Lafarge Africa Plc  (LafargeHolcim) is erecting a new Loesche coal mill at its Ewekoro cement plant in Nigeria.

The new mill will grind local lignite and petcoke. The mill has a grinding capacity of 23tph at 23 per cent R90μm for coal and 16tph at three per cent R90μm.

The scope of services include engineering, core mill components and the classifier with central feed, rotary gate and the mill gearbox with a nominal power of 450kW.