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Lion cement brand to launch in Cameroon in October 2017
04 September 2017Cameroon: Egin (Entreprise générale industrielle) plans to launch Lion brand cement in October 2017. The company signed an investment agreement with the government’s Investment Promotion Agency (API) in late Augut 2017, according to local press. Around US$15m has been invested in a production unit based in Douala. The site is expcted to employ 30 workers.
Taiheiyo Cement to build fly ash washing plant at its Oita plant
01 September 2017Japan: Taiheiyo Cement plans to establish a fly ash washing plant at its Oita cement plant. It will collect fly ash generated by local government wastedisposal facilities and use this as a raw material to produce cement. In 2016 Taiheiyo Cement entered into a three-way agreement for the promotion of a recycling-based society with the local governments of Oita and Tsukumi and took part in talks concerning the recycling of waste materials generated within Oita Prefecture. Bottom ash generated by waste disposal facilities has been used at the Oita plant since 2007.
BUA plant commissioning increases Nigeria’s capacity further
31 August 2017Nigeria: The Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo commissioned the 3Mt/yr second kiln line at the BUA Obu Cement plant at Okpella, Edo State on 30 August 2017. He had earlier performed the ground-breaking ceremony at the start of the construction phase of the line. Once the line is fully commissioned in early 2018, it will bring the plant’s capacity to 6Mt/yr.
"This project is a big boost to the Nigerian economy and it will provide employment opportunity for both the skilled and unskilled youths of this state and the country at large," said Osinbajo, adding that the plant's capacity would consolidate Nigeria's self-sufficiency in cement and be a big boost to the nation's export capacity
PPC highlights import risk to Colleen Bawn plant
29 August 2017Zimbabwe: PPC Zimbabwe has hinted that it may be looking to shut down its Colleen Bawn Cement plant in Gwanda, citing pressure from cheaper imported clinker as well as smuggled cement coming over the border. If it decides to close the plant, the move would represent a significant blow for PPC Zimbabwe and PPC’s wider activities outside of its native South Africa.
The management has appealed to the government for protection, stating that, unless measures are put in place to curb cheap imports, the firm risks losing its investment at Colleen Bawn. It estimates that a wider community of around 4000 rely indirectly on the plant for their livelihoods. The plant has been in operation for more than 70 years.
Country managing director Mr Kelibone Masiyane said, “The cost of production is very high in Zimbabwe when compared to the rest of the region. Our competitors are importing clinker at cheaper cost and they are jumping the production process. The biggest challenge here at Colleen Bawn is that we incur huge costs producing clinker and because of this there is a risk of closure of the plant and opting to import clinker as well.”
However, Masiyane expressed confidence that the engagements PPC Zimbabwe was having with the government would result in ‘fruitful’ interventions that would protect the firm and avert negative effects. He said that the company’s major cost driver was electricity costs, which are much higher than in neighbouring countries.
In response Deputy Minister Mabuwa said that the government appreciated the strategic economic role of the cement manufacturing sector and would address the plight of PPC. She concurred that, while cement was removed from the open general import license, continued clinker imports were having a negative effect on the value chain.
Soma Cimento orders clinker production line from KHD
25 August 2017Turkey: Soma Cimento has ordered a 4000t/day clinker production line from KHD for its plant at Soma near Manisa. The contract includes engineering, equipment supply, and supervision of erection and commissioning, including KHD’s Simulex plant simulation system, which will simulate the operation of the plant. Commissioning of the plant is scheduled for the spring of 2018.
The core components of KHD’s new line are: a five-stage KHD Preheater with Pyroclon-R LowNOx AF calciner, equipped with Pyrotop compact mixing chamber, tertiary air duct and Pyrobox calciner firing system; a Pyrorapid two-tire rotary kiln, with a diameter of 4.6m; a Pyro-jet kiln burner; and a Pyrofloor clinker cooler equipped with a Pyrocrusher System.
This project will be the third commissioning of KHD’s Low-NOx calciner with Pyroloop Technology in Turkey. It will be KHD’s 51st kiln line in Turkey. No value for the order has bee disclosed.
Cuba: The Cuban cement industry is operating at a 58% capacity utilisation rate, according to the CiberCuba website. The low rate has been blamed on logistic and electricity supply problems.
Work on Potosí cement plant starts
23 August 2017Bolivia: Imasa has started ground work has started on the US$300m Potosí cement plant near Chuitara following an inspection of the site. The 1.3Mt/yr plant is being built by Imasa, ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions and Valoriza for Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia (ECEBOL), according to the El Potosí newspaper. Located at 4000m above sea level it will be one of the highest plants in the world when it becomes operational.
President lays foundations of new plant in Ghana
16 August 2017Ghana: President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has laid the foundation stone for a new cement plant in the Tema Free Zones near Accra. The US$55m grinding plant, to be operated by CBI Ghana, will take a year to complete. It will produce and supply premium cement under the brand name Supacem. The company is expected to employ some 400 staff when it commences operations.
In remarks before the ground-breaking ceremony, the President said that his government would continue to provide regulatory support and ensure a business-friendly environment that would engender competitiveness to enable the cement industry to thrive. He said the growing competition in the sector was leading to healthy competition that was benefiting consumers.
With CBI only the latest entrant to the cement sector, President Akufo-Addo was optimistic that the company would diversify the sector, promote healthy competition and further improve product standards. He added that the government was considering the use of concrete for constructing durable roads, envisaging a huge demand for cement in the near future.
Birla to invest US$375m in new plant at Mukutban
10 August 2017India: Birla Corporation is considering a US$375m investment in a greenfield cement plant at Mukutban, Maharashtra. Harsh V Lodha, the group’s chairman, stated that the decision would be put before the board for approval.
Speaking about the company’s recent acquisition of Reliance Cement, Lodha added, “Reliance’s plants did not have a captive power plant, so we are in the process of setting up a waste heat recovery system at a cost of US$19.5m.” The company is also studying the feasibility of a captive thermal power plant there. Lodha also said that demand for cement is rising in Central India and no new capacity was coming up in the region, which he said bodes well for the company’s new assets.
FLSmidth to build cement plant for Cielo Azul in Uruguay
03 August 2017Uruguay: FLSmidth has been awarded an order from Cielo Azul Cementos y Calizas to build a 1200t/day cement plant at Treinta y Tres. The order is scheduled for completion by the end of 2017. The plant will be ready mix concrete producer Cielo Azul’s first cement production site.
The equipment being supplied includes an Atox 25.0 vertical mill for raw grinding, an Atox 13.5 vertical mill for coal grinding, a pyro processing system with low NOx ILC calciner, 3 base kiln, a Jetflex Burner, a Cross-Bar CB 6x29 cooler and OK 25-3 vertical mill for cement grinding, planetary gear units for vertical mills, bag filters, packing plant, control system, plant automation, weighing and metering systems.