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China Resources Cement in grinding acquisition, China

04 January 2013, Published under Cement News

China Resources Cement (CRC) has agreed to acquire a 100 per cent equity interest in Hainan Wuzhishan Dajiangnan Cement Ltd. Hainan Wuzhishan Dajiangnan Cement operates a 0.6Mta grinding plant in Maoyang Town, Wuzhishan City, Hainan Province. CRC said it believes the acquisition will expand the strategic locations of its business and increase its presence in the Hainan market in south China.

Fives FCB awarded new contract at Lafarge Rezina, Moldova

02 January 2013, Published under Cement News

Fives FCB has signed an order with Imsat Ceprocim Engineering company, member of SNEF group, for the supply of a TSV™ 3000 HF type dynamic classifier and a water injection system to equip an existing ball mill at Lafarge’s Rezina cement plant in Moldova. The three ball mills installed in Rezina cement plant are currently operating in open circuit. The equipment supplied by Fives FCB will allow the plant to increase cement quality and as well produce some new high-quality cement types whil...

Shree Vinayak plans new grinding unit

24 December 2012, Published under Cement News

Shree Vinayak Cement Company, a subsidiary of Sandhu Group, is planning to expand its cement grinding unit located at Amjhore village, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand state, India. Environmental permission has been granted for the expansion project, which will cost INR75m to complete.

HeidelbergCement commissions new grinding plant in Ghana

04 December 2012, Published under Cement News

HeidelbergCement has commissioned a new cement mill with a 1Mta capacity at its Tema cement grinding plant in Ghana. HeidelbergCement’s new 1Mta grinding mill in Tema, Ghana Ghacem, a subsidiary of HeidelbergCement, operates two cement grinding plants in the coastal cities of Tema and Takoradi, Ghana. With the commissioning of the new mill, Ghacem has increased its cement grinding capacity to 3.7Mta. Capital expenditure for the new project amounted to €16m. With around 300,00...

Ambuja Cement selects Polysius grinding technology

28 November 2012, Published under Cement News

Ambuja Cement Ltd of India has selected ThyssenKrupp Polysius as the supplier of grinding equipment for their Sankrail plant. A POLYCOM high-pressure grinding roll and a SEPOL-PC separator will be combined with an existing ball mill to form a combi grinding system for a cement production rate of 230tph. Ambuja Cement is 50.3 per cent-owned by the Holcim Group.

Schwenk invests EUR20m in grinding unit

23 November 2012, Published under Cement News

Germany’s Schwenk Zement will invest EUR20m in a new grinding plant, which is slated to work more efficiently, with lower energy requirement and reduced noise levels. Part of the equipment at the Allmending works is 30-40 years old, said works manager Jürgen Thormann, including a tube ball mill. As a result, the company will invest in a new unit – a roller mill. It is expected that work on the foundations will start this year, with the new mill entering operation in 2014.

Gebr Pfieffer wins repeat order from Shree Cement, India

12 October 2012, Published under Cement News

Gebr Pfeiffer SE has secured another order from India-based Shree Cement headquartered in Kolkata. This new contract will see Gebr Pfeiffer provide an MPS 5000 B vertical roller mill for the 8th kiln line, which is to be set up at RAS works in Rajasthan. The mill featuring a 3400kW drive is designed to grind 420tph of raw material to a product fineness of two per cent R212µm. The product will be classified in an integrated latest generation high-efficiency SLS-B type classifier. The moist...

Southern Province faces further delays to mill project

19 September 2012, Published under Cement News

Southern Province Cement Co said that further to its announcement on April 29 2009, regarding the delay of the operation of the third mill in Jazan plant, there will be a delay of the project for further four months for reasons beyond its control.

New order for Gebr Pfeiffer in Malaysia

07 September 2012, Published under Cement News

Gebr Pfeiffer SE has been awarded the contract by KHD to supply the vertical roller mills for grinding cement raw material and coal for Straits Cement new 5000tpd plant in Malaysia. The Gebr Pfeiffer MPS 4750 B raw mill is to have a design capacity of 300tph of cement raw material ground to a product fineness of 12 % R90µm. The coal mill of the type MPS 2800 BK will be capable of grinding 35tph of coal. Straits Cement is a subsidiary of Malaysian YTL Group.

Odra cement works orders new VRM, Poland

07 September 2012, Published under Cement News

Gebr Pfeiffer has been awarded the contract to supply a MPS 3070 BC vertical roller for grinding 46tph of blast-furnace slag for the Odra works situated in Opole, Poland. The slag, ground to 3800cm²/g Blaine, is intended to be used as an additive to the cement. The ordered vertical mill features a main drive with an output of 1350kW for the production rate of 46tph.  Exhaust gases produced by the clinker cooler allow the slag to be dried from nine per cent feed moisture down to <1 per cent ...