Kenya: cement consumption falls 5.3% in 3Q16
The growth in cement consumption fell by 5.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2016 compared to 3Q15, according to a report from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).
Capacity Expansion
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United States: Drake Cement’s Paulden plant seeking to expand clinker production
Drake Cement has submitted an application to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to increase clinker production at its Paulden plant from 660,000tpa to 726,000tpa.
Ultratech to expand Chittorgarh limestone mine
UltraTech Cement, India, has proposed an expansion of the Aditya limestone mining project at Tehsil Chittorgarh and Nimbahera, district Chittorgarh, Rajasthan from 10Mta to 13.1...
Pakistan: Lucky Cement considers buying Hattar plant and investing in Iraq
Lucky Cement has announced that it has begun the due diligence process for the purchase of Dewan Cement’s 1.134Mta Hattar plant and that separately it would look to expand its g...
Cementos Moctezuma completes second line at Apazapan
Cementos Molins and Buzzi Unicem's Mexican joint venture, Cementos Moctezuma, announced that construction of the second production line at its Apazapan plant in Veracruz state h...
Dangote Group to spend US$20bn on investments by 2020
Dangote Group is planning to invest over US$20bn (NGN630.5bn) and engage over 200,000 additional workers in various projects to impact the Nigerian and African economy by 2020.
Pakistan: start-up of second Cherat production line
Cherat Cement Factory's Line 2 with a cement capacity of 4500tpd formally started production on 31 October 2016. The construction of the second line began in 2014 and has been c...
India: Emami Cement hopes to add 15-20Mta in 3-5 years
India-based Emami Cement has plans to construct new plants that will add 15-20Mta of capacity to its portfolio over the next 3-5 years, as reported by The Times of India. Direct...
India: JSW Cement to go public by FY19
Parth Jindal, managing director of JSW Cement, has told the Deccan Herald newspaper that his company will issue its first public shares when it reaches 20Mta capacity.
United States: St Mary's Cement secures funding to expand North Michigan plant
St Mary's Cement, a subsidiary of Brazil's Votorantim Cimentos, has had its application for funding to expand its Charlevoix plant in north Michigan approved by the Michigan Str...