Pakistan: Attock Cement signs agreement for coal-fired plant
Attock Cement Ltd and K-Electric have agreed to establish a 40MW coal-fired plant, enough to power the cement producer’s Pakistan-based plant while surplus electricity will be s...
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Suez Cement completes coal trials at Katameya plant
Suez Cement has completed the trial period of using coal to run its Katameya factory and it is now the main source of fuel at the Egypt-based factory, chairman Omar Mohanna anno...
Wärtsilä to supply 11 power plants to Eurocement
Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply power plants for 11 cement factories of Eurocement Group in Russia. The project is part of a modernisation program of the factories which ...
Suez Cement to invest in conversion to coal
Suez Cement, Italcementi’s Egyptian unit, said on Tuesday it planned to spend EGP600m (US$84m) in 2015 on equipping two factories to run on coal.
Power crisis reduces Ghacem output
Ghana’s largest cement producer, Ghacem, said that ongoing power cuts to manufacturing industries have “significantly” reduced its output, leading to concerns on supply shortage...
Thermax wins new captive power plant order in Africa
Thermax Ltd has won a repeat order from a leading African industrial major to build and commission a captive power plant for one of the conglomerate’s cement plants. The scope o...
Baticim Enerji signs loan agreement, Turkey
Turkish renewable energy producer Baticim Enerji Elektrik Uretim has signed a US$40m loan agreement with local lender Akbank, Baticim Enerji’s affiliate company Baticim Bati Ana...
Omani producers face hike in natural gas prices
Oman’s two leading cement producers are looking to mitigate the effects of an impending rise in natural gas prices which are expected to lead to an increase in the cost of cemen...
Egypt: Titan Cement selects Gebr Pfeiffer coal mill
Titan Cement has ordered a MPS 2800 BK vertical roller mill for coal from Gebr Pfeiffer SE for Line No 1 of its Beni Suef works in Egypt. The mill is designed for a finished pro...
Egypt: National Cement Company to invest in coal usage
Egypt's National Cement Company will invest at least EGP150m (US$20.9m) to convert from the use of gas to coal, according to the company's CFO,