Cement News tagged under: Siam City Cement
Thailand-based Ratanarak Group buys out Jardine Cycle and Carriage’s Siam City Cement stake for US$354m19 August 2024, Published under Cement NewsThe Ratanarak Group has increased its stake in Siam City Cement to 71.88 per cent by buying out Singapore-based Jardine Cycle and Carriage’s 25.54 per cent stake. The value of the transaction, carried out via Ratanarak’s subsidiary Sunrise Equity, is THB12.18bn (US$353.97m). |
Adapting strategies to survive climate change21 June 2024, Published under Cement NewsCement producers are developing contrasting strategies as they seek to discover ways to prosper in response to the complex challenges and uncertainties presented by climate change. On the one hand, there are companies seeking to find technical solutions to decarbonise carbon emissions and continue producing clinker. The risk here is that many of the technical solutions are yet to be discovered, making the decarbonisation route uncertain. Others are seeking to diversify away from pollution, s... |
First Graphene successfully completes Phase 2 Trial at Breedon Cement29 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsFirst Graphene has successfully completed the second phase of graphene-enhanced cement trials in collaboration with Breedon Cement Ltd at the cement producer’s Hope Cement Works. The Phase Two trials used 4t of grinding aid containing PureGRAPH ® to produce an additional 600t of graphene-enhanced cement at the production scale. The focus was on the optimisation of dosing methods at an increased graphene loading level, with the resulting formulation change in the grinding aid. The stage bu... |
INSEE Cement awarded road traffic safety management system certification28 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsINSEE Cement Sri Lanka ( Siam City Group) has been awarded ISO 39001:2012 certification in recognition of its road traffic safety (RTS) management system. “INSEE Cement logistics operations cover over 20 million kilometers each year due to our broad distribution network reaching the four corners of Sri Lanka and the scale of our operations. With this certification, we are confident that our road traffic safety management system is helping increase road safety, lower road traffic incide... |
INSEE Vietnam begins construction on new mill05 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsINSEE Vietnam , a subsidiary of Thailand’s Siam City Cement Public Company Ltd (SCCC), has begun construction of its Thi Vai grinding mill No2. The new mill, which marks an investment of over US$35m, will help meet rising cement demand in the Southeast region, according to Vietnam News. |
Saraburi’s smart grinding15 June 2020, Published under Cement NewsSiam City Cement Public Co Ltd (SCCC) has upgraded the raw material grinding unit at its Saraburi plant, Thailand, with a COMFLEX® system, engineered and supplied by KHD. The project has enabled the cement producer to reduce its power consumption and improve the flexibility of its grinding operations. By Weera Ploypai and Prapan Sindhurattavej, Siam City Cement Public Co, Thailand, and Kai Weider and Carsten Eckert, KHD Humboldt Wedag, Germany. Siam City Cement Public Co Ltd modernise... |
Siam City to wind down production at Saraburi17 April 2020, Published under Cement NewsThailand’s Siam City Cement will begin to close its Saraburi plant from 1 May as cement demand falls due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Nation: Thailand. The company has reportedly seen a reduced amount of orders and therefore will wind down production and labour at Factory 1 from 1 May. However, it is expected to move employees to other plants or allow them to leave by mutual consent. |
Chip Mong INSEE Cement and Siam City Cement launch waste manufacturing facility18 December 2019, Published under Cement NewsChip Mong INSEE Cement Corp has launched a new industrial waste manufacturing facility in Banteay Meas district, Kampot province, Cambodia. The new unit can process 10tph of industrial waste and more than 7000tpm. The new facility is a joint venture between Chip Mong Group, which holds 60 per cent of shares, and Thailand's Siam City Cement Corp, which has a 40 per cent stake in the project. According to Leang Khun, chairman of Chip Mong Insee Corp, the Chip Mong Ecocycle investment cost U... |
Vietnam HCMC proposes addressing illegal cement capacity expansion02 October 2019, Published under Cement NewsThe People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has asked the Ministry of Construction to handle some cement producers in the city due to their illegal capacity expansion, which was detected by the ministry’s inspection team earlier, according to Viêt Nam News. A branch of Thang Long Cement JSC was allowed to produce 1.25Mta, but the unit has increased its total capacity to 1.4Mta since 2011. A branch of Chinfon Cement Co received a licence to produce 0.5Mta. However, since 2017output has be... |
Siam City Cement’s smart move18 June 2019, Published under Cement NewsSiam City Cement Public Co Ltd (SCCC) has deployed extensive network infrastructure and wireless connectivity at its cement works in Saraburi province, Thailand, to create the country’s first smart plant. By Siam City Cement, Thailand The remote operations centre serves as a central hub for information gathering and communication Thai producer Siam City Cement Public Co Ltd’s (SCCC) ‘Digital Connected Plant’ plan involves applying digital technology to its cement plants to bring... |