Cement News tagged under: Algeria
Algeria: cement imports to end by 201731 October 2016, Published under Cement NewsAccording to the Minister of Industry and Mining, Abdessalem Bouchouareb, 2017 will mark the end of cement imports to Algeria: "The year 2017 will mark the end of cement import in Algeria, with the commissioning of all cement plants across the country, whose total annual production capacity is expected to reach 6Mta.” Mr Bouchouareb made the statement during an inspection of a cement plant project in the commune of Timegtane, in the sub-prefecture of Aoulef, 260km east of Adrar. The site ... |
Ageria: moving towards self-sufficiency28 October 2016, Published under Cement NewsThis week Egypt-based ASEC-Group (part of Qalaa Holdings) informed of its agreement to sell off its partly-constructed Djelfa cement plant project in Algeria to investors for US$60m. The facility would have seen the addition of 3.5Mta of cement capacity added to the Algerian market, but the project had stalled when the banks refused to finance the project in 2012. The aim of Qalaa Holdings appears to be to move its core business into other areas, perhaps as the margins in Algeria for ce... |
Egypt: ASEC to sell Djelfa plant project26 October 2016, Published under Cement NewsEgypt-based ASEC Group has reached an agreement with Algerian investors for the sale of a part-constructed cement plant site in Djelfa for US$60m. Information regarding the Algerian investors was not disclosed. The realisation of a 3.5Mta plant in Djelfa was launched by ASEC in 2008 with an investment of US$413m, but due to lack of funding the project failed. In 2012 the Minister of Industry revealed that Algerian banks refused to finance the project. |
Algeria sees 15% drop in cement imports25 October 2016, Published under Cement NewsCement imports into Algeria have seen their value decrease by 25.3 per cent from US$328.95m to US$245.62m in the first eight months of 2016, according to the Algerian Customs Department. In terms of volumes, imports saw a 15.5 per cent decrease from 4.5Mt to 3.8Mt. The average price of cement imports into Algeria has fallen by around 24 per cent in the first seven months of 2016 when compared with Jan-Jul 2015. |
At the edge of the desert15 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsExposed to the Sahara desert climate, a new cement plant has been taking shape some 40km north of Biskra, Algeria. In the hot arid summer with temperatures reaching 49.4˚C and an annual rainfall of less than 100mm, the construction of the Algeria Spa CILAS cement works presented its own challenges, but a flexible approach by main contractor CBMI contributed to the successful completion of the project. By Jinjun Gu and Yingying Zhang, CBMI Construction Co Ltd, China. The new cement wor... |
Algeria: new cement plant in Sigus15 July 2016, Published under Cement NewsAlgerian Prime Minister, Abdelmalek Sellal, laid the first stone of a cement plant operated by the Industrial Group of Cements of Algeria (GICA) on Thursday in Sigus (Oum El Bouaghi). The Prime Minister said that large investments for the construction of cement plants across the country had been made available in an attempt to contribute to sustainable economic growth. He noted that Algeria must begin exporting cement by 2018 or 2019. The new plant is located approximately 5km south of... |
Algeria: CILAS clinker line successfully commissioned12 July 2016, Published under Cement NewsAlgeria's CILAS saw the successful start-up of its new clinker production line with the ignition of the kiln on 10 July 2016, 11 days ahead of schedule, in the presence of Didier Michel, representing CILAS' parent company LafargeHolcim, and Wang Hui of contractor CBMI. Both companies expressed their thanks and appreciation for the work completed and the teamwork shown. Algeria Spa CILAS awarded the EPC contract for a new 5000tpd line on 28 April 2014 to CBMI. The contract’s scope range... |
Algeria: GICA subsidiary starts work on Bechar plant22 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsWork has begun on a new cement plat for Saoura-Ciment company, a GICA subsidiary. Situated 965km south of Algiers, the greenfield Bechar cement plant will cost DZD34bn to build and will have a cement capacity of 1Mta. This plant, which will be commissioned in 2019, will allow the strengthening of national production to raise it to 23Mta, said officials from the Public Industrial Group of Cement of Algeria (GICA). The industrial projects in Bechar are part of the new strategy of nationa... |
Algeria: GICA to build cement plants01 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsGICA signed two agreements on Tuesday in Algiers with Chinese equipment manufacturer CBMI (a subsidiary of Sinoma) to build a new cement plant in Bechar and extend the plant in Zahana (Mascara). Owned by GICA subsidiary Saoura Cement Co, the new plant in Bechar will have a capacity of 1Mta and is expected to start production in 2018. Zahana cement plant currently has a production capacity of 1Mta, which will increase the plant capacity 2.5Mta. Work on the extension of this plant is schedu... |
Algeria: Beni Saf to install new bag filters "very soon"06 April 2016, Published under Cement NewsBeni Saf cement company is expected to install a new bag filter “very soon”, according to Mokhtar Tanem, director general of the cement plant. The new bag filter contains 39 bags and represents an investment of DZD702.6m (US$6.49m). Nine will be installed at the clinker extraction and storage point, 22 in the shipping area, five at the cement mill and sampling, one at the cooler and one for the raw mill and kiln. "The provisional allocation of the installation of this filter project a... |