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Malaysia: Christian Pfeiffer has received the order to erect a turnkey cement grinding plant, including silos and packing facility, for Caha Mata Sarawak (CMS) in Kuching, Malaysia. The related contract was signed on 23 June 2014. The Euro36m order comprises engineering, fabrication and supply of the entire equipment including electrical and control equipment, installation and commissioning of the grinding plant as well as the complete construction work and layout of roads. The grinding plant has a designed capacity of 1Mt/yr of cement.

The delivery includes a two-chamber ball mill with slide shoe bearing, two 10,000t silos, two big bag loading stations and a packing and palletising installation for truck loading with a capacity of 3,000 bags/hr. One of the silos is equipped with a one-chamber system. The other one with a two-chamber system. The specific energy demand of the entire grinding plant is less than 40kW per tonne of cement. The construction work will start in July 2014 and completion and commissioning are scheduled for summer 2015.

Kazakhstan: Yug Cement Stroi LLP has emerged as a new investor to help finish the previously mothballed 0.5Mt/yr Khantau cement plant in Zhambyl Region. The company, acting as a strategic partner, has borrowed US$29m for seven years from Bank RBK to finance the completion of the plant's construction. It is intended that the plant will reach full cement production capacity in the autumn of 2014.

The Khantau cement plant has a design capacity of 0.36Mt/yr of clinker and 0.5Mt/yr of Portland cement with grades M400 and M500. The Hengyuan International Engineering Group has supplied technology for the plant. Its raw materials are extracted from the Khantau limestone deposit, Khantau sand and gravel deposit and the Ulkensai clay deposit located near the plant.

In 2007, ACIG borrowed US$30m from the Development Bank of Kazakhstan for the construction of this cement plant. At the time the plant was 85% complete and mothballed due to the shortage of funds. In 2013, the project was transferred from the Development Bank to the Investment Fund of Kazakhstan.

India: Fosroc Chemicals has set up a new US$1m plant in Uluberia, Howrah district in West Bengal. The plant is intended initially to manufacture 20,000t/yr of cement and concrete additives.

"The plant, constructed on 5261m² of privately owned land on lease, will initially produce cement and concrete reinforcing liquid chemicals. Within a year, we will add powder chemicals manufacturing with another US$1m investment," said R Sai Krishnan, Vice-President, Fosroc Chemicals (India).

The Fosroc Indian arm of the international construction chemicals company wants to increase its turnover to US$67m in 2014. Cement, concrete and grouting chemicals are its main sales drivers in the country. In India it has a 15% market share in construction and industrial chemicals. Around 70% of its turnover comes from business projects solutions and the rest from retail.

Uzbekistan: Eurocement plans to build a new 2.4Mt/yr cement plant in Uzbekistan worth US$128m. Commissioning is expected in 2016. The company has signed a contract with China CAMC Engineering Co Ltd for the supply of equipment, design, installation supervision and training for construction of the cement plant in the Tashkent Region.

Cameroon: Dangote Cement has announced that its US$150m cement plant in Douala, Cameroon will commence production in August 2014. The company management said that the 1.5Mt/yr capacity plant was almost ready and would commence initial production at 1Mt/yr before production is stepped up to maximum capacity.

Dangote's general manager, Abdulahi Baba, said that the cement plant would revolutionalise the cement industry in Cameroon and help to stimulate the economy. According to Baba, the plant is ready for test running and what remains to be completed is the construction of access roads to the plant.

The Cameroon plant is also set to import clinker from other regions. Baba disclosed plans to build a jetty by the plant, which would make raw material imports and product distribution more convenient. The jetty will be situated close to the Douala Sea Port.

Indonesia: A new cement plant being built in the Regency of Lebak, Banten Province, is expected to come on stream in 2015. Construction of the plant is already 60% completed. The cement plant, which is owned by PT Cemindo Gemilang, is being built over a 5km² plot of land and will have a production capacity of 4Mt/yr of cement when it starts operation in 2015. The Regency of Lebak is included in the Master Plan for Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesian Economic Development, an initiative of the Indonesian government.

Spain/Mexico/Argentina: Cementos Molins plans to build its international presence outside of Spain with expansions planned for Mexico and Argentina. The company hopes to generate just 20% of revenues in Spain in 2017. The company reported a profit of Euro6.5m for the first quarter of 2014.

The Spain-based cement producer intends to invest in a Euro147m cement plant project in Veracruz, Mexico in 2015 – 2016 shared with Buzzi Unicem and Mexican company Carso. Cementos Molins also plans to upgrade its existing cement plant in San Luis, Argentina. Other projects include two cement plants at unspecified locations.

India: The Karnataka State government has granted an extension of two years to Shree Cement to establish its mega-cement plant at Kodla-Benakanalli village, Karnataka State.

Shree Cement was given permission to establish a 3Mt/yr cement plant at an investment of US$241m in January 2010, apart from establishing a captive 150MW power plant. It purchased 5.26km² of land directly from farmers to set up the plant and mine limestone.

While Shree Cement was able to get environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests in September 2012, its application with the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board was pending. The company had also applied for permission from the Water Resources Department to draw 1500kL/day of water from the Kagina River.

Australia: Boral will cease clinker production at its Maldon cement plant in New South Wales on 31 December 2014, axing up to 28 jobs in the process. Boral Cement's executive general manager, Ross Harper, said that a decline in demand for off-white clinker, which forms the basis of a range of specialty cement products, was behind the decision.

"Unfortunately, demand has declined sharply as consumers switch to products made from imported white clinker," said Harper. "This decline has coincided with a downturn in demand, rising costs of production, the availability of cheap imported clinker and the slow recovery of the building and construction industry." He said that the combination of these factors, plus the Maldon kiln's high cost and sub-scale output, rendered off-white clinker production unsustainable at Maldon. Harper added that Boral would maintain its Maldon grinding mill, packaging and associated logistics on site.

Vietnam: Semen Indonesia plans to invest up to US$300m towards building a cement plant in Vietnam in the next five years as part of its business expansion in Southeast Asia. The Indonesian state-run cement producer intends for its subsidiary Thang Long Cement to build a 1.5Mt/yr cement plant, according to General Director Dwi Soetjipto. Construction is scheduled to start in early 2015 with a operation due to start in 2018.

Thang Long Cement currently holds a cement production capacity of 2.5Mt/yr and the new plant is intended to meet the increasing demand for cement in Vietnam and other Asian countries, including Singapore, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. Semen Indonesia holds a 70% stake in Thang Long Cement. It has set a target of becoming one of the leading cement producers in Southeast Asia.

Vietnam will not face a shortage of cement in either the short or long term as the supply is estimated at 75 - 76Mt/yr in 2015 while demand in 2014 is estimated at 65 – 67Mt/yr, according to the Ministry of Construction. The local cement industry had around 2.59Mt of unsold products, mainly clinker, at the end of April 2014.