New Zealand: Golden Bay Cement plans to start shipping cement directly from its integrated plant at Whangarei, Northland in the North Island. Previously, cement from the plant was being shipped to the South Island via Auckland, according to the New Zealand Herald newspaper. Once the logistic change is completed around 11% of Whangarei’s output will be shipped to the South Island.

Bosnia & Herzegovina: Tvornica Cementa Kakanj’s (TCK) sales revenue grew by 13.3% year-on-year to Euro48.5m in 2017 from Euro42.8m in 2016. Its sales volumes of cement rose by 12.3% to 0.49Mt from 0.43Mt. Its earnings before interest and taxation (EBIT) rose by 12.5% to Euro8.89m from Euro8.09m. It attributed the growth to continued growing market at home in Bosnia & Herzegovina.

General director Branimir Muidža said that the subsidiary of Germany’s HeidelbergCement started adding new cement silos to its plant in 2017 with completion scheduled for 2018. It has also started preparing its plants to use refuse-derived fuel (RDF).

Total consumption of cement in Bosnia & Herzegovina was estimated to be 1.2Mt in 2017, a rise of 6% from 2016. The boost was pinned on construction of a new road project.

Morocco: Ciments de l’Atlas’ (CIMAT) income rose by 1.27% year-on-year to Euro51.1m in 2017, according to Le Boursier. Its sales rose by 5.7% to Euro239m. The cement producer operates two cement plants at Ben Ahmed in Settat and Beni Mellal in Tadia Azilal.

Turkey: YD Madencilik, part of Üstyapi Insaat Group, has ordered a 5000t/day clinker production line from Germany’s KHD Humboldt Wedag. The plant will be built at Yiglica, Düzce in the Marmara region. KHD will be responsible for engineering and equipment supply, as well as the supervision of erection and commissioning. It will also provide its Simulex plant simulation software to mirror the operation of the new plant.

The new production line will consist of the following KHD core components: a six-stage preheater with Pyroclon LowNO_x AF calciner, equipped with a Pyrotop compact mixing chamber, tertiary air duct and the Pyrobox calciner firing system; a three tyre rotary kiln, with a diameter of 4.8m; a Pyro-Jet kiln burner; and a Pyrofloor clinker cooler equipped with a Pyrocrusher system.

After commissioning, KHD says that YD Madencilik’s plant will operate its most efficient six-stage preheater in Turkey. It added that close to 70% of Turkish cement production units have been designed and installed by KHD. Commissioning of the plant is scheduled for the third quarter of 2019.