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Kenya: National Cement has awarded a contract to Sinoma International Engineering for the construction of power plants with a total capacity of 35MW. Gelonghui News has reported that the supplier will provide a biomass-fuelled power plant and waste heat recovery (WHR) plant with a combined capacity of 10MW and a further 25MW power station. It previously delivered a WHR system for the producer in 2019.

India: HeidelbergCement India’s results in the second quarter of the 2022 financial year showed an 11% year-on-year rise in sales to US$76.1m from US$68.5m in the corresponding quarter of the 2021 financial year. Dion News Service has reported that the company’s net profit for the quarter was US$7.96m, down by 4.6% from US$8.34m. Its operating costs were US$61.5m, up by 19% from US$51.8m.

India: JK Lakshmi Cement resumed dispatches of cement as usual from its Durg cement plant in Chhattisgarh on 19 October 2021. India InfoLine News has reported that this followed the ending of a strike by the Chhattisgarh Cement Transport Association (CTA) on 18 October 2021.

The company said “The illegal strike called by the CTA has since been called off by them. It is hoped that normality will be restored shortly.”