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Kohat Cement announces new line construction

07 June 2017, Published under Cement News

Kohat Cement Co is to construct a new 7800tpd production line at its cement plant Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the company informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange on 6 June 2017. The new project will also include a waste heat recovery unit. The additional capacity is expected to boost the company’s market share by four per cent to 9.2 per cent. Kohat currently has grey clinker and cement capacities of 2.5Mta and 2.8Mta, respectively. Earlier, the company said the installation of a 105tph...

Cemex and CBMI sign contract for Solid line

06 June 2017, Published under Cement News

Cemex Philippines has signed a contract with CBMI for the construction of a new kiln production line in the Philippines. The contract involves the design and engineering works of a new 1.5Mta integrated production line at Cemex’s Solid Cement plant in Rizal. The scope of the order spans raw material crushing right through to packaging and dispatch and covers engineering, equipment supply, civil work, erection, training and commissioning. It is the first cooperation between CBMI and C...

Egyptian Cement Co seeks loan for Sohag plant

31 May 2017, Published under Cement News

Egyptian Cement Co has entered into negotiations with a local banking alliance to obtain a loan of EGP4bn (US$221m) to partly finance the cost of its first plant and construction materials complex in Sohag province. The alliance is made up of the National Bank of Egypt, Banque Misr, CIB and Arab African International Bank, sources told Al Mal newspaper. The details of terms and conditions memorandum are being agreed upon in preparation for addressing other local banks to contribute to ...

Loesche wins large order in Egypt

24 May 2017, Published under Cement News

Loesche has received an order for 18 vertical roller mills by Sinoma CDI which is acting as general contractor for the construction of a cement plant in Beni Suef, Egypt, being undertaken by the country’s Ministry of Defense & Military Production (MoDMP). The MoDMP’s project involves the construction of six new production lines with a total clinker capacity of 36,000tpd by the end of 2017. Loesche will deliver the raw mills with a capacity of 5000tph for the grinding of raw material to a ...

Shree Cement's eastern promise

22 May 2017, Published under Cement News

Shree Cement is looking to expand its presence in eastern India with the construction of two grinding facilities, according to local press. As part of its expansion plan in the east from its base in Bihar, Shree Cement is constructing one plant in Raghunathpur, West Bengal, and the other near Cuttack, Odisha, the report in Business Standard (India), stated. Managing Director, HM Bangur, told the daily that Shree had acquired 120-130 acres in Bengal and that a deal to acquire 150 acres i...

Nuh Cimento awards KHD large upgrade project

19 May 2017, Published under Cement News

KHD has been awarded the contract to upgrade Nuh Cimento’s existing ball mill grinding unit in Hereke-Kocaeli located in Marmara region of Turkey. With this upgrade, the plant will increase the grinding capacity from 212tph to 408tph at 4000Blaine. This will be the largest upgrade project to date for KHD, the company noted in a statement. Nuh Cimento has entrusted KHD with the upgrade of its ball mill system. The system contains one of the largest ball mills in the world (dia 5.8 m x 17.84m...

Hanson Cement to hold public exhibitions for upgrade plan

16 May 2017, Published under Cement News

Hanson Cement is holding two public exhibitions in May to explain plans for the GPB20m upgrade project at its Padeswood cement works in Flintshire, UK, which the company says "will guarantee the long-term future of the plant and its 96 employees". At the heart of the project will be the installation of a new vertical roller mill for cement grinding which will improve efficiency, reduce energy consumption and increase output. Hanson is also planning to invest in new rail loading facilities...

Eagle Cement Corp prices IPO at PHP15

15 May 2017, Published under Cement News

Eagle Cement Corp has priced its initial public offering (IPO) at PHP15 (US$0.30)/share, following the recent approval of its public listing by the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), to raise up to PHP8.63bn. The firm plans to sell 500m common shares by way of primary offer with an over-allotment option of up to 75m secondary shares. The offer period is set on 16-22 2017 while target listing date is on 29 May 2017. "We are very pleased with the bookbuilding results. The issue was well r...

Al Anwar signs greenfield investment plan

03 May 2017, Published under Cement News

Omani private equity firm Al Anwar Holdings has entered into a shareholders' agreement with Hormozgan Cement Co of Iran to establish Hormuz Al Anwar Cement SAOC for the construction of a greenfield grinding plant in the port town of Duqm, Oman. The new facility will has a slated capacity of 0.6-1Mta and is expected to involve an investment of OMR10.5m (US$27.3m), according to a disclosure statement posted on the Muscat Securities Market website and reported by the Times of Oman.  “This...

Semen Baturaja reports IDR259bn net profit in 2016

28 April 2017, Published under Cement News

Indonesia state-owned cement producer Semen Baturaja reported an IDR259bn (US$19.4m) in net profit last year, ANTARA News reports. At the company's annual general meeting on Thursday, shareholders decided to pay out 25 per cent, or IDR64.772bn, of the profits as dividend. Around 76.24 per cent, or IDR49.38bn of the dividends are for the state, and the remainder for the investing public, corporate secretary, Zulfikri Subli, said. The remaining 75 per cent of the profit will be retained ...