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President lays foundations of new plant in Ghana
16 August 2017Ghana: President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has laid the foundation stone for a new cement plant in the Tema Free Zones near Accra. The US$55m grinding plant, to be operated by CBI Ghana, will take a year to complete. It will produce and supply premium cement under the brand name Supacem. The company is expected to employ some 400 staff when it commences operations.
In remarks before the ground-breaking ceremony, the President said that his government would continue to provide regulatory support and ensure a business-friendly environment that would engender competitiveness to enable the cement industry to thrive. He said the growing competition in the sector was leading to healthy competition that was benefiting consumers.
With CBI only the latest entrant to the cement sector, President Akufo-Addo was optimistic that the company would diversify the sector, promote healthy competition and further improve product standards. He added that the government was considering the use of concrete for constructing durable roads, envisaging a huge demand for cement in the near future.
Birla to invest US$375m in new plant at Mukutban
10 August 2017India: Birla Corporation is considering a US$375m investment in a greenfield cement plant at Mukutban, Maharashtra. Harsh V Lodha, the group’s chairman, stated that the decision would be put before the board for approval.
Speaking about the company’s recent acquisition of Reliance Cement, Lodha added, “Reliance’s plants did not have a captive power plant, so we are in the process of setting up a waste heat recovery system at a cost of US$19.5m.” The company is also studying the feasibility of a captive thermal power plant there. Lodha also said that demand for cement is rising in Central India and no new capacity was coming up in the region, which he said bodes well for the company’s new assets.
FLSmidth to build cement plant for Cielo Azul in Uruguay
03 August 2017Uruguay: FLSmidth has been awarded an order from Cielo Azul Cementos y Calizas to build a 1200t/day cement plant at Treinta y Tres. The order is scheduled for completion by the end of 2017. The plant will be ready mix concrete producer Cielo Azul’s first cement production site.
The equipment being supplied includes an Atox 25.0 vertical mill for raw grinding, an Atox 13.5 vertical mill for coal grinding, a pyro processing system with low NOx ILC calciner, 3 base kiln, a Jetflex Burner, a Cross-Bar CB 6x29 cooler and OK 25-3 vertical mill for cement grinding, planetary gear units for vertical mills, bag filters, packing plant, control system, plant automation, weighing and metering systems.
Pakistan: Lucky Cement’s net sales rose by 5.7% to US$434m for the financial year that ended on 30 June 2017 from US$428m in the same period in 2016. Its cement sales volumes rose by 3.1% to 7.15Mt from 6.93Mt and its profit after tax rose by 5.8% to US$130m from US$123m. No reason for the good performance was presented in its financial results statement but that it said it was confident in the domestic market due to both resident and public sector construction markets and large scale infrastructure projects driven by the China-Pakistan Ecumenic Corridor initiative.
The cement producer also provided an update on new and on-going expansion projects. Its expansion plans at the Karachi Plant to add a 1.25Mt/yr production line are expected to reach commercial operations in December 2017. It is also in the process of obtaining approvals and authorisations from the state government of Punjab to build a new 2.3Mt/yr plant.
Nepal: Hongshi-Shivam Cement plans to start cement production at its new plant in Nawalparasi from March 2018. Shiva Ratna Sharada, director of the joint venture company, told the Xinhua News Agency that construction at the site is underway. Once operational the plant will have a production capacity of 6000t/day, making it the largest site in the country. The company is planning to export cement to India, China and beyond with plans to expand the unit to 12,000t/day considered.
Bolivia: Ground removal work at the Potosí cement plant is expected to start in August 2017. Imasa, Valoriza and Polysius will prepare the 40-hectare site, according to the El Potosí newspaper. The plant has a proposed production capacity of 1.3Mt/yr and it has been budgeted at US$241m.
India: Birla Corporation has proposed building a US$375m cement plant at Mukutbandh near Nagpur in Maharashtra. Company chairman made the announcement following the company’s annual general meeting, according to the Press Trust of India. The proposal will now go to the company’s board for approval. The plant will have a production capacity of 4Mt/yr. It will be financed from a mixture of debt and internal funds.
Sinoma to build US$500m cement plant in Uganda
31 July 2017Uganda: China National Materials Group (Sinoma) has signed an agreement with Tian Tang Group to build a US$500m cement plant at the Mbale Industrial Park. The project is part of a wider investment package to develop the site, according to the Daily Monitor newspaper. Sinoma requires assurances from the government that the site has sufficient reserves of limestone and a research trip has been scheduled for August 2017 to survey the proposed location of the plant.
US: Roanoke Cement, a subsidiary of Titan America, has achieved its 11th consecutive annual certification in the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Energy Star certification for its Troutville plant in Virginia. To qualify for the certification the cement producer was required to perform in the top 25% of cement plants nationwide for total energy efficiency (thermal and electrical) and meet strict environmental performance levels set by the EPA.
“Roanoke Cement Company’s plant sits in the Roanoke Valley, in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The stakes are higher for us, surrounded by all that beauty, to perform at the pinnacle of the cement industry in energy efficiency,” said Chris Bayne, Roanoke Cement’s Energy Manager.
Uzbekistan: President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has issues a decree detailing the construction of a new 1.2Mt/yr cement plant. The US$204m unit will be built at Bulakbashy, Andijan by 2019, according to the Trend News Agency. Shangfeng-Bridge of Friendship, a Uzbek-Chinese joint-venture, will manage the project. Investment for the scheme will come from foreign direct investment and loans, a loan from Uzpromstroybank and from Shangfeng-Bridge of Friendship directly. Tax and customs relief will also be offered to Shangfeng-Bridge of Friendship as part of the project.