Cement News tagged under: expansion
SCG Cement outlines additional Cambodian spend25 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsSCG Cement has outlined an additional investment of US$200-300m into Cambodia over the next five years, according to Aree Chavalitcheewingul, vice president for regional business of SCG Cement-Building Materials. According to Thai media, the five-year investment plan includes adding a third line to its Kampotcement plant, southern Cambodia, where SCG commenced the second production line in mid-2015. SCG also plans to double its network of ready-mix concrete plants in the country. "We hav... |
Cimerwa inaugurates expansion project20 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsRwanda prime minister Anastase Murekez on Tuesday inaugurated Cimerwa’s new dry-process line which boosts capacity at the plant from 0.1Mta to 0.6Mta. The Rwanda cement producer, in which PPC owns a 51 per cent stake, has invested US$170m to convert its wet-process plant to new dry-process technology. Speaking during the launch, Murekezi said that the new plant presents an opportunity for the country to start exporting cement to its neighbours while creating employment opportunities for R... |
Sumitomo Osaka to expand Kochi plant, Japan18 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsSumitomo Osaka Cement Co said Monday it will spend JPY2.6bn (US$21m) to expand facilities at its plant in the city of Susaki, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, according to local press reports. Upon completion of the project in January 2017, capacity at the plant will be boosted by 0.2Mta to 0.5Mta, the company said. Sumitomo Osaka Cement is seeking to ensure stable supplies of the materials as demand is seen increasing in the Kanto eastern region on the back of construction projects relate... |
Mitsubishi terminal expansion gets key backing, USA16 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsLong Beach City Council has rejected environmentalists’ attempts to block Mitsubishi Cement Corp’s plans to reactivate and expand its Port of Long Beach Terminal in California, USA. The council voted 6-2 on Monday night to reject the attempts of the Coalition for a Safe Environment and Earthjustice to appeal the Harbor Commission’s approval of the project’s environmental impact report. The groups objected to Mitsubishi Cement’s plans, in part, on the basis of their views that the company’s ... |
CCNN earmarks NGN48bn for expansion project02 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsThe Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCCN), on Tuesday said it would invest NGN48bn (US$240m) into the ongoing modernisation of its facilities to double its production capacity. Alf Karlsen, managing director of CCNN, told Business Day (Nigeria) that when completed, the company would have the capacity to produce 1.5Mta. Mr Karlsen also disclosed that the firm had completed the process acquiring new mining areas to expand its quarry activities. He explained that the company’s expansion ... |
Cementos Argos29 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsCementos Argos’ 1Q15 results have revealed a 27 per cent jump in revenue to COP1.7trn (US$630m), driven by growth in trade to the US. Consolidated EBITDA over the period advanced by 18 per cent to COP307bn (US$121m) while net profit rose 3.3 per cent. Cement dispatches improved by 18 per cent to 3.2Mt over the quarter with the Colombian market registering a 19 per cent increase to 1.5Mt. The US market, however, saw shipments rise by 39 per cent to 635,000t, while the Caribbean and Central ... |
TCDRI signs contract for Semen Baturaja 5000tpd project24 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsTCDRI and PT Semen Baturaja Persero TBK have signed an EPC contract for a 5000tpd clinker and cement production line project in Indonesia. State-owned Semen Baturaja currently owns one integrated works line and two cement grinding stations in Indonesia. The new project is located in Baturaja, Sumatra, close to the company's existing production line. Present at the signing ceremony were Liu Zhijiang, Board chairman of Sinoma Group, Song Shoushun, Board chairman of Sinoma, Sui Mingjie, gen... |
CBMI signs EPC contract for PPC line23 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsCBMI has signed a 3000tpd clinker production line EPC contract with PPC, marking the first collaboration between the two companies. The new kiln line 9 project will be located at PPC's Slurry cement plant near Lichtenburg, South Africa's North West Province, about 250km from Johannesburg. Tong Laigou, Chairman of the Board of CBMI and Darryl Castle, CEO of PPC, signed the contract in the presence of senior staff from both companies. The scope of the contract covers the additive stockp... |
CCNN to increase power generation capacity, Nigeria23 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsThe Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) is to build an additional power plant to enable it to self-sufficiently supply its plant near Sokoto in the northwest of the African country. The company is teaming up with CBMI (China) to build a new plant to increase power generation capacity from the current 12MW to 16MW, according to Alhaji Sada Suleiman, Principal Manager, Corporate Affairs of CCNN. Suleiman disclosed the information, which was subsequently reported by local press, to ... |
Wonder Cement plans capacity expansion, India18 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsWonder Cement Ltd plans to increase capacity to 10Mta in the next five years from the present 3.25Mta. "We have 3.25Mta cement manufacturing capacity at our Bhatkotri village unit in Rajasthan and have invested INR1600 crore to double the current capacity to about 7Mta by setting up a second production line. It is likely to complete by this year end," Wonder Cement executive director Jagdish Chandra Toshniwal told the Press Trust of India. The company has ambitious plans to further expand ... |