Cement News tagged under: Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: CIMASSO plant under construction22 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsWork is now well underway in Burkina Faso on a greenfield 6500tpd grinding plant for CIMASSO. The contract for the construction of the plant was signed in March by Kanis International of Burkina Faso and Intercem of Germany. This is the third time that the two companies have worked together, following the CIMFASO Ouagadougou grinding plant In Burkina Faso opened in 2015 and the signing of the CIMVOIRE project to be built in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Groundbreaking for the new CIMASSO project... |
Burkina Faso: CIMAF begins construction of second plant03 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsCiment d’Afrique (CIMAF), a subsidiary of Morocco’s Addoha Group, has begun the construction of its second cement plant in Burkina Faso, the North Africa Post reports. The grinding plant, located in Bobo-Dioulasso, is being constructed for a cost of around €25m (US$28m) and will have a capacity of 0.7Mta when it is completed, in about 18 months’ time. CIMAF has an existing 0.5Mta plant in the capital, Ouagadougou. The new plant will mainly produce for the local market, but the company ... |
Cimaf inaugurates Ouadgadougou works13 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsMorocco’s Ciments de L’Afrique (Cimaf) is close to inaugurating its Ouagadougou plant in Burkina Faso. The 0.5Mta works represents an investment of XOF25bn (US$40m), according to local press reports. Cimaf will be able to double its capacity to 1Mta under the right market conditions and also export, according to the CEO of the group, Anas Sefrioiui. It is the fourth cement plant to start up in the west African country, after Diamond Cement (owned by India’s Wacem), HeidelbergCement’s C... |
HeidelbergCement inaugurates Scantogo clinker plant, Togo12 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement inaugurated the 1.5Mta new greenfield Scantogo clinker plant in Togo on 6 March 2015. The new US$250m plant is located at Tabligbo, some 80km north east of the capital city Lomé. More than 2000 guests attended the ceremony, among them the president of the Republic of Togo, the president of the National Assembly and the German ambassador in Togo. With the Scantogo investment, HeidelbergCement has become the largest German foreign investor in Togo. The new US$250m gre... |
HeidelbergCement inaugurates 0.7Mta CimBurkina works06 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement has started production at its 0.7Mta CimBurkina grinding plant in Kossodo, Burkina Faso. The EUR42m grinding facility will be supplied with clinker from HeidelbergCement’s new 1.5Mta plant in Tabligbo, Togo, currently under implementation. This Cimburkina plant is a partnership with two local businesses. The latest addition to the Burkina production base sees three cement producers in the country. India-based Diamond Cement is market leader with a 60 per cent share while M... |
Cimburkina to bring 0.65Mta capacity online in Burkina Faso31 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsBurkina Faso’s CIM-METAL Group SA has signed an investment agreement of XOF68.2bn (US$138m) with Burkina Faso for the construction and operation of cement and metal processing plants. The local cement market will now also be supplied by Cimburkina, in which Germany’s HeidelbergCement has a stake. Cimburkina is expected to bring 0.65Mta of cement capacity online in December, representing an investment of XOF25bn (US$50.6m). |
HeidelbergCement builds grinding facility in Burkina Faso06 March 2013, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement is constructing a new US$50m grinding plant in the west African country of Burkina Faso with local partners, the cement major said in a statement today. The new facility, which will have a capacity of 650,000tpa, is to be built near the capital city of Ouagadougou. “The construction of the new cement grinding plant is part of our strategy of expanding our clinker and cement capacities in growth markets. These include, in particular, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa”, s... |
CIMAF builds cement plant in Burkina Faso23 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsMorocco’s Ciments d’Afrique (CIMAF) is building a cement works in the industrial zone of Kossodo, Burkina Faso. On Saturday, 19 January 2013 the first stone was laid in the presence of the country’s prime minister Luc Adolphe Tiao, members of the government and Anas Selfrioui, CIMAF president. The new 0.5Mta cement production facility represents an investment of XOF20bn (US$41m) and result in 200 direct and indirect jobs. Commissioning of the plant is scheduled for late 2014 and it... |