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Shree Cement shuts down subsidiary in Singapore 15 March 2019
India/Singapore: Shree Cement has closed down Shree Global, its subsidiary in Singapore. It said it had struck the company off the Registrar of Companies in early March 2019. Previously, the cement producer said that the subsidiary was being used to trade coal, petcoke, minerals, bags and other commodities.
UK: Thamesport Cement, a subsidiary of France’s Cem’In’Eu, has applied for planning permission to build a grinding plant at the London Thamesport seaport on the Isle of Grain in Kent. The unit is expected to cost around Euro21m.
It is proposed that all the mineral raw materials will be imported by sea and the finished cement will then be transported by road either in bulk or in bags. Around 0.48Mt/yr of raw materials will be imported to the site, comprising 24,000t/yr of gypsum, 72,000t/yr of limestone and 384,000t/yr of clinker. Ships will be unloaded using cranes at the wharf. The plant will have six silos with a capacity of 500t for finished products. It is expected to create 35 full time jobs.
Zambezi Portland Cement spends Euro23m on plant upgrade 14 March 2019
Zambia: Zambezi Portland Cement has spent Euro23m on an upgrade to its plant. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gomeli Litana said that the upgrade was necessary due to the high demand for cement, according to the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation. He added that the expansion was likely to reduce the cost of cement.
Qatar: Al Khalij Cement has signed a three-year deal to supply oil well cement to Qatar Petroleum. The agreement was signed by Qatar Petroleum’s Executive Vice President Projects, Engineering & Procurement Services Mohamed Al Marri and Qatari Investors Group chief executive officer (CEO) Raja Assili, according to the Qatar News Agency and the Peninsula newspaper. It was announced at the launch of Qatar Petroleum’s Tawteen program.
“We are delighted to have been selected by Qatar Petroleum for the supply of oil well cement. This represents an endorsement of the high quality standards of our production facility,” said Abdulla Bin Nasser Al Misnad, the chairman of Qatari Investors Group. Al Khalij Cement is a subsidiary of Qatari Investors Group.
Iran to export 14,500t of cement to Somalia 14 March 2019
Somalia: Pejman Bahrami, the deputy head of Qeshm Free Zone Organisation for maritime transport and port affairs, says that 14,500t of cement will be exported to Somalia. It will be transported on a Tanzanian ship, the AMINA-H, that is currently being loaded, according to the Fars News Agency. The Iranian cement industry has a production capacity of 80Mt/yr. It sends its exports to countries including Iraq, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey, the UAE, Georgia, Oman, India, Somalia and China.