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Ghana: HeidelbergCement has commissioned a new cement mill with a capacity of 1Mt/yr at its Tema cement grinding plant in Ghana. The project has cost Euro16m.

"The commissioning of the new cement mill is part of our strategy of focusing on expanding our clinker and cement capacities in attractive growth markets. In addition to Asia and Eastern Europe, these include, in particular, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa," said Dr Bernd Scheifele, chairman of the managing board of HeidelbergCement. Schiefele added that HeidelbergCement announced in September 2012 the construction of a new clinker plant and a new cement grinding installation in the neighbouring country of Togo.

HeidelbergCement's subsidiary, Ghacem Ltd, operates two cement grinding plants in the coastal cities of Tema and Takoradi. With the commissioning of the new mill, the company has increased its cement grinding capacity to 3.7Mt.

Russia: Eurocement Group plans to invest around US$388m towards building a 1.3Mt/yr plant in the Sverdlovsk Region, according to the region's government. The project at the Nevyansky Tsementnik plant is expected to be finished by 2015. It will create around 1000 jobs for the construction and around 400 jobs for the operation of the line. Eurocement will invest its own and borrowed funds into the construction.

Iraq: Sinoma (Suzhou) Construction Co has placed an order for an MPS 5000 B vertical roller mill for raw material grinding from Germany's Gebr. Pfeiffer. The grinding plant will be set in GRD Cement Plant Company Tainall's 5000t/day cement plant located near the town of Sulaimaniah in northern Iraq. The MPS vertical roller mill on order is designed for a capacity of 450t/hour at a product fineness of 12 % R 90µm.

Tajikistan: The Tajikistan government has announced that the Tajikistan Aluminum Company (TALCO) will build a 3Mt/yr cement plant costing over US$600m in a joint venture with China National Building Material Company (CNBM). The new plant will be built in Khatlon province in the south of the country. The plant is expected to be operational by the end of 2013 and the project will create 5000 new jobs.