Cement News tagged under: Dangote Cement
Nigeria: managing the surplus18 February 2013, Published under Cement NewsEarlier this week United Cement Company of Nigeria Ltd (Unicem) became the latest domestic producer to announce a new round of investment as it aims to double capacity by 2016. But with the country's recent drive to increase volumes resulting in the present-day overcapacity situation, particularly in the southwest, how will the market deal with the situation and what measures are producers taking to manage the surplus? The last two years have seen Nigeria come of age, at once becoming sel... |
Loesche wins new grinding order in Cameroon15 February 2013, Published under Cement NewsLoesche has been selected by Sinoma International Engineering to provide a vertical roller mill and associated equipment for Dangote Cement’s new grinding plant in Douala, Cameroon. A Loesche Mill Type LM 53.3+3C will grind clinker with components such as gypsum, limestone and pozzolana. The product rate of clinker type CEM I A-L 42.5 will be 155-168tph at 3200Blaine while the product rate of clinker type CEM II 32.5 will be 230tph at 3600Blaine. The mill motor capacity for the LM 53.3+3C ... |
Nigeria: Gboko cement plant reopens11 February 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe reopening of Dangote Cement plant Gboko in Benue state on 1 February 2013 by the management came as a relief to the people of the state, especially those who earn their daily bread from the company. The factory, which was closed down last year as a result of the glut in the domestic cement market, said it will operate at half capacity for now. The decision to reopen the plant was reached immediately after a meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Chairman of Dangote Cement,... |
Nigeria's Flour Mills to borrow to double cement capacity11 February 2013, Published under Cement NewsFlour Mills of Nigeria plans to borrow between US$400m-500m to construct a new cement plant which will double its existing 2.5Mta capacity, its chief finance officer said. Jacques Vauthier told Reuters the conglomerate had appointed financial advisers and banks to raise a term loan from the local market for the construction of the plant. He said the details of the loan were still being finalised. The new cement plant will be completed by 1Q16, Vauthier said. Nigeria's biggest cement firm ... |
Dangote Cement reopens Gboko plant, Nigeria04 February 2013, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement has resumed operations at its Gboko plant in Benue State, Nigeria, due to strong demand. The company closed the plant in December because of a glut in the market caused by cheap, imported cement being sold in the area it serves. “We are reopening Gboko immediately,” Carl Franklin, the London-based head of investor relations, said in a statement. “Demand has been strong since the beginning of the year.” "Since the shutdown of the Gboko Cement Plant, the government has ... |
Loesche wins VRM contract for Dangote's new Ethiopia plant25 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsLoesche has been awarded a contract to supply four vertical roller mills for Dangote Cement’s new plant in Ethiopia by Sinoma International Engineering. For raw material grinding, a Loesche Mill Type LM 69.6 will be installed for the grinding of cement raw material at a product range of 450tph (maximum 490tph) with a fineness of 10 per cent R DIN 0.09 mm. The mill motor capacity for the LM 69.6 will be 6000kW. One Loesche Mill Type LM 28.3D will be implemented to grind local and import... |
Dangote eyes further investment in Zambian market24 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsWith Dangote’s first cement plant in Zambia set to be completed next year, a senior company executive has said that plans for another new plant in the East African country are on the horizon. Dangote is currently constructing a 3000tpd greenfield plant situated in Ndola which is set to change the face of the domestic industry. When the plant comes on-stream, the new plant will make Dangote Cement the biggest producer in Zambia and is in line with this emerging cement major's impressive re... |
Dangote calls for limestone allocation to invest in Ghana22 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement has said it is yet to receive a limestone allocation from the government of Ghana to invest in local production. The Nigerian cement major is instead having to bag cement produced in Nigeria for distribution on the Ghanaian market. “If we get limestone today, within 24 months we will be producing,” Alhaji Tajudeen Sijuade, Vice Chairman of Dangote Cement Ghana Limited, told told press at the company’s plant in Tema terminal in Ghana where tonnes of finished cement are bagge... |
West Africa: Dangote Cement to meet demand10 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsWith the rising concern of unavailability of cement during certain times of the year in Ghana and the rapid infrastructure development of many economies in Africa, especially the sub region, Dangote has positioned itself to meet the supply needs of estate and private home developers. “We are expanding the capacity of the Ibese plant, which already has two mills which produce a total of 6Mta, with two more units of mills and storage capacity for clinker to produce 12Mta. This will be big en... |
Federal government steps in to help resolve oversupply dispute, Nigeria07 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsNigeria’s Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment has stepped in to mediate in a dispute over a supply surplus being created in the local industry. Last week, a statement by Dangote Cement's head of corporate communications Anthony Chiejina said that Dangote and Lafarge WAPCO Cement were worried about Ibeto Cement Company continuing to import cement into Nigeria, despite the capacity of local manufacturers to meet demand. The oversupply has led to the closure of the Gboko plant run by Da... |