Cement News tagged under: international
Nepal: higher-grade cements to be certified soon19 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsTo date Nepal has been unable to certify cement produced in the country that is higher than grade 33, but as the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM) is preparing to certify grades 43 and 53, the country is now about to become self-sufficient in higher-grade cement. This is expected to reduce cement imports and give Nepalese producers the chance to compete for projects that they were prevented from applying to in the past. To enable this use of domestic product, NBSM is going t... |
Egypt: Arabian Cement to install new coal mill18 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsArabian Cement Co announced that the company's board of directors was convened last Sunday and approved the legal procedures to build a new coal mill worth EGP80m (US$9m). The company aims to increase its use of petcoke which will lead to more co-operation with Egyptian refiners companies, as well as reduce importing coal and cut operation's cost for the company's plant. |
Tanzania: Minister invites cement industry to voice its concerns17 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsTanzanian cement producers who have been stepping up the pressure on the new government to respond to the amounts of cheap cement imports have been given some encouragement to present their complaints. The minister for Industry, Trade and Investment, Charles Mwijage, advised local cement producers to meet with the government to sort out constraints in doing businesses. “Let's reason together so that we can build our case that I can defend to the government,” Mr Mwijage said at the inau... |
Aleppo cement plant back under Syrian army control17 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe Syrian army succeeded in reclaiming a cement factory in the southern countryside of Aleppo city on Tuesday, and is now purging the terrorists from the surrounding areas of the factory, reports Fars news agency. The Syrian army is boosting the cement factory's security in a bid to block any attempt by the terrorists to launch fresh attacks from al-Sheikh Saeed region, according to the report. The Jeish al-Fatah terrorists acknowledged that they had lost a major portion of the cement... |
Oman: Raysut Cement upgrades16 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsRaysut Cement is in the process of completing several expansions and improvements across its domestic and international assets. One project currently underway is the upgrade of its gas supply station at its Salalah plant in Oman. The upgrade will enable the plant to receive an additional 40,000m 3 of gas as fuel per day. According to Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ahmed Yousuf bin Alawi, upon completion of the project, the plant’s production capacity will increase to approximately 1... |
DR Congo: cement prices continue to rise in Kinshasa16 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe cement price in Kinshasa, DR of Congo, continues to climb. At present the retail price of a 50kg bag of cement stands at CFD17,000 (US$17.90) with retailers saying they are charged US$12.50/bag by wholesalers of Cimenterie de Lukala (CILU). |
Kurdistan: new Inekon Group plant15 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsInekon Group has signed a contract for a new plant project in the Iraqi region of Kurdistan worth US$450m. Project Manager, Michal Obrucník, said that the end customer is a Kurdish joint stock company and that it is close to completing talks on project financing. Project implementation is expected to being in September 2016. Commencement of construction of the new plant is forecast for March-April 2017, with completion expected June 2019. |
US$69m loan for Equatorial Guinea cement plant15 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe Equatorial Guinea government has been granted a XAF40.5bn (US$69m) loan by the Cameroon-based Common Savings and Investment Fund (CCEI) to build a cement plant in the west African state. The loan will be used for the purchase of production equipment, including raw material storage, laterite crusher and conveyors. Grupo Abayak SA will build a 0.5Mta cement plant in Akoga, reflecting a total investment of XAF162bn. The option exists to expand the works’ capacity to 1Mta. |
Indonesia: Holcim completes Lampung terminal15 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Indonesia has completed the construction of its cement terminal in Lampung at a cost of up to IDR400bn (US$30.5m). The new 4.7ha facility will be used for both storage and packing and will be able to process up to 1Mt of cement per year. Speaking on the project, finance director for the company, Mark Schmidt, said, "We will get the cement from a plant in Tuban [East Java], we will take it to Lampung to be packaged and marketed in South Sumatra.” |
Nigeria: removal of cement tax incentive12 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe removal of pioneer status tax incentive for the cement industry has caused concerns for operators in the real sector, who feel the development will send the wrong signal to investors. The issue was raised by the President of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Dr Frank Jacobs, with the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Okechukwu Enelamah, at a recent stakeholders’ meeting. Dr Jacobs said, “The news of government withdrawing the pioneer status tax incentive enjoyed by th... |