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Upgrade of Dandot Cement in Pakistan finished

DandotCement1

Sinoma TCDRI finished the 1600 tpd clinker capacity upgrade of the Dandot Cement plant in Lahore, Pakistan. The plant has been operated since 1983 and was supplied by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) with a 1000 tpd kiln. The upgrade improves…

Cemex Ventures increased stake in HiiROC hydrogen

HiiROC Demo plant

Cemex Ventures in Madrid, Spain, has increased its stake in UK-based HiiROC. The startup-company has developed a novel proprietary process for the production of low-cost, zero emission hydrogen. The technology ‘Thermal Plasma Electrolysis (TPE)’ is using a fraction of the…

Saudi Arabia’s cement exports are uncertain

Saudi Arabia exported from January to November 2023 in total 1.990 Mt of cement. This is a YoY increase by +24.1% from 1.604 Mt the same period last year. However, these accumulated exports include only 0.133 Mt from November, while…

China Gezhouba plans 2nd cement plant in Kazakhstan

Xili Cement 1

After the successful implementation of the Xili cement plant (photo) in Southern Kazakhstan, the China Gezhouba Group Cement Co. plans to install a 2nd plant in the Almaty region, in line with the Chinese ‘Belt & Road’-strategy. The company operates…

EU Innovation Fund €234 m grand for Titan

Titan Kamari Cement Plant

TITAN has signed a grant agreement with the EU Innovation Fund for their IFESTOS pioneering carbon capture project at the Kamari cement plant in Greece, following its selection in July (we reported). IFESTOS, an integral component of TITAN’s extensive decarbonization…

China’s cement production decline is below 5%

China Pro 11m 2023

In China from January to November 2023 the cement production declined by -4.2% to 1867.4 Mt after 1950.1 Mt in the same period last year. In November the cement production declined by -1.0%, YoY to 189.786 Mt after 191.791 Mt…