Dangote Cement PLC has ordered a Gebr Pfeiffer MVR 6000 R-4 for raw material mill and an MPS 3350 BK coal mill for its new Okpella plant in Edo State, Nigeria.

This order is the first Dangote Cement order for Gebr Pfeiffer. The MVR mill featuring a total drive power of 4000kW will be grinding 550tph of cement raw material to a fineness of 10 per cent R90µm.

The MPS 3350 BK coal mill with a drive power of 1100kW is designed for a throughput rate of 50-70tph  will grind Nigerian coal or imported coal and/or petcoke, to a fineness of 12 per cent R 90µm.

Gebr Pfeiffer’s own staff will supervise erection and commissioning. The order was placed by the Chinese general contractor Sinoma International Engineering Co, Nanjing.