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Gebr Pfeiffer grinding mill for Lafarge cement works in Russia

11 July 2013, Published under Cement News

Lafarge Cement has opted for a Gebr Pfeiffer vertical roller grinding mill to be installed at its Ferzikovo works in Russia. The MPS 5300 BC with a drive power of 5500kW will produce 190tph of CEM I 42.5 R with a specific surface of 3600cm²/g and various blended cements. In addition to the vertical roller mill the scope of supply will cover the plant filter, the fan, the handling equipment of the external material circulation as well as its dust collection equipment. Gebr Pfeiffer SE will ...

Shree Cement places major order with Gebr Pfeiffer

09 July 2013, Published under Cement News

Kolkata-based Shree Cement has awarded Gebr Pfeiffer (Germany) and its subsidiary Gebr Pfeiffer (India) Pvt Ltd a contract for five vertical roller mills. Shree Cement is currently expanding its presence outside the Rajasthan market in the west, with the construction of a greenfield plant in the state of Chhattisgarh and a grinding plant in Bihar state to serve the east India market. The new order comprises three type MVR 6000 C-6 cement mills, each with an installed drive power of 6700k...

First Gebr Pfeiffer raw mill for Uzbekistan

19 June 2013, Published under Cement News

Turkish company DAL Teknik Makina has placed an order for a Gebr Pfeiffer MPS 3350 B vertical roller mill for raw meal which is to be used for the manufacture of grey cement and white cement at a cement plant in Uzbekistan. The grinding plant is scheduled to go on-stream as early as next year. The mill is guaranteed to achieve a raw meal capacity of 200tph for the production of grey cement. In terms of white cement production, the mill will be capable of processing 160tph of raw material. T...

Loesche delivers LM 56.4 mill to Pansania Group, Indonesia

19 June 2013, Published under Cement News

High Pinnacle Construction Pte Ltd, Singapore, has opted to use a Loesche Mill Type LM 56.4 at its cement plant in Bandung, Indonesia. The vertical roller mill (VRM) will be used for the grinding of cement raw material at the Pansania Group’s plant in Bandung, Indonesia. The VRM's product rate will be 420tph with a fineness of <10 per cent R DIN 0.08mm. The mill motor will have a capacity of 4000kW. The delivery for the project is planned for April 2014.

Ambuja Cements' Rajasthan works expected by 2015

17 June 2013, Published under Cement News

Ambuja Cements Ltd plans to establish a 4.5Mta cement plant in the northwest Indian state of Rajasthan by 2015.  "Board approval is expected by end CY13; work at the plant site has already started – environmental clearances obtained, limestone mine ready, land acquisition process begun," Citi Research said in a note prepared on the comments of Ambuja Cements' management at the India Investor Conference organised by Citigroup on Monday.     Ambuja Cements, which is 50.3 per cent controll...

Cemengal receives new order from Latin America

17 June 2013, Published under Cement News

Cemengal has received an order from a client in Latin America to supply a Plug&Grind®. This is a complete cement grinding and packing station, assembled in Spain with European components, shrunk to eight containers and able to produce up to 100,000tpa of standard OPC cement.

Malabar Cements to construct new mill, India

03 June 2013, Published under Cement News

Malabar Cements Limited (MCL), a full-owned undertaking of the state government of Kerala, plans to construct another cement mill at Walayar to double its production capacity from the current 50,000tpa. A Padmakumar, managing director of Malabar Cements Ltd told the New Indian Express that the operating lifespan of the Pandarathu mines at Walayar is reported to be 16 years. “Therefore, we proposed to either purchase domestically from public sector units or import half the limestone so that...

Gebr Pfeiffer wins two VRM orders in Indonesia

29 May 2013, Published under Cement News

Gebr Pfeiffer has won a contract to supply two vertical roller mills for Semen Bosowa’s Line No 2, which is being constructed at the Indonesian producer's cement works located near Maros, Sulawesi. Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd, acting as General Contractor for the new 5500tpd cement production line, awarded Gebr Pfeiffer the contract for an MPS 5600 B for raw material grinding and an MPS 3750 BK for coal grinding.   The MPS raw mill sold is designed for a capacity of 480tph and ...

Cost versus value

29 May 2013, Published under Cement News

While simple grinding aids can create a modest net economic advantage, the use of fully-customised additives can maximise benefits and improve the efficiency of the grinding process as well as deliver a higher-quality end-product. By Keith Marsay, Riccardo Stoppa & Mike Sumner, Grace Construction Products, UK. Figure 1: simplified value model (including cost of CO2) Following the recent financial disturbances in world markets there has been an understandable focus on the reducti...

HeidelbergCement India sells grinding unit to JSW Group

22 May 2013, Published under Cement News

HeidelbergCement India has sold its 0.6Mta grinding facility in Raigad, Maharashtra, to the JSW Group, the company has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange. The acquisition is situated adjacent to the company’s steel plant and will allow JSW to use slag from its steel process in the grinding process. For HeidelbergCement, the disposal of cement facility is in line with company’s aim of divesting less strategic assets with lower margins to focus on more strategic and key operations in Centra...