Devki builds KES50bn cement plant in Kitui
Devki Group is building a KES50bn (US$386m) cement plant at Ngaaie in Mwingi North, Kenya’s Kitui County. The site is close to local limestone deposits and would be the county’s...
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Kenya’s National Cement plans 60MW Kajiado wind farm
Kenya’s National Cement Co has applied to develop a 60MW wind farm in Kajiado County as it seeks to expand its captive power-generation capacity. The Devki Group subsidiary has ...
Trump administration threatens green transition in USA
A Trump administration decision to cancel US$1bn in federal grants for low-emissions cement projects has sparked backlash in Republican strongholds and cast doubt on America’s a...
US defunds carbon capture
Last week's announcement from the National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) in the USA, that it is now pilot-scale testing a promising new capture technology developed by KC8 Captur...
Premier Cement Mills to merge with National Cement and Premier Power
Premier Cement Mills PLC of Bangladesh has decided to absorb two of its concerns, National Cement Mills and Premier Power Generation, in a bid to streamline and optimise operati...
National Cement secures finance facility
Kenya’s National Cement has secured a KES4.3bn (US$33.1m) facility from Stanbic Bank Kenya to finance a debt undertaken to construct a new clinker plant in West Pokot , reports ...
Devki Group to boost clinker exports
National Cement (Devki Group) has announced that it will export up to 80 per cent of the clinker it produces when its new West Pokot plant in Kenya starts production. This will ...
Devki Group plans 60MW wind energy plant
Kenya's Devki Group ( National Cement ) plans to develop a wind power plant in Kenya to try and mitigate electricity costs . The cement, steel and power group said in a disclosu...
Ragland Cement plant inaugurates new 1.65Mta line
National Cement Co 's Ragland cement plant, in Alabama, USA, has completed a two-year, US$300m project to install a new production line with alternative fuels. The key component...
ELEX complete cold start-up of Ragland ESP unit
The cold start-up of an ELEX's new electrostatic precipitator (ESP) at National Cement's ( Vicat group ) Ragland cement plant in the USA has been successfully completed. The ELE...