Egyptian wind energy to provide power to Suez Cement

The general manager of Suez Cement, Bruno Carre, said a wind energy project in Gulf El-Zeit, Egypt, will provide electricity to the company's manufacturing facilities in Egypt. However, electricity could only be used in the crushing process since flame and heat will be needed in the cooking process. According to Carre, insufficient gas supplies are one of the greatest challenges faced by the company, has seen its share in the Egyptian market fall 5% from 2012 to 16% at present, representing less than

November 8, 2013 Read time: 1 min

The general manager of Suez Cement, Bruno Carre, said a wind energy project in Gulf El-Zeit, Egypt, will provide electricity to the company's manufacturing facilities in Egypt.

However, electricity could only be used in the crushing process since flame and heat will be needed in the cooking process.

According to Carre, insufficient gas supplies are one of the greatest challenges faced by the company, has seen its share in the Egyptian market fall 5% from 2012 to 16% at present, representing less than 50 million tonnes of cement.

Egypt’s Suez Cement spends US$52.40mn/year for four years

According to the Bruno Carre, managing director of Egypt-based Suez Cement, the cement manufacturer is spending US$ 52.40 million (€47.77million)/year for four years.
In 2015, it is likely to convert two new facilities. It targets to raise its energy intake as well as production capacity by 15%.
The company would not lodge a request to get a new cement licence.

March 20, 2019

LafargeHolcim supplies construction project for new Egyptian capital

Building materials giant LafargeHolcim is taking part in the project to build Egypt’s new capital city, which is currently under construction 45 kilometres outside of Cairo.

The city - which has not yet been named and is referred to as the new administrative capital (NAC) – will become the country’s new administrative and financial centre with around 5 million inhabitants.

Since the beginning of the construction works LafargeHolcim has supported several of its projects, with a total contract value f