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ICG launches fourth cement plant in Kazakhstan

19 November 2024, Published under Cement News

Singapore’s Mainboard-listed International Cement Group (ICG) has inaugurated its fourth integrated cement plant, Korcem, in Kazakhstan’s Jambyl Region. The US$153m facility, located in Korday District near Almaty and the Alatau Special Economic Zone (SEZ), adds 1.5Mta of capacity, bringing ICG’s total production capability to 5.5Mta. The Korcem plant further establishes ICG as the largest producer of new dry process cement in Kazakhstan, bolstering its leadership in Central Asia’s ceme...

Confidence Cement invests US$68m in new facility in Narsingdi

02 October 2024, Published under Cement News

Confidence Cement PLC , a leading cement producer based in Bangladesh, is investing BDT8.15bn (US$68.2m) to construct a new production facility on 10 acres of land in Narsingdi. This expansion comes amid a slowdown in construction across Bangladesh following political changes, yet the company is positioning itself to meet future demand in Dhaka and surrounding regions. The new unit, Confidence Cement Dhaka Ltd, will have a daily production capacity of 6000tpd and is expected to create ar...

Adani Group to set up new cement grinding unit

29 August 2024, Published under Cement News

Adani Group has announced plans to set up a 2Mta cement grinding unit in Guna, Madhya Pradesh, India. At the same time, the group is going to develop a state-of-the-art propellant production facility at Shivpuri, announced Karan Adani, CEO of Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd. The two projects for the construction of cement grinding and propellant production units, would result in an investment of INR35bn (US$417.2m), and create over 3500 direct and indirect jobs. These announcements were made in...

Yong Concrete PCL announces two new plants in Rayong

24 May 2024, Published under Cement News

Thailand-based Yong Concrete PCL has announced plans to build two new facilities in the country. Themove comes in response to rising demand in the Eastern Economic Corridor (ECC), and is aimed at offsetting market slowdown and government budget delays. Sunpetch Slisatakorn, CEO, said that one of the planned facilities will produce ready-mix concrete in the Nong Bua sub-district in Rayong’s Ban Khai district. An investment of THB10m (US$273,726) will be needed to commission the plant...

PPC opens material handling facility

30 October 2019, Published under Cement News

PPC Ltd has opened its Port Elizabeth material handling facility in South Africa. The facility is located in Deal Party and is able to handle approximately 400tph of clinker. The new facility also has packaging equipment for cement and has a staff of 44 people. The ZAR60m (US$40.1m) facility was commissioned in August and was officially launched this week. One of PPC's 0.2Mta kiln lines at its Port Elizabeth cement plant was decommissioned in June 2019, because of stricter environmental reg...

Martin Engineering opens new UK facility

20 June 2018, Published under Cement News

Bulk handling specialist Martin Engineering has opened a new facility in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, UK, to offer an improved service to UK and Scandinavian customers. The team at Mansfield will be lead by Aaron Bartram, who has 30 years of experience running major production operations in the heavy building products sector. “The UK and Scandinavia are centres of excellence when it comes to bulk material handling and processing,” said Robert Whetstone, Martin Engineering’s European vice p...