Cement News tagged under: new capacity
Congo's Tao-Tao plant project 45% completed18 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsWork on the new Tao-Tao cement plant in the Niari department of Republic of Congo has been 45 per cent completed, according to Les Echos du Congo Brazzaville. The second plant in the Niari region is expected to come online in 2024, following an agreement between the Congolese and Indian governments. Earlier, the company announced the construction of a 1.8Mta plant in Mafoubou. The new plant will have a cement capacity of 0.6Mta and enable the country to increase its production of cement. |
Sinoma signs US$600m industrial agreement with Sino-Ethiopian JV17 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsChina-based Sinoma International Engineering has signed a cooperation agreement with Sino-Ethiopian joint venture, National West Industrial Holding (NWIH) Building Materials Holding Co, to undertake a US$600m investment in an industrial park development project in eastern Ethiopia. Sinoma will undertake the engineering, procurement and construction works of the Melka-Jebdu industrial park development project, which includes a 6000tpd cement plant, along with metal and lime production plant... |
New cement plant for Afghanistan03 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsAfghanistan will increase its cement capacity with a new 1Mta cement plant, the Shur Andem cement project, located in Kandahar. The acting head of Kandahar’s Mines and Petroleum Department, Abdul Hanan Hamid, said the project represents an investment of US$100m. “The production will be low initially but eventually, around 5000 people will be employed here,” said Abdul Rahim, head of the company. Practical work in terms of cement production will start within one year, according TOLO news, ... |
Bamburi Cement to open a new shale quarry03 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsKenya-based Bamburi Cement (part of Holcim )will be opening a new shale quarry in Kwale County to serve a new cement plant. The quarry is expected to supply around 20 per cent of the total resource material for the clinker production process. Bamburi plans to scale up its south coast business and establish a 5000tpd clinker plant, said the company’s former CEO, Seddig Hassani. The site is located on approximately 700 acres of land currently owned by local communities that are practicing... |
Ecebol plant expected to start up in June21 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsBolivia’s Empresa Pública de Cemento (Ecebol) expects to commission its new Potosí plant in June with the project currently 92 per cent complete and a budget execution of 85 per cent. The start-up of the 1.3Mta plant will take place on 30 June with the grinding and dispatch of the first products. "The first bags of cement will be in November to then verify the quality and put them on sale," said the country’s Minister of Productive Development, Néstor Huanca. He also indicated that t... |
Nexe plans EUR400m decarbonisation investment15 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsCroatia-based Nexe announced a EUR400m project to construct a new carbon-neutral clinker production line at its Našice cement plant. The project will also enable the transportation and storage of 700,000t of CO2 at Bockovci-1, and creates opportunities for revenue generation. Nexe will seek financing from the EU’s Innovation fund. It has already signed an agreement with thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions to design and build the new production line. The new line is scheduled to enter ope... |
Dangote announces new 6Mta Nigerian plant02 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsDangote Industries Ltd is building a new integrated 6Mta cement plant in Itori, Ogun state, Nigeria. According to press reports, the plant will be supplied by Sinoma International Engineering and will take Dangote’s Nigerian cement production capacity to 41.25Mta and total African capacity to 57.6Mta. Due to be completed in the first half of 2025, the new facility will have its own captive power plant, and two 6000tpd clinker production lines giving a total daily clinker production cap... |
Indian Prayagraj region to become cement hub02 January 2023, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s Prayagraj region in Uttar Pradesh is set to become a cement production hub. In addition to its two existing cement plants – the 6.6Mta Sadwa works of Jaypee Group and the 2Mta Bara unit of UltraTech Cement – three further cement plants have been announced. JK Cement, KJS Cement and Eco Cement have started the process of building plants in the Trans-Yamuna region of Prayagraj. JK Cement has signed a Memorandum with Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSI... |
UltraTech Cement commissions 3.6Mta of new grinding capacity05 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement Co has announced the commissioning of its 3.6Mta of new grinding capacity in India. Firstly, the 1.8Mta greenfield grinding capacity at the Dhule Grinding Unit , Maharashtra has been commissioned. Secondly, the commissioning of the 1.8Mta brownfield, clinker backed, second line grinding capacity at Dhar Cement Works , Madhya Pradesh, has been completed. This forms part of the first phase of capacity expansion announced in December 2020. The company’s total cement m... |
Foundation stone laid for Ciment Sahel Mali SA24 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsMahamoud Ould Mohamed, the Minister of Industry and Trade, laid the foundation stone for the new Ciment Sahel Mali SA cement plant, on 24 November 2022. Construction of the factory at Béma, Diéma, Nioro du Sahel, Kayes region of western Mali, will take 30 months from January 2023, according the the project sponsor, El Hadji Mohamed Sacko, CEO of Groupe Sacko Holding SA. Capacity of the plant has been reported at 4Mta. The new plant is financed via a CFA388bn (USD500m) investment suppor... |