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New plant to open in Cambodia03 January 2018, Published under Cement NewsChip Mong Insee Cement Corporation plans to have its 2Mta plant in Kampot province fully operational early this year, according to Khmer Times. The company signed a partnership agreement with Citic Heavy Industries Company in 2016 to build the plant for US$262m. “It will produce two kinds of cement: Camel and Diamond Insee cements,” said Suy Sem, Minister of Mines and Energy in Cambodia. The total cement demand within Cambodia is expected to reach 5Mta within this year. |
Dangote Cement Nepal is denied mining licence02 January 2018, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement Nepal Pvt Ltd has lost its attempt to win an open bid for a mining licence in Nepal. It has been technically disqualified for the detailed exploration of three limestone mines, after its proposal lacked details about the experienced hands needed for such work. However, Dangote group General Manager, Hikmat Thapa, said: “We are saddened by news that we are disqualified technically.” The Investment Board Nepal (IBN) had approved the investment in 2013 following an assessment... |
Gambia's turning point21 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsLeaving behind a past of political unrest and financial mismanagement, Gambia is at the start of an exciting new chapter. Led by a new, democratically-elected government and witnessing an upturn in construction, the country is about to open its first cement production facility. Thanks to Gambia's newly-found political stability, the international community is re-engaging with the west African country As the smallest country on the African mainland by area, Gambia’s economy... |
Huaxin Cement plans US$140m works in Nepal08 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsChinese cement producer Huaxin Cement is planning a new US$140m cement facility in Nepal having started talks with authorities and setting out a project investment agreement (PIA) for the factory. "We have already started informal talks with the Chinese company on signing of the PIA," said a highly-placed source at the Investment Board Nepal (IBN). "The formal negotiations on PIA will begin after the Chinese investor pays a pre-negotiation and agreement execution fee of 0.2 per cent of the... |
New 2500tpd plant to be built in Kazakhstan06 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsKazakhstan has formerly agreed that the construction of a cement plant with a capacity of 2500tpd to be built by Hong Kong company Sino-Harbor Construction Group in the Aktyubinsk region of the country. The announcement was made by the Azernews website. |
JK Cement plans expansion spree05 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsJK Cement is planning to almost double its grey cement capacity to 18Mta in four years with brownfield and greenfield expansions. The company is embarking on a brownfield expansion of 3.5Mta at its Mangrol facility in Rajasthan. This involves capital expenditure of about INR15,000m (US$232.8m). Work at Mangrol is expected to start by end FY17-18 and commissioning is expected by end of 2019, Rajnish Kapur, head of grey cement business, told Economic Times. Separately, JK is also workin... |
Oman Cement seeks Brazilian investors for new plant27 November 2017, Published under Cement NewsOman Cement Co (OCC) visited Brazil to seek partners for a new cement plant in Duqm, an industrial and port free trade zone in Oman. The company’s Chairman, Abdullah Abbas Ahmed, visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce on Friday. According to Mr Ahmed, the output capacity of the company’s current plant can be expanded, but the idea of the project in Duqm is to build a plant that would operate at a lower cost, use alternative energy sources and that can produce items of higher added-... |
Kohat Cement receives credit for new 7800tpd line27 November 2017, Published under Cement NewsKohat Cement Co Ltd has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange Ltd that a letter of credit for setting up 7800tpd grey cement line has been established. On 6 June 2017 Kohat Cement Co had decided to set up a new 7800tpd cement production line at its existing Kohat plant in Punjab province, along with a waste heat recovery (WHR) power plant. The company currently has a capacity of 2.8Mta of grey cement and 150,000tpa of white cement. The company dispatched 2.08Mt (2016: 2.09Mt) of cement ... |
Evergreen Holdings to build new plant in Uzbekistan24 November 2017, Published under Cement NewsEvergreen Holdings has initiated plans to construct a new cement plant in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. The South Korean company will complete the project in several stages according to the demand of cement in Uzbekistan and neighbouring countries, reports Trend News Agency. The total capacity of the five operational cement plants in Uzbekistan is over 8.5Mta. However, the country hopes to increase cement output to 17Mta within the next five years. |
Dangote Cement inaugurates plant in Rep of Congo23 November 2017, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement will inaugurate its 1.5Mta cement plant in the Republic of Congo on Thursday. The plant is expected to create approximately 1000 jobs and will become Dangote's 10th fully-operational plant in Africa. The US$500m works produced its first bag of cement on 7 August. Unaudited 3Q results show that the new plant has almost doubled the size of the cement sector in Congo, according to Vanguard. Meanwhile, Dangote Cement saw an increase of 7.5 per cent in pan-African cement sal... |