Ethiopia: Mugher Cement switches to coal
The Mugher cement project has replaced heavy fuel oil with coal at its 5000tpd plant. "The replacement was crucial to increase quality, reduce production delay and supply en...
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India: JSW Bellary expansion to 3.4Mta
JSW Cement Ltd is set to raise its installed capacity from 1Mta to 3.4Mta at its Bellary Plant in Karnataka. "We are increasing the cement manufacturing capacity from curren...
Kazakhstan: Steppe Cement FY16 results
Steppe Cement Ltd recorded revenue for the year ended 31 December 2016 of KZT17.94bn (US$54.01m), representing an eight per cent drop YoY from KZT19.53bn recorded last year. ...
Indonesian cement consumption hits 62Mt in 2016
Indonesia consumed 62Mt of cement in 2016, up three per cent on the previous year, but below the Indonesian Cement Association’s (ASI) target of 65Mt, the Jakarta Globe reports...
Spain: LafargeHolcim Valencia plant cuts production
LafargeHolcim's cement plant in Sagunto, Valencia, Spain, cut production by almost 10 per cent in 2016 in response to the import restrictions imposed by Algeria, its biggest ma...
Medcem Cameroon’s local shareholder outlines plans
The Cameroonian part-owner of the country’s newest cement producer, Medcem, has spoken of the ambitions behind his partnership with Turkish investors, Business Cameroon reports...
Portugal: Cimpor to resume cement exports from Loulé
Cimpor's Loulé plant is due to resume exports via the Algarve port of Faro, Portugal. The Algarve port of Faro, which has seen no cargo movement whatsoever since June 2016 w...
Caribbean: Rock Hard Cement starts exporting
Rock Hard cement company has is about to enter markets outside of its homebase of Barbados. Eight months ago it was experiencing a difficult time exporting, but it can now comp...
Senegal turns to exports
This week it was announced that the Senegalese government would impose a new tax on the price of cement in the country of XOF3/kg or XOF3000 (US$4.84)/t. There are just three...
Moroccan cement demand slips 0.7% in 2016
Moroccan cement demand fell 12.5 per cent MoM in December 2016 and slipped 0.7 per cent YoY to just over 14.5Mt in 2016, according to Morocco’s Ministry of Housing and Urbanisa...
Qatar: QPMC to inaugurate cement storage silos in 1Q
Qatar Primary Materials Company (QPMC) will inaugurate its cement storage silos project in the 1Q17 as part of its “efforts to ensure sustainable supply” of cement in the count...
India: Andani Group to construct new 10Mta clinker plant
Adani Group Chairman, Gautam Adani, has announced that Adani Cementation (ACL) will be the name of a new company to set up a 10Mta clinker plant with an investment of INR55,000...
Kenya: Savannah Cement resumes operations
Savannah Cement has reopened operations after temporary closure over the Christmas season to undergo major renovation. “We have decided that going forward we will be doing an...
India: Anjani Portland Cement commissions power plant
According to reports in the Hindu, Anjani Portland Cement has commissioned a 16MW captive coal-fired power plant at its cement unit in Telangana.
India: JSW Cement takes 37% stake in Shiva Cement
JSW Cement has bought out the promoters of Odisha-based Shiva Cement, acquiring 37.15 per cent of the latter’s equity, the Economic Times reports. "The share purchase agreem...
India: Dalmia and Nagaur limestone blocks awarded
The government auction of the 3B1A Limestone Block in Zayal, Nagaur, India, has awarded the block to Emami Cement, which paid INR51bn (US$746m) for the 125t concession. Mean...
Egypt: floating pound sends cement prices skywards
Building materials prices have increased sharply in Egypt since the country floated the pound, according to industry sources. They said the price rise could threaten projects, ...
Egypt: Aumund to supply conveying equipment for six clinker lines
The Egyptian government has signed a contract with Chengdu Design & Research Institute of Building Materials Industry, part of Sinoma International Engineering, to build six cl...
Colombia: FLSmidth secures EcoCementos order
EcoCementos has selected FLSmidth as the equipment supplier for its new plant in Rio Claro, Sonson, Antioquia, Colombia. FLSmidth has been contracted for the engineering, pro...
India: JSW Cement acquiring controlling stake in Shiva Cement
JSW Cement Ltd is to buy the entire promoter holding in cement maker Shiva Cement Ltd and launch an open offer to acquire another 32 per cent from the company's public equity s...
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