Power costs drive Nigerian cement producers off-grid
Nigeria’s cement producers are increasingly relying on captive generation as unreliable grid supplies raise industrial energy costs, according to a report by Nigerian news platf...
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Wärtsilä signs fuel conversion deal for Jordanian Cement power plant
Technology group Wärtsilä will execute a fuel conversion project at a Wärtsilä engine-based power plant serving the Qatrana Cement Co in Karak, Jordan. Booked in the first quart...
Energy increasingly pinch point in Asia-Pacific construction
The Construction Market Insights report highlights the impact of power availability as a risk factor for construction project across the region. Developers are facing delays as ...
UltraTech Cement to acquire 26% stake in Clean Max Sapphire for US$5.37m
UltraTech Cement Ltd has announced the acquisition of a 26 per cent stake in Clean Max Sapphire Pvt Ltd, a special purpose vehicle for setting up a 55MW wind-solar hybrid power ...
Arabian Cement Co signs contract for Rabigh power project
Arabian Cement Co informed the local Saudi exchange on 1 December about the signing of an agreement with the National Electricity Transmission Co, a subsidiary of Saudi Electric...
Energy development organisation seeks licence to power cement industry with 18MW Hydel plant
Pakhunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO) has submitted an application to NEPRA for a bulk electric power supply licence for its 18MW Pehur Hydel Power Plant in District...
Saint-Gobain signs power agreement in South Africa
Saint-Gobain has signed a renewable electricity supply agreement (power purchase agreement or PPA) with CVE, an independent French renewable energy producer, to secure about 140...
Italgas and Buzzi Unicem sign power to gas agreement
Italgas and Buzzi Unicem have signed an agreement for the development of a feasibility study on the implementation of Power to Gas plants in combination with carbon capture syst...
Huaxin Cement to begin plant operations within three weeks
Huaxin Cement is now expected to start production at its new 3000tpd plant in Nepal within the next three weeks, with the necessary preparations being made. "We are in the proce...
ECEBOL signs contract for natural gas supply
ECEBOL's new plant in Potosí, Bolivia, is expected to be supplied with natural gas by Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) through an 8km pipeline that will conne...