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Protestors oppose Hpa-an cement plant project
30 March 2016Myanmar: Hundreds of protestors have gathered in Hpa-an to object against a revived proposal to build a 5000t/day cement plant in Mi Karen and to develop a nearby limestone quarry. The project was originally put on hold in 2014 pending a public consultation, according to the Irrawaddy newspaper.
Protestors held a 'no cement' prayer vigil demanding that the project be scrapped. Local residents fear that the proposed cement plant will require land to be confiscated to build it as well as citing environmental and public health concerns.
Hpa-an has two existing cement plants in Myaingkalay with a combined cement production capacity of 4900t/day. These are run by the government and the military’s Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (UMEHL) respectively.
Shree Cement prepares for 10Mt/yr expansion project
30 March 2016India: Shree Cement has set aside US$905m to build three new integrated cement plants with a production capacity of 10Mt/yr. The first new plant in the line will have a production capacity of 3Mt/yr and will be situated in Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh. The Indian cement producer successfully bid for limestone deposits in Baloda Bazar in February 2016. The new plant will be announced by July 2016, according to the Business Standard newspaper.
“We will be bidding in at least 12 more limestone auctions and hope to win three to four of these. This will help us set up plants to increase our capacity,” said the Managing Director of Shree Cement, H M Bangur.
At present Shree Cement has a cement production capacity of 23.6Mt/yr from three clinker plants and six cement grinding plants in the states of Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Chhattisgarh. The expansion plans will be funded by the company’s internal accruals.
Tajikistan: The Huaxin Gayur – Sughdcement 1Mt/yr cement plant in northern Tajikistan has been commissioned. The plant was built by the Tajik Ghayur-Sughd Cement company in partnership with the Chinese Huaxin Gayur Cement company. President Emomali Rahmon was present at the event.
Construction of the plant started in 2014 on the area of 48 hectares and it had an investment of US$127m. The plant employs more than 1300 people with over 90% from Tajikistan. A 25MW hydropower plant was also built to provide the plant with a regular electricity supply.
Cambodia: The Chip Mong Insee Cement (CMIC) company has started building a US$262m cement plant in Kampot province. The plant will have a cement production capacity of 1.5Mt/yr when completed in 2018. CMIC is a joint venture, formed in 2012, between Chip Mong Group and Thailand’s Siam City Cement, according to Cambodia Daily.
“Kampot is an ideal location for cement factories because of access to the necessary limestone raw material and logistics,” said Nhan Ken, general sales and marketing manager at the Chip Mong Group. He added that the new plant will face competition from other local cement producers in Kampot including Kampot Cement, co-owned by the local Khaou Chuly Group and Bangkok-based Siam Cement, and the Chinese-funded Cambodia Cement Chakrey Ting Factory.
Austria: A TEC will install a Rocket Mill at a treatment plant of A.S.A. in Wiener Neustadt to produce refuse-derived fuel (RDF). The 7 – 9t/hour plant will be taken into operation in August 2016. RDF will be supplied from the plant to the cement industry with an output size of up to 15mm.
The Rocket Mill will be mainly produced at A TEC’s production site in Eberstein. It will have a 2 x 315kW drive unit and a rotor speed of c580rpm. A TEC Group focused on the optimisation and efficiency improvement of cement plants.
Rwanda: PPC says its 600,000t/yr Cimerwa cement plant in Bugarama, Rusizi will reach full production by mid-2018. The greenfield plant is part of its strategy to make 40% of its turnover from outside of South Africa by 2018, according to Business Daily. At present the plant is running at about 60% of its production capacity.
Cimerwa sales volumes have exceeded 100,000t from commissioning to February 2016. Further sales, marketing, and distribution efforts are expected to improve this. The plant sells cement domestically in Kigali and it exports to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi.
PPC is growing cement production capacity in Africa with plants being built in the DRC, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. Capacity is expected to reach 12.7Mt/yr in 2018 from 8.6Mt/yr in 2015.
US: The GCC (Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua) Dacotah cement plant in Rapid City has started a US$90m upgrade. The project will include new kiln equipment, provision for co-processing alternative fuels and improvements to the plant’s shipping operations, according to the Rapid City Journal. The upgrade will increase the plant’s cement production capacity to 1.3Mt/yr.
The plant was founded by the South Dakota state in the 1920s and sold into private ownership in 2001. It employs 130 full-time employees. The upgrade is expected to create 13 new full-time jobs.
Philippines: Republic Cement has inaugurated its new cement grinding mill at its Norzagaray cement plant in Bulacan. The US$19m expansion will add 0.85Mt/yr of cement production capacity to the plant, according to the Philippines Star.
“This capacity expansion initiative reaffirms Republic Cement’s commitment to support our country’s growth through the provision of top quality cement and building materials,” said Renato Sunico, president of Republic Cement. The new mill will also decrease the plant’s energy consumption.
Republic Cement, formerly Lafarge Republic, is owned by a joint venture of Aboitiz Equity Ventures and CRH.
Algeria: Cement production has resumed at the Société des Ciments Sour El-Ghozlane plant following maintenance work and an upgrade to add an electrostatic precipitator filter. The 1Mt/yr plant, a subsidiary of Buzzi Unicem, has been shut for nearly two months causing a shortage of cement in the central region of the country. This has led to some construction projects stalling and the cost of cement rising, according to El Watan.
Uzbekistan puts Kyzilkumcement on sale
16 March 2016Uzbeksitan: Uzbekistan has put on sale state shares in Kyzylkumcement. According to the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Privatization, Demonopolization and Development of Competition, the government wants to sell a 35.9% state shares or 160,658,567 shares in Kyzylkumcement for a total of over US$160m. Sales of the state-owned cement producer will be handled by the block-trading section of Uzbekistan Stock Exchange.
Kyzylkumcement was launched in 1977. It is the largest cement plant in Uzbekistan with a production capacity of 3.1Mt/yr.