India: FLSmidth cement plant order

FLSmidth has signed a contract with Larsen & Tourbro Ltd for the engineering and supply of equipment for a 3000tpd cement production line. The new plant will be located in Ariyalur, approximately 300km south of Chennai. The end client is Tamil Nadu Cement Corporation Ltd (TANCEM), an undertaking of the Government of Tamil Nadu, who have an EPC contract with Larsen & Toubro.

The scope of supply includes a complete production line, incuding the latest environmental pollution control systems, multiple vertical roller mills for raw and coal grinding, pyroprocessing system with low-NOx ILC calciner, CB10x40 cooler and a UMS 5.0 x 15.0 ball mill for cement grinding. FLSmidth’s supply also includes equipment from the company’s product companies, such as bag filters from FLSmidth Airtech, packing plant from FLSmidth Ventomatic and control system and plant automation from FLSmidth Automation. The order will be delivered to the site over the next 16 months.