EAPCC to construct a power generation plant in Kenya
East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) is planning to set up a KES800 million power generation plant in Kenya. The unit will run on waste gases generated by its Athi River cement facility.
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East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) is planning to set up a KES800 million power generation plant in Kenya. The unit will run on waste gases generated by its Athi River cement facility.
In the second part of this abridged article, T. Abbas, Cinar Ltd, UK, looks at future trends for coal, clean coal initiatives, and how these will affect the cement sector.
According to preliminary estimates from SNIC, domestic cement sales dropped 0.7% y/y in Brazil in May but grew by 2.8% y/y in January – May 2014.
Cemex Mexico has received awards under the Greenhouse Gas Effect Programme for its coprocessing system and the reduction and management of GHG emissions.
Cement and minerals included among Zimbabwe’s principal exports to the Southern African Development Community, which increased by 113% from 2009 to 2013 overall; Nigeria sets up minerals and metal centre to facilitate investment.
Turkey’s Mussa Insaat Dis Ticaret Ltd has ordered another road-mobile Siwertell 10 000 S cement unloader from Cargotec for use in its Libyan operations.
Although rates of expansion in activity, new orders and employment all eased from the highs seen in April 2014, the recovery in the Irish construction sector continued in May.
Despite nine months of consecutive expansion in house building and improvements in apartment construction, the Australian construction industry remained in negative territory in May 2014.
Carolinas Cement Company, a subsidiary of Titan America, has announced plans to establish a packaging facility at an existing cement storage and distribution terminal in New Hanover County.
T. Abbas, Cinar Ltd, UK, discusses the changing role that coal plays within the cement industry.
Proxibid, an online marketplace for construction, commercial and industrial equipment, has expanded into the UK market with new offices in London.
The EU ad-hoc working group on defining critical raw materials recently released a new report. Roskill has published an overview of the report’s findings and its use of quantitative methodology.