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Pakistan: Power Cement has provided an update on construction work towards building a third line at its Nooriabad plant. 97% of the equipment ordered from Denmark’s FLSmdith has been received. 22% of errection work has been completed. The design phase of a new 40MW grid station and its fixing has been completed and civil work has commenced. Overall civil work is reported 91% complete.
The cement producer ordered the new 7700t/day line from FLSmidth in 2017. China’s TEPC has been handling the construction and errection contract. China’s CECC Tianjin (Pakistan) Electric Power Construction has been in charge of civil construction.
Philippines: Cemex Philippines has received a set of tax breaks and financial incentives for the new 1.5Mtyr production line it is planning to build at its Solid Cement plant in Antipolo, Rizal. Its subsidiary Solid Cement has obtained ‘pioneer’ status from the Board of Investment (BOI) but with ‘non-pioneer’ incentives, according to the Inquirer newspaper. This means that the project may be able to benefit from a longer income-tax holiday. The new production line is scheduled to be operational by early 2020.
UNACEM’s sales rise by 5.7% to US$586m in 2018
29 January 2019Peru: UNACEM’s sales rose by 5.7% year-on-year to US$586m in 2018 from US$555m in 2017. Its cement sales despatches grew by 1.3% to 5.06Mt from 4.99Mt. Its operating profit fell by 13% to US$184m from US$211m. It blamed the fall in profit on reduced dividends from a subsidiary in Ecuador and other businesses. During the year the cement producer made upgrades to its Atocongo Thermal Plant and to dusting system for the coolers on kilns 2 and 3 at its Condorcocha cement plant.
Telestack to invest Euro5.8m in Omagh plant
28 January 2019UK: Northern Ireland’s Telestack plans to invest Euro5.8m towards upgrading its Omagh plant. The mobile bulk material handling system producer will build a new 4180m3 plant next to its existing site. The new unit will include production lines, a research and development centre and new office premises.
“Telestack has grown rapidly over the last number of years and we have firm plans to double our revenue again in the next three and a half years. We have out-grown our current facility and we need to extend our manufacturing footprint to meet the international demand for our products. We have made a conscious decision, even in the face of Brexit uncertainty, to invest locally” said Telestack’s managing director Martin Dummigan.
Eurocement plans upgrades for Kavkazcement plant in 2019
25 January 2019Russia: Eurocement is planning a second phase of upgrades for its Kavkazcement plant in 2019. These include starting to generate its own electricity, modernising its cement grinding mills, completing a maintenance campaign and moving to solely operating rotary kilns. The first phase of the upgrade project saw the plant build a slurry pipeline, construct the building for a captive power plant and purchasing monitoring equipment.
Devki Group orders waste heat recovery unit from Sinoma Energy
22 January 2019Kenya: Devki Group has ordered a waste heat recovery (WHR) unit from China’s Sinoma Energy for its Athi River plant as part of a US$250m package. The deal also includes supplying a power plant for the company’s steel plant in Kilifi, according to the Daily Nation newspaper. Both projects will be completed by late 2020.
UK: Hanson has completed a Euro1.25m upgrade to its Bellshill cement terminal in Glasgow, converting it into a dual product storage and distribution site. Improvements included new pipework and a new silo monitoring system. The site has three silos: two for cement powder, transported by rail from the company’s Ribblesdale cement plant in Lancashire, and one for the storage and distribution of ground granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBS), produced at the company’s Teesport site in Middlesbrough. The upgrade took 17 months to complete. Cement has been transported by rail to the Bellshill terminal since 2007.
MI Cement to install sixth line at plant
21 January 2019Bangladesh: MI Cement plans to install a sixth line at its grinding plant at West Mukterpur in Munshiganj. It will add a new 8400t/day grinding unit bringing the site total production capacity to 19,400t/day. The project cost will be around US$70m. Commercial production at the new unit is scheduled to start in January 2021.
INC to upgrade kiln ventilation at Vallemí cement plant
17 January 2019Paraguay: Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) is planning to upgrade the ventilation system for the kiln at its Vallemí cement plant. The state-owned cement producer has money left over from bonds it issued in 2018, according to the La Nacion newspaper. The work is expected to increase the productivity of the kiln.
Cemex USA looking to expand cement terminal at Port Tampa Bay
14 January 2019US: Cemex USA is preparing to expand its cement terminal at Port Tampa Bay in Florida. It wants to increase the size of its operations so it can process more cement, fly ash, slag, limestone and other materials, according to the Tampa Bay Business Journal. The company also wants to build a ready-mx concrete plant at the site.