Cement News tagged under: greenfield
Indonesia: a return to higher ground?16 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsAs Indonesia’s cement sales growth disappointed last year, the industry is hoping a revival of government infrastructure spending will help overcome recent challenges and return demand levels to higher ground. From strong double-digit growth rates experienced in the 2011-12 period, Indonesian cement volume expansion has been slowing over the past two years. Latest industry figures show that Indonesian cement sales increased by just 3.6 per cent in 2014, dragged down by higher interest rat... |
Tajikistan to add further capacity over 2015-1615 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsTajikistan’s Ministry of Industry and New Technologies has said that six new cement plants will be put into operation in Tajikistan in 2015 and 2016, according to reports by Avesta news agency. Tajik-Chinese joint venture Tajchina has already started construction of a 1.2Mta cement plant, the report stated. Morever, new cement plants will also be built in Dangara, Bobojon Gafurov, and Isfara districts, as well as in Istiklol city. Another cement plant, with a capacity of 1Mta, will be const... |
JK Lakshmi commissions Chattisgarh works, India29 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsJK Lakshmi Cement has commissioned its cement plant in Chhattisgarh and is now looking to serve eastern Indian states from the 3.5Mta works. The integrated plant, situated in Durg, was commissioned on 15 December.Aside from sales to the Chhatisgarh market, the company's 'Proplus' cement will be targetted at the Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal regions. Cement will be sold at INR285-290/bag, a company source told Cogencis news. Going forward, JK Lakshmi Cement is looking to constru... |
Greenfield plant in Turkmenistan announced29 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsTurkmenistan plans to build a 1Mta cement plant in the Koytendag region of the Lebap province, the country's industry ministry has said. The plan comes under the 'Program for Development of Construction and Industrial Sectors in 2012-16,' which is designed for the diversification and modernisation of the building materials infrastructure. The Koytendag region has rich reserves of raw materials and railway infrastructure has been established, which will allow for increased export opport... |
Anhui Conch Cement Co23 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsPT Conch, a subsidiary of Anhui Conch Cement, has opened its greenfield cement plant in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. With a production capacity of 1.5Mta, the project has cost US$202m and is strategically located 30km from Tanjung, capital of the Tabalong regency.The facility includes a 36MW steam-powered electric plant. According to the Head of Regional Development Planning Board of Tabalong, construction of the plant, which began in 2012, is part of the previous regime’s programme o... |
Indonesia: Rembang protests continue22 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsResidents of the Rembang regency in Central Java, Indonesia, are continuing to protest against the planned construction of Semen Indonesia's greenfield plant in the area, according to the Jakarta Post. The report states that last week, hundreds of residents staged a rally in front of the governor's office on Jl Pahlawan, Semarang, protesting against the development of the 8000tpd factory. The protesters arrived in tens of open trucks and were grouped under the Central Java Food Sovereignty ... |
Nepal: Sarbottam Cement launches commercial operations16 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsSarbottam Cement, a newcomer to the Nepalese cement industry, has started commercial operations from its new greenfield plant. The project is promoted by local company Saurabh Group while a foreign investor holds a 45 per cent stake. The Sarbottam Cement plant will have the capacity to produce 400,000t of clinker in the first stage, and then 1Mt in the future, according to the company's website. The new cement facility is also equipped with its own power plant. |
Atrus halts Russian plant construction12 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsAustrian company Atrus Cement Holding AG has halted the construction of a cement plant in Krasnodar territory indefinitely, a source familiar with the situation told Interfax. The source said that the project had been temporarily put on hold due to a lack of funds to finance the construction. Atrus Cement Holding AG was planning to build a 2.1Mta cement plant in the Crimean district of Krasnodar, the district administration previously told Interfax. The project was expected to cost over RU... |
Semen Indonesia seeks loan for Aceh plant construction09 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsPT Semen Indonesia is seeking loans worth IDR2.2-3.1trn (US$178m-251m) to build a new cement factory in Aceh province, at the northern end of Sumatra, Kontan newspaper reported citing Finance Director Ahyanizzaman. The new facility is expected to have a capacity of around 3Mta to meet increasing consumption in Aceh, Medan, Dumai and Riau. Construction is slated to begin in the first half of 2015. |
Lawyer defends Semen Indonesia's Rembang plant, Indonesia21 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsNoted lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution, who is legally representing PT Semen Indonesia, is trying to bring together stakeholders to realise the construction of a cement plant in Rembang, Central Java. "We hope that those who rejected the planned construction of the cement plant will not regard the project as detrimental to residents or as bringing negative impacts, but look at it as a joint interest," the Jakarta Post quoted Adnan as saying. Adnan added that PT Semen Indonesia wanted to sit t... |