Cement News tagged under: coal
Suez Cement starts trial production using coal at its Kattameya plant29 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsSuez Cement has started trial production using coal at its Kattameya plant in Egypt. Commercial production is scheduled to start next month, its chairman has said. Preparations for coal usage at the company’s Suez plant are expected to be completed before the end of the year, he added. |
India moves towards ending coal monopoly21 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe Indian government has taken a cautious step towards ending the coal monopoly as its plans to allow private players to mine and sell coal, a move that is expected to benefit cement companies amongst others. The cabinet has approved auction of 74 of the recently-cancelled 204 coal blocks in the next 3-4 months. While state-owned companies will be allocated coal blocks on a priority basis and will not have to bid in the auction, private companies will be able for the first time to buy bl... |
Ethiopia’s fuel diversification20 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsDr Clark takes part in a one-day cement industry workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The workshop was arranged by the Ethiopian Society of Chemical Engineers and attracted an attendance of well in excess of 100, including the State Minister of Industry, Dr Mebrahtu Meles. The theme of the moderator’s presentation was ‘Fuel diversification for the Ethiopian cement industry’. New entrant Derba Midroc Cement has elected to fire its kilns with imported coal, backed up by heavy fuel oil... |
Beni Suef reaches agreement to build coal mill, Egypt16 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsBeni Suef has reached an agreement to build a coal mill worth in 12 months, the cement producer announced in a statement to the stock market. The project, worth EGP200m, will be funded through self-financing and loans, the company added. It is expected to be completed by the end of 2015. |
Italcementi03 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsItalcementi's Egyptian subsidiary Suez Cement is expecting to start burning coal at its Katameya (Suez) works this autumn and the use of coal will also be introduced at the Tora and Helwan works within the next two years. The subsidiary Italgen is bringing on-stream 120MW of wind power generated electricity capacity by the end of this year, which should cover some 40 per cent of Suez Cement's electricity requirements. After the completion of a second investment programme, hopefully in 201... |
Suez Cement plant to switch to coal19 September 2014, Published under Cement NewsItalcementi Group is looking to find a long-term solution to the fuel shortage problems it faces in Egypt with its subsidiary Suez Cement. Suez Cement needs to find a reliable fuel source for its cement plants to keep its 18 per cent of local cement sales. The Suez plant will use coal next November, while two of the group’s its other factories in Tora and Helwan will start in two years' time, said Suez Cement Co CEO, Omar Mehanna. “We will begin using coal to generate energy for cement prod... |
Lucky alters ownership structure of coal-based power project17 September 2014, Published under Cement NewsLucky Cement has announced a change in the planned structure of its 660MW coal-based power plant, according to a company notice issued to the Karachi Stock Exchange, The board of directors of Lucky Cement has decided that Lucky Electric Power Company Ltd will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lucky Cement instead of Lucky Holdings Ltd. Intially, the group planned to set p the power plant as a wholly-owned subsidiary under the 75 per cent-owned ubsidiary Lucky Holdings Ltd. While the ... |
Egypt: Sinai Cement to self-finance coal conversion12 September 2014, Published under Cement NewsEgypt's Sinai Cement (SCEM) said that its planned plant coal conversion worth EGP300m (US$42m) will be fully financed by the firm's cash flows. The company added in a bourse statement on Wednesday that it will not resort to neither loans nor credit facilities to fund the plant's conversion to coal. (Source: EGX & Arab Finance Editor) |
Siwertell order for new Myanmar cement facility10 September 2014, Published under Cement NewsCargotec's Siwertell has received an order from CITIC Heavy Industries Co Ltd (CITIC) for a rail-travelling ship unloader. The ST-640 M-type unloader has been ordered to support the energy production requirements for a new cement production facility in Myanmar and will unload coal from barges at a rate of 800tph. The facility is being built as part of a collaboration between CITIC and the Thailand-based Siam Cement Group subsidiary, Mawlamyine Cement Ltd (MCL). CITIC states that the new pr... |
Nigeria: Ashaka trebles profit in 1H1411 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsNigerian Lafarge subsidiary Ashaka Cement has reported a 1H14 profit after tax of NGN3.51bn (US$21.5m), a 201 per cent increase than its 1H13 figure of NGN1.15bn. Pretax profits at the company surged 166 per cent YoY from NGN1.65bn to NGN4.39bn in 1H14. The stellar rise in profit figures has been attributed partly to Ashaka's switch to coal from the Maiganga Coal Mine in Gombe State, a significantly cheaper alternative in its power generation. This resulted in a reduction of production co... |