Loesche GmbH, Germany, has signed a new contract with Sinoma-NCDRI, China, to supply three vertical roller mills to Thanh Thang Group Cement JSC in Vietnam.

The scope of delivery for this order also includes rotary feeders, water injection, metal detectors and sealing air fans. All of the equipment is to be delivered in 8 to 9 months' time and the mills will be put into operation as early as October 2016.

The order forms part of Thanh Thang’s second cement plant project, being built at a greenfield site in Ha Nam province in the Red River Delta region, which includes the Vietnam capital, Hanoi.

The plant will use a type LM 60.6 LOESCHE mill, with a capacity of 520tph, for grinding raw material to a fineness of 12 per cent R DIN 0.09 mm. The gearbox of this mill has a power output of 4,600kW.

Two type LM 53.3+3 CS Loesche mills, each with a capacity of 200tph, will grind clinker to 3400 Blaine. The gearboxes of these two mills each have a power of 4,600 kW.