Cement News tagged under: Turkey
Loesche LM 56.3+3 vertical roller mill for new Turkish cement plant25 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsBiberci Insaat has ordered a Loesche LM 56.3+3 clinker grinding VRM for a new cement plant in Konya, in the central Anatolia region of Turkey. The company, which specialises in infrastructure works including road construction, water conduction lines, sewerage, natural gas, etc, is now venturing into the cement industry with this greenfield project. The Loesche 56 3+3 mill will have a capacity to produce 200tph or OPC at 3800Blaine, with a gearbox capacity of 5400kW. Delivery is ... |
Limak Holdings eyes Mozambique entry25 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsTurkish conglomerate Limak Holding says it will invest US$150m in a 2Mta cement factory in Mozambique. Limak chairperson, Nihat Ozdemir, said his firm would create least 500 jobs during the first phase of the factory to be built in the Maputo port area. Limak has major interests in construction, cement, electricity and tourism in Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Albania and Macedonia. |
Cameroon: Medcem plant to enter service in June02 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsThe Medcem cement works, owned by Turkey-based Eren Holdings, is scheduled to come online in June, entering a market already supplied by Lafarge, Ciments d’Afrique and Dangote. The project was carried out in just under a year following the signing of an investment agreement between the country’s government and Abut Azsezikli, Medcem Global’s general manager, on 9 September 2014. Eren Holdings has invested around EUR24.4m in the new plant, which is located in the Douala port area of Cam... |
EPC contract signed for new Limak cement works, Turkey02 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsChina's Sinoma International Engineering Co signed a contract on Friday with Turkey's Limak Holding to build a US$155m cement factory in the capital Ankara. The factory will have a capacity to produce 5000ptd of cement, Limak officials said during a signing ceremony for the equipment, procurement and construction (EPC) contract. Construction is expected to take 20 months and Sinoma expects to complete it in the first quarter of 2017. |
Votorantim01 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsVotorantim aims to treble the capacity of its Sivas cement works in Turkey to 1.8Mta at a cost of around EUR140. Work is about to start, with completion scheduled for 2017 and when completed will raise Sivas’ share of Votorantim’s Turkish capacity from 19 to 42 per cent. |
Sabanci Holding posts 54% rise in first-quarter profit, Turkey14 May 2015, Published under Cement NewsSabanci Holding, whose business units include Turkish cement producers Akcansa and Cimsa, on Monday posted a 54 per cent rise in its first-quarter profit to TRL648.5m (US$241m). Revenue amounted to TRL2.48bn in the period, less than the TRL2.54bn in the same period last year, according to a filing with the stock exchange. |
Votorantim07 May 2015, Published under Cement NewsVotorantim Cementos has announced a US$1600m investment programme that involves five new cement plants in Brazil, two in Turkey and one in Bolivia as well a the expansion and modernisation of a number of existing facilities. These investments cover the 2015 to 2018 period. These projects will add 6Mta of capacity in Brazil and 2.5Mt elsewhere. Longer-term, additional capacities are also being considered for the USA and Morocco. |
Domes of the Middle East26 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsGeometrica designs some of the world’s largest free-span domes, trademarked as Freedomes®, as a solution for challenging architectural and logistical feats across the Middle East. Freedome technology "has revolutionised the installation process on any terrain," according to the company, and below are case studies of cement plant projects undertaken for key producers across the Middle East. Star Cement, UAE The United Arab Emirates is well known for its cement production, refineries and ... |
Loesche installation at Elmadag works, Turkey25 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsLoesche is now starting to install a 260tph raw meal mill at Bastas Baskent Cimento’s Elmadag cement works in Turkey, after a delivery time of just 10 months. Bastas Baskent Cimento is part of the Vicat group of France. The Loesche LM 45.4 raw meal mill, ordered by Vicat Service Technique Ciment in May 2014 for raw meal cement grinding, has already been delivered by Loesche. The German equipment supplier has previously equipped vertical roller grinding mills for the Elmadag factory as wel... |
Sabanci cement unit seeks acquisition opportunities25 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsTurkey-based Sabanci Holding's cement business expects its sales to rise 10-15 per cent this year after posting a 16 per cent increase to TRL2.5bn (US$980m) in 2014, the cement unit's chief executive said. Sabanci's cement arm is also looking for acquisition opportunities and could borrow up to US$1.5bn to fund an acquisition, Hakan Gurdal told Reuters in an interview. |