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BUA Cement looks to finance 6Mta expansion project

31 August 2022, Published under Cement News

BUA Cement is in talks with US-based International Finance Corporation (IFC) to raise funds through a loan to expand its cement facility, the company said in a statement to the Nigerian stock exchange. The funding aims to expand the capacity of the company’s integrated cement plant in Kalambaina, Sokoto , to 8Mta from 2Mta and develop other ancillary utilities. In a recent statement, BUA Cement Chairman, Abdul Samad Rabiu, said that the ongoing projects will be completed in 2023 t...

Lucky Cement's domestic capacity to rise to 15.3Mta

09 August 2022, Published under Cement News

Lucky Cement Ltd  announced its financial results for the 4QFY21-22 (April-June 2022) on 5 August 2022 and held a corporate briefing session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) to discuss the company’s outlook.  Expansion of the Pezu cement plant in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to 3.15Mta is progressing well and is expected to cost PKR30bn (US$133.6m), according to Lucky Cement. This brownfield expansion in the north of the country is scheduled to come on-line in December 2022...

BUA approves dividend and sets 2023 deadline for current expansion projects

26 July 2022, Published under Cement News

BUA Cement Plc shareholders have approved dividends of NGN88.047bn (US$96.3m) for the financial year ended 31 December 2021 at NGN2.60k per ordinary share of 50k each. This approval was given during the company’s 6th Annual General Meeting held in Abuja and comes on the back of a strong financial performance in the year under review, which recorded revenue growth of 22.9 per cent from NGN209.4bn in 2020 to NGN257.3bn in 2021. Profits after tax also rose by 24.5 per cent YoY to NGN90.1bn in...

Building a better Australia

13 June 2022, Published under Cement News

Adbri has been integral to the use of slag cements in Australia since the 1970s. Here, the company looks at how the role of slag cements in the Australian cement industry has progressed and the importance of strong partnerships with local and foreign suppliers. By Michael Miller, Adbri Ltd, Australia. ABCL’s Birkenhead site Adbri Ltd, formerly known as Adelaide Brighton Ltd, is a pioneering construction materials and industrial mineral manufacturing company in Australia. With...

Star Cement invests in new capacity

07 June 2022, Published under Cement News

Star Cement is planning to invest INR17,000-18,000m (US$218.9m-231.8m) over the next two years, in response to robust demand from the infrastructure and real estate sectors. The company currently operates two clinker units in Meghalaya with a total capacity of around 2.75Mta. A new clinker unit, costing INR10,000m, will add a further 3Mta of clinker capacity taking total production capacity to 5.75Mta. According to BusinessLine Online, the new unit is due to be operational by April 2024. ...

Perfect planning for Shree Cement's new Raipur clinker line

27 May 2022, Published under Cement News

Achieving its first clinker production in March 2022 , Shree Cement  says its new 9000tpd Line 3 at  Raipur  cement plant, India, was successful because it portrayed a perfect harmony in project planning. "It showed the commitment of Shree Cement and FLSmidth teams, combined with FLSmidth's technologies and process expertise," said Shree Cement. Prashant Bangur, joint MD of Shree Cement, adds, " It was an extraordinary teamwork between FLSmidth and Shree Cement to commission a large pr...

UltraTech Cement opens second clinker line at Hirmi

18 May 2022, Published under Cement News

UltraTech Cement , the country’s largest cement producer, has added 2.7Mta of capacity by commissioning a second clinker line at Hirmi Cement plant in Chhattisgarh. The company will add another 1.3Mta of capacity at the same plant by the June quarter. The commissioning of the clinker unit was completed well ahead of schedule and is a unique achievement considering the slowdown faced in project work earlier during the year due to COVID, said the company in a statement. UltraTech has ...

Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd will expand Belagavi cement plant

12 May 2022, Published under Cement News

Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd  is expanding its existing manufacturing plant at  Belagavi  in north Karnataka by investing INR3000m (US$38.3m). The company expects the investment to create up to 700 new jobs by March 2024. “We plan to invest INR2000m to INR3000m in the next two years towards manufacturing expansion, in terms of enhanced production capabilities, and renewing our energy commitment by planning a solar power capacity installation of 9MW to reduce electricity consumption by half...

Kanodia Cement completes Amethi grinding plant expansion

20 April 2022, Published under Cement News

Kanodia Cement has set up a new cement grinding unit at its Amethi plant, India. The grinding expansion is already completed and production began in April 2022. All four of the company’s cement grinding units are fully automated. Vishal Kanodia, managing director, Kanodia Cement, said that the Amethi expansion is part of the company’s strategy to increase its total cement capacity to 4.3Mta. “We are optimistic about the growth in demand for cement in India. The set-up of our Amethi...

Maple Leaf Cement Co’s expansion project nears completion

22 March 2022, Published under Cement News

Maple Leaf Cement Co (MLCF) is expecting to complete the Kiln Line No 4 expansion at the existing site in Iskanderabad, Mianwali district, Pakistan, in October 2022. This will lead the company to become the fourth largest player in the industry with a single site capacity of 7.7Mta. Addressing a Pakistan Mid Cap Conference 2022 organised by research house Topline, Group Director Finance of Maple Leaf Group, Mohsin Naqvi, disclosed the details of the expansion plan and added that the overa...