US: Air Products has shared details of a partnership with ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers (TUCE). Under the partnership, Air Products will build and operate water electrolysis plants for hydrogen production using TUCE’s equipment, engineering and technical services. TUCE chief executive officer (CEO) Denis Krude said, “We are set to supply one 1GW of water electrolysis plants per year, and we are prepared to ramp up the capacity in this rapidly evolving market.” The engineering company has to date realised a total rating of 10GW across 600 electrochemical plants for customers globally.
BUA Cement to build cement plant at Guyuk
Nigeria: BUA Group subsidiary BUA Cement has shared plans to establish a 3Mt/yr-capacity integrated cement plant in Guyuk, Adamawa State. The Sun newspaper has reported that the company also plans to establish a 50MW power plant in nearby Lamurde, also in Adamawa State. BUA Group chairman Abdul Samad Rabiu said, “We will use new technologies to supply power to the proposed cement plant and communities of Guyuk and Lamurde.” The state’s limestone deposits with provide the raw material for clinker production.
Belarusian Cement Company reports 12% sales volume growth to 1.85Mt in first five months of 2020
Belarus: Belarusian Cement Company (BCC) sold 1.85Mt of cement over the first five months of 2020, up by 12% year-on-year from 1.65Mt in the corresponding period of 2019. The Belarusian Architecture and Construction Ministry has reported that, of BCC’s three subsidiaries, Krichevtsementnoshifer recorded the largest sales growth in the period, of 9.6% to 465,000t. Belarusian Cement Mill sold 657,000t, up by 3.6%, including 249,000t to Russia, and Krasnoselskstroymaterialy sold 568,000t, up by 0.2%.
PPC Zimbabwe finds investor for solar power plant project
Zimbabwe: PPC Zimbabwe has announced that it has entered into a preliminary agreement with a Zimbabwe-based energy investor “with technical partners in South Africa” that will build and operate the company’s planned 32MW solar power plant in Matabeleland South. 16MW will power PPC Zimbabwe’s cement production and the rest will be fed in the national electricity grid, according to the Herald newspaper. The unit will be located adjacent to PPC Zimbabwe’s 0.5Mt/yr integrated Colleen Bawn plant.
