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Zimbabwe announces new cement plant05 January 2024, Published under Cement NewsA new US$1bn cement plant project has been launched in Karoi Town, Zimbabwe. The project, which is being funded by Chinese investors, will be completed within the next two years and marks a partnership between Labenmon Investments (Pvt) Ltd and West International Holding, according to The Zimbabwe Mail. The new facility will include a 2.7Mta dry-process clinker cement production line, a 100MW power generation unit and a 0.9Mta cement grinding station. “West International Holding has t... |
New cement plant on track for Kyrgyzstan02 January 2024, Published under Cement NewsA new cement plant is set to launch in Chuy region, Kyrgyzstan in 2024. The plant will have a capacity of 1.7Mta and is expected to create 650 jobs. The plant will use ash dumps from the Bishkek Thermal Power Plant as raw materials and will have a waste heat recovery system to generate electricity. Of the total project cost of US$160m, US$45m is contributed by the Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund. Following the commissioning of the plant trade volume with Russia is expected to increase.... |
Lemi National Cement expected to see inauguration in March 202429 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsConstruction of Lemi National Cement Factory in Ethiopia is 70 per cent completed and the plant is expected to be inaugurated in March 2024. Owned by a joint venture of West International Holding, the African business of West China Cement and East African Holding Co, the 8Mta cement plant is being built at Lemi Building Materials Industrial Park, some 150km north of Addis Ababa. The project represents an investment of US$600m. Buzuayehu Adele, chairman of East African Holding Co, announc... |
Domicem inaugurates second line24 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsDomicem inaugurates the second production line at its Sabana Grande de Palenque plant in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic. The new line will increase the plant's production capacity to 3Mta as well as enable the country to be self-sufficient in terms of clinker production. The new line includes new crushing facilities, raw materials warehouse, Loesche vertical mill, five-stage precalcining preheater and kiln with a state-of-the-art bag filter. Adriano Brunetti, MD of Domicem, said: “T... |
SRM Group ventures into cement06 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s SRM Group has entered the cement business with the launch of a new subsidiary, SRMPR Cement. The Chennai-based company invested INR2250m in a 420,000tpa cement capacity with three production facilities in Tamil Nadu and one in Andhra Pradesh. It wil start exporting Portland pozzolana cement from 15 November to countries including the Maldives, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. SRMPR Cement foresees the start of production of a wide range of cements, including ordinary Portland Cement and h... |
Ambuja Cement reports quadrupling 2Q profit02 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsAmbuja Cements , part of Adani Cement Industries , saw profit quadruple in the 2QFY23-24 to INR6440m (US$77.4m) from INR1390m in the year-ago quarter. The company’s revenue advanced eight per cent YoY to INR39,700m in the 2QFY23-24 while cement and clinker sales volumes advance seven per cent to 7.6Mt. Ambuja Cements saw its expenses decline by two per cent YoY with fuel costs down by nearly a third. As a result, EBITDA improved by nearly 150 per cent to INR7740m and the EBITDA margin ... |
Holcim Romania inaugurates new aggregates plant02 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Romania has opened a new EUR3m aggregates plant in Neudorf, Arad province, western Romania. The first deliveries of the new plant have been completed this month, said Holcim. "I am glad that with the opening of the new aggregates plant, the fifth in the country, we are closer to our customers in the western part of the country, with whom we want to build successful projects, contributing to their development plans," said Anca Alexandru, ready-mix and agreggates director of Holcim ... |
Birla Corp announces expansions in FY25-2607 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsBirla Corp , the flagship company of MP Birla Group , is planning to increase cement production to 25Mta by the end of financial year 2025-26. The existing capacity of Birla Corp headed by Harsh V Lodha stands at about 20Mta. The company is planning to ramp up its production capacity from a greenfield cement plant at Mukutban near Nagpur, setting up a setting up a second clinker unit at Maihar in Madhya Pradesh and constructing new grinding units in north India. “With the commissio... |
Diego Lugano and Hipermix in Brazil JV29 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsDiego Lugano, a former footballer for Uruguay’s national team, is entering the cement business in Brazil in a joint venture (JV) with local company Hipermix. The JV has inaugurated a 0.4Mta cement and mortar factory in the industrial district of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul. The BRL100m (US$20.4m) investment will see the production of 100,000tpa of cement traded as Cementos Gaúcho, according to local media. The plant will create 30 direct and 120 indirect jobs. Cementos Gaúcho will serve ... |
Rwanda commissions new cement plant07 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsRwandan President, Paul Kagame, inaugurated on 3 August 2023 the AnJia Cement Factory, a Chinese-funded cement plant Muhanga Industrial park, Southern Province, Rwanda. The AnJia Cement Factory was built by AnJia Prefabricated Construction Rwanda Co Ltd, a subsidiary of West International Holding, the African business of West China Cement Ltd. West China Cement has invested US$50m in the grinding unit, which has a cement capacity of 1Mta. At present the plant provides employment to 205 pe... |