Cement News tagged under: new capacity
CIMAF Gabon inaugurates second line04 September 2020, Published under Cement NewsCiments d’Afrique (CIMAF) Gabon has inaugurated its second production line at the Owendo plant. The 0.35Mta line will lift the plant’s total capacity to 0.85Mta after an investment of XAF9bn (US$16.3m). It includes a new-generation 50tph crusher and two 500m3 storage silos. To optimise production the company plans a further XAF65bn investment to build a clinker production plant. At present CIMAF Gabon leads Gabon’s cement market. The country has a total annual output of 1.2Mta, double the ... |
BCIC and EDII to build cement plant in Bangladesh01 July 2020, Published under Cement NewsBangladesh Chemical Industries Corp and Saudi-based Engineering Dimension International Investment have agreed to build a cement plant under the name of Saudi Bangla Integrated Cement Co Ltd. The new plant will have a clinker capacity of 12,000tpd and a cement capacity of 3000tpd, based on the supply of limestone from Meghalaya, India. In addition to producing cement from its own clinker, the plant will also supply 4Mta of clinker to grinding units in Bangladesh. The project is expected t... |
Start-up of Fancesa project postponed to 1Q2110 June 2020, Published under Cement NewsThe coronavirus pandemic has seen a readjustment of the work schedule of the new plant being built in Sucre, Bolivia, by Fancesa as COVID-19 forced a 70-day quarantine upon the project. Start-up of the cement plant is now expected in the first quarter of 2021. While the project currently stands at 91 per cent completion, the remaining share of the work is the “most complicated”, according to Armin Cortez, chairman of the Board. "It should be remembered that we have had setbacks not only d... |
Cem'In'Eu prepares start-up of Rhône Ciments05 May 2020, Published under Cement NewsCem'In'Eu is starting up Rhône Ciments, its second cement plant in Portes-lès-Valence, Drôme region, France. "Moving to Portes-lès-Valence allows us to be in the middle of a Lyon-Marseille-Montpellier triangle but also to be connected to the Alpine valleys. We are thus at the heart of the large southeast market," explains Vincent Lefebvre, Cem’In’Eu president and founder. The company imports clinker from a 5Mta integrated cement works in eastern Turkey to supply its factory, which has i... |
New DRC cement plant project on hold14 April 2020, Published under Cement NewsThe laying of the foundation stone of a new cement plant in Katanda, Lomami province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been postponed indefinitely. The plant will be built in Bakwa Tshiluila, some 70km northeast of Mbujimayi, where deposits of limestone and other raw materials have been discovered. Nestor Kabuya, geologists and supervisor of the construction site said the postponement was due to the state of emergency decreed by the country’s head of state to prevent the spread of t... |
Ambuja Cement of India profit grows in FY1902 April 2020, Published under Cement NewsAmbuja Cement Ltd of India has reported an increase in total income of 3.1 per cent and profit after tax (PAT) advance of 2.8 per cent during FY19, despite an increase of 0.6 per cent in operating expenses, according to detailed stand-alone financial result released recently. The total income increased to INR120.94bn (US$1.586bn) in 2019 from INR117.32bn in the year-ago period. PAT reached to INR15.29bn in 2019 from INR14.78bn in 2018. Operating expenses increased from INR94.65bn in 2018 t... |
thyssenkrupp to build first industrial-scale activated clay-based cement plant in Cameroon01 April 2020, Published under Cement NewsGermany-based equipment supplier thyssenkrupp will build the first industrial-scale cement plant that uses activated clay to produce low-carbon cement in Cameroon, according to a company statement. thyssenkrupp is to fit the first cement plant with a system for the production of calcined clay for the Dutch-based company Cimpor Global Holdings. The technology developed by thyssenkrupp lowers CO 2 emissions in cement production by up to 40 per cent. Part of the clinker will be replaced with... |
Dangote Cement plans 1Mta grinding unit in Gabon02 March 2020, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement will construct a new 3000tpd clinker grinding plant in Gabon, representing an investment of US$75m, according to Dangote Group President, Alhaji Aliko Dangote. The new 1Mta cement plant will be built on a plot of over 10.5ha in the Owendo area, adjacent to the New Owendo International Port, just outside the country’s capital, Libreville. The plant is expected to help expand the spread of Dangote’s production facilities and reduce transport costs, according to Devakumar Edw... |
Pioneer Cement's new kiln line starts production16 January 2020, Published under Cement NewsPioneer Cement Ltd (PIOC) has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that the company successfully ignited its new 10,000tpd kiln line. Company Secretary, Abdul Wahab, said cement production and dispatch from the new line is expected to start soon. The 2.2Mta brownfield expansion is part of the company's Vision 2025 programme, which includes a 24MW coal-fired power plant and 12MW waste heat recovery power plant at Khushab, Punjab. Before this expansion, the company had 2.03Mta of cement ... |
Punjab easing NOC issue for new cement plants13 January 2020, Published under Cement NewsThe government of Punjab, Pakistan, is encouraging further investment as timely issuance of no objection certificates (NOCs) and other facilities are being extended to cement industry investors, reports The Balochistan Times. All relevant departments, including irrigation, environment, industries and local government, have adopted a unified strategy to remove unnecessary hurdles in the building of new cement plants, according to the Pakistani newspaper. Moreover, space has been identified ... |