JSW Steel has officially acquired HeidelbergCement India's grinding plant in Raigad, Maharashtra, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition was initially announced in May 2013 and the two companies signed the Business Transfer Agreements on 5 ...
Tags: Grinding Plant, Construction, Decoration
India s Jaiprakash Associates is to sell its cement plant in Gujarat state to UltraTech Cement in a deal worth around $594m (INR:38bn) including debt. The companies told Bahrain's Gulf Daily News that UltraTech, India s largest cement ...
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ASEC Minya, formally Arab National Cement Company, has begun cement production at its 2Mt/yr cement plant in Minya, Egypt. The ASEC Cement subsidiary has been producing clinker at the site since May 2013. "We are extremely proud to have ...
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Following the announcement last week that a consortium of ASEC Cement and Qemmet El-Iraq will rehabilitate and manage Iraq's Muthanna Cement, owned by Southern Cement Company, comes news that a new plant is to be built in the Karbala ...
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A consortium of Asec Cement and Qemmet El-Iraq has won a 14-year contract to manage the Muthanna Cement Plant in southern Iraq. The plant is located between Najaf and Basra and is one of seven controlled by Southern Cement Company – ...
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A consortium in partnership with Qemmet El-Iraq will overhaul and manage the 2 MTPA Muthanna Cement Plant in Muthanna Governorate on 14-year contract. A consortium of ASEC Cement, a portfolio company of ASEC Holding, and Iraq s Qemmet ...
Tags: ASEC Cement, Iraqi Market
A TEC has been awarded a calciner upgrade contract by Buzzi Cement Hranice in the Czech Republic. The contract comprises engineering, equipment supply, steel structure, erection and civil works. The plant is burning alternative fuels, ...
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Holcim Philippines Inc. will reopen this month its grinding cement plant in Mabini, Batangas that will boost the company s production by 1 million metric tons per year. Holcim Philippines chief executive Ed Sahagun said in a news briefing ...
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Lafarge West Africa has reportedly signed an MoU with the Engu State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Nigeria, which paves the way for a new cement plant to commence operations next year. Speaking on behalf of the state, Dr Jude ...
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Major players in Indonesia's cement industry have each posted solid growth in revenue in the first half of the year on the back of solid demand for the building material, but that has not translated into profitable results for all of them. ...
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In the wake of a settlement to resolve violations of the federal Clean Air Act, a spokeswoman for Holcim, which operates a cement manufacturing plant east of Hagerstown, said the company is weighing its options on how to proceed. "There ...
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CEMEX USA is pleased to announce that five of its cement manufacturing plants have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR certification. The recognition of CEMEX USA s plants in Brooksville, Fla., Miami, Fla., ...
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The LIMAK Cement Group is upgrading its Pinarhisar, Ankara and Balikesir plants in Turkey, and as part of this upgrade is replacing seven ball mills with vertical roller mills. The Group has ordered all seven mills from Gebr. Pfeiffer SE to ...
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Tabuk Cement Co has announced that it has been refused the fuel needed to operate its new second line. The company has been informed by Saudi Arabia s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources that it will not receive the fuel needed to ...
Tags: Tabuk Cement, Fuel
Mexican cement maker Cemex has revealed plans to invest around $100m in expanding its operations in Egypt, Ahram has reported. "A sizable percentage" of the amount will be used to boost its capacity to use coal, pet coke, and other fuels at ...
Tags: Cement, Construction