Cement News tagged under: New plant
Shree Cement plans new 3Mta unit in Karnataka29 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsShree Cement is planning to set up a cement grinding and bagging unit with a capacity of 3Mta at Doddaballapur in the Bengaluru Rural district of Karnataka. The project will extend over 70 acres of land. In May 2021, the project was approved by State High Level Clearance Committee (SHLCC), and Shree Cement is now awaiting for environmental clearance for the project. The contractor and suppliers are still being finalised. The company expects to start work on the project by the third quart... |
NOVACIM SA produces first cement at Ouled Ghanem plant21 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe Ouled Ghanem Cement plant near El Jadida, Morocco, has produced its first cement. NOVACIM SA (formerly known as TEKCIM) has successfully started its new cement works, with FLSmidth providing the facility with its latest equipment, including the first vertical OK™ Mill installed in Morocco. Upon final commissioning, the plant is expected to produce around 1.4Mta of cement and 1.1Mta of clinker, helping to meet increasing demand for housing and infrastructure projects in Morocco and... |
Groundbreaking at JK Cement's Madhya Pradesh grinding plant07 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsJK Cement has performed a groundbreaking ceremony for its 1.5Mta greenfield grinding unit in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district. Construction and installation activities have commenced with an investment of INR4000m (US$48.5m) Currently, JK Cement has two operating units in the state, a greenfield integrated cement plant at Panna and a wall putty plant in the district of Katni. The company plans to increase its cement production capacity to 25Mta by FY2024-25 and has developed a roadmap ... |
Cachupaz wins process control order for Tekcim cement plant01 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsTo automate NovaCim's greenfield Tekcim cement plant in Morocco, Cachapuz Bilanci Group’s SLV Cement technology will be installed. Besides having powerful operational analysis tools, SLV Cement allows the monitoring and control of operations, the plant performance and the level of service provided. This will enable NovaCim to optimise and automate the logistics flows of incoming raw material and outgoing cement, enable integration with SAP and make an integrated management of the entir... |
Bestway Cement fires new kiln line at Mianwali plant21 October 2022, Published under Cement NewsCompany Secretary of Bestway Cement Ltd , Hassan Niazi, has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that the company has achieved the major milestone of lighting up the kiln at its 7200tpd greenfield plant near Paikhel, Mianwali district, in Punjab Province of Pakistan. The kiln was successfully lit up at 9.22h on 20 October 2022, added the regulatory filling. Chairman of Bestway Group, Sir Mohammed Anwar Pervez OBE HPk cut the ribbon to inaugurate the lighting up of the kiln. Mr Nia... |
Makin Teguh Sdn Bhd launches Lahad Datu cement plant21 September 2022, Published under Cement NewsMakin Teguh Sdn Bhd (MTSB), in which Bornoil holds a 30 per cent stake, has opened a new cement plant, located adjacent to Borneo’s first limestone and marble quarry in Sabah, next to the Segama River. MTSB’s Lahad Datu integrated cement manufacturing plant is designed using the latest Chinese technology with great emphasis towards environmental protection and efficient energy use. It is the first integrated cement plant in Malaysia which uses renewable fuels such as heavy fuel oil deriv... |
Mira SA plans 0.7Mta plant in Cameroon26 August 2022, Published under Cement NewsMira SA will soon launch the construction of an industrial cement plant in the north region of Cameroon. The XAF120bn (US$182.9m) project see the construction of a 0.7Mta clinker production unit. The completion of this project will make Mira SA the second-largest clinker producer in the region, behind Cimencam. In October 2021, the country's Prime Minister, Joseph Ngute, launched the construction of a new Cimencam plant in Figuil. This unit added 0.5Mt of cement to the company’s annu... |
Ethiopian investor plans US$1bn cement plant24 August 2022, Published under Cement NewsWorku Ayetenew, a wealthy Ethiopian investor, wants to build a US$1bn cement plant. Mr Ayetenew is seeking a partner for the new cement factory, while he has already requested to lease 150ha of land for the construction of the plant, which is located around Dejene town, Amhara National Regional State, 230km away from the capital. Six companies have already been shortlisted by the company to pick suppliers for the design, supply, construction, erection and commissioning of the plant. “We hav... |
Mangal Industries Ltd performs plant groundbreaking ceremony18 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsMangal Industries Ltd has performed the groundbreaking ceremony of a greenfield cement plant in Iluagba, Kogi State, Nigeria. Mangal Industries had signed a US$600m deal with Sinoma International Engineering, of China, for the construction of a 3Mta cement plant and a 50MW captive power plant in Kogi State. Mangal Industries Ltd's Managing Director, Engr Fahad Mangal said shortly after the ceremony that the project is expected to be completed by the end of the 1Q24. According to him... |
FLSmidth wins US$56m Asian greenfield order04 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsFLS has won an order for an undisclosed Asian greenfield cement plant. The order is valued at more than DKK400m (US$55.8m) and has been booked in 2Q22. The equipment will be supplied during 2023. The contract includes an FLSmidth OK TM Raw Mill, OK TM Cement Mill and Low NOx ILC preheater, which are flagships in FLSmidth’s MissionZero programme for Cement. "This project showcases FLSmidth’s ability to deliver energy efficient technologies across the full cement flowsheet... |