Mt last year but that was not what we had... |
ARM posts flat full-year pretax profit26 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsKenya's ARM Cement posted a pretax profit of KES2.02bn (US$22m) for 2014, up one per cent YoY. The cement maker, which also has operations in Tanzania, said its revenue for the period fell three per cent to KES13.74bn, mainly because there was no additional capacity expansion during the period, the firm said. In a statement, the firm predicted that this year would be better, with growth in turnover and profit. "The cement markets continue to grow at double digits with significant demand f... |
TPCC refutes plant closure reports, Tanzania12 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsTanzania Portland Cement Company (TPCC) has refuted reports of closing down its operations due to environmental concerns as "false and overly exaggerated". Alfonso Rodriguez, TPCC managing director told the Daily News on Wednesday that: "We are not closed, the operations are going on as usual at TPCC." Last week, the cement producer was reportedly ordered to close down operations by the National Environment Management Council (NEMC) over allegations of environmental pollution. |
TPCC operations reportedly suspended09 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsTanzania’s National Environment Management Council (NEMC) has indefinitely suspended operations by the country’s largest cement producer Tanzania Portland Cement Co (TPCC) due to concerns on dust emissions, according to local press reports. The NEMC reached the decision to suspend plants operations following complaints from local residents who claimed that dust emissions from the plant were causing health problems. Heche Suguta, NEMC senior legal officer, told The Citizen that the fact... |
Tanzania likely to start exporting cement soon26 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsTanzania expects to double its cement production in the next few years as new factories come on-stream to satisfy growing demand from the construction sector, a senior government official said on Tuesday. Tanzania's cement output rose 18.9 per cent last year to slightly above 3Mt on the back of higher demand. Janet Mbene, deputy trade minister, said the rise in output would see Tanzania produce a surplus to be exported. Annual cement production in east Africa's second-largest economy wil... |
Tanzania: Twiga Cement forms MOU with Boko prison25 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsA Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Tanzania Portland Cement Company Ltd (Twiga Cement) and Tanzania Prison for the production of limestone at Boko Prison on the outskirts of the Dar es Salaam. Mbaraka Abdulwakil, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, said the production of limestone from Boko prison mines will commence during the 1Q15 following the government approval of the deal. At an official ceremony US$100,000 (TZS100m) as well as 1200 bags ... |
Kenya’s ARM Cement defines further expansion plans24 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsARM Cement Ltd says it is investing in the construction of new plants and upgrading existing units across east Africa as competition in the region increases. The plan is to see several upgrade projects completed over the next two years, including a new grinding facility in Tanzania, boost production in Rwanda as well as constructing a greenfield plant in Kenya. The company, which has works in Kaloleni and Athi River in Kenya, as well as in Dar es Salaam and Tanga in Tanzania, will complete... |
Dangote applies to build Tanzania coal-fired plant06 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement has applied for a licence to build a 75MW coal-fired plant in Tanzania that would power its 3Mta cement plant under construction. "Dangote Industries ... applied for a 75 MW electricity generation licence to build, own and operate a coal-based captive power plant adjacent to its cement manufacturing plant," the state-run Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) said in a statement on Tuesday. "Any interruption in power supply or unstable voltage/frequency ... |