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Battambang Conch Cement inaugurates plant in Cambodia01 June 2018, Published under Cement NewsThe Battambang Conch Cement Co Ltd inaugurated its US$230m plant in Battambang province, Cambodia, on Thursday. The facility was constructed within 18 months and is expected to have a total production capacity of 5000tpd, according to the Phnom Penh Post. "Our cement factory, together with others in the industry, can supply the market’s needs and compete with imported cement on quality and price," said Vinh Hour, company CEO. While cement currently costs US$90/t, Mr Hour was optimist... |
Attock Cement seeks gypsum/laterite supplier01 June 2018, Published under Cement NewsAttock Cement Pakistan Ltd (ACPL) has invited a tender for the bulk supply of gypsum and laterite in 2018-19. According to the company announcement, offers are invited for the supply of approximately 120,000t of gypsum and 120,000t of laterite between July 2018-June 2019 at its cement plant located at Hub Chowki, Lasbela, Balochistan. Bids are due on 21 June 2018. Sales review 9MFY18 In the first nine months of the 2017-18 financial year, the company's overall cement dispatches of comp... |
L&T Construction wins order for cement plants22 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsThe Building and Factories sector of L&T Construction has won orders worth a total of INR40.33bn (US$592.74m) in the Indian domestic market, according to a BSE filing. This includes an order from a leading cement manufacturer for the construction of plants in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. The projects are based on a design and build model. |
Hongshi-Shivam Cement begins operations21 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsHongshi-Shivam Cement Pvt Ltd started trial cement production in Nepal last Friday. Satish Kumar More, a director of the company, told Chinese news agency Xinhua that commercial production would start after completing trial production for a week. A ceremony was held at the project sitein southwestern Nawalparasi district on Friday . Once in full operation, the Nepal-China joint venture will be largest cement factory to date in Nepal, with production capacity of 6000tpd. China's H... |
MP backs new cement plant for Chamba district04 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsShanta Kumar, Member Parliament, of the BJP has stated that the demand for a cement plant in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, India, should soon be met. He hopes plans will be fulfilled by October this year. The plant is likely to be established in the Sikridhar area. The state has 12 districts with Chamba sharing borders with Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. With not much income sources in the area, Chamba has been ranked at 90 and 95 positions for education and infrastructure, respe... |
New cement plant planned for Al-Bayda03 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsThe city of Al-Bayda in Libya will be the location of a 4000tpd greenfield cement plant. Ali Hussein, the city mayor, has held a meeting with a number of German investors in the presence of several businessmen from the city to examine the possibility of establishing a cement factory within the municipality. The meeting agreed upon a plan to establish a 1.3Mta cement plant located south of the municipality, taking into consideration the compliance with the recognised environmental standards. |
Growth of Indian cement sector slows in March02 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsThe growth of Indian cement output has slowed in March to 13 per cent, compared to 23 per cent of the previous month. However, the cement sector was one of the principal performers throughout FY18, according to Aditi Nayar, principal economist at ICRA. "Cement output expanded by a five-year high [of] 6.3 per cent in FY18, marking a turnaround relative to the contraction of 1.2 per cent in FY17. Moreover, cement was the fastest growing of the eight core sectors in FY18. Increased budgetary... |
Lucky Cement to establish 1.2Mta Samawah grinding plant27 April 2018, Published under Cement NewsLucky Cement Ltd of Pakistan is planning to set up greenfield clinker production facility in southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, according to Irfan Chawala, the ompany's CFO in information sent to Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). Lucky Cement plans to set up a 1.2Mta clinker line in Samawah as a step to becoming self-sufficient in terms of clinker production in the country.The US$109m project will be carried out as a joint venture with an existing local partner and is subject to all regulatory and s... |
Hima Cement to open new plant in Uganda next month17 April 2018, Published under Cement NewsHima Cement has announced that its UGX144bn (US$40m) new plant in Tororo, Uganda, will begin operations next month. The country is currently experiencing a severe price hike and George Nicola, CEO of Hima Cement Uganda, has stated that increased production can solve the issue. “It is not the producers increasing the price but it’s the full distribution channel that has been impacted,” said Mr Nicola. “What is causing the price to go up is because our customers’ distributors and retailer... |
Vicem Hoang Mai Cement receives approval to construct plant12 April 2018, Published under Cement NewsDespite issuing a request to relocate last year, authorities of Vietnam’s Nghe An province have now granted approval for Vicem Hoang Mai Cement JSC to develop its Hoang Mai 2 facility in the area, according to Viet Nam News. Therefore, the company will construct the plant in the originally intended location of Hoang Mai 2 industrial park, Quynh Vinh commune. Once fully operational, the plant will have a 0.92Mta clinker capacity and a capability to produce 1.15Mta of cement. |