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Phinma Corp begins imports from Vietnam13 March 2018, Published under Cement NewsPhilippine cement company Phinma Corp has recently imported 50,000t of cement, or approximately two million bags, from Vietnam with plans to import the same volume per quarter to a total of 200,000tpa as it breaks into the Philippines market. The Philippine cement market is expanding rapidly due to large government-funded infrastructure projects. Registered by Phinma Corp in September 2017, PhilCement aims to produce around 3Mta of cement. Phinma is headed by Eduardo Sahagun, formerly... |
Whale Rock Cement ready to start production in April08 March 2018, Published under Cement NewsWhale Rock Cement, a joint venture between Chinese businesses and a Namibian partner, is to start producing cement in April, under the Cheetah Cement brand, according to company spokesperson Manfred Uxamb. Mr Uxamb said the plant will start operating at the end of next month but will only be fully operational by the end of August 2018. The US$350m plant will have a cement capacity of 1.2Mta making it the country's largest cement producer with a staff of 600. According to Mr Uxamb, cement m... |
FLSmidth and CNBM to build 12,000tpd plant for ETHRB Group05 March 2018, Published under Cement NewsFLSmidth has announced the location of its most recent North African cement plant order. The Denmark-based turnkey provider will deliver a complete state-of-the-art cement plant for ETHRB Group located in Relizane, Algeria. The order includes engineering, equipment supply, construction supervision, commissioning and training. The EUR100m order is in part a result of the partnership between FLSmidth and Beijing Triumph International Engineering Co, part of the China National Building Mater... |
Cuba to modernise cement factories02 March 2018, Published under Cement NewsThe Cuban cement industry will begin modernising cement plants this year to increase the country's production. According to Pavel Cansino Ávila, deputy director of Grupo Empresarial de Cemento (GECEM), a new factory in Santiago de Cuba must be set up during the current year, which will replace the obsolete "José Mercerón", built in 1955. The plant will be located in the southern part of Abel Santamaría neigbourhood, in the eastern city, between two deposits of raw materials. The official e... |
Gujarat Sidhee Cement commissions WHR plant28 February 2018, Published under Cement NewsGujarat Sidhee Cement has commissioned a 5.5MW waste heat recovery unit at its plant in Sidheegram, with effect from Sunday. Elsewhere, the company reported positive results for the 3Q17, with sales rising 21.2 per cent YoY to finish at INR1.28bn (US$19.78m). Net profit reached INR46.2m, compared to a net loss of INR43.5m seen in the year-ago period. |
LafargeHolcim's Ambuja Cement to build new 3.1Mta Rajasthan plant21 February 2018, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim will strengthen its presence in India with the construction of a new cement plant in Marwar Mundawa, in the state of Rajasthan. The CHF200m (US$213.4m) investment will serve customers in the north, including Delhi. The new plant, which is being set up by the group’s subsidiary Ambuja Cement will have a clinker capacity of 3.1Mta and is due for commissioning in the second half of 2020. Jan Jenisch, group CEO of LafargeHolcim, said: "India is the second-biggest global cement ... |
Nigeria expected to enter growth cycle06 February 2018, Published under Cement NewsNigeria could be entering the beginning of a growth cycle, suggests research from RMB Nigeria Stockbrokers (RMBNS). Cement consumption has been forecast to increase by seven per cent in 2018, compared with a 17 per cent decline recorded in 2017. Concrete roads and a housing deficit may lead to a 53Mt and 24Mt increase, respectively by 2020. "RMBNS see improving government capex commitment and implementation as well as ongoing public-private partnership infrastructure financing initiatives... |
Confidence Cement plans new Palash plant01 February 2018, Published under Cement NewsConfidence Cement Ltd (CCL) has informed Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on 31 Janusary that its Board of Directors has decided to invest a second cement plant with a capacity of 5000tpd to be named as Confidence Cement Dhaka Ltd and will be located at Palash, Narshingdi, Dhaka. Confidence Cement will have 50 per cent shareholding in Confidence Cement Dhaka Ltd and rest by other investors. The Company has also informed that the Board of Directors have agreed to invest in the new Power Plan... |
Anhui Conch seeks finance for Ulyanovsk plant31 January 2018, Published under Cement NewsAnhui Conch Cement Company Ltd requires US$500m from financial institutions to bring its plan for a cement in Russia to fruition, according to Xu Yue, Anhui Conch's minister of equipment. Anhui Conch Cement signed an agreement with Ulyanovsk Oblast Development Group to develop the project together on 19 July 2016 and a joint venture was agreed in December 2016. Anhui Conch concluded that Ulyanovsk State's cement project was the best of a number of possible cement projects along the Federal... |
Plans for new plant in Kyrgyzstan31 January 2018, Published under Cement NewsA new cement plant is to be constructed in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan. The facility is part of a wave of new investments in the country this year, which is expected to total US$2bn. The project itself represents an investment of US$140m by Chinese investors, according to Central Asia News. The plant is expected to complete the construction stage within two years, and have a capacity of 1.3Mta. Currently, China Energy Reserve and Chemicals Group is completing procedural questions about the sourc... |