Cement News tagged under: new capacity
Fecto Cement plans greenfield project23 February 2018, Published under Cement NewsPakistan-based Fecto Cement Ltd has announced plans to construct a 6000tpd greenfield plant and a 9MW waste heat recovery (WHR) power plant in Palai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The decision to expand was undertaken following the receipt of an exploration licence for limestone mining and to meet the growth in cement demand. Elsewhere the company modified its Sangjani plant by replacing coal dosing equipment and the motors of both induced draught fans, which increased clinker production to 2760tpd... |
PT Indocement22 February 2018, Published under Cement NewsPT Indocement’s new cement terminal in Palembang, Sumatra, is in the final stages of construction and on schedule for commissioning in March this year, according to the company. The terminal will be able to handle 1Mta of cement and is expected to start contributing to the cement producer’s earnings immediately. Indocement hopes the new facility will boost the company’s sales on the island, which is the second-largest in Indonesia. According to data from the Indonesian Cement Associati... |
Anhui Conch22 February 2018, Published under Cement NewsAnhui Conch is seeking funding to the tune of US$500m to help realise its plans to build a new cement plant in Russia. In 2016 the company signed a joint venture with Ulyanovsk Oblast Development Group to construct a 5000tpd cement works in the Terengulsky district of the Ulyanovsk region. Construction of the plant was due to begin in 1Q18 with the facility due for completion in late 2020-early 2021. “Currently the project is still in the pre-preparation stage, and design and equipment pr... |
Semen Indonesia22 February 2018, Published under Cement NewsA new packaging plant in the port of Pulau Baai, Sumatra, is expected to boost cement sales for PT Semen Padang by around 10 per cent in 2018. Semen Padang, a subsidiary of Semen Indonesia, produced 398,519t of cement in 2017, accounting for 48 per cent of the local Bengkulu market. The sales target for this year is in excess of 442,000t. “In 2017, Semen Padang dominated the cement market in Bengkulu, and we believe the market share could still be increased in 2018,” says Nur Anita Rah... |
UltraTech Cement22 February 2018, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech is investing INR600m (US$9.4m) in a new limestone mining project in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. The project, which received the go-ahead from the Environment Ministry earlier this month, involves an area of 632ha with a production capacity of 2.07Mta. The mine’s total reserves are believed to be over 63Mt with a life expectancy of 32 years, according to Indian press reports. To avoid blasting or drilling, UltraTech intends to use the open-cast mechanised method with a su... |
Uganda faces cement price hike22 February 2018, Published under Cement NewsCement prices have risen in Uganda since the start of the year, with wholesale prices now between UGX29,000-30,500 (US$7.90-8.40)/bag. Tororo Cement has announced that prices increased to UGX29,500 from UGX28,500 recorded in the first week of January 2018, according to the Daily Monitor. " There is an increment of UGX1000. At wholesale level, the price is UGX29,500. It is due to the fuel price hiking and the dollar price currently at UGX3650," said Alok Kala, chief marketing manager, Toror... |
Limak's 0.7Mta Matola plant inaugurated22 February 2018, Published under Cement NewsMozambican President Filipe Nyusi inaugurated Limak Cement Group’s new cement plant in Matola on 21 February 2018. The new plant has a 0.7Mta capacity and will employ over 140 people, mostly Mozambicans. President Nyusi said he expected the new factory “to contribute to stabilising prices in a scenario of high levels of demand for cement. “This prospect strengthens our conviction that our dream of building national infrastructures using exclusively cement produced in Mozambique ca... |
Shree Cement commissions New Bihar cement plant20 February 2018, Published under Cement NewsShree Cement has commissioned a 2Mta grinding plant called the 'New Bihar cement plant', which is located at Aurangabad in the state of Bihar, India. The company has recently commissioned its Bangur cement grinding unit. The new plant has capacity of 3.6Mta and is located at Village Rohi Udaipur Udasar, Sriganganagar district, Rajasthan. Currently, Shree Cement's manufacturing operations are located in six north and eastern India states. |
Ministry of Commerce: Cambodia will not ban cement imports16 February 2018, Published under Cement NewsThe spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, Seang Thai reported that Cambodia imported 1.9Mt of cement in 2016 and the opening of the country's largest cement factory last week will still not lessen the need for cement imports. "Cement imports are still highly important for construction, because our cement supply is not sufficient to meet construction growth," Seang Thai said. “We are part of a free market now, and we have to build up our capacity to compete in this market – we cannot ban... |
Shree Cement commissions grinding unit15 February 2018, Published under Cement NewsShree Cement has commissioned a new grinding unit in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan. The new facility has a capacity of 3.6Mta. In the 3Q17 the company reported a net profit increase of 41.6 per cent YoY to INR3.33bn (US$52.1m) and 23.1 per cent growth in net sales to INR22.96bn. |