Cement News tagged under: Grinding
Sephaku launches production at Delmas plant16 January 2014, Published under Cement NewsSephaku Cement began commercial production at its Delmas grinding plant on 6 January 2014 following a successful commissioning phase, Sephaku Holdings has announced. The Delmas plant, situated in east of Gauteng, is expected to ramp up capacity to 1.4Mta by mid-2014. CEO, Dr Lelau Mohuba, said: "This has been a nine-year journey and we are pleased to finally have our cement brand in the market. We are proud of SepCem's highly experienced operational team for attaining this key milestone in... |
HeidelbergCement completes the sale of Raigad grinding unit06 January 2014, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement India has completed the sale and transfer of its cement grinding facility situated at Raigad in state of Maharashtra to JSW Steel, as a going concern on slump sale basis. JSW Steel is one of the largest steel manufacturing companies in India having units in Karnataka and Maharashtra producing crude steel, long steel and flat steel products. |
Bosowa inaugurates Maros cement mill, Indonesia24 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe Bosowa Group of Indonesia has inaugurated a 1.8Mta cement mill at its plant in Maros, South Sulawesi, raising the company’s total production capacity to 5.3Mta. The inauguration ceremony for the second mill at Maros was attended by MS Hidayat, Indonesia’s Minister of Industry as well as senior officials of the Bosowa Group. The industrial conglomerate’s cement plants are operated by Semen Bosowa Maros and Semen Bosowa Indonesia, which run cement plants in Maros and Batam, respective... |
Benin Nocibe mill No 1 produces first batch of cement23 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe Benin Nocibe works, a project led by Groupe Layousse of Ciments du Sahel and contracted to Sinoma International (Tianjin), has produced its first batch of qualified cement from mill No 1. Installation of steel structure was started in April, followed by mechanical equipment in June and electrical equipment in August. The project was commissioned in October. In less than half a year, the project team overcame all difficulties and completed installation and commissioning works smoothly in... |
Gebr Pfeiffer wins hat-trick of orders from Bolu Cimento, Turkey18 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsBolu Cimento Sanayii AS, a member of the OYAK Group, has ordered three vertical roller mills from Gebr Pfeiffer SE for a new production line in Kazan, Ankara. The cement producer already operates a grinding plant at the site which it is now expanding into a fully integrated facility. The mills are scheduled to be delivered to the customer in the summer of 2014, boosting the number of Pfeiffer mills installed at cement plants owned by the OYAK Group to eight. An MPS 4500 B with a drive powe... |
CCI clears JSW Steel acquisition of Heidelberg plant17 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of HeidelbergCement India's grinding facility at Raigad, Maharashtra, by JSW Steel. JSW Steel announced back in October its intention of acquiring the 0.6Mta grinding works. "Considering the facts on record and the details provided in the notice (under relevant Section of the Competition Act) ...the Commission is of the opinion that the proposed combination is not likely to have appreciable adverse effect on competi... |
Roll press metrics03 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsAt the recent Cemtech conference in Prague, one of the presentations addressed the topic of energy reduction opportunities. During the following question-and-answer session, a delegate asked about the improvement possibilities that can be achieved with a roll press in combination with a ball mill. With roll presses one of the main themes for ICR's December issue, it is also the topic of this month’s Technical Forum. Dr Clark addresses the certain metrics that can be used to predict th... |
Lucky to begin Basra plant trial production, Iraq29 November 2013, Published under Cement NewsPakistan's largest cement producer, Lucky Cement, has said it is working on its 0.87Mta grinding plant in Basra, Iraq on a fast-track basis and trial productions are expected to begin next month. The company intends to import clinker from the UAE for this project. The new grinding plant is expected to cost US$35m, with an expected payback period of three years. Lucky Cement has said it may consider setting up a fully integrated works in Iraq, on successful implementation of the Basra fa... |
South America now drives Cimpor27 November 2013, Published under Cement NewsTurnover for Cimpor during the first nine months of the year emerged 23.4 per cent higher as the additional assets in Argentina, Brazil and elsewhere more than made up for the assets sold, predominantly in the Mediterranean rim. The EUR1984.3m turnover was 69.5 per cent higher than the EUR1170.6m shown for the first nine months of last year. EBITDA improved 14.2 per cent to EUR481.5m on a comparable basis and 35.5 per cent higher than the EUR355.4m shown a year ago. There has been no in... |
Birla selects Gebr Pfeiffer mill for Satna cement works25 November 2013, Published under Cement NewsIndia-based Birla Corporation Ltd has placed another order with Gebr Pfeiffer for an MPS 2800 BK for its cement plant in Satna. Featuring an installed drive power of 800kW, the mill will be capable of grinding 28tph of petcoke to a product fineness of two per cent R90µm. The specific power consumption of this material, which is difficult to grind, will be about 21kWh/t. The fuel for two cement rotary kilns will be ground and dried in the mill while simultaneously being dried in an integrate... |