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Shree Cement starts kiln at Baloda Bazar plant

15 December 2017

India: Shree Cement has started up the kiln at its new 2.6Mt/yr Baloda Bazar plant near Raipur in Chhattisgarh. The unit is part of a US$900m investment plant to build three new plants with a total production capacity of 10Mt/yr.

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Ota pozzolana cement plant ready for commercialisation

15 December 2017

Nigeria: Danladi Matawal, the Director-General, Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NIBRRI) said the institute’s pilot pozzolana cement plant at Ota in Ogun is ready for commercialisation. He has asked cement producers and other stakeholders to invest in the project, according to an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria reported upon by the Nigerian Sun newspaper.

The pilot project has a production capacity of 2t/day and it is ready for testing on an industrial scale. The unit was commissioned in May 2017 by Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology. NIBRRI is also planning a volcanic-based Pozzolana pilot plant in Bokos, Plateau that will be commissioned in 2018.

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Standard Organisation of Nigeria blames poor cement for building collapses

15 December 2017

Nigeria: Osita Anthony Aboloma, the Director General of the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has blamed poor cement as a major cause of building collapses. He made the comments via a deputy at a technical committee meeting for the review of the standard for cement (NIS444-1.2014) in Lagos, according to the Nigerian Sun newspaper. The standard is being reviewed for the next five years.

Also at the meeting, Joseph Odigure, the chairman of cement standards at Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) at the University of Lagos, was appointed chairman of the technical committee. Professor Garuba Abu was appointed as its Vice Chairman.

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PPC to focus on consolidation in South Africa and expansion abroad

15 December 2017

South Africa: Peter Nelson, the chairman of PPC, says that the company is not interested in merger or acquisition activity. Instead the cement producer will focus on its current business strategy by development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, executing its ‘mega plant’ plan in South Africa and making further efficiency drives in its subdued domestic market. In an interview with Reuters he described talks with LafargeHolcim about a potential takeover as ones that, “…fell short on value”. "PPC is not looking to sell its assets, it's not looking to merge it's assets, it's looking to focus on its business, deliver cash flow and deliver shareholder value," said Nelson.

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