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Dangote Cement signs fresh deal with Sinoma

27 August 2015, Published under Cement News

Dangote Cement yesterday signed contracts worth about about US$4.34bn with Chinese firm Sinoma International to build factories across Africa and one in Asia. Cement facilities will be built in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Senegal, Niger, Mali, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana as well as in Nepal. The latest developments will boost capacity to more than 70Mta and Dangote is targeting further gains to about 100Mta of potential output by 2020, Aliko Dangote said in a speech in Lagos.

Cementos Argos inaugurates Innovation Center, Colombia

27 August 2015, Published under Cement News

Cementos Argos yesterday inaugurated its Innovation Center, based at the EAFIT University, Colombia, underlining the company commitment towards productive, competitive and sustainable growth. The Innovation Center has been designed to foster a collaborative environment, making laboratories available to researchers, students and scholars from different universities to find solutions for the cement and concrete industries in terms of materials, process and applications. “We see innovation...

Bosnia: Fabrika Cementa Lukavac first-half net profit down 45%

26 August 2015, Published under Cement News

The net profit of Bosnian cement maker Fabrika Cementa Lukavac (FCL) dropped 45 per cent to BAM4.2m (EUR2.1m) in the first half of 2015, according to company data released Tuesday. Operating income dropped 17.3 per cent to BAM23m through June, hile operating costs fell 12.4 per cent to BAM19.2ma, the company said in filing with the Sarajevo Stock Exchange. FCL, which is owned by Austria-based Asamer Holding, has the largest cement plant in Bosnia with a clinker capacity of 0.6Mta and a cem...

Hoang Phat Vissai Group completes Song Lam 2 project, Vietnam

26 August 2015, Published under Cement News

Hoang Phat Vissai Group (The Vissai) on Tuesday hosted an opening ceremony to mark the launch  for its Song Lam 2 cement plant in Vietnam's central province of Nghe An. With the operation of Song Lam 2 cement plant, The Vissai will supply an additional volume of 600,000t of PCB30 cement to the central region, the Cong Thuong online newspaper reported Tuesday. The Song Lam 2 cement plant, formerly known as PetroVietnam Cement 12/9 JSC, is situated in Anh Son district, Nghe An province. Con...

VCM gets grinding project green light, Vietnam

25 August 2015, Published under Cement News

Vietnam’s central province of Binh Dinh has granted approval to the Vietnam Construction Material Company (VCM) to establish a new grinding plant in the region. VCM can survey areas at industrial parks in the province for the 1Mta grinding plant, the Ministry of Construction said on its website on 21 August. The new project is expected to an involve an investment of VND600bn (US$26.9m), VCM said. (Source: Vietnam News Brief Service).

New licences to be issued for Upper Egypt

25 August 2015, Published under Cement News

Egypt's Ministry of Industry and Trade is to grant new licences for cement factories in Upper Egypt governorates next September, according to local press reports. Minister Monir Fakhry Abdel Nour said during an interview with the "60 Minutes" radio show on Radio Masr that the new licences target meeting future needs of local market for cement until 2020. The ministry will announce the new licences after completing studies on them. (Source: Amwal Al Ghad).

LH completes Tuban plant project in Indonesia

24 August 2015, Published under Cement News

LafargeHolcim today completed its Tuban project in Indonesia with the official opening of the second kiln line at the cement plant. The new plant will allow LafargeHolcim to tap into key developing markets in Indonesia’s East Java Province. The plant’s coastal location and jetty provides the Group with the flexibility to ship products to other important interisland markets including Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. Tuban is a state-of-the-art plant that allows for the highly-efficient prod...

New UK terminal granted conditional approval

24 August 2015, Published under Cement News

The Victoria Group has been granted conditional approval by Plymouth City Council to build a new bulk cement storage and distribution terminal on the city's waterfront, situated on the south coast of Devon, UK. The Plymouth Herald reported last week that the new depot is part of plans to transport tens of thousands of tonnes of cement of cement shipped in and out of Plymouth every year by ship instead of road. The chosen site for the terminal used to be a hub for coal imports and includes ...

JSW Group resumes plans for Bengal plant, India

21 August 2015, Published under Cement News

The JSW Group has proposed to build a 2.5Mta slag-based cement plant in Salboni, Bengal. Should everything proceed as planned, the Mumbai-based conglomerate may start the project next year. The company had originally signed an agreement with the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee-government to invest in a 10Mt steel and 1680MW power plant, which had included a cement unit to utilise the slag generated from the blast furnace plant. However, the project was put on hold in December 2014. But now the pl...

PT Semen Tonasa operations unaffected by fire, Indonesia

21 August 2015, Published under Cement News

PT Semen Tonasa cement plant remains in normal operation despite damage causd by a fire on Wednesday to one of its facilities at the Unit IV plant, South Sulawesi, the Jakarta Post reports. The fire, which broke out at the coal mill transport belt resulted in one fatality with 10 others injured. PT Semen Tonasa managing director Unggul Attas confirmed on Thursday that the fire did not affect operations at the plant. "The plant remains operating like usual and production is stable," said U...