Cape Verde: Portugal-based Cimpor has signed a deal with the government of Cape Verde to develop and exploit a pozzolan deposit over the next 30 years. Exploration of the site is expected to begin by late 2024. The immediate location has reserves of around 0.5Mt in an area of 108 hectares. However, the scheme also has the option to expand the site to 790 hectares, increasing the estimated pozzolan reserves to 4Mt. The project has an investment of Euro3m and is expected to create around 80 jobs.

Cimpor’s parent company OYAK Cement previously said in 2019 that it was planning to invest in pozzolan extraction in Cape Verde.

Poland: UK-based John King Chains has opened a new warehouse at Bydgoszcz to support the Central European market. The company said that the investment manufacturing and stock was confirmation its commitment to developing the market in continental Europe. It noted that the site will stock conveyor and transmission chains and would have a rapid response team to respond to customer demand.

John King Chains Group is a fifth-generation family-owned business, with the head office and principal manufacturing in the UK, along with a presence Africa, Asia Pacific, Central Europe, North America and South America.

US: Swede-based Bruks Siwertell has received a conveyor system order for use at the integrated Capitol Aggregates cement plant in San Antonio, Texas. The order has been placed by Borton, a construction company.
Three new conveyor systems will modify the site’s existing material transport system and the addition of a new storage silos. They are all standard widths of 91cm. The C-810 type conveyor will be 148m in length and will transfer clinker to a bucket elevator at a rated capacity of 150t/hr. The 84m long C-940 type conveyor will have a rated capacity of 200t/hr and will transfer clinker to the silo reclaim, while the C-975 type conveyor will be 40m long and connect to an existing conveyor. It will also have a rated capacity of 200t/hr.

The conveyors are being fabricated in Mexico and will be delivered to the operator later in 2023.

India: Orient Cement has laid the foundation stone of an expansion to its Devapur cement plant in Telangana's Mancherial District. The Hindu Online News has reported that the project will increase the plant's capacity by 60% to 8Mt/yr. Orient Cement will reportedly participate in the establishment of the nearby Belampalli skill development centre to help train local youths.