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FLSmidth sees strong 1Q22 revenue growth

05 May 2022, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth has reported strong revenue growth in the first quarter of 2022, driven by a high order backlog. Organic group revenue advanced by 23 per cent YoY over the three-month period. Including currency effects, revenue was up 27 per cent to DKK4706m (US$669.65m), primarily due to a 56 per cent increase in capital revenue. Group EBITA improved by 59 per cent to DKK302m, while the group EBITA margin increased from 5.1 to 6.4 per cent.    According to the company, much of the revenue growth ...

ISA Engenharia completes Votorantim project

04 May 2022, Published under Cement News

Brazil-based ISA Engenharia, a specialist in automation solutions, has recently completed a project with Votorantim Cimentos to replace the gas analyser on Line 2 at Votorantim’s Sobral facility, Brazil. The new gas analyser was supplied by FLSmidth. Line 2 operates with a PlantPAx distributed control system from Rockwell Automation, which is designed to help cement producers make better, faster process control decisions.    

FLSmidth forms ECOClay partnership to fully electrify clay calcination

27 April 2022, Published under Cement News

To further decarbonise the cement industry, FLSmidth and a series of leading industry experts have formed a new partnership called ECoClay TM . To reduce CO 2 emissions from cement production by up to 50 per cent, the ECoClay partners will develop and commercialise the technology needed to replace fossil fuels in the calcination of clay by fully electrifying the process.  Current clay calcination processes have gained momentum in recent years – especially with FLSmidth’s flash calciner sys...

FLSmidth and AVEVA sign global digital solutions and service partnership agreement

08 April 2022, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth and AVEVA have signed a global partnership to deliver cutting-edge digitally enabled solutions and services to the mining industry. The agreement will accelerate the digitalisation of mining operations and allow miners to benefit from improved performance and productivity globally. With the new partnership, FLSmidth will work with AVEVA, using AVEVA's technology to securely integrate and provide various digitally enabled services to customers. AVEVA PI System will serve as the...

Calcined clays: making a global impact

01 April 2022, Published under Cement News

This week FLSmidth announced that it would be supporting the largest calcined clay installation in the world in Ghana for CBI Ghana at its Accra plant. It is a good time to look at how many of these calcined clay projects are now underway and how much investment is being placed in this carbon reduction technology. CBI Ghana's project instantly excites because it is billed as currently the largest calcined clay project in the cement industry. The grinding capacity will increase by 120 per ...

Essential reference explores the cement industry’s digital transformation

01 April 2022, Published under Cement News

  Intelligent and sustainable cement production A new publication providing an in-depth exploration of the digital transformation of cement production with practical insights for its application has been launched. Edited by Anjan Kumar Chatterjee and published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Intelligent and Sustainable Cement Production - Transforming to Industry 4.0 Standards is the perfect place to start in terms of understanding the potential for and means of the di...

FLSmidth to supply World's largest calcined clay installation

31 March 2022, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth has won an order to supply CBI Ghana Ltd’s cement plant outside of Accra in southern Ghana with the world’s largest clay calcination installation. The facility will include the world’s largest gas suspension calciner system and a complete grinding station, adding another 120 per cent grinding capacity. Together with the new grinding station, the Swiss-owned company expects both financial and environmental return-on-investment from lower specific CO 2 emissions, energy- and f...

FLSmidth receives further clearance for acquisition of thyssenkrupp mining business

23 March 2022, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth has now received regulatory clearances from the Australian, South African, Peruvian and Chilean authorities for its acquisition of thyssenkrupp's mining business. This is in addition to approvals already received from Canada and Morocco amongst others. All clearances to data have been without imposition of any competition related remedies, says the Denmark-based company in a statement. FLSmidth Group CEO Mikko Keto commented: “Receiving regulatory clearances in such important min...

FLSmidth wins Gladstone Ports Corp's shiploader order

17 March 2022, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth has been awarded the contract to build Gladstone Ports Corp’s (GPC) new shiploader 1 on site in Queensland, Australia. The contract also includes the decommissioning of the old shiploader, which will be carried out in a safe and sustainable manner. The deal has been booked in the 1Q22 and is valued at approximately DKK225m (US$33.2m). The new shiploader will replace GPC’s existing shiploader 1, which has loaded bulk material onto ships for 43 years. As part of the contract, FL...

FLSmidth advances two Board of Directors nominations

17 February 2022, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth & Co A/S Board of Directors has nominated current Vice Chairman, Tom Knutzen, as new Chairman of the Board, taking over from Vagn Sørensen after an 11-year tenure. Mr Knutzen has been a member of the FLSmidth Board of Directors since 2012. He is also Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee. Mr Knutzen’s distinguished career includes his current role as CEO of Jungbunzlauer Suisse AG, from which he has resigned effective end April 2022, ...