International Cement Review articles tagged under : Case Studies
C2S solid solution reactivity in high-belite cement
The key cause of the high energy intensity in the cement production process is the high heat required to form alite, the main constituent of Portland cement. One option is to lower the alite content, which leads to a higher share of belite. However, such high-belite cement often has a lower early strength, impacting on the quality of the final product. To address this issue, achieving a suita...
Minya's coal storage solution
To help meet the Egyptian rules and regulations on the storage of coal, ASEC Cement Company called on OYK Consultants to design and deliver a suitable storage solution quickly and cost-effectively. By OYK Engineering...
Geometrica’s jubilee showcase
This year marks a milestone anniversary for architectural, industrial and bulk storage specialists Geometrica. Providing structures for the cement industry for 25 years, the company reflects on some of its signature ...
Ensuring safe practices
Occupational health and safety is key priority for the HeidelbergCement. This is reflected by HeidelbergCement India’s efforts to instil a health and safety culture at an organisational and technical level, and the i...
CBMI’s pioneering EPC journey
CBMI Construction Co Ltd has been a pioneer in the implementation of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts in the cement sector. Beginning its EPC journey in 1999, the company has continued to bui...
Retrofitting Ijaci’s ID fans
In a recent project InterCement awarded Howden South America the contract to retrofit its existing kiln induced-draught fans at its Ijaci plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil. As a result the cement works was able to increa...
New chapter for the OK mill
With the market trend for large-capacity plants demanding bigger and bigger mills, FLSmidth’s OKTM mill is now also available for raw grinding applications. The largest VRM for raw milling in the world, the FLSmidth ...
Curbing downtime
As part of the cooler conversion at its Ste Genevieve cement plant, USA, LafargeHolcim opted for a modular precast cooler curb system to help reduce downtime during the project. This enabled the cement producer to li...
Blending boost for Lesotho
In a first step towards creating a fully-fledged cement manufacturing capacity in South Africa’s neighbour Lesotho, construction materials supplier AfriSam has opened a new cement blending and packing facility in the...
Dry mix moves
Following a decision to expand its product range to include ready-to-use dry mix products, Australia-based Sunstate Cement required a new dry mix plant. The project was completed as a result of close cooperation betw...
Rebuilt to last
Rebuilding aging ESPs can help to significantly improve their operational efficiency and bring dust emissions back in line with statutory requirements. By Rico Chen, Sasza Chyntara, Willy Stevanus and Nga Nguyen, Tai...
Union Bridge quarry replacement project
The existing quarry reserves of Lehigh Cement’s Union Bridge plant in Maryland, USA, will be depleted by the end of 2020. New reserves have been secured 7km away, near the town of New Windsor. Several options were ev...
More than 'just' a new plant
Cement distribution at the new Port-Daniel-Gascons cement plant of McInnis Cement in Canada has been designed with the environment in mind. Distribution by sea to one of the plant’s four terminals replaces a consider...
Assisting Maryneal’s expansion
The modernisation and expansion of Buzzi Unicem’s Maryneal cement plant has enabled it to more than double capacity to 1.2Mst as well as reduce its environmental footprint. PCI Process Consultants was tasked with pro...
St Marys’ conveyor clean-up
Martin Engineering devises a method to reduce conveyor carryback at St Marys Cement’s Detroit plant.
Improving Malaysia’s supply
Christian Pfeiffer reports on the completion of its turnkey grinding plant project for Cahya Mata Sarawak.