With the acquisition of Andrah Cement a year ago, India’s Sagar Cement increased their clinker capacity to 6.4 Mta and cement capacity to 10.85 Mta. By 2035 the capacity shall be increased to 20 Mta, through inorganic and organic growth.…
Holcim has a groundbreaking CCS-project in the Obourg cement plant in Belgium. The GO4ZERO-project is implemented in 2 phases. First, the 2 wet kilns will be replaced by a new dry process line with a clinker capacity of 1.7 Mta,…
UltraTech Cement, which is the cement flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, will invest INR 13,000 crores in expanding its Indian grey cement capacity by another 21.9 Mta in the 3rd expansion phase, which starts after FY 25 and…
The cement industry in Europe is on a transformation path towards carbon neutrality. What kind of structural change will be necessary and how competitive will the cement industry be across the European countries and other world regions after these structural…
Ultratech currently operates 555 MW of green power, which makes up 19% of their energy requirements, 210 MW are WHR systems and 345 MW is renewable energy. By FY26, the WHR capacity shall be increased by 23% and renewable energy…
Shiva Cement, which is part of the JSW Cement Group, operates since 1986 a 0.2 Mta cement plant (photo) in Sundergarh, Odisha. The old plant will be replaced by a new 1.36 Mta (4000 tpd clinker) integrated plant with 5-stage…
Cimpor, which is part of the OYAK Group, awarded thyssenkrupp Polysius with an order for a clay calcination plant in Tema, Ghana. The plant will use a flash technology and will have a capacity of 1280 tpd of activated clay.…
Holcim Romania is investing over Euro 25m to increase the production capacity of its cement plant in Campulung by 20% from 1.3 Mta to about 1.6 Mta. The purpose of the new investment is to address the existing need for…
Orient Cement Limited has commissioned the 1st phase of a Waste Heat Recovery System (WHRS) at its Chittapur 3.0 Mta cement plant in Karnataka, India. In this phase a AQC boiler along with a turbine and air cooled condenser is…
TITAN has a strong ambition to reduce (Scope 2) CO2 emissions by ca. 58% by 2030 from base year 2020. The cement company and Orcan Energy started a partnership to exploit the benefits and explore the scale-up potential of new…