Cement News tagged under: Tanzania
China National Building Materials (CNBM)28 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsChina National Building Materials (CNBM) has been in talks with the President of Tanzania regarding the construction by Sinoma International Engineering Co of a new cement plant in the country. The proposed works is to be located at the coastal town of Tanga with 30 per cent of its output destined for the domestic market, while the remaining 70 per cent will be exported to neighbouring markets such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and Sudan. The final production capacity ... |
Tanzania: state offers Dangote land to mine coal13 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsFollowing last year’s deal by Tanzania’s government to supply natural gas to Dangote Cement in the southeastern town of Mtwara, the state has offered land to the Nigerian company to mine coal for its operations. Tanzania’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals handed a 10km 2 plot of land to the 3Mta cement factory set up in 2015. According to local sources, the move was sanctioned by President John Magufuli to allow the company get a reliable supply of coal to fuel its activities. Tanzania ha... |
Tanzania: Dangote prepares for coal extraction in Ngaka06 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsTanzanian President, John Magufuli, has taken action to enable Dangote Cement to start mining its own coal to power its new US$650m Mtwara cement factory. Speaking at the official launch of the 580 trucks, which will be used by Dangote to transport cement from the southern region of Mtwara to the rest of the country, Mr Magufuli gave a seven-day ultimatum for the Ministry of Energy and Minerals to ensure that the coal mining area in Ngaka is available to the cement producer to start mining... |
Hengya Cement gives green light to US$1bn Tanzania investment01 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsHengya Cement, a subsidiary of China's Hengyuan International Engineering Group, has announced that it will build a new cement plant in Tanga on Tanzania's northeast coast, reports website China.org.cn. The plant's capacity has not been disclosed, but Hengya claims that it will be one of the largest in sub-Saharan Africa. The initial phase of the project will cost US$1bn, with a second phase to follow. "The Chinese investors' move is recommendable as it meant to meet country's cement d... |
Tanzania: Lake Cement hopes to start construction of Bagamoyo plant soon27 February 2017, Published under Cement NewsA senior official at Lake Cement Ltd has confirmed that the company still plans to establish a US$150m cement plant in Chalinxe-Tarwanda, Bagamoyo, Tanzania. Plans were originally anounced back in November 2016, when it was said that construction would start in mid-2017. Afroz Ansari, Lake Cement's asscoiate vice president, said: "The plan hasn't changed. The planned plant in Bagamoyo will have the capacity of producing 150,000t of cement per month," he said. Lake Cement currently prod... |
ARM cement plans Kenya capacity boost23 February 2017, Published under Cement NewsKenya's ARM Cement plans to expand its grinding capacity at its Athi River plant in Kenya to add 0.5Mta of cement to the company's production. "We are completing a grinding plant expansion in Athi River which will give us an additional 500,000 tonnes of cement in the next 12 to 14 months," ARM’s Managing Director, Pradeep Paunrana said. While he did not disclose the value of the project he said it was funded by internal resources. The extra capacity will increase the use of clinker pr... |
The world in 2016 and outlook for 201710 February 2017, Published under Cement NewsThis year will be a challenging year for the multinational cement companies, which are now faced by uneven economic performance in the emerging markets, combined with a new era of global political uncertainty that could further destabilise markets. On balance, however, global growth looks set to be anchored by positive trends in the major markets of China, India and the US, more than offsetting the poor performance elsewhere. The large cement majors have spent years diversifying their por... |
Tanzania: workshop looks to attract more women to the cement sector12 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsTanga Cement PLC Communications and External Affairs Manager, Mtanga Noor, said women can be industry leaders in the cement sector. She was speaking in regard to the Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce (TWCC) workshop on the role of women in the fifth-phase government industrialisation drive campaign that was held recently in Dar es Salaam. Ms Mtanga said that they spent TZS8m (US$3666) to sponsor the workshop but they want to see women integrating in brick making or producing as path in... |
Tanzania: three companies plan to expand capacity09 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsWith the implementation of several multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects, cement demand looks to soar in the coming years. In light of this three companies have instigated large-scale investment in cement production, which could see domestic production capacity double, according to Industry, Trade and Investment Minister, Charles Mwijage. Mr Mwijage declined to identify who the potential investors in new capacity were, only saying that they were each at different stages of implementin... |
Tanzania: government supports coal quality complaints08 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsA Tanzanian government-commissioned report has confirmed that the quality of locally-produced coal is questionable. The Commissioner of Minerals tasked an independent committee to establish why major coal users in the country, especially cement manufacturers, prefer imported to local coal. The report follows a government ban on coal imports earlier this year. Minister of Energy and Minerals, Prof Sospeter Muhongo, said recently that the ban would not be lifted because the country produces... |