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JSW Cement starts work on cement grinding plant in Odisha
16 November 2017India: Shri Naveen Patnaik, the Chief Minister of Odisha, has laid the foundation stone for a 1.2Mt/yr cement grinding plant that JSW Cement is building at Kalinganagar in Jajpur. The plant is scheduled to start operations in 2018, according to the Orissa Diary. Once the unit is commissioned the cement producer has plans to double its production capacity to 2.4Mt/yr.
Ghana and Iran building US$30m cement plant in joint venture
15 November 2017Ghana/Iran: Ghana and Iran are building a 0.6Mt/yr cement plant at the Dawa Industrial Enclave near Tema in Ghana. Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia commissioned construction work at the project, according to the Ghana News Agency. The plant is scheduled for completion in late 2019. The project is a joint venture between the two countries, with Iran holding a 90% stake.
Wagners’ initial public offering threatened by rival cement grinding plant in Brisbane
14 November 2017Australia: An initial public offering by Wagners has been threatened from plans by a rival company to build a cement grinding plant and terminal in Brisbane, Queensland. Wagners operates its own 0.8Mt/yr grinding plant in the city and commentators mentioned by The Australian newspaper have speculated that this increased competition locally could damage its aspirations. However, Wagners believes that the new plant is unlikely to be built. The 0.2Mt/yr project from brick and tile maker Brickworks, in a consortium with Newman Quarrying and the Neilsen Group, remains in the planning stage.
Invercem to open modular cement plant in April 2018
07 November 2017Peru: Invercem plans to build a cement grinding plant in Ica for US$20m. The modular plant will have a production capacity of 0.25Mt/yr, according to the Gestión newspaper. Construction is scheduled to start from December 2017 with completion planned for April 2018.
Previously, Invercem has imported cement from HeidelbergCement via the port of Salaverry. It then bagged and sold it locally under the Qhuna brand. As well as building its own plant the cement importer is also considering expansion plans in Ayacucho, Cusco and Iquitos.
Medcem Cameroon spends US$10m on upgrades at Douala plant
31 October 2017Cameroon: Medcem Cameroon plans to invest US$10m to upgrade its 0.4Mt/yr cement grinding plant in Douala. Following the upgrade the unit will have a production capacity of 1Mt/yr. The investment has been planned to meet a demand increase mostly driven by national infrastructure and construction projects. The project is planned for completion in 2018. Following the upgrade the cement producer will be the fourth largest in the country.
Australia: Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has approved an application from Boral Cement to build a new 1.3Mt/yr cement grinding plant at Geelong in Melbourne, Victoria. The works will include an enclosed ball mill and covered store, covered belt conveyors, outdoor product stockpiles and several finished product storage and distribution silos at the site. Clinker will be unloaded from ships and delivered to the site via covered belt conveyors from Lascelles Wharf. The facility will operate 24-hours per day.
The EPA added that Boral Cement undertook community consultation prior to the submission of the application and during the public submission period.
JSW Cement to upgrade Dolvi plant
17 October 2017India: JSW Cement plans to invest around US$277m towards increasing its production capacity and it is considering an initial public offering (IPO) in 2019 or 2020. The cement producer wants to increase the cement production capacity to 2.2Mt/yr in 2018 from 1Mt/yr at its Dolvi grinding plant in Maharashtra, according to the Press Trust of India. A further expansion to 4.5Mt/yr is scheduled for 2019.
"We expect huge demand for cement in the country and plan to expand our cement manufacturing capacity from 12.5Mt/yr to 20Mt/yr by 2020. We are adding 4.5Mt/yr at our Dolvi unit in Maharashtra and 1.2Mt/yr at out Vijaynagar unit in Karnataka, apart from 1.2Mt/yr adding at our Odisha unit,” said JSW Cement’s managing director Parth Jindal. He added that the company would wait for the outcome of the general election in 2019 and create a ‘healthy’ financial profile before launching the IPO. After raising money in the offering the company plans to reach a 30Mt/yr capacity by 2025 and 50Mt/yr in 2030 both through new builds and acquisitions.
Cong Thanh Cement defends decision to build grinding plant
16 October 2017Vietnam: Cong Thanh Cement has defended its decision to build a grinding plant at Cam Ranh in Khanh Hoa province despite high debts, a domestic cement surplus and poor market conditions. A spokesperson said that the company’s loan liabilities have reached US$606m, according to the Việt Nam News newspaper. It has declared a revenue target of US$19.4m for 2017 with a loss of US$1.93m expected. A cement surplus and high fuel prices adding to transportation costs have contributed to the problems the company faces. The cement producer operates a two-line 6Mt/yr plant at the Nghi Son Economic Zone in Thanh Hoa Province.
Worker found dead at Jajpur cement grinding plant site
16 October 2017India: A worker has been found dead at a 2Mt/yr cement grinding plant that Emami Cement is building at Jajpur in Odisha. A fellow worker was also found injured next to the deceased, according to the New Indian Express newspaper. No cause for the accident has been reported. Both men were working as casual labourers at the site.
Insee Cement starts installing Loesche mill at Ruhunu grinding plant
28 September 2017Sri Lanka: Insee Cement has started building a new 0.45Mt/yr cement grinding mill, supplied by Loesche, at its Ruhunu plant in Galle. Deputy Minister of Port and Shipping Nishantha Muthuhettigama and Residence Manager of Galle Sujeewa Wimalasiri attended the event, according to the Daily Financial Times newspaper. The US$14m project is scheduled for completion in mid-2018.
Loesche is supplying a jumbo-sized compact cement grinding (CSG) mill for the unit. The mill is capable of grinding clinker and granulated blast furnace slag into Portland Limestone Cement and Portland Slag Cement (PSC) with a throughput of up to 60t/hr.