Cement News tagged under: coal
Ethiopia: Mugher Cement switches to coal16 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsThe Mugher cement project has replaced heavy fuel oil with coal at its 5000tpd plant. "The replacement was crucial to increase quality, reduce production delay and supply energy on a regular basis," said Project Manager Engineer, Mehari Alemu. " Apart from this, the new energy source significantly cuts the exaggerated cost for heavy fuel oil." "Currently the enterprise uses imported energy resource, and substitution will be made with local coal soon," added Alemu. |
India: Anjani Portland Cement commissions power plant12 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsAccording to reports in the Hindu, Anjani Portland Cement has commissioned a 16MW captive coal-fired power plant at its cement unit in Telangana. |
India: Prism Cement sees losses shrink for 1HFY1723 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsPrism Cement has released its financial results for the first half of its trading year, which began on 1 April, revealing a loss of INR50.62m (US$0.75m) over the six-month period. This compares favourably with the same period in FY16, when the company booked a loss of INR522.8m. Prism’s cement business saw revenues rise by 0.7 per cent and was the most profitable of the company’s three divisions. Prisms profits from cement rose by 68 per cent YoY to INR1.1bn. However, sales of cement and ... |
India: fuel cost rise puts squeeze on margins21 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe rising cost of coal and petcoke have put pressure on cement producers even as the impact of demonetisation is depressing demand and bringing down prices, the Business Standard reports. Cement prices in southern India have fallen by INR30 to about INR300 (US$4.42) a bag, while prices in the west are lower still, having slipped to INR245. Analysts believe that demand will fall by 15-20 per cent in December. Meanwhile, petcoke imports have increased in price from US$72.13/t in July to... |
Tanzania: government supports coal quality complaints08 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsA Tanzanian government-commissioned report has confirmed that the quality of locally-produced coal is questionable. The Commissioner of Minerals tasked an independent committee to establish why major coal users in the country, especially cement manufacturers, prefer imported to local coal. The report follows a government ban on coal imports earlier this year. Minister of Energy and Minerals, Prof Sospeter Muhongo, said recently that the ban would not be lifted because the country produces... |
Coal classification07 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsDr Clark understands that the accepted ways of classifying different types of coal have led to complications when plant personnel have been required to estimate the specific thermal energy consumption of cement kilns. The accepted ways of coal classification are not always useful in estimating the volume of this fuel required to fire the kiln Cement manufacturing is a capital-intensive industry where control of costs is paramount. To recover the capital investment required to... |
Pakistan: Maple Leaf expansion plans14 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsMaple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd announced that its board of directors has approved an additional dry-process clinker production line (No. 3) at its existing plant site in Iskanderabad District, Mianwali, Pakistan. The new line will operate at a capacity of 7000tpd, pushing grey cement production at the plant to 17,700tpd. The project is expected to cost PKR20bn (US$191m) with aims to be completed within 26 months. This expansion announcement follows an earlier notification that the compan... |
India: cement industry demand raises coal imports12 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe demand for coal with a high calorific value, primarily from the cement sector, combined with the doubling of clean environment cess has resulted in a shift in coal imports into India. Steam coal imports have been declining in the April-June 2016 quarter due to higher output of domestic mines, but the key shift relates to the origin of the imports. While Indonesia has accounted for the majority of coal imports, in the 1Q16-17 import growth of coal sourced from this Asian country has re... |
Pakistan: good news for coal industry12 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe Pakistan International Bulk Terminal, which is currently under construction at Port Qasim, is expected to commence operation by the end of the year. The terminal will have the capacity to handle 12Mta of coal imports and 4Mta of cement and clinker exports. The project cost is estimated at US$225m and is funded by a local company in partnership with the World Bank and International Finance Corporation. Meanwhile, coal importers from the private sector have sought government permission ... |
Sumitomo Osaka 1.4Mt coal consumption in 201502 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsJapanese cement manufacturer Sumitomo Osaka Cement reported that it had consumed 1.41Mt of coal for the fiscal year 2015 (year end 31 March 2016). This figure is a 2.7 per cent YoY decrease from the fiscal year 2014, when consumption reached 1.44Mt. Petcoke consumption for the same period was 0.1Mt, up 19 per cent from 0.08Mt from fiscal year 2014. |