Cement News tagged under: Burkina Faso
AVIC International Beijing and Humboldt Wedag to build CIMAF calcined clay plant17 October 2024, Published under Cement NewsAVIC International Beijing, together with Humboldt Wedag GmbH (KHD), has been awarded an order by Ciments de l'Afrique (CIMAF) for a 900tpd state-of-the-art clay calcination plant in Burkina Faso. The turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract includes the supply of equipment, construction, commissioning and site services. CIMAF, a prominent and innovative player in west Africa, awarded this contract as a key component of its strategy to enhance sustainability. KH... |
Gebr Pfeiffer wins Burkina Faso mill order11 May 2021, Published under Cement NewsGebr Pfeiffer is again delivering an MVR vertical mill to Burkina Faso. The vertical mill type MVR 6000 C-6 with an installed gear power of 6800kW will be used in the second line of the Cim Metal Group in the Bobo-Dioulasso plant in Burkina Faso. The project is being realised by the German company Intercem Engineering AG while Gebr Pfeiffer is supplying the mill and the process design. The vertical mill is used for different cement types between 4000cm²/g and 5000cm²/g acco... |
Intercem Engineering wins Cimasso II grinding plant project15 April 2021, Published under Cement NewsIn May 2016 Intercem Engineering's third order out of five with the CimMetal Group’s 2Mta Cimasso grinding plant in Bobo Dioulasso started. The plant was commissioned by the end of 2018 and production started successfully. Due to a growing cement demand, the investor decided to double his capacity and ordered an extension line and an upgrade of the existing line from Intercem which will be integrated on the existing plant called Cimasso II. Cimasso II consits of three truck unloading... |
GCM to build 0.64Mta plant in Burkina Faso28 January 2021, Published under Cement NewsGeneral Community Management (GCM) Industries has started the construction of a 0.64Mta cement plant on a 7ha plot in the industrial zone of Kossodo, Burkina Faso. The first stone was laid in a ceremony led by the country’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Harouna Kaboré, on 26 January 2021, according to Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina. The project, which has the option to expand capacity to 1.2Mta, represents an investment of XOF73.9bn (US$136.6m). The project has benefitted from t... |
The last iceman in west Africa28 September 2020, Published under Cement NewsDr Michael Clark takes a look at the history of the cement industries in Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Togo, which have each seen an influx of new capacity surplus to demand. Regarding the strategy behind the companies investing in new facilities, it could be a case of defending market share in a hugely competitive environment. HeidelbergCement’s clinker plant in Tabligbo, Togo The inspiration for this month’s Technical Forum came from the CemNet webinar held on Wednesday, 3 ... |
Cimburkina inaugurates second mill at Kossodo20 June 2019, Published under Cement NewsCimburkina, part of HeidelbergCement, inaugurated its second grinding unit on 18 June at its Kossodo plant in Ouagadougou, under the patronage of Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré and Burkina Faso’s Head of State, Mogho Naba Baongo. The ceremony took place in the presence of the country’s Minister of Commerce, Industry and Handicrafts, harouna Kaboré. The project includes a 150tph mill, a new 2000t limestone silo and a new bagging unit with a capacity of 120tph. T he first ston... |
Cimburkina lays first stone of second Kossodo mill05 February 2018, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement-owned Cimburkina has officially laid the first stone of its second mill at its Kossodo plant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 1 February. The 150tph mill will lift capacity at the site to 2Mta and represents an investment of XOF15bn (US$28.5m). The project will also see the construction of a 2000t silo and a new bagging line. |
BOAD grants CIMAF Burkina Faso finance05 July 2017, Published under Cement NewsThe West African Development Bank (BOAD) has granted XOF6bn (US$10.3m) to Morocco’s Cimenteries de l'Afrique Burkina Faso (CIMAF) for the partial financing of the import of raw materials for cement production. Following the commissioning of a plant in Ouagadougo in 2015, CIMAF is building a 0.7Mta grinding plant in Bobo-Dioulasso, reflecting an investment of XOF20bn. The first cement is expected in June 2018. In addition, the company has also undertaken to double capacity at the Ouag... |
Burkina Faso: Intercem races replacement transformer to Cimfaso plant15 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsIntercem performed an express-delivery of a replacement transformer for Cimfaso in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The original main transformer of the Cimfaso plant was purchased from a local supplier during construction work in 2014. On 16 February 2017, this transformer was damaged due to an issue in the local power grid. As a result, production at the works was shut down. To avoid high production downtime costs and protect their market share, Cimfaso (Cim Metal Group) asked Intercem... |
Building on success21 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe recent groundbreaking of the Cimasso grinding plant in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, was the third project awarded to Intercem by Kanis International. The west African cement producer previously ordered grinding units for its operations in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and Abidjan port, Côte d’Ivoire. By Intercem, Germany. Cimfaso's cement grinding unit in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso On 27 May 2016 the groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Cimasso grinding plant in Bobo Dioula... |