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Chad: Société National de Cimenterie (SONACIM) has placed an order with a China-based machine parts supplier for a part for its Baoré grinding plant’s generator. Alwihda News has reported that previously ordered the part from a supplier based in Egypt, which since failed to make the delivery. Cement production has been suspended at the plant since early July 2022, pending delivery of the missing part.

SONACIM’s deputy director general Koye Ndaye Benoît said “As soon as the part arrives, production will be restarted.”

430 people are employed in SONACIM’s operations in Chad.

China: Jinzhou Tiansheng Heavy Industry has ordered a lime plant with a production capacity of just under 5000t/day from Switzerland-based Maerz Ofenbau. The order includes six PFR-type kilns and will be based at a carbide plant that is being built by Mundra Petrochem, a subsidiary of India-based Adani Group. Maerz says that the new plant will be the largest lime unit ever built at a new site. The equipment manufacturer will supply engineering, material and equipment for the R5S carbide-gas-fired kilns, each with a production capacity of 800t/day.

China: A team at Southeast University has developed an alternative concrete that contains 8% cement. It uses coral reef limestone fragments and biodebris with an upper particle size of 53mm as fine aggregate. The researchers concluded that the material proved suitable for use in precast concrete paving slab production.

China: Chongqing Sifang New Materials says that it has resumed cement production at all sites following the end of the latest round of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. The producer says that it brought capacity back online in a progressive manner.

China: Anhui Conch Cement's carbon capture systems went on display at the Macao International Environment Forum and Exhibition in Macao Special Administrative Region on 9 December 2022. Anhui Conch Cement previously installed amine-based carbon capture systems at some of its cement plants, beginning with the Baimashan cement plant in Wuhu, Anhui Province. The producer said that it hopes to introduce its advanced equipment to the international community and to collaborate with other cement companies for the accelerated development of green technologies.

The Macao International Environment Forum and Exhibition addresses China's Dual Carbon Goal of peak national CO₂ emissions before 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060.

China: Chen Xuanlin has resigned as the chief investment officer of Dongwu Cement. In a statement the company said that Chen wanted to, “to pursue his career development and concentrate on his own business engagement.”

China: Tangshan Jidong Cement and Xinjiang Tianshan Cement have announced the planned launch of a new joint venture in the cement industry. Reuters News has reported that the new cement producer will have registered capital of US$129m.

Tangshan Jidong Cement and Xinjiang Tianshan Cements' headquarters lie 3000km apart, in Beijing, Hebei Province, and Ürümqi, Xinjiang Province, respectively.

Kenya: Savannah Cement has ordered a new US$300m production line from China-based Sinoma international Engineering for its Kitui plant. The project scope covers supplying an integrated clinker production line from limestone crushing to cement packaging and logistics. The line will have a clinker production capacity of 8000t/day. Commissioning of the new line is scheduled for about two years after the contract takes effect.

Ethiopia: Derba MIDROC Cement has signed a US$282m contract agreement with China-based Sinoma International Engineering to upgrade its integrated Derba cement plant in Oromia. The project is intended to double the plant’s cement production output to around 15,000t/day, according to Fana Broadcasting Corporate. Takele Uma, the Minister of Mines, attended the signing ceremony.

China: China National Building Material (CNBM) subsidiary Sinoma International Engineering has concluded an agreement to acquire cement plant equipment supplier CNBM Smart Industry Technology. MarketScreener News has reported the value of the deal as US$52m.

CNBM Smart Industry Technology supplies maintenance services and equipment to companies around the globe.