Cement News tagged under: Algeria
PPC full-year cement sales rise 2%20 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsSouth Africa's largest cement producer, PPC, reported a two per cent rise in cement sales for the full year to the end of September 2014, as growth in some of its sub-Saharan markets was offset by challenging operating conditions at home. Group revenue increased by nine per cent to ZAR9.04bn (US$818m), mainly attributable to the consolidation of Safika Cement and Pronto Readymix as well as the full-year impact of Cimerwa. On a like-for-like basis, revenue would have been three per c... |
Algeria: Jan-Aug cement import volumes up 28% YoY03 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe value of cement imports to Algeria in the first eight months of 2014 soared 31 per cent with a bill of US$373.5m against US$285.3m in the same period of last year, the Customs' National Centre for Data Processing and Statistics told the Algerie Presse Service (Algiers). Cement import volumes increased by nearly 28 per cent from 3.2Mt to 4Mt, CNIS provisional data revealed. The overall bill for the import of building materials increased by seven per cent hitting US$2.25bn during the... |
Algeria to become net exporter?06 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsAlgeria's cement imports have increased by 30 per cent to US$283.9m in 1H14, according to the country's Customs Office. In terms of volumes, imports reached 3.086Mt in the six first months of 2014, up 26.6 per cent when compared with 2.438Mt in 1H13, said the National Information and Statistics Office. However, Algeria's current cement shortage could be reversed in the next few years as several new plants enter service. The most recent project, funded by the National Investment Coun... |
Algeria: Cevital to build 8Mta cement plant24 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe Cevital group, owned by Issad Hebrab, plans to build a greenfield cement plant in Algeria. The country’s National Investment Council has validated the project and technical studies have started, according to Mr Hebrab in El Watan. Located in El Khroub, Wilaya, the cement works is expected to produce 8Mta in the long term. In 36 months, the first phase of construction will result in a production capacity of 4Mta, followed a year later by an additional 4Mta. The cement plant will be supp... |
Gebr Pfeiffer wins Algeria order21 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsGebr Pfeiffer SE has won a contract to supply a MVR 6700 C-6 cement mill and an MVR 6000 R-6 raw mill for Lafarge’s cement plant near the Algerian town of Biskra. This acquisition underpins Lafarge’s strategy towards the "one-mill solution with MultiDrive®", Gebr Pfeiffer said, noting that it offers a "high level of availability when it comes to cement grinding, thus giving preference to this concept over the conventional two-mill solution with less availability." The cement mill has a... |
Algeria: Saoura Ciment to build 1Mta works05 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsSaoura Ciment, a subsidiary of GICA, is currently carrying out negotiations with a Chinese partner to realise the Ben-Zireg cement plant, in Bechar, according to its director general. Director, Abdelkader Bouaichaoui, said: "The SSC has recently started negotiations with a Chinese company that made the best financial and technical proposals, to realise this cement plant,." The new plant will have a capacity of 1Mta. It will draw upon the limestone found in Jebel Madjouz and nearby shal... |
Lafarge Algeria awards Sinoma Djamoura contract30 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsSinoma has been awarded its second cement plant project in Algeria as the Lafarge-Souakri joint venture signed the turnkey contract for its Djamoura works in Biskra. The new works will have a production capacity of nearly 3Mta and represents an initial investment of DZD32bn (US$0.4bn). Output from the plant will help the development of Algeria’s eastern region as well as reduce its reliance on imports from 2016 onwards. Work is expected to start soon with delivery scheduled in stages by ... |
PPC27 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsPPC has reported a two per cent rise in cement sales for the six months ending March 2014. Revenue came in at ZAR4.16bn (US$0.4bn), an increase of nine per cent on the same period last year. EBITDA was also up by five per cent to ZAR1.17bn, while operating profit jumped 15 per cent to ZAR1.36bn. The cement market now accounts for 86 per cent of the company's total revenue, compared to 10 per cent for lime and four per cent for aggregates. Much of the growth has come from increased export sal... |
Sinoma International awarded Algerian project30 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsSinoma International Engineering Co Ltd says its unit has been awarded the construction project for a new cement line worth EUR192.7m with Algeria's SPA CILAS. (Source: Reuters) |
Fives FCB wins 6000tpd line contract in Algeria03 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsFives FCB signed a contract with Entreprise des Ciments et Dérivés d’El Chellif (ECDE), part of Ciments d’Algérie (GICA) related to the extension of a third production line at the Chelf cement plant, Algeria. The turnkey contract involves the execution of a new 6000tpd line which is scheduled to begin operations at the end of 2016. The project forms part of GICA’s plans to expand its cement capacity in Algeria. It will enable ECDE to nearly double its existing production capacities, Fives... |