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India: Mangalam Cement has started commercial production at its 0.75Mt/yr grinding plant in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh following trials in August 2016. The cement producer has increased its overall cement production capacity to 4Mt/yr. Part of the BK Birla Group, the company produces 43 grade cement, 53 grade cement and Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC) and markets it under the brand name of 'Birla Uttam.'

France/Ireland: According to the Irish Independent newspaper, Irish cement company Ecocem has invested Euro30m into a new production facility in Dunkirk in the north of France as part of joint venture with the world's largest steel company. The investment is split 30% to 70% in favour of Ecocem and will increase the Irish firm's capacity from 1.4Mt of high performance, low carbon cement to around 2Mt. Ecocem said the main target markets for the plant will be the north of France and the UK.

ArcelorMittal, the company that is investing with Ecocem, is the world's largest steel firm. The investment is a strategic partnership as Ecocem uses a by-product of the manufacture of iron and steel - Granulated blast furnace slag - to make cement.

The news follows recent builds by the company with the Peel Ports Group. The pair built an import terminal in Runcorn on the Manchester Ship Canal and will look to add to it with another two, one in Runcorn and another in Sheerness in England.
Ecocem's continued expansion in the UK is a response to growing demand from the market. The firm has experienced an increase in exports from the UK as a result of a bustling cement market and a shortage of the type of cement Ecocem produces.

Speaking at the time of its UK investment, Ecocem managing director Conor O'Riain said the firm is looking long-term at the market. "We've invested in state-of- the-art equipment to demonstrate to the market that we're here for the long term, and I'm delighted to say that the response from the market has been phenomenal. We've made commitments to sell more in the UK in our first year than our total domestic sales in 2016," he said. Prior to entering the British market Ecocem had already received orders for 200,000t of product for its first year and stopped taking any further offers in the short term.

Ecocem is also trying to make its first move into the US. The company is looking to build a Euro45m grinding mill near San Francisco but has some hurdles to its intentions from its planning applications.

The firm has continued to grow its reputation as a low-carbon cement producer and last month the firm picked up the Green Product Award 2016 for its superfine product.

Zimbabwe: Chinese cement producer Mortal Investments Manufacturing Company is building a US$10m grinding plant in Redcliff, Midlands province with a production capacity of 1Mt/yr. It is the second cement project in the province following the Sino Zimbabwe Cement plant near Gweru, according to the Financial Gazette newspaper. 400 jobs will be created at the site. The plant is also expected to benefit from slag from the nearby Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO) steel plant at Kwekwe.

Burkina Faso: Intercem has released details of a cement grinding plant that it is building with Kanis International Group for Cimasso in Bobo Dioulasso. The order is the third contract between Kanis International and Intercem and it is the largest such order in Intercem’s history. The contract was agreed in March 2016 and groundbreaking of the 6500t/day plant took place in late May 2016. No value for the order has been disclosed.

Intercem’s scope of supply for Cimasso comprises the engineering, the supply of mechanical and electrical equipment of exclusively European origin, the project management and the supervision of erection as well as the commissioning. The order includes: train unloading station for clinker; truck unloading for lime and additives; storage of 100,000t of clinker and raw materials; raw material shed and dosing station; 6500t/day cement grinding plant with vertical roller mill; four 4000t cement silos; and, 8000t/day loading of cement bags, including a truck loading station.

Bangladesh: Premier Cement has approved plans to double its cement production capacity to 16,000t/day from 6000t/day at its grinding plant near Dhaka. The cement producer will invest US$51m in the upgrade to its mill, according to the Daily Star newspaper. The upgrade will be completed by 2018.