Cement News tagged under: Indian sub-continent
Udaipur Cement Works Ltd wins The Golden Peacock Safety Award 202105 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsUdaipur Cement Works Ltd (a subsidiary of JK Lakshmi Cement Limited) has won the Golden Peacock Safety Award 2021 organised by the Institute of Directors for remarkable and continuous improvement in occupational health and safety performance in the cement sector. The company is committed to sustaining its status of “Zero Harm” providing a healthy and safe work environment to its employees and workers following the ISO 45001:2018 system standard for Occupational Health and Safety. ... |
Fauji Group receives largest syndicated cement financing project04 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsPakistan's Fauji Group, parent company of Fauji Cement Co Ltd (FCCL) and Askari Cement Ltd (ACL), has announced the signing of PKR37.4bn (US$212.2m) syndicated term loan facilities for an expansion programme from a local banking consortium, led by Habib Bank Ltd (HBL). The facilities, which have a combined project cost of PKR60bn (including a debt component of PKR37.4bn), will be used to enhance the company's total production capacity to 10Mta, making it the second-largest cement produce... |
Minister urges reopening of the Adilabad cement plant04 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsIndustries and IT Minister, KT Rama Rao, has requested the central government to reopen the Cement Corp of India (CCI)’s plant in Adilabad. In letters to Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, and Union Heavy Industries Minister, Mahendra Nath Pandey, Mr Rama Rao said that the unit had the necessary infrastructure and limestone reserves to produce 48Mta of cement. In addition, it had an assured 2kVA power supply system and water availability to meet its production needs. In terms ... |
Two Pakistan cement plants complete power projects04 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsAttock Cement Pakistan Ltd (ACPL) and Flying Cement Co Ltd (FCCL) have both opened new power plants in Pakistan. ACPL informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange that its 20MW solar power plant project has been completed at Hub Chowki, Lasbella in Baluchistan. According to ACPL Company Secretary, Irfan Amanullah, the solar power project was implemented at an estimated cost of PKR1.8bn (US$10.19m) in collaboration with lead consultant Attock Energy Pvt Ltd and leading Chinese suppliers. Meanwhil... |
Kohat Cement establishes a letter of credit for Punjab plant30 December 2021, Published under Cement NewsKohat Cement Co Ltd (KOHC) has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that the company has established a letter of credit for the import of plant and equipment for the pyro-process optimisation of its 6700tpd grey cement production line at Khushab in Punjab. On 17 February 2021, the company approved, subject to all regulatory approvals, setting up of 7800- 10,000tpd cement plant (along with 8-10MW waste heat recovery and 25MW coal-fired power plants), in Khushab. The estimated cost of ... |
Two FLSmidth OK mill projects are completed in Bangladesh27 December 2021, Published under Cement NewsFLSmidth has successfully completed two vertical roller mill (VRM) projects in Bangladesh. The two mills were ordered by Premier Cement Mills Ltd. The FLSmidth OK 71-6 cement mill has been installed at the Dhaka (Munshigonj) plant, with a finish grinding capacity of 460tph. The second project is for Premier Cement Mills' Chattogram plant and consists of an FLSmidth OK 56-4 cement mill with a rated capacity of 290tph. "The combined grinding capacity of 750tph is currently the ... |
Udaipur Cement Works Ltd wins the Greentech sustainability Award 202127 December 2021, Published under Cement NewsUdaipur Cement Works Ltd (UCWL), a subsidiary of JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd, has won the Greentech Sustainability Award 2021 under the 'Excellence in Affordable & Clean Energy' category. The company won the award after increasing the share of its renewable energy by more than 50 per cent in the total power mix. UCWL prioritised solar and WHR-based power plants over any short-term gains that might have developed from installing a captive thermal power plant. The Whole-Time Director of the compan... |
Foundation stone for Shree Cement's Punjab plant16 December 2021, Published under Cement NewsThe Punjab Chief Minister, Charanjit Singh Channi, has laid the foundation stones of Shree Cement’s Punjab plant at Deh Kalan village, and a medical college at Ghabdan village with a total cost of INR1050m (US$13.7m). The chief minister said that the 5Mta project have an estimated cost of INR700m, and includes a captive railway siding. The plant site and rail siding have a total land area of 42ha and will require 32MW of power, he added. |
Udaipur Cement Works introduces CNG-truck distribution14 December 2021, Published under Cement NewsUdaipur Cement Works Ltd (UCWL), subsidiary of JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd, has initiated the concept of “Green Mobility” for its product dispatch. The Whole-time Director of the company, Naveen Kumar Sharma, flagged off the first set of compressed natural gas (CNG)-based trucks going to customers. UCWL becomes the first cement company in the southern Rajasthan region to introduce CNG-based trucks for the dispatch of cement. The company has launched this initiative under its commitment to clea... |
INSEE Cement ups its game to ease Sri Lankan cement shortages09 December 2021, Published under Cement NewsOperating at maximum production capacity with optimised distribution channels for a number of weeks, INSEE Cement claims it has successfully helped to mitigate the cement shortage that was prevailing in the Sri Lankan market. INSEE Cement’s concentrated and immediate contingency measures across its entire operation at the onset of the shortage ensured an uninterrupted market supply of cement, while also logging a record-high 700,000t production output during the 3Q21 for the company. ... |