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Sinai Cement starts production efficiency plans

19 June 2019

Egypt: Sinai Cement has started implementing its plans to improve its production efficiency. Vicat Egypt, one of the owners of the company, plans to invest Euro30m into its subsidiary. It has already granted Sinai Cement a loan of Euro10.6m and the cement company received a first tranche of Euro2.6m in April 2019.

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Tourah Cement stops production due to oversupply

18 June 2019

Egypt: Tourah Cement says it has stopped production due to a financial crisis caused by oversupply in the local market. Jose Maria Magrina, the managing director of Tourah Cement, told employees in mid-June 2019 that production would be stopped temporarily as it couldn’t cover its costs, according to Mist News. Estimated national cement consumption is 50Mt/yr but total production capcaity is 85Mt/yr.

In a statement the subsidiary of Germany’s HeidelbergCement said that new plants had forced producers to lower prices below the cost of production. It has also blamed higher fuel prices due to a cut in government subsidies.

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Dal Teknik Makina updates on projects in Russia, Egypt and Qatar

15 May 2019

Egypt/Qatar/Russia/Turkey: Dal Engineering Group has released information about recent project from its Dal Teknik Makina subsidiary in Russia, Egypt and Qatar. In Russia Dal Teknik Makina is currently converting a production line at Eurocement’s Zhigulovskiye Stroymaterialy plant in Samara to manufacture white cement. The project started in November 2018.

In Egypt Dal Teknik Makina conducted a technical audit for HeidelbergCement’s Helwan Cement plant in February 2019. It was carried out on clinker production line one. In Qatar Dal Teknik Makina was awarded a contract in February 2019 to install a pilot scale plant for a calcium sulfoaluminate clinker production line. Dal’s engineers will evaluate the concept and identify the possible problems with operation, and supply the complete engineering and instrumentation for the whole project.

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ASEC renews technical management contract with Misr Beni Suef Cement

24 April 2019

Egypt: ASEC Engineering has renewed its technical management contract with Misr Beni Suef Cement until the end of 2023. ASEC originally worked on the first production line at the plant in 2001. It maintenance contract was renewed in 2007 with the addition of a new production line. The cement plant has a production capacity of 3.1Mt/yr.

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Suez Cement’s Kattameya plant damaged by wastewater flood

15 March 2019

Egypt: Suez Cement’s Kattameya plant has been damaged by the collapse of a soil barrier around a nearby wastewater treatment lake. The incident caused a flood of 1.5Mm3 of treated water that reached the edge of the cement plant. The plant’s quarry, some power cables and lighting and a road was damaged. No members of staff at the plant were hurt.

The subsidiary of HeidelbergCement estimates that the flood caused around Euro0.5m worth of damage. It says that it previously raised the issue of the wastewater treatment lake with its owner in 2010 following a risk assessment. This led to the construction of the soil barriers.

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Whale Rock Cement eyes up export market

14 March 2019

Namibia: Whale Rock Cement says it plans to start exporting cement to countries in Africa following the accreditation of its Cheetah Cement products with the Namibia Standards Institute and the South African Bureau of Standards. It hopes to send its exports to Mozambique, Congo and Ivory Coast, according to the Namibian Sun newspaper. The cement producer started producing clinker at its 1.2Mt/yr integrated plant near Otjiwarongo in late 2018. Prior to this it was importing clinker from Egypt.

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Sinai Cement reduces loss in 2018

12 March 2019

Egypt: Sinai Cement has reduced its net loss to US$17.6m in 2018 from US$20.4m in 2017. Its revenue decreased by 38% year-on-year to US$46.1m from US$74m, according to Mubasher. The company has blamed its financial results on the role of negative currency effects on imported fuel costs. Although this was partly offset by rising cement prices.

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China State Construction Engineering awards supply contract to Lafarge Egypt

08 March 2019

Egypt: Lafarge Egypt has been named as the sole cement supplier for base construction work by China State Construction Engineering (CSCE) for the Central Business District in the New Administrative Capital. The subsidiary of LafargeHolcim will supply its cement based on a framework of the long-term partnership between Lafarge Egypt and CSCEC to erect several high-rise buildings, including a tower that is set to be the tallest in Africa. It will use its Hydrocem Plus cement product for the project. Lafarge Egypt will also take part in the concrete pouring for the foundations.

"We are proud to hold such a long-term cooperation with CSCE for the construction of such a historical project and we value their trust in our products’ quality, which magnifies our capabilities in providing tailored and unique products and solutions to meet our customers' needs. Additionally our capability as a company helped us supply large quantities of cement in a short time which helped complete the pouring in 40 consecutive hours only," said Hussein Mansi, Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge Egypt.

Lafarge Egypt is also engaged in a number of projects in the New Administrative Capital project, including different types of concrete products and steel fibres.

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Suez Cement turns to profit in 2018

06 March 2019

Egypt: Suez Cement’s sales rose by 15% year-on-year for Euro375m in 2018 from US$326m in 2017. It reported a profit of Euro6.14m in 2018 compared to a loss of Euro57.2m in 2017, according to Mubasher.

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Yingli Solar and Misr Asset Management to sell solar energy to Building Materials Industries

28 February 2019

Egypt: China’s Yingli Solar and Misr Asset Management (MAM) are planning to build a 100MW solar plant in order to sell electricity to Building Materials Industries Company (BMIC). Technical and economic studies have been completed for the US$80m plant but final approval is still awaited, according to Egypt Daily. The project will also receive US$50m in finance from the Asian Development Bank. BMIC operates a 1.5Mt/yr integrated cement plant at Assiut.

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