September 2024
Hervé Mallet appointed head of McInnis Cement 30 November 2016
Canada: McInnis Cement has appointed Hervé Mallet as its president and chief executive officer. Other new appointments include the assignment of Gaétan Vézina as Vice-President, Cement and Sustainable Development and Alexandre Rail as Vice-President, Operations – Port-Daniel–Gascons.
Previously Mallet was the Executive Vice-President – North America for Dynacast. He is a graduate of the University of Wolverhampton and Brunel University in the UK.
Korfez wins order for shell lining system in Turkey 29 November 2016
Turkey: Korfez Eng. has signed an order with a cement producer to supply a new shell lining system. The scope of the order is a complete replacement of a wear shell lining for a single-compartment mill with an effective grinding length of 4m and 14.5m, the mill discharge and complete new manhole covers in modified execution. The complete lining is of a wave profile type WAVE 35/50 in a highly wear-resistant steel castings with 27% chromium content. The complete contract scope will be completed and delivered within a month and a half.
DG Khan Cement to build new plant at Hub 29 November 2016
Pakistan: DG Khan Cement plans to build a new 9000t/day cement plant at Hub in Balochistan. It has contracted Izhar Construction to conduct all civil work on the project, according to the Nation newspaper. The plant is being built to benefit from demand generated from infrastructure built via the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Keith Walking Floor launches Freight Runner Conveyor 28 November 2016
Netherlands: Keith is promoting its new Freight Runner Conveyor, a conveying system that can be installed inside a truck trailer as part of its West Coast Tour in the US and worldwide. It is intended to replace the manual process of palletised cargo handling that requires a forklift operator and an employee with a pallet jack. The system can move up to 30t and it can load and or unload a full trailer in two minutes. The system is available in a hydraulic and electric driven motor.
Çimsa Cimento and Baticim places orders with Aumund 28 November 2016
Turkey: Aumund Fördertechnik has received orders from Çimsa Cimento and Baticim. Çimsa Cimento has now ordered about 60 machines for cement plants in Eskisehir and Niğde. Baticim has order 41 machines for its cement plant in Söke.
By the end of 2016 Aumund will supply the Eskisehir plant with six central chain bucket elevators, with centre distances between 25 - 68m and capacities from 40 - 400t/hr. The package also comprises 10 belt bucket elevators with centre distances between 17 - 95m and capacities from 200 - 350t/hr. Also six Aumund 800mm pan conveyors with centre distances between 15 - 47m and capacities from 150 - 250t/hr were ordered. Aumund SPB pan conveyor ordered for the Eskişehir plant has a centre distance of 42m and a capacity of 250t/hr. This particular model is equipped with three discharge stations. Finally, the plant has ordered three trough chain conveyors.
For the Niğde plant Aumund will supply three central chain bucket elevators, with centre distances between 25 - 37.5m and capacities from 50 - 400t/hr. The order also comprises six belt bucket elevators with centre distances between 31 - 91m and capacities from 250 - 350t/hr. To convey clinker a bucket apron conveyor with a centre distance of 40m and a capacity of 250t/hr will be used. The clinker dust will be transported by three trough chain conveyors.
Batisöke Söke Cimento will take delivery in mid-2017 of 14 central chain bucket elevators, with centre distances between 22 - 43m and capacities from 130 - 600t/hr. The order also comprises five belt bucket elevators with centre distances between 60 - 125m and capacities from 300 - 650t/hr, and 15 Aumund pan conveyors with widths ranging from 800 - 1400mm, centre distances between 49 - 146m and capacities from 300 - 600t/hr. Six sets of truck loading equipment will also be supplied.
Jordan: Lafarge Jordan’s proposal to replace its Fuheis cement plant with a US$2.8bn urban development is waiting for local government approval. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with the Fuheis Municipality but is still awaiting the municipal council's approval to go ahead with the plan to turn its site into an urban hub, the company's chief executive officer, Amr Reda said in a press conference reported upon by the Jordan Times. He added that, despite the plant not being operational since 2013, it is still facing legal challenges on environmental grounds and that it is paying around US$7m/yr in compensation for environmental issues.
Pakistan tax body looks forward to contributions from cement bonanza 28 November 2016
Pakistan: Tax bodies are expecting to see a jump in revenue in the 2016 – 2017 financial year from cement producers as Chinese-funded infrastructure starts to be built. The Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU) in Karachi, the largest revenue-collecting arm, estimates that it will tax producers US$114m in the 2016 – 2017 financial year, according to the News International newspaper. A study by the LUT said that growth would arise from increases in sales tax and federal excise duty following the start of projects worth US$46bn from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Cement sales have risen by 8.3% year-on-year to 8.98Mt in the first quarter of the local financial year. This follows a 17% rise in domestic sales to 33Mt in the 2015 – 2016 financial year.
India: Dalmia Bharat's income has risen by 14% year-on-year to US$577m in the first half of its financial year, which ended on 30 September 2016, from US$505m in the same period of the previous financial year. Its earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose by 28% to US$135m from US$105m. Its sales volumes rose by 21% to 7.18Mt from 5.95Mt. The cement producer explained that it had focused on building up existing capacity and entering new markets in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh during the period.
Lake Cement to build 1.4Mt/yr plant in Tanzania 28 November 2016
Tanzania: Lake Cement plans to invest US$150m towards building a new 1.4Mt/yr cement plant in Bagamoyo. Construction will start in the middle of 2017 and commissioning is planned for mid-2018, according to the Citizen newspaper. The Indian-owned cement company has operated a 0.5Mt/yr at Kimbiji since 2014. Its Nyati Cement brand is sold locally and exported to Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
My Home Industries launches new logo 25 November 2016
India: My Home Industries has launched a new logo for its flagship brand Maha Cement. “We have been around for nearly 18 years and our logo for our flagship brand Maha Cement has remained that of an old-style muscle man. But change is always required. The new logo has replaced the muscleman with a modern technician attesting for its quality,” said S Sambasiva Rao, Executive Director of My Home Industries in an interview with the New Indian Express newspaper. The joint venture between India’s My Home Group and Ireland’s CRH is expanding its business and building a 1.2Mt/yr plant at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu.