Cement News tagged under: Energy fuel & power
Pakistan: Attock Cement signs agreement for coal-fired plant06 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsAttock Cement Ltd and K-Electric have agreed to establish a 40MW coal-fired plant, enough to power the cement producer’s Pakistan-based plant while surplus electricity will be sold back to the grid. “Attock Cement has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with K-Electric for the installation of 40MW coal fired plant at its factory in Hub, Balochistan for its own utilisation and sell surplus power to K-Electric at a mutually agreed term and condition,” the cement manufacturer said in a b... |
Suez Cement completes coal trials at Katameya plant29 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsSuez Cement has completed the trial period of using coal to run its Katameya factory and it is now the main source of fuel at the Egypt-based factory, chairman Omar Mohanna announced. TheItalcementi group company is currently operating at 80 per cent of it 1.5Mta capacity compared to 50 per cent during times of natural gas supply shortages. Mr Mohanna told AlMal that the energy mix at the Katameya factory consists of coal (85 per cent), industrial waste (10 per cent) and ordinary energ... |
Wärtsilä to supply 11 power plants to Eurocement22 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsWärtsilä has been contracted to supply power plants for 11 cement factories of Eurocement Group in Russia. The project is part of a modernisation program of the factories which focuses on energy efficiency and environmental upgrading. Eurocement Group, making up almost 40 per cent of the Russian cement market, is one of the largest cement producers in the world. The contract was signed in November 2014. "Eurocement Group modernisation program is based on energy efficiency and best inter... |
Suez Cement to invest in conversion to coal17 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsSuez Cement, Italcementi’s Egyptian unit, said on Tuesday it planned to spend EGP600m (US$84m) in 2015 on equipping two factories to run on coal. CEO Bruno Carre said in a statement to the bourse the firm would develop its Helwan and Tora 2 factories "to use coal and residues to compensate for the lack of energy supplies." Suez Cement was one of the companies affected when the government cut natural gas supplies to factories in January and has had to import clinker at higher cost. T... |
Power crisis reduces Ghacem output15 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsGhana’s largest cement producer, Ghacem, said that ongoing power cuts to manufacturing industries have “significantly” reduced its output, leading to concerns on supply shortages and a potential rise in prices. The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) earlier this month announced that it is cutting power supplied to industries by as much as 25 per cent to create an artificial reserve margin to stabilise the power sector, which it said is under immense pressure to meet rising demand. Under the... |
Thermax wins new captive power plant order in Africa08 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsThermax Ltd has won a repeat order from a leading African industrial major to build and commission a captive power plant for one of the conglomerate’s cement plants. The scope of the project includes system design, manufacture, supply and supervision of erection and commissioning of the plant. “We are excited about the business opportunities emerging in Africa. Our two-year project management experience in the continent should really help in seamlessly executing these projects,” said Ther... |
Baticim Enerji signs loan agreement, Turkey04 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsTurkish renewable energy producer Baticim Enerji Elektrik Uretim has signed a US$40m loan agreement with local lender Akbank, Baticim Enerji’s affiliate company Baticim Bati Anadolu Cimento Sanayii said. Baticim Enerji will use the 10-year loan to finance balance settlements for its Kovada I, Kovada II and Hasanlar hydropower plants (HPP), Baticim Bati Anadolu Cimento said in a bourse filing on Tuesday. The 8.25MW Kovada I HPP, the 51.2MW Kovada II HPP and the 10 MW Hasanlar HPP have an... |
Omani producers face hike in natural gas prices01 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsOman’s two leading cement producers are looking to mitigate the effects of an impending rise in natural gas prices which are expected to lead to an increase in the cost of cement production. The country’s Ministry of Oil and Gas (MOG) is to increase the price of natural gas as of 1 January 2015. The price will thereafter increase every year for both companies at rates specified by the ministry. Last week, an advisory body to Oman’s government suggested spending cuts and tax rises to cope w... |
Egypt: Titan Cement selects Gebr Pfeiffer coal mill01 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsTitan Cement has ordered a MPS 2800 BK vertical roller mill for coal from Gebr Pfeiffer SE for Line No 1 of its Beni Suef works in Egypt. The mill is designed for a finished product rate of 40tph. The coal, with a Hardgrove grindability index of 45, will be ground to a product fineness of 12 per cent residue 90µm, while simultaneously being dried from a maximum 12 per cent feed moisture to a maximum one per cent residual moisture by using hot gases from the cement process, according to Geb... |
Egypt: National Cement Company to invest in coal usage21 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsEgypt's National Cement Company will invest at least EGP150m (US$20.9m) to convert from the use of gas to coal, according to the company's CFO, Ahmad Saad. Speaking in an interview with Al-Mal newspaper, Mr Saad said National Cement will rerun a tender for the supply of a coal mill as the first effort ended with only one submitted offer. In addition, the company seeks to nearly double its capital to EGP412.8m from EGP206.4m. It plans to use the proceeds from the share issue to pay its... |