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FLSmidth to supply DG Khan new plant, Pakistan13 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsFLSmidth has signed a contract worth EUR57m with DG Khan Cement Company Ltd to supply engineering and equipment for a 8500tpd greenfield cement plant in Pakistan. The plant will be located in Hub in the province of Baluchistan approximately 30 km northwest of Karachi, Pakistan. DG Khan Cement Company Ltd is a major cement producer in Pakistan and part of the Nishat Group which is one of the largest conglomerates in the country. The first contract between DG Khan Cement Company Ltd and FLSmi... |
Loesche LM 56.3+3 vertical roller mill for new Turkish cement plant25 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsBiberci Insaat has ordered a Loesche LM 56.3+3 clinker grinding VRM for a new cement plant in Konya, in the central Anatolia region of Turkey. The company, which specialises in infrastructure works including road construction, water conduction lines, sewerage, natural gas, etc, is now venturing into the cement industry with this greenfield project. The Loesche 56 3+3 mill will have a capacity to produce 200tph or OPC at 3800Blaine, with a gearbox capacity of 5400kW. Delivery is ... |
Limak Holdings eyes Mozambique entry25 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsTurkish conglomerate Limak Holding says it will invest US$150m in a 2Mta cement factory in Mozambique. Limak chairperson, Nihat Ozdemir, said his firm would create least 500 jobs during the first phase of the factory to be built in the Maputo port area. Limak has major interests in construction, cement, electricity and tourism in Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Albania and Macedonia. |
Dangote Cement planning Asian market entry18 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement is reportedly planning to enter the Asian cement market with the construction of a cement plant in Nepal. Quoting Aliko Dangote, Bloomberg reported that Dangote Cement Plc should complete a factory in Nepal by the end of 2017. It has received 90 per cent of the regulatory approvals needed to start construction in the south Asian nation hit by two earthquakes this year, he said. The company is expected to invest US$400m to build the cement plant with a capacity of as much as ... |
EPC contract signed for new Limak cement works, Turkey02 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsChina's Sinoma International Engineering Co signed a contract on Friday with Turkey's Limak Holding to build a US$155m cement factory in the capital Ankara. The factory will have a capacity to produce 5000ptd of cement, Limak officials said during a signing ceremony for the equipment, procurement and construction (EPC) contract. Construction is expected to take 20 months and Sinoma expects to complete it in the first quarter of 2017. |
A partnership for Congo26 May 2015, Published under Cement NewsAfter decades of poor growth, sub-Saharan Africa has finally launched itself on a path towards greater economic opportunity and development and is now considered the ‘new frontier’ for emerging-market investors. One project making headway in the high-growth market of DR Congo is the 1Mta Nyumba Ya Akiba integrated cement works, a joint venture between Group Rawji and Lucky Cement Ltd. By Nyumba Ya Akiba, DR Congo. Work on Nyumba Ya Akiba’s preheater has started Combined GDP grow... |
Kerneos India breaks ground on AP calcium aluminate cement plant22 May 2015, Published under Cement NewsKerneos India held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 30,000tpa greenfield calcium aluminate cement plant in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh (AP). Segi P Idicula, managing director of Kerneos (India and Middle East), said the Vizag project has the infrastructure to set up another 30,000tpa line, which would be taken up as the market grows. While catering to domestic needs would be its primary objective, the Vizag plant would also export products to neighbouring countries. The new f... |
Siam Cement earnings' preview: robust quarter expected20 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsThai conglomerate SCC is expected to report a strong net profit of THB10.2bn (US$315m) in the first quarter of 2015, up 21 per cent YoY and 15 per cent QoQ, according to estimations by SCB Securities. “We continue to like SCC for several reasons: 1) it benefits from low oil price via wider spreads and cheaper fuel costs and from a weak baht as a net exporter; 2) 2Q15 profit will continue strong, 3) solid three-year earnings growth of 16 per cent,” the research house stated. First qua... |
Court rules on Semen Indonesia Rembang mining activities20 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsThe Semarang (Central Java Province) State Administrative Court (PTUN) on Thursday ruled on the legality of the local government’s decision to allow PT Semen Indonesia to start mining activities in the area of its new cement plant project in Rembang, North Central Java. The ruling stated that PT Semen Indonesia could operate in the area. Prior to the ruling, strong protest rallies were held against the construction of SI's planned cement factory in Rembang. The protesters were claiming th... |
Conch reportedly in discussions for Chelyabinsk plant, Russia10 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsThe government of the Chelyabinsk region (Urals) and China's Anhui Conch Cement Co (ACCC) are negotiating the construction of a cement plant, according to Russian news sources. Conch has been provided several plots for assessment, the reports state. According to General Manager Wang Jianchao, a project scheme will be determined in the near future, whether to modernise existing production facilities or build a new at an undeveloped deposits. (Source: Esmerk Russian News) |