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FLSmidth consortium buys share in Power Cement

06 February 2018

Pakistan: A consortium of investors including Denmark’s FLSmidth have purchased a stake in Power Cement. The investors include the Danish Investment Fund for Under-Developed Countries (IFU) and IFU Investment Partners (IIP). As part of the deal the board of the cement producer has approved the appointment of Anders Paludan as a director.

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Fives wins kiln replacement order for Eqiom’s Lumbres cement plant

06 February 2018

France: Fives FCB has been awarded an engineering, equipment supply and supervision of works contract for the replacement of a kiln at the Lumbres cement plant. The work covers replacing the downstream shell of the 42.2m kiln, including the tyre. The project is part of the cement producer’s plan to adapt Kiln 5 at the site for the installation of a new clinker cooler.

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Gambarotta receives order from CBMI-Sinoma

06 February 2018

China: Italy’s Gambarotta Gschwendt has received an order from CBMI-Sinoma for four surface feeders and five apron feeders. The company manufactures bulk handling equipment such as elevators and conveyors.

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Ivory Coast sets up quality control commission for cement

06 February 2018

Ivory Coast: Jean-Claude Brou, the Minister of Industry and Mines, has announced the creation of a commission for the quality control of cement. The minister made the statement at the opening of a new mill at LafargeHolcim plant at Abidjan, according to the Agence Ivoirienne de Presse. Brou added the country’s demand for cement rose to 5Mt in 2017 from 2.5Mt in 2015.

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PPC says that South African cement demand fell by 4% in 2017

05 February 2018

South Africa: PPC estimates that local cement demand fell by 3 – 4% in 2017 due to a lack of large infrastructure projects. In an operating update for the nine months to 31 December 2017 it reported that its cement sales volumes fell by 1 – 2% year-on-year, although it had increased its prices. It increased its exports by 23%. The cement producer also reported that its Slurry Kiln 9 project was 90% complete, with commissioning scheduled for the second quarter of 2018.

Elsewhere in Africa, PPC’s sales volumes rose by 20 – 30% in Rwanda due to a rise in bulk cement sales and higher exports. In Zimbabwe sales volumes grew by 30 – 40% supported by retail sales.

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Cimburkina starts grinding plant upgrade

05 February 2018

Burkina Faso: Cimburkina has started upgrading its Kossodo cement grinding plant. The US$2.85m project will centre on the installation of a new mill. This will double its production capacity to 2Mt/yr, according to the Sidwaya newspaper. Other works will include a new 2000t limestone silo and a new bagging unit. The new mill is scheduled to start production in December 2018.

The plant, a subsidiary of Germany’s HeidelbergCement, produces two types of cement: CEM II 42.5 R and CEM II BL 32.5 R. Clinker for production comes from the group’s Scantogo plant in Togo.

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LafargeHolcim inaugurates new mill at Ivory Coast plant

05 February 2018

Ivory Coast: Jean-Claude Brou, the Minister of Industry and Mines, has inaugurated a new mill at LafargeHolcim Ivory Coast’s plant at Abidjan. The new mill has increased the unit’s production capacity to 2Mt/yr, according to the Agence Ivoirienne de Presse. LafargeHolcim Ivory Coast re-used a ball mill from a Spanish cement plant that was dismantled and shipped to Abidjan. The mill uses a 4.5MW motor and the cement producer says it is the largest horizontal ball mill in French-speaking West Africa. The project cost US$28.5m.

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Carthage Cement starts first export shipment to Sub-Saharan Africa

05 February 2018

Tunisia: Carthage Cement has completed the loading of its first clinker shipment to Sub-Saharan Africa. The 38,000t consignment was loaded at the port of La Goulette. It is part of a 350,000t deal that the cement producer announced in December 2017.

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JK Cement receives approval for upgrade at Mangrol plant

05 February 2018

India: JK Cement has received approval for an upgrade at its Mangrol cement plant near Chittorgarh in Rajasthan. The plant will have an investment of US$312m, according to Accord Fintech. Following the expansion the plant will have a cement production capacity of 4.2Mt/yr. Cement grinding will be supported by units in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.

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Bahrain construction market expected to benefit from lifting of export tariffs from Saudi Arabia

05 February 2018

Bahrain: The local construction sector is expected to grow following the lifting of export duties on cement by Saudi Arabia. Saudi National Committee of Cement Producers chairman Jehad Al Rasheed told said that cement export duties were cancelled at the end of January 2018, according to the Gulf Daily News newspaper. Export tariffs were originally set at US$23 – 35/t but were then halved in July 2017 to encourage the market.

Bahrain had been the only country allowed to import cement from Saudi Arabia since 2009. However, the price rose significantly in March 2017 after the Saudi government introduced new tariffs and permitted cement exports globally.

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