Cement News tagged under: new plant
CSN Cimentos plans new 3Mta plant in Brazil14 June 2019, Published under Cement NewsBrazil’s CSN Cimentos has announced plans to invest BRL1.5bn (US$387.84m) for a new 3Mta cement facility in Paraná. Eduardo Bekin, president of the Paraná State Development Agency, has confirmed that the company already has the authorisation to conduct economic viability studies and should confirm the plant by late August. The company considered constructing the plant in Sergipe State, where it owns a limestone mine, according to Valor. The final decision reportedly rests on whether the com... |
Chinese plan 0.5Mta plant in Mozambique14 June 2019, Published under Cement NewsChinese investors are behind a greenfield 0.5Mta cement plant to be built in Mozambique by 2021. The US$700m cement plant will be located in Muxúnguè, Chibabava district in the southern province of Sofala. Work will begin on the construction of Cimentos de Sofala's plant in 3Q19, reported daily newspaper Correiro da Menhã. Zheng Peng, a company representative, said the investors plan to supply the local market with Portland cement and also export to the neighbouring countries of Malawi and ... |
Tajik Cement plans new 1.2Mta plant12 June 2019, Published under Cement NewsTajikistan’s Tajik Cement has signed an investment agreement for the construction and commissioning of a new 1.2Mta plant. The state-run producer is reportedly seeking US$100m in foreign direct investments for the project. The country produced 1.2Mt of cement in the Jan-Apr period of this year, rising 75,000t from the year-ago period. |
UltraTech Cement receives approval for 6Mta plant project11 June 2019, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s UltraTech Cement has received environmental approval to set up a INR25bn (US$360.37m) project in Petnikota village, Andhra Pradesh. The integrated facility is expected to have a clinker capacity of 4Mta and 6Mta of cement. Alongside the cement works, the company also plans to install a 60MW captive power plant and 15MW waste heat recovery unit. It has already acquired 431.92ha of land but still requires ‘consent to establish and operate’ from the state’s pollution control board, ac... |
Eurocement provides update on Akhangarancement07 June 2019, Published under Cement NewsMikhail Skorokhod, president of Russia's Eurocement group, has provided an update on the company’s Akhangarancement project to the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The plans will see a group of industrial projects developed in Akhangaran, Uzbekistan. "The result of the cluster will be a production complex with an annual capacity of 5Mt of cement, 144,000m 3 of ready-mixed concrete, 30,000m 3 of concrete products, as well as other products. The company will make a significant... |
Calcar Products to begin work on new grinding unit06 June 2019, Published under Cement NewsIndia's Calcar Products is expecting to begin Phase I of its new cement grinding unit project this month. The facility will be set up in two phases at Bhupdeopur village of Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, with each phase representing 0.33Mta of cement capacity. Th estimated investment cost for Phase I is INR420m (US$6.06m) and INR330m for Phase II. The project is due for completion in the first half of 2020. |
Mohir Cement plans new 0.6Mta plant in Tajikistan28 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsTajikistan’s Mohir Cement Co has announced plans to construct a new 0.6Mta cement plant in Jaloliddin Balkhi district, Khatlon. An estimated US$30m is expected to be spent on construction, according to the company’s draft investment agreement with the government of Tajikistan. All equipment, transport vehicles and materials imported by the investor for the project are reportedly exempt from customs duties and value-added tax. The company is also currently working with Chinese investors t... |
Ecocem forced to drop Vallejo mill project28 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsEcocem of Ireland has dropped plans for a grinding mill Vallejo, San Francisco Bay, California, USA, after project partner Vallejo Marine Terminal (VMT) withdrew from the proposed plant. VMT's lawyer, Krista Kim, told the city council that her client no longer supported the project, which has endured a six-year planning application battle. VMT owned the land on which the proposed EUR45m plant would have been constructed for Ecocem subsidiary Orcem Americas. Vallejo's council was scheduled ... |
Cemex breaks ground on new line in the Philippines24 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsCemex Holdings Philippines (CHP) has broken ground on its new US$235m line at the plant of its subsidiary, Solid Cement, in Antipolo, Rizal. Upon completion, the expansion is expected to increase Solid Cement’s capacity to 3.4Mta from 1.9Mta. "The continuous investment and expansion of Cemex in the Philippines is a reflection of its profound commitment to help the Philippine government in its quest to build a stronger nation. With the expansion of our operations, we shall be able to suppo... |
Shree Cement sees 14% revenue increase and plans new capacity20 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s Shree Cement has announced a 19.6 per cent YoY fall in net profit to INR3.21bn (US$46.18m) for the 4QFY18-19. However, revenue increased 14.2 per cent to INR33.29bn from INR29.15bn. The company’s cement segment recorded a 16.9 per cent increase in revenue to INR32.84bn from INR28.11bn. Meanwhile, the company has also announced plans to add 3Mta of grinding capacity to its unit in Pune, Maharashtra. The project is expected to be completed by September 2020 and represents an invest... |