Cement News tagged under: new plant
PT Semen Baturaja will open a new plant in 2017 and targets strong sales13 April 2016, Published under Cement NewsA major growth area for state-owned PT Semen Baturaja is South Sumatra, where the company has signed contracts with several firms to build a new plant called Baturaja II in anticipation of increasing construction projects in the province. Project developments and construction in South Sumatra continues to increase ahead of the 2018 Asian Games, including a light rail transit project, overpasses, sports facilities and hotels. Zulkifli Subli, PT Semen Baturaja 's corporate secretary, ... |
Nigeria: Work commences on Dangote’s Okpella plant11 April 2016, Published under Cement NewsA groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new cement plant has been held as part of celebrations to mark Aliko Dangote’s 59 th birthday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the new plant, in Okpella in southern Nigeria, is projected to cost US$1bn and will have a capacity of 6Mta. In its 2015 annual report Dangote Cement said that the new plant would be half this size, with a still-considerable capacity of 3Mta. The increased capacity plans at Opkella reflect Dangote’s c... |
Cote d'Ivoire: Work starts on second CIMAF plant07 April 2016, Published under Cement NewsPlans to bring Société Ciment d'Afrique's (CIMAF) production capacity in Côte d'Ivoire to 2Mta by 2017 were outlined in a meeting yesterday between Moroccan investors and the country's president. StarAfrica reports that Anas Sefrioui, president of CIMAF’s parent Addoha Group, used his meeting with Ivoirian President, Alassane Ouattara, to announce that work would begin this week on the construction of a new 1Mta grinding plant at the port of San Pedro in the west of the country. This... |
Council cancels permit for Massachusetts cement plant29 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsOfficials in Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA, have rescinded a permit given to Attleboro Sand & Gravel to allow it to develop a cement plant. Local newspaper the Sun Chronicle reports that the zoning board of appeals ruled that the plant is not allowed in the industrial business park zone where the company's 180-acre property is located. Attleboro Sand & Gravel, which is owned by Massachusetts construction firm the Lorusso Coporation, had argued that since they had previously produced cement... |
PPC’s Harare plant on course for 2016 commissioning24 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsZimbabwe’s deputy minister for industry and commerce, Chiratidzo Mabuwa, has welcomed PPC’s commitment to investing in the country as the company confirms that it expects its second mill, a 0.7Mta unit in Harare, to be commissioned in late 2016. According to reports in News Day, Ms Mabuwa told delegates at the Zimbabwe-South Africa Investment and Trade Initiative meeting in Bulawayo last week that PPC’s presence was a sign that the country was open for foreign investment. “The company ... |
Semen Indonesia sets up Aceh joint venture18 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsPT Semen Indonesia Tbk and PT Samana Citra Agung on 17 March signed agreement to set up a joint venture company, called PT Semen Indonesia Aceh, which will engage in producing and distributing cement. The agreement was signed by president director of Semen Indonesia, Suparni, and president director of Samana Citra Agung, Deni Fahlevi in Jakarta. Samana Citra is based in Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatera Island. Both parties have agreed to invest a total of IDR5trn (US$383.3m) in estab... |
Orascom wins greenfield contract in Algeria07 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsOrascom Construction has been awarded the contract for a greenfield cement plant in Algeria. The new 6000tpd plant is for a private sector client and comprises infrastructure work for an industrial complex, Orascom said in a statement. The combined value of both contracts is US$180m. |
BUA Group reportedly in talks to build two plants in east Africa19 February 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe BUA Group of Nigeria in talks with China’s Sinoma to build two cement plants in east Africa and a steel plant in Nigeria for US$1.9bn, according to a report by Reuters. BUA Group chairman, Abdulsamad Rabiu, told the international news agency that the two cement plants will have a capacity of 3Mta and cost US$700m. The steel plant will have a capacity of 1.2Mt at a cost of US$1.2bn. In a statement, BUA said the pact came following the successful start of production at its new Obu cement... |
Egypt receives 37 applications for new coal-fired cement plants16 February 2016, Published under Cement NewsA total of 37 companies have applied for licences to construct new coal-fired cement plants in nine governorates, Daily News Egypt reported on Saturday citing Egypt’s Industrial Development Authority (IDA). Ismail Gaber, head of the IDA, said the new licences aim to increase investments in the cement industry to meet local consumption. Minister of Industry, Tarek Qabil, announced earlier this year that the IDA would issue licences to establish cement factories in the governorates of Be... |
FLSmidth receives large cement order in Algeria09 February 2016, Published under Cement NewsFLSmidth has signed an EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contract with a value of more than EUR200m with SARL Amouda Ingineering for the supply of a greenfield cement plant in Algeria. The plant will be located in El Beida (Laghouat), approximately 400km from the capital Algiers. The order includes engineering, equipment supplies, construction, commissioning and training. Once completed, the cement plant will have a capacity of 6000tpd. "EPC solutions are increasingly req... |