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Cementos Fortaleza and Plycem to open cement plant in Costa Rica
14 September 2017Costa Rica: Mexico’s Cementos Fortaleza and fibre cement producer Plycem will inaugurate a new plant at Barranca de Puntaneras by the end of September 2017. The two companies are part of Elementia, according to the La Nación newspaper. No value for plant has been disclosed.
Ethiopia: Dangote Cement’s plant at Mugher is the second biggest earning plant in the group’s network. It reported revenue in excess of US$85.8m for the Ethiopian fiscal year that ended on 8 July 2017, according to the Agence de Presse Africaine. Sales and marketing deputy manager Tariku Alemayehu said that the majority of the earnings came from exports of over 2Mt of cement to neighbouring countries.
The Mugher cement plant recently built a 120bag/yr bagging unit for over US$21.5m. The cement plant is the largest in the country and it produces 32.5 and 42.5-grade cements.
Manyara Cement seeks investors to build plant in Tanzania
14 September 2017Tanzania: Manyara Cement is seeking investors to help it build a 0.58Mt/yr plant in the Hanang District of the Manyara Region. Project Engineer Felix Laizer said the plant would be built in phases, according to the Daily News newspaper. The unit is still in the preparation stage and it has been registered at the Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC). Around US$38m will be spent on the first stage of the project. It is undecided at present whether the site will manufacture its own clinker or import it. The project also plans to build a captive power plant in the long term to power its mill.
Cambodian government to cap cement production licences
13 September 2017Cambodia: The Cambodian government is planning to cap the number of cement production licences after the opening of two new cement plants that are expected to start operations by the end of 2017, according to Hort Pheng, director of the Industrial Affairs Department at the Ministry of Industry. Pheng made his comments to the Phnom Penh Post newspaper in relation to Chip Mong Insee, a joint venture between Chip Mong Group and Thailand’s Siam Cement Group, and Battambang Conch Cement, a joint venture between Battambang KT Cement and China’s Anhui Conch. The new plants will join the country’s three existing plants operated by Kampot Cement, Cambodia Cement Chakrey Ting and Thai Boon Roong in Kampot province.
“Despite investors coming to ask us for potential locations for cement plants, the ones in Kampot and Battambang are enough. The other provinces lack the quality of limestone needed for cement production,” said Pheng. He added that, once all five plants were operational, they would produce almost enough cement to meet local demand. However, the local construction industry is expected to still need to import cement. Cement plants will be allowed to expand to meet this excess demand.
The 5000t/day Chip Mong Insee cement plant in Kampot is scheduled to open in October 2017. It had a budget of US$262m. The 5000t/day Battambang Conch Cement plant in Battambang has reportedly encountered delays in its construction and it is uncertain whether it will be completed by December 2017. Once open the plant plans to supply the domestic market first, before considering exports to Vietnam, Laos and Thailand.
LG International trials production at cement plant in Myanmar
13 September 2017Myanmar: South Korea’s LG International has started test production at its plant in Myanmar. The plant is a run as a joint venture operation with local company Blue Diamond, according to the Korea Economic Daily newspaper. LG International spent US$40m to buy a 51% stake in the business in 2015.
Holcim US proposes solar unit for Hagerstown cement plant
11 September 2017US: Holcim US has proposed a 10MW solar unit for its Hagerstown cement plant in Maryland. NRG Solar Hagerstown, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, will build the array and lease the site for 35 years, according to Herald-Mail Media. The solar unit could meet up to 20% of the plant’s annual power requirements and the project is expected to last for at least 20 years. Construction is scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2018 and it is planned to last up to five months. No value for the project has been disclosed.
Long Son opens second production line at cement plant
08 September 2017Vietnam: Long Son has started operating its second production line at its Long Son cement plant in Thanh Hoa province. Following the upgrade the unit has increased its cement production capacity to 5Mt/yr from 2.5Mt/yr, according to the Viet Nam News newspaper. Following the opening of the new line the site has become one of the largest cement plants in the country.
Mozambique government announces new cement plant for Niassa
08 September 2017Mozambique: President Filipe Nyusi has announced that work on building a new cement plant in Niassa province will start later in 2017. The unit is expected to source many of its raw materials locally, such as limestone and clay, according to the Mozambique News Agency. Once operational the plant is expected to create over 500 jobs. The project follows the reopening of the Cuamba to Lichinga railway in late 2016.
Moreno to oversee Sonson plant construction
06 September 2017Colombia: Organizacion Corona has announced that its President Carlos Enrique Moreno will be replaced by Jaime Alberto Angel from October 2017 as head of the Corona Industrial division. Angel will oversee the construction of a US$400m cement plant in the Sonson Municipality of Antioquia, which the group is building as a joint venture project with Spain’s Cementos Molins. The 1.35Mt/yr plant is expected to come online in early 2019.
Moreno said that the decision to split the company’s management was due to the construction of the cement plant. Angel will also look after Corona’s bathrooms and kitchens, materials and paints, energy and industrial supplies and tableware divisions.
Star Cement to invest US$156m on expansion plans
05 September 2017India: Star Cement plans to invest US$156m towards building a new clinker grinding plant and expanding the clinker production line of its existing plant at Lumshnong in Meghalaya. The cement producer plans to build a new 1.5 – 2Mt/yr grinding plant for US$47m at Siliguri in West Bengal, according to the Hindu newspaper. It also intends to spend US$109m on doubling clinker production to 5Mt/yr at the plant in Siliguri by 2020. The investment will be funded internally and by loans.