Displaying items by tag: Expansion

US: Heidelberg Materials North America has inaugurated the Port Canaveral slag cement plant and terminal in Florida, following an expansion. MENAFN News has reported that the producer invested US$24m in the installation of a new roller press at the facility.

Heidelberg Materials North America said "Heidelberg Materials' investment in the Port Canaveral slag cement facility is reflective of our commitment to supporting sustainable and resilient construction projects in the state of Florida and throughout the country. It is also aligned with our goal to significantly reduce our carbon footprint by 2030 and another milestone in our overall strategy to grow our portfolio of more sustainable products, technologies and customer-focused solutions on the path to Net Zero."

Iraq: Najmat Al Samawa Company for Cement Manufacturing (NASCCM) plans to build a new 1.82Mt/yr clinker line at its Samawa cement plant. When commissioned, the new line will more than double the plant's clinker capacity to 3Mt/yr. Pakistan Company News has reported that the expanded plant will secure a supply of clinker for the producer's Basra grinding plant.

NASCCM is a joint venture of Al Shumookh Group and Pakistan-based Lucky Cement.

India: UltraTech Nathdwara Cement has commissioned its upgraded Neem Ka Thana grinding plant following an 800t/yr capacity expansion. The project expanded the plant's capacity by 57% to 2.2Mt/yr.

The Hindu Business Line newspaper has reported that parent company UltraTech Cement's 22 integrated cement plants, one clinker plant and 27 grinding plants give it an 80% market reach in India.

India: Ambuja Cements has placed orders with equipment suppliers for an 8Mt/yr clinker capacity expansion across two of its cement plants. The plants in question are the 2.9Mt/yr Bhatapara cement plant in Chhattisgarh and the 4.5Mt/yr Maratha cement plant in Maharashtra. Ambuja Cements will also build 42MW-worth of waste heat recovery (WHR) power capacity. The new cement capacity will be able to operate on renewable energy and use 50% alternative fuel (AF). As such, upon completion of the project, the plants will together produce 14Mt/yr of Ambuja Cements' reduced-CO₂ Blended Green Cement. The producer will fund the work through internal accruals, and expects to complete it in May 2025.

CEO Ajay Kapur said "These brownfield expansion projects are part of our strategy to double our production capacity over the next five years from the current capacity of 67.5Mt/yr. Our ongoing investments in capacity expansion and sustainability will enable us to achieve our long-term objectives, as we remain committed to delivering sustainable growth and value to our stakeholders."

Uzbekistan: United Cement Group subsidiary Qizilqumsement says that it has awarded contracts for the upgrade of Lines 1 and 2 at its Qizilqum cement plant in Navoiy Region. Uzbekistan Newsline has reported that the producer has completed testing to ascertain the lines' parameters of operation, fuel and energy consumption and output. This will inform its decisions, with a view to reducing the cost of clinker production.

Qizilqumsement is currently in the process of building the Qizilqum plant's new 767,000t/yr Line 4, which will also increase its clinker capacity by 657,000t/yr. The producer expects this to lower the cost of its clinker production by 30%.

India: Orient Cement has laid the foundation stone of an expansion to its Devapur cement plant in Telangana's Mancherial District. The Hindu Online News has reported that the project will increase the plant's capacity by 60% to 8Mt/yr. Orient Cement will reportedly participate in the establishment of the nearby Belampalli skill development centre to help train local youths.

India: Dalmia Bharat plans to expand its footprint in Central, Northern and Western India through capital expenditure investments, in order to reach a pan-India cement capacity of 54Mt/yr by the end of the 2024 financial year on 31 March 2024. This corresponds to year-on-year growth of 38% from 39Mt/yr at the start of April 2023. The Hindu BusinessLine newspaper has reported that the expansion aims to reduce Dalmia Bharat’s reliance on its native South, East and North East regions. The cement producer will fund the growth through allocations of its capital to its core business. At the same time, it plans to divest non-core assets, including its 15% stake in trading platform India Energy Exchange.

Dalmia Bharat expects growth in Indian cement demand to outstrip national GDP growth in the 2024 financial year. It has a medium-term expansion plan to grow its cement capacity to 92% to 75Mt/yr by the end of the 2027 financial year.

Oman: China-based Huaxin Cement completed its acquisition of a 60% stake in Oman Cement on 5 April 2023. That the group completed the transaction via a Abra Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary incorporated in Mauritius. In a submission to the Hong Kong Exchange, Huaxin Cement stated the estimated purchase price for the stake as US$193m.

Oman Cement operates the 4.2Mt/yr Rusayl cement plant in Muscat Governorate. The producer was in talks with possible contractors for an upgrade to the plant’s existing production lines and the construction of a new 10,000t/day Line 4 in March 2023.

India: Adani Group says that it will raise funds for its 2028 capacity expansion plan through internal accruals. The producer plans to double its cement capacity to 140Mt/yr by 2028, and also double its sales to US$8.5bn that year. The Financial Express newspaper has reported that the group says its internal accruals will be 'sufficient' to realise its aims. The group is reportedly 'on track' to commence the first phase of the planned expansion in early-mid-2023. It has also set out a cost reduction roadmap with a view to becoming India's most profitable cement company.

Chair Gautam Adani says that he anticipates a 'multi-fold rise' in all-Indian cement consumption due to forecast high economic growth and the government's infrastructure spending plans.

Afghanistan: The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum says that it will 'soon' award contracts to carry out planned expansions of the Jabal Siraj and Samangan cement plants. Together, the projects will increase both plants' cement capacity to 1.21Mt/yr. Local press has reported that the Jabal Siraj plant project will cost US$170m and the Samangan plant project will cost US$136m.