Cement News tagged under: new plant
France: Addoha Group's plant draws right-wing opposition22 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe CEO of Addoha Group, Anas Sefrioui, could see his Fos-sur-Mer cement plant project permanently held up due to local political contingencies. in 2012 Groupe Sefrioui, through its subsidiary Sudvrac, started a project to build a cement plant, near the port of Fos-Sur-Mer, some 50km from Marseille. The EUR50m project is expected to produce 0.4Mta of cement and create more than 100 jobs. However, the project has faced significant opposition with the town hall repeatedly request... |
Mali: CIMAF opens 0.5Mta Diago plant21 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsLa Société Ciments de l’Atlas (CIMAT), part of the Ciments de l'Afrique (CIMAF) group, has inaugurated a new cement plant in Diago, Mali. The production facility was opened last Thursday in the presence of the President of the Republic, Ibrahim Boubacar Kéïta, who cut the symbolic ribbon at the main entrance of the factory in the southeast of the country, a few miles northwest of Bamako. The plant cost its Moroccan investors more than CFA24bn (US$38m). Equipped with state-of-the-a... |
India: new MHI plant operational by January21 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsMy Home Industries Ltd (MHI) has announced the launch of its new cement plant in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. The plant is expected to start functioning from January 2017. Executive Director of MHI, Samba Siva Rao, said that the grinding unit at Tuticorin would expand the company’s market share in the southern market: “We are leaders in Andhra and Telangana. In Tamil Nadu we have about seven percent market share and in Karnataka, it is about five to six percent. This plant would help strengthen... |
Vietnam: Can Tho Mineral and Cement opens new plant in Phu Huu16 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsCan Tho Mineral and Cement JSC (CCM) has announced that it has opened a new 0.5Mta cement plant on the Phu Huu industrial park near the border with Cambodia. The plant was built at a cost of VND180bn (US$8m). According to VietNam Finance, CCM believe that their investment is justified giving growing domestic demand for cement. According to estimates from the Vietnam's Cement Association, consumption is set to rise by 6Mt in 2016 to 60Mt. Nguyen Van Tuan, Vice Chairman of Hau Giang Prov... |
Medcem adds more grinding capacity to Cameroon16 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsMedcem Cameroon (Eren Holdings Group) announced this week that it will officially open its 0.6Mta Douala grinding plant today, Friday, 16 December 2016. It is just one of a number of new capacity projects that have been scheduled to boost Cameroon’s cement market in the next few years and yet the cement price remains high for this African nation. Cement prices might have been expected to start fluctuating when Dangote Cement brought its 1.5Mta Douala grinding plant in March 2015. Last Ma... |
India: proposed Karnataka plants denied environmental clearance08 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe federal Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has put a hold on proposals to build two cement plants and associated limestone mines in Kalaburgi, Karnataka, according to the Times of India. The two projects affected were put forward by India Cements and JSW Cements. The India Cements project was blocked by the MoEF due to concerns it would decrease agricultural productivity, while the JSW proposal was declared ‘premature’ as its plan for limestone extraction was based on potentia... |
Philippnes: DMCI Holdings wants new cement plant on Semirara island05 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsDMCI Holdings Inc is planning to build a cement plant on Semirara Island in the Visayas worth PHP18.3bn in an industry dominated by foreign manufacturers. The company hopes it can ride on the government’s infrastructure programme. Victor Limlingan, DMCI managing director, said the company is spending a total of US$380m (about PHP18.3bn) for the cement-manufacturing venture, building a cement plant and three separate grinding plants located in Batangas, Iloilo and Zamboanga, three areas tha... |
Ghana: CIMAF plant opens for business02 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsGhanaian president John Dramani Mahama has officially opened his country’s newest cement plant, a 1Mta grinding facility owned by CIMAF, according to a report in Ghana Business News. The President – who is seeking to retain power in this month’s elections – called on the company to direct a substantial share of its profits to improving the socio-economic development of the country and the lives of its ordinary citizens. Anas Sefrioui, president of the CIMAF Group, said the Tema plant c... |
Namibia: Ohorongo composite plant inaugurated02 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsCornelia Shilunga, Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy, inaugurated the composite cement plant at the Ohorongo Cement plant this week in Otavi. Ohorongo Cement also constructed a third packaging line at the facility. “Being the largest foreign direct investment in Namibia, Ohorongo is setting the bar high for future investors in terms of execution, standard and quality for all value addition products,” Ms Shilunga said. The new plant will allow Ohorongo Cement to produce various types ... |
PT Indocement01 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsPT Indocement has inaugurated its new Tiga Roda cement plant in Bogor District, West Java, boosting the company’s domestic production capacity to 24.9Mta. The new plant, P14, has an installed capacity of 4.4Mta and boasts the world’s largest packing and dispatch centre capable of handling 360,000 bags per day. Costing IDR5.6trn (US$429m), funded entirely from internal cash, the new plant has taken three years to build. The news comes as the company announces a 12 per cent contraction i... |