Cement News tagged: Recent orders
Taiwan Cement's shipping subsidiary orders bulk carriers
Taiwan Cement has announced that its shipping subsidiary, Ta-ho Maritime, has placed an order at Japanese yard Sumitomo Heavy Industries for three 84,200dwt kamsarmax bulk carriers. The shipbuilding contract comprises a firm order for two ships at US$35m each and option for an additional ship. The company will decide on the execution of the option before 30 September 2019. The new ships wi...
ASEC wins KAR Group order to maintain Erbil plant
Arab Swiss Engineering Company (ASEC) and the Iraqi conglomerate KAR Group have announced signing a three-year agreement for the operation and maintenance of Qarachough cement plant. The 1.9 Mta facility is situated near Erbil city, Iraq. The cooperation between the two companies comprises human resources support in which ASEC has assisted KAR in the selection and recruitment of domestic cal...
Cruz Azul orders two Loesche petcoke VRMs
CYCNA (Cruz Azul group) commissioned a Loesche cement grinding plant in Tepezalá, Mexico, last year, and this summer two more Loesche coal grinding plants for petcoke grinding will be installed at the Lagunas and Hidalgo cement plants. The Loesche LM46.2+2 CS cement mill was commissioned in August 2018 at the Tepezalá cement plant and is guaranteed to grind at a capacity of 110tph but has bee...
Geocycle orders a mobile UNTHA shredder for Holly Hill cement plant
Geocycle (LafargeHolcim subsidiary) has taken delivery of a new UNTHA XR mobil-e waste shredder in Dorchester, South Carolina, USA. The mobile shredder unit with two x 177hp motors will process non-hazardous post-industrial waste to produce a <3in RDF fuel that will be used for energy recovery in the nearby LafargeHolcim Holly Hill cement plant. Currently configured to manufacture 10tph of a...
Shree Cement awards Gebr Pfeiffer with new order
India’s Shree Cement has awarded Gebr Pfeiffer with an order to equip its grinding plant in Pune, Maharashtra. The MVR 6000 C-6 mill can alternately produce 300tph of OPC at a fineness of 3100 cm²/g according to Blaine, PPC containing as much as 35 per cent of fly ash to a fineness of 3500cm²/g, or 180tph of GGBFS at a fineness of 4500cm²/g. The unit will be equipped with a 6700kW drive. ...
Sonmez Cimento orders new WHR unit from CTP Team
Turkey’s Sonmez Cimento Yapi ve Madencilik has signed a turnkey EPC contract with CTP Team (Italy) for a WHR unit at its Sonmez Cement plant. The system will have a duel-loop configuration and recover heat from the preheater and clinker cooler, according to a press release. Including a 7.8MW turbine operating at 3000rpm alongside a turbo generator, the new ORC system is expected to provide...
Anhui Conch places laboratory equipment order
China’s Anhui Conch has ordered four polab® laboratory automation systems from thyssenkrupp, including units for the world’s two largest cement plants in Wuhu and Tongling, eastern China. "More and more cement manufacturers are showing interest in our smart factory and digitisation solutions. Our automation systems make cement plants fit for the future. This order with our long-lasting clien...
Lehigh Cement Co LLC orders new plant
KHD Humboldt Wedag Inc has signed a contract with Lehigh Cement Co LLC (HeidelbergCement) for the engineering, supply of equipment and structural steel and advisory services for the erection and commissioning of a cement plant in the USA. The order is reported to be for more than EUR100m.
Sri Lanka-based Lanwa Sanstha Cement Corp orders two MVR mills
Lanwa Sanstha Cement Corp (Pvt) Ltd has awarded Gebr Pfeiffer SE the contract for two MVR cement mills for its plant in Sri Lanka. The two grinding facilities consist of an MVR 5000 C-4 each, producing 180tph of OPC, ground to a fineness of 4000cm2/g according to Blaine. The core components of the plants will be supplied by Gebr Pfeiffer SE in Europe while Indian subsidiary Gebr Pfeiffer (...
Dal Teknik Makina to upgrade Gazakh cement plant
Dal Teknik Makina has won the contract to upgrade the Gazakh cement plant in Azerbaijan. The clinker production capacity will rise from 2500 to 3300tpd. The supply of equipment is expected to be completed in six months and the shutdown period is planned for five weeks. Dal Teknik Makina evaluated the current situation of the specified bottlenecks and offered an upgrade plan involving the raw...
Mombasa Cement orders mill from Gebr Pfeiffer
Kenya’s Mombasa Cement has awarded Gebr Pfeiffer with a contract for an MVR 3750 C-4 mill for its second kiln line project, which is currently under construction at Vipingo, Kenya. The unit has a drive power of 2900kW and will be able to produce 150tph of OPC. The MVR 3750 C-4 mill in Tororo, Uganda, which has an identical design to the new mill Mombasa Cement already operates ...
FLSmidth to convert one line at Al Safwa Cement to white cement
Al Safwa Cement Co of Saudi Arabia is converting to a dual white and grey cement line, aiming to begin production in early 2020. The flexibility to adapt to market demands is a crucial competitive factor, and the new production capability will allow Al Safwa Cement Co to convert easily between grey or white cement production as necessary. The contract to convert one of Al Safwa Cement's gr...
FLSmidth wins Morocco contract
FLSmidth and Société Générale des Travaux du Maroc (SGTM) signed a contract with TEKCIM SA to build a 3600tpd greenfield cement plant in Ouled Ghanem, El-Jadida province, Morocco. The turnkey contract, in which FLSmidth has a share of DKK335m (US$53.7m), includes the supply of a full range of equipment from crushing to packing and load-out as well as supervision, engineering, commissioning a...
Cem’In’Eu awards Portes les Valence grinding contract to FCB
Cem’In’Eu has awarded the contract for a 0.25Mta grinding plant at Portes les Valence, Drôme, France, to Fives FCB. The order includes an FCB-B ball mill with a capacity of 34tph, which will operate in closed circuit with an FCB TSV high-efficiency dynamic separator. In addition, Fives FCB will supply clinker, limestone and gypsum hoppers and loading systems. "This contract is the basis of ...
Siam City Cement will use AI to improve its supply chain
Siam City Cement aims to upgrade its business chain using Krungsri Supply Chain on Blockchain Innovation, an AI deep learning technology. "The Krungsri Supply Chain on Blockchain is another successful development that will help make the purchasing, sales and various documentation systems making up the product supply chain of Siam City Cement Group faster and more accurate," says Mr Saym Prasi...
Gebr Pfeiffer wins LafargeHolcim Guinea order for VRM
LafargeHolcim has ordered a Gebr Pfeiffer MVR 2500 C-4 mill to grind cement in the port of Conakry at the Sonfonia cement plant, Guinea. The VRM features a total drive power of 1300kW. The mill has been designed to grind 75tph of CEM IV 32.5 and 69tph of CEM IV 42.5 to a specific surface of 3440cm²/g and 3340cm²/g according to Blaine, respectively. The MVR 2500 C-4 is Gebr Pfeiffer's current...