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JSW Cement expects UAE unit to be completed by January 2020

29 November 2019, Published under Cement News

JSW Cement’s clinker production unit Fujairah, UAE, is expected to be completed by the end of January 2020, according to an interview with the Hindu Business Line. Parth Jindal, managing director of JSW Cement, noted that Ultratech and Ambuja send clinker from Gujarat to be ground near Mumbai. However, the freight from Gujarat and Fujairah to Mumbai is the same because they send it in small vessels and JSW plans to deliver it in big barges. The US$110m project will be the main source of...

Fiji receives clinker imports from Japan

23 January 2019, Published under Cement News

The Tasman Sea, a bulk carrier registered under a Hong Kong flag, docked at Lautoka Port to off-load clinker for the Tengy Cement Factory in Naikabula  and is expected to arrive in Suva next week for its factory in Veisari, Lami. Fiji has been experiencing a shortage of cement and the delivery will help increase production. This is the second delivery that the Tasman Sea has made to Fiji. Local shipping agency Transam Fiji Ltd operations manager, Madulesh Lakhan, said that the vess...

Holcim to import 423,500t of clinker into Argentina

05 March 2018, Published under Cement News

Between May and December 2018 Holcim is expected to import 423,500t of clinker into Argentina, worth US$27.52m. The imports will arrive in 10 shipments of 42,350t each. In December 2017 the cement producer announced investments of US$120m to increase cement capacity at its Malagueno plant in Córdoba. The project includes the addition of a complete line with a clinker capacity of 0.512Mta and a cement capacity of 0.73Mta. Construction works are expected to start in 1H18.