Cement News tagged under: capacity expansion
Algeria: GICA breaks production record in 201514 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsGroups industrial des cements d’Algérie (GICA) broke its production record in 2015 when it manufactured 12,143,557t of cement, up five per cent when compared with its output of 11,55,280t in 2014. The volumes produced by the group’s 12 cement plants were “all sold in the domestic market, thereby honouring all orders and requirements expressed by the construction market,” said GICA. In the first 10 days of 2016, the group has produced 269,128t and sold 241,248t or 90 per cent of its ou... |
Votorantim05 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsVotorantim subsidiary St Mary’s Cement is proposing to spend around US$130m to a kiln expansion and modernisation programme at its works at Charlevoix, Michigan, USA. This is expected to increase the capacity from the current 1.4Mta to 2Mta. Elsewhere, Votorantim’s Spanish subsidiary, Cementos Cosmos, has celebrated three accident-free years as the parent company spent in excess of EUR1m to improve the company’s health and safety record. |
Algeria’s GICA plans to produce 23Mt in 201904 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsAlgerian cement producer, Groupe Industriel des ciments d’Algerie (GICA) expects to increase its cement capacity in four plants and build a further two works. This will raise capacity from the current 11.5Mta to 23Mta in 2019. Expansion projects at the works of Aïn Kebira and Chlef are forecast to be completed in September this year, increasing capacity to 1.5Mta. As a result, GICA expects to replace the 3.5Mt of imports by national output by the end of the year. Moreover, Zahana and ... |
Mexico: Cruz Azul opens second Palmar de Bravo line14 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsMexico's Cooperative la Cruz Azul recently opened a second production line at its Palmar de Bravo cement works, operated by its subsidiary CYCNA de Oriente. "CYCNA Orient today reaches 100 per cent of its design capacity. Previously this plant produced 1.2Mta of cement, but with the second line an additional 1.5Mta can be manufactured, giving a total of 2.7Mta, “said Guillermo Alvarez Cuevas, CEO of Cooperativa La Cruz Azul. |
Dangote Cement01 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement is to double capacity at its Oromia plant in Ethiopia, according to local press reports. The plant, which currently has a production capacity of 2.5Mta, will receive a US$450m investment to extend the plant on a 36ha plot of land the company has obtained near the plant’s site in Mugher, around 85km from the capital Addis Ababa. The company reportedly requested the land from Oromia Investment Commission in September this year. Plans also include a new bag factory to supply p... |
PT Semen Indonesia01 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsDespite a number of government infrastructure projects finally getting underway, Semen Indonesia does not expect its 2015 sales to exceed the 26.6Mt recorded last year. January to October 2015 saw the company’s cement sales fall by two per cent, compared to the same period in the previous year. October alone, however, saw sales pick up by 10 per cent to 2.7Mt, compared to the previous month. This mirrors recent data from the Indonesian Cement Association, which reported a 10.7 per cent advan... |
Cementos Argos28 October 2015, Published under Cement NewsCementos Argos has placed an order with ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions to construct a new 4300tpd clinker line. The contract is reportedly worth around US$115m. Due to come online at the end of 2017, the facility is to be built in Sogamoso, around 200km north-east of the capital Bogotá. ThyssenKrupp is supplying all the components for the new line, along with quality assurance and monitoring systems. These include a 1200tph primary crusher for limestone, a 500tph secondary crusher for ... |
PT Semen Indonesia28 October 2015, Published under Cement NewsSemen Indonesia is joining forces with cement producer Semen Kupang, a subsidiary of Bank Mandiri, to construct a 1.5Mta cement plant in Kupang in East Nusa Tenggara. Costing US$185m work is due to begin on the new facility next year with around 40 per cent of its output destined for the export market. The news comes hot on the heels of Semen Indonesia announcing a 2.6 per cent fall in total volume sales in January to September this year to 18.6Mt, compared to 19.1Mt in 9M14. Total domest... |
Dangote Cement28 October 2015, Published under Cement NewsDangote has announced an increase in sales of 18 per cent to NGN366bn in 9M15, compared to the same period last year. Net income grew over the period from NGN141bn to NGN158bn, while profit before tax expanded by 8.4 per cent to NGN166.9bn, up from NGN154bn in 9M14. Earlier this month Dangote Industries announced plans to build 18 new cement plants across Africa and Asia. According to the company, the move hopes to transform Africa into an export continent rather than depending on imports... |
UltraTech Cement28 October 2015, Published under Cement NewsIn the three months to the end of September this year, UltraTech Cement saw its standalone net sales increase by 4.2 per cent to INR56.21bn (US$864m), up from INR53.79bn in the same period last year. Profit before interest, depreciation and tax also rose, up by 8.6 per cent YoY. Combined cement and clinker sales over the period hit 11.51Mt with cement sales expanding by five per cent. With the government committed to infrastructure development, housing and roads, UltraTech hopes to positi... |