Displaying items by tag: Expansion
India: Dalmia Bharat has announced a planned investment of US$10.9m in a grinding unit expansion at its 1Mt/yr Banjari cement plant in Bihar. The expansion will raise the plant’s capacity by 500,000t/yr and conclude before 31 March 2025.
Afghan government appoints Al-Falah Global and International Task Group for Jabal Siraj cement plant expansion
13 October 2023Afghanistan: Qatar-based Al-Falah Global and International Task Group has won a government contract to expand Jabal Siraj cement plant. Local engineering firm Awfi Bahram will also collaborate on the project. BBC Monitoring South Asia has reported that the work will increase the plant’s capacity by a factor of 50 to 1.5Mt/yr from 30,000t/yr. The total cost of the project is US$220m.
Holcim Romania to invest in Campulung cement plant
09 October 2023Romania: Holcim Romania has committed to an investment of over Euro25m to increase the production capacity of its cement plant in Campulung by approximately 20%. This would represent an expansion from 0.76Mt/yr to 0.9Mt/yr, according to the Argeşul newspaper. The company says that the investment will address both the existing need for more cement in the domestic construction market. It will also enhance the sustainability of the plant’s operation, streamline logistics and reduce the volume of CO2 emissions from the long-distance transport of building materials constructions.
Yura announces Arequipa expansion
29 September 2023Peru: Cemento Yura has announced plans to expand its cement plant in Arequipa. Luis Diaz, vice-president of the Cement, Concrete and Lime Division of Gloria Group, the parent company of Cemento Yura, announced the plans during the Perumin 36 Mining Convention, which also took place in Arequipa on 26 - 29 September 2023.
Speaking to the Gestión newspaper, Diaz revealed that Yura is finalising a project to double its capacity. The plant currently has a capacity of 3Mt/yr, most of which is produced by its largest line, Line 3. The new line will cost US$132m and have a capacity of 3Mt/yr.
Diaz reported that engineering studies were complete and that environmental impact permits were in the process of being acquired. No additional area will be required for the new line, which is expected to be operational in 2027.
Jamaica: Caribbean Cement plans to launch an upgrade to expand its Rockfort cement plant’s capacity by 30% to 1.3Mt/yr in October 2023. The producer says that the expansion will cost US$40m and that the new capacity will come online in early 2025. The work will include enlargements of multiple kiln sections and the installation of a new coal dosing system, clinker cooler and clinker transport system.
GCC orders pyroprocessing equipment from ThyssenKrupp Polysius for Odessa cement plant expansion
31 August 2023US: GCC has ordered pyroprocessing equipment from ThyssenKrupp Polysius for the expansion of its Odessa cement plant in Texas. The upgrade will more than double the plant’s capacity to 1.9Mt/yr, and reduce its CO2 emissions by 13%. Contractor H&M Construction says that the project will be the third on which it has collaborated on design and construction.
H&M Vice President Casey Rushing said “H&M is proud to have the opportunity to serve GCC as its design-builder on this great project. H&M has a very strong active presence in Texas and a very strong veteran self-perform team that has recently completed with Polysius a near identical pyroprocessing expansion in the Southeast US. We intend to improve on our successes from our previous pyroprocessing lines by executing this project for GCC with superior safety, quality and customer satisfaction.”
Cementos Argos to expand facilities in the US and Colombia
24 August 2023US/Colombia: Colombia-based Cementos Argos is carrying out expansions to two cement plants in South Carolina and West Virginia. While not specifically named, these would appear to be the 1.1Mt/yr Harleyville and 1.8Mt/yr Martinsburg cement plants. The producer says that the expansions will increase its cement capacity in the eastern US by 450,000t/yr.
Additionally, Cementos Argos plans to expand the capacity of its Cartagena cement terminal in Colombia by 35% to 4Mt/yr. The producer says that this will serve as a platform for subsequent growth. It is targeting the US market, where an expansion is also underway at its import facility in Houston, Texas. The Cartagena terminal achieved its current capacity following a recent US$42m expansion.
Turkmencement completes Lebap cement plant upgrade
24 August 2023Turkmenistan: State-owned Turkmencement has successfully carried out an upgrade to its 1Mt/yr Lebap cement plant at Koytendag. The upgrade involves the installation of a new 3000t/day kiln line, supplied by Germany-based thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions. The producer first announced the project in mid-2020, and ordered the new line in mid-2021.
In 2022, the Lebap cement plant produced 1.1Mt of cement, up by 11% year-on-year from 991,000t in 2021.
Taiheiyo Cement Philippines to more than double capacity of San Fernando cement plant
17 August 2023Philippines: Taiheiyo Cement Philippines plans to install a second production line at its 0.8Mt/yr San Fernando cement plant in Cebu. The Philippines Department of Trade and industry says that the new line will more than double the plant’s capacity to 3Mt/yr. It will also entail an upgrade to reduce its total energy-related CO2 emissions by 10%. The Philippine Daily Enquirer newspaper has reported that the producer will additionally build a 700,000t/yr terminal at Calaca in Batangas. The facility will cost US$68.4m. Altogether, the company expects its growth plans to generate 2000 new jobs in the Philippines. The Philippines government has committed 6% of gross domestic product (GDP) to infrastructure investments annually.
Taiheiyo Cement Philippines previously indicated in August 2022 that the San Fernando cement plant might eventually expand to a capacity of 5Mt/yr. At that time, it expected to commission the new Line 2 in May 2024.
Special trade representative to the Philippine Trade and Investment Centre in Tokyo, Dita Angara-Mathay, said "The company's latest announcement materialises its plans to expand to Luzon from its long-time base in the Visayan region."
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) orders Gebr. Pfeiffer vertical roller mills for Ariyalur and Kadapa grinding plants
08 August 2023India: Germany-based Gebr. Pfeiffer says that it has received orders for two MVR 3750 C-4 vertical roller mills from Dalmia Cement (Bharat). The producer plans to install one mill at its Ariyalur grinding plant in Tamil Nadu and the other at its Kadapa grinding plant in Andhra Pradesh. Gebr. Pfeiffer says that the mills will be employed in grinding clinker and pond ash. Each will produce 160t/hr of cement or fly ash cement. The supplier said that the mills' vertical design will help them to dry pond ash, as well as grinding and classifying it.