Cement News tagged under: coal
India: Prism Cement receives part-fuel requirement for 5 years01 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsPrism Cement Ltd has successfully bid for 18,300tpa of coal from South Eastern Coalfields Ltd, a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd, in a recently-held auction of coal linkages for the cement industry, according to a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. With the bid, the cement producer has secured part of its fuel requirement for the next five years. The allocation was made at a nominal premium over the floor price. |
Indonesia: PT Semen Padang secures coal supply27 February 2017, Published under Cement NewsPT Semen Padang has signed a purchase order with BlackGold Natural Resources Ltd's subsidiary PT Samantaka Batubara, to the value of US$12.6m to supply coal to the cement producer. PT Samantaka Batubara expects to complete the order within the next 11 months for Cement Padang, a state-owned company and a subsidiary of PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. Mr Philip Rickard, CEO of the BlackGold Natural Resources group, commented: "We are very pleased to receive this purchase order from Cemen... |
Coal price rises will impact cement costs28 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsAlthough there has been a big move away from fossil fuels in many parts of the world, the cement sector still relies on coal as cheap fuel to fire a good number of its cement kilns. Yet, in the last six months the price of coal on world markets has doubled, placing pressure on cement producers to increase prices to protect margins. HeidelbergCement has estimated a seven per cent rise in its energy costs for 2017, equivalent of US$130-150m, while LafargeHolcim are predicting a 10 per cent... |
Ethiopia: Mugher Cement switches to coal16 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsThe Mugher cement project has replaced heavy fuel oil with coal at its 5000tpd plant. "The replacement was crucial to increase quality, reduce production delay and supply energy on a regular basis," said Project Manager Engineer, Mehari Alemu. " Apart from this, the new energy source significantly cuts the exaggerated cost for heavy fuel oil." "Currently the enterprise uses imported energy resource, and substitution will be made with local coal soon," added Alemu. |
India: Anjani Portland Cement commissions power plant12 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsAccording to reports in the Hindu, Anjani Portland Cement has commissioned a 16MW captive coal-fired power plant at its cement unit in Telangana. |
India: Prism Cement sees losses shrink for 1HFY1723 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsPrism Cement has released its financial results for the first half of its trading year, which began on 1 April, revealing a loss of INR50.62m (US$0.75m) over the six-month period. This compares favourably with the same period in FY16, when the company booked a loss of INR522.8m. Prism’s cement business saw revenues rise by 0.7 per cent and was the most profitable of the company’s three divisions. Prisms profits from cement rose by 68 per cent YoY to INR1.1bn. However, sales of cement and ... |
India: fuel cost rise puts squeeze on margins21 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe rising cost of coal and petcoke have put pressure on cement producers even as the impact of demonetisation is depressing demand and bringing down prices, the Business Standard reports. Cement prices in southern India have fallen by INR30 to about INR300 (US$4.42) a bag, while prices in the west are lower still, having slipped to INR245. Analysts believe that demand will fall by 15-20 per cent in December. Meanwhile, petcoke imports have increased in price from US$72.13/t in July to... |
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... |
Coal classification07 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsDr Clark understands that the accepted ways of classifying different types of coal have led to complications when plant personnel have been required to estimate the specific thermal energy consumption of cement kilns. The accepted ways of coal classification are not always useful in estimating the volume of this fuel required to fire the kiln Cement manufacturing is a capital-intensive industry where control of costs is paramount. To recover the capital investment required to... |
Pakistan: Maple Leaf expansion plans14 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsMaple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd announced that its board of directors has approved an additional dry-process clinker production line (No. 3) at its existing plant site in Iskanderabad District, Mianwali, Pakistan. The new line will operate at a capacity of 7000tpd, pushing grey cement production at the plant to 17,700tpd. The project is expected to cost PKR20bn (US$191m) with aims to be completed within 26 months. This expansion announcement follows an earlier notification that the compan... |