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US: Aggregate Industries, a US subsidiary of LafargeHolcim, has secured the contract to provide concrete for the US$2bn Minneapolis-area Southwest Light Rail Transit (LRT) extension of the Metro Green Line. The new line will run 14.5 miles from downtown Minneapolis to the suburb of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and require construction of 16 new stations, plus the rail infrastructure itself. The project will require an estimated 0.30Mm3 of ready-mix concrete. It includes the construction of 44 structures, 29 new bridges, two cut and cover tunnels, six pedestrian tunnels, 15 at-grade crossings, 110 retaining walls and over 45,000m of track.
Mechel extends coal supply deal with Jidong Cement
20 December 2018China: Russia’s Mechel says it has prolonged a coal supply contract with Jidong Cement until the end of 2019. The mining and steel company will supply 2Mt/yr of thermal coal mined at the company’s Elga and Yakutugol mines in South Yakutia. Monthly supplies will vary from 100,000 to 150,000t of coal products. Prices will be adjusted on a monthly basis following negotiations and on the basis of index rates.
“This is a third major contract signed by Mechel and Jidong Cement. I am sure that our ties will continue to develop in a constructive manner in the future. It is also important to note that Jidong Cement is a key customer of Elga’s thermal coal in Asia. In 2017 we supplied our Chinese partners with 1.9Mt and another 1.4Mt in 2018. In 2019 we plan to export thermal coal from Elga in comparable volumes,” said Mechel Mining Management’s chief executive officer (CEO) Pavel Shtark.
City Cement reaches settlement with Sinoma International
18 December 2018Saudi Cement: City Cement’s Al Madina Cement subsidiary says it has reached a final settlement with China’s Sinoma International about the construction of a second production line. The parties have agreed an 8% discount on the total cost of the project worth around US$11m. Trial operation on the second line at the plant was originally announced in late 2014.
Huaxin Cement to build plant for Holcim Philippines
11 December 2018Philippines: China’s Huaxin Cement is preparing to sign a US$245m engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Holcim Philippines to build a new production line at its Davao plant. The Kalayaan 2 project includes a 6000t/day clinker production line, a 7MW waste heat recovery unit and upgrades to a 3000t/day production line. The contract follows a previous project between the companies on a mill at the plant.
Sinoma International to build US$480m plant in Zambia
05 December 2018Zambia: China’s Sinoma International has signed a US$480m deal to build a 5000t/day clinker production line for Central African Cement. Sinoma will supply a cement plant with a 7.5MW waste heat recovery unit, two 25MW captive thermal power plants and cement mills with a capacity of 2Mt/yr. The project is a joint venture between Sinoma and ZCCM-Investment Holding, an investment company owned by the Zambian government. Sinoma will own a 51% stake in the project.
Anhui Conch IT Engineering to supply equipment and software design in smart factory project
12 November 2018China: Anhui Conch IT Engineering has struck a deal to supply equipment and software design services to Anhui Conch’s plants as part of a smart factory project. The contract has a value of US$12.5m with previously related work over eth last year having an additional value of around US$11m. The work is intended to support the company’s aggregate project construction and enhance its production lines.
China: Anhui Conch has signed a cement sale and purchase agreement with Jiangsu Conch Building Materials with a value of up to around US$230m. Subsidiaries of Anhui Conch based in east China will sell a total of 3.5Mt of cement products to Jiangsu Conch, a non-wholly owned subsidiary of Anhui Conch. The contract will last until the end of 2018.
The agreement has been setup for a relatively short time period as a pilot scheme to test the market. The intention is to allow the direct Anhui Conch subsidiaries to focus on production and to enable Jiangsu Conch to concentrate on using its ‘centralised sales advantage.’
Loesche coal mill for Ewekoro plant
03 September 2018Nigeria: Lafarge Africa Plc, part of LafargeHolcim, is erecting a new coal grinding plant at its cement plant in Ewekoro, Nigeria, with Germany’s Loesche GmbH as the supplier. The plant previously used natural gas as its main fuel but inadequate local supplies meant that a change to coal was necessary. The order was made by the project’s general contractor, China’s CBMI Construction Company.
Local lignite and petcoke will be used as grinding materials. The grinding capacity for coal is 23t/hr at 23% R90µm and for petcoke it is 16t/hr at 3% R90µm.
The engineering, the core components of the mill and of the classifier with central feed, the rotary gate and the mill gearbox with a nominal power of 450kW are all included in the scope of service. Naturally, the reliable coal mill type corresponds to the ATEX standard to ensure safe operation. This is in line with LafargeHolcim's declared goal, defining health and safety as an overarching value.
Government and Dangote Cement sign gas deal in Tanzania
21 August 2018Tanzania: The Petroleum Development Corporation (PDC) and Dangote Industries Tanzania have signed a 20-year deal to supply gas to Dangote Cement’s plant at Mtwara. The cement plant will produce up to 35MW of electricity from natural gas and this will later increase to 45MW, according to the Daily News newspaper. The energy supply will allow the unit to increase it production capacity to 6000t/day from 2000t/day and reduce its production costs.
At the ceremony marking the signing, Dangote Industries chief executive officer (CEO) Jagat Rathee said the company has been using an average of 106,000l/day of diesel to produce 2000 – 2500t/day of cement. The 3Mt/yr plant was commissioned in 2015 and is supported by 500Mt of limestone reserves. It is hoped that the new gas deal will reduce the price of cement in the country.
Lafarge Malaysia railway supply contract suspended
13 July 2018Malaysia: A US$70m contract with Lafarge Malaysia to supply cement for the East Coast Rail Link project has been suspended by China Communications Construction pending a government review. The deal was originally announced in March 2018. The cement producer said that the suspension is not expected to have any significant financial impact its operations in the period up to the suspension, as completed work shall be compensated for in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract. However, going forward the company could not rule out any negative financial impact following the government review of the project.Lafarge Malaysia railway supply contract suspended