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ABB completes test runs at Attock Cement, Pakistan12 July 2012, Published under Cement NewsABB has successfully completed test runs of its SpectraFlow online analysers at Fauji Cement plant in Attock, Pakistan. Fauji Cement Company (FCC), headquartered in Rawalpindi, operates a 1.165Mta cement plant, located in the province of Punjab. In 2009, Fauji Cement built a second kiln line to expand its production capacity and invested in a raw material proportioning (RMP) solution in combination with a SpectraFlow online analyser to optimise its stockpile blending. The expanded operatio... |
Construction of Pokot plant delayed, Kenya12 July 2012, Published under Cement NewsConstruction of a new cement factory in Pokot, Kenya, which was set to be completed by the end of next year is experiencing delays and is now expected to take longer than expected. Kenyan newspaper, The Star, reported Rajesh Kumar Rawal of the Cemtech Sanghi Group – which is behind the 1.2Mta cement plant – as saying that the company has completed the planning stages and construction was scheduled to start this year. However, at present, no work is being carried out at the site. No furthe... |
Madras Cements boosts grinding and power generation capacity11 July 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndia-based producer Madras Cements is currently in the process of increasing grinding capacity at two of its cement works while two power generation projects are set to become operational in the current quarter. The company notes in its 2011-12 annual report that is Ramasamy Raja Nagar plant is in the process of installing a roll press to increase cement grinding capacity from 210tph to 260pth. The project is expected to be commissioned in March 2013. Meanwhile, at its Salem grinding ... |
Dangote to be issued with Zambian mining licence, Zambia10 July 2012, Published under Cement NewsAn advisory committee set up by the Zambian government is to meet within the next two weeks and issue a mining licence to Dangote Cement of Nigeria. The delay to the issuance has resulted in delays to construction of Dangote’s 1.5Mta cement plant in Zambia’s Masaiti District on the Copperbelt. However, the Mines, Energy and Water Supply Permanent Secretary Victor Mutambo has now said the advisory committee would be sitting in the next two weeks and would issue Dangote Industries with the ... |
Indonesian president set to inaugurate new Gresik plant09 July 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to inaugurate? PT Semen Tonasa's V cement plant in South Sulawesi, on August 31, 2012. President Director of PT Semen Tonasa Sattar Bata told local media that the construction of the 2.5Mta has entered its final stages. "All the physical work had been completed in June, while the finishing touches and inaugural preparations will be made next month," he said.? Investment in the plant is said to have reached IDR6.5trn. "The... |
Siam Cement Group’s ASEAN focus09 July 2012, Published under Cement NewsSiam Cement Group (SCG) has said it would spend more than half of its THB200bn investment budget for 2012-16 in the ASEAN region. Speaking to the Bangkok Post, SCG president and CEO Kan Trakulhoon said: “A market with 601 million people and a need for infrastructure development is promising.’ The move reflects the shift of major investment to Asean after as much as 70-80 per cent of SCG's investment spending focused on Thailand from 2006-10. SCG is in talks in the region for petrochemi... |
Birla Corp mulls Ethiopian cement plant29 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndia-based Birla Corporation is considering setting up a cement plant in Ethiopia, according to a senior official. The company has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Birla Corp Cement Manufacturing Plc, in the country and secured a limestone mining licence. It has also applied for a coal mining permit, chairman Harsh V Lodha, told reporters at the sidelines of the company’s AGM. “We have formed a subsidiary to apply for the necessary licences. Once we get a coal mining permit, we will ... |
Gresik sees regional expansion costing US$400m-500m29 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndonesia's largest cement producer, PT Semen Gresik, says its planned expansion into Vietnam and Myanmar can be realised by year-end. Semen Gresik president director Dwi Soetjipto said that expansion into the fellow ASEAN member nations would need US$400m to US$500m. “We will need about US$150m to set up a factory for Myanmar," Dwi said after the company¹s annual and extraordinary meeting of shareholders on Tuesday. According to him, Gresik has been assessing potential local partners ... |
Andhra Pradesh government clears 13 cement project proposals28 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe government of Andhra Pradesh, India, has approved 25 industrial projects proposals including 13 cement plants. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who chaired the State Investment Promotion Board meeting at the Secretariat, approved these proposals. |
PT Semen Gresik plans Myanmar plant, considers Vietnam investment27 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndonesian state producer, PT Semen Gresik, is planning to build a cement plant in Myanmar and is also looking to acquire a Vietnamese company, according to chief executive Dwi Soetjipto. "We're studying a plan to set up a JV in Myanmar, with Gresik as the majority owner. The plant capacity may be between 1.5-2Mta," Dwi Soetjipto told reporters after a shareholders' meeting. Mr Soetjipto also noted that while Vietnam is currently experiencing overcapacity, Gresik is currently looking a... |