Cement News tagged under: new capacity
Anhui Conch24 July 2017, Published under Cement NewsChina’s Anhui Conch is to build a new cement plant in the Terengulsky district of the Ulyanovsk region, Russia. The plant is believed to have a cement production capacity of 5000tpd. Work on the new facility is expected to begin in the 1Q18 with the plant becoming operational in late 2020-early 2021. Over the years, the company has constructed or invested in 14 companies in five different countries. In September 2016 it was reported that Anhui was interested in acquiring a stake in Pakist... |
Algeria’s GICA to produce 20Mta of cement by 2019-2013 July 2017, Published under Cement NewsAlgeria’s Groupe Industriel des Ciments d’Algérie (GICA) will increase its production to 20Mta by 2019-20, said company spokesperson Azzeddine Asfirane. The increase in output will be possible due to the expansion of the company’s cement works at Chlef, Ain El Kebira and Zahana and the commissioning of two new cement works at Sigus (Oum El Bouaghi) and Béchar. Ain El Kebira, which entered service last February, is expected to ramp up to its full 3Mta capacity by February 2018 while Ch... |
Scan Togo Awandjelo works to be inaugurated13 July 2017, Published under Cement NewsScan Togo’s new works at Awandjélo in Togo’s Kara region will be inaugurated on 15 July, according to local news reports. The HeidelbergCement-owned works represents an investment of US$15m and is expected to produce 0.2Mta of cement. |
LafargeHolcim Laâyoune grinding unit enters operation12 July 2017, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim Maroc has completed the construction of its 0.2Mta grinding unit in Laâyoune, according to the company’s management board. Meanwhile, work has started on the building of a new 1.7Mta cement works in Souss. Equipment for the plant has been ordered from Germany-based thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions. |
Zambia’s president unveils plans for US$528m cement plant10 July 2017, Published under Cement NewsPresident Edgar Lungu of Zambia announced the construction of a US$528m cement plant at Ndola Lime Co in the country’s Copperbelt as the country aims to diversify its economy. The investment is a joint venture between Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investment Holdings and China’s Sinoconst. The 5000tpd plant will have two 20MW coal-fired power plants to provide electricity to the facility. Copperbelt Permanent secretary, Elias Kamanga, said the cement plant will create about 4000 jo... |
Asia prepares for new capacity05 July 2017, Published under Cement NewsAs ICR rounds up the latest capacity projects from around the world in its July 2017 issue, CemNet focusses on cement plants currently under construction and recently-announced projects in Asia as it prepares for Cemtech Asia 2017, which will take place 9-12 July in the Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore. Producers in South Asia are continuing to expand their production base, with activity in Indonesia still strong. Pictured is Semen Indonesia’s Rembang plant under construction, courtesy... |
Votorantim03 July 2017, Published under Cement NewsVotorantim has started operations at its Sivas works in Turkey. The plant recently trebled its capacity to 1.8Mta and now represents 42 per cent of the group’s Turkish capacity. Some US$150m was invested by Votorantim in Turkey. The expansion of the Charlevoix works in Michigan, USA, should come on-stream next year. Currently, Brazil represents around 60 per cent of Votorantim’s turnover, in spite of the severe recession there. The Brazilian market is expected to begin to recover in 2019. |
Votorantim Cimentos to inaugurate Sivas plant03 July 2017, Published under Cement NewsVotorantim Cimentos is to inaugurate its cement works in Sivas, Turkey, as part of its drive for geographic diversification. International operations account for 40 per cent of its revenues, a share that is expected to grow next year as the expansion of the Charlevoix (MI), USA, works comes online. ‘Geographic diversification works as a "hedge," which compensates for the situation we're going through in Brazil,’ said company president, Walter Dissinger. Therefore, it is expected that ... |
Shaping southeast Asia28 June 2017, Published under Cement NewsAhead of Cemtech Asia in Singapore, 9-12 July 2017, ICR takes a moment to consider the changing make-up of southeast Asia’s cement capacity. The region has been at the forefront of cement industry growth for the last decade and, while the impetus for new capacity has started to ease, several key regional players have emerged and are now extremely influential in determining regional cement trade and supply. Producers such as Thailand’s SCG are entering promising markets like Myanmar as... |
PPC26 June 2017, Published under Cement NewsFor the year ending March 2017, PPC saw its group revenue improve by five per cent to ZAR9641m (US$750m), compared to ZAR9187m in the previous year. EBITDA over the same period slipped by 13 per cent from ZAR2385m to ZAR2065m, while operating income fell 24 per cent from ZAR1630m to ZAR1233m. The uptick in revenue was attributed to the strength of its rest of Africa business, which saw its EBITDA increase by 19 per cent over the period. The rest of Africa cement business saw revenues adva... |