Cement News tagged under: New orders
IKN completes the start-up of two clinker coolers in India09 May 2024, Published under Cement NewsChettinad Cement has successfully installed the first IKN Pendulum cooler within the group. The IKN pendulum cooler, after a successful trial run, is now poised to deliver exceptional cooling performance for Chettinad Kallur Line No2. Meanwhile, the new IKN Pendulum cooler has successfully undergone a cold trial at UltraTech Cement ’s Tadipatri plant, for a production capacity of 10,000tpd. This marks the second IKN cooler installed at the plant to improve and sustain energy effici... |
MDG Americas supplies material handling and storage28 March 2024, Published under Cement NewsTitan Cement , located in Medley, Florida , has initiated a project to add limestone to its existing cement production circuit. The project was designed by MDG Americas Inc and is in operation with three front end loader feed hoppers, three apron feeders, and three TRX surface feeders. MDG Americas is also working with CEMEX to improve its coal/petcoke grinding plant process at one of the cement producer’s USA plants by converting from direct firing to separate storage and coal/petco... |
Yamama Cement starts kiln inlet installation23 January 2024, Published under Cement NewsThe first steel column of the kiln inlet at Yamama Cement ’s 12,500tpd project in Saudi Arabia was successfully installed on 18 January 2024, 13 days ahead of schedule. Sonoma Overseas Development Co Ltd is the engineering procurement and construction supplier for the project. The column, following the traction of the crawler crane, slowly descended and seamlessly placed itself to the preset position. With the “first shot” fired, the project officially kicked off its steel constructio... |
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd orders Gebr Pfeiffer VRMs04 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsDalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd has ordered one MVR 3750 C-4 each for two cement grinding plants, one in Ariyalur and one in Kadapa , India. The mills will produce ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and also fly ash cement at up to 160tph. The company is committed to sustainable cement production, and Gebr Pfeiffer is playing its part by optimising the grinding process to reduce CO 2 emissions per tonne of cement by up to 35 per cent. In addition to the MVR 3750 C-4 mill, equipp... |
Cemcor completes upgrade work14 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsCemcor has completed the upgrade work on its Cookstown plant in Northern Ireland, UK. Following the company's acquisition of the plant, it committed GBP6m (US$7.54m/EUR6.98m) to replace the electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) with a state-of-the-art bag filter at the plant. Within 14 months from final design agreement in March 2022, the new bag filter was commissioned and operational by May 2023. This investment project is centred around the abatement filter, with the filter separated ... |
Finnsementti sets decarbonisation and lower carbon cement goals30 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsThrough its parent company CRH , Finnsementti is committed to the science-based emission reduction goal of limiting global warming to less than 1.5˚C. To achieve these goals, Finnsementti needs to reduce is CO 2 emissions by at least a quarter from its 2021 level by 2030. However, the company has set a 30 per cent reduction over the period as its goal. CO 2 emission reductions at Finnsementti are obtained from both the specific emissions of clinker and cement. In the case of ceme... |
Continental Cement orders FLSmidth FUELFLEX® Pyrolyzer24 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsHaving been impressed with the first pre-commercial installation of the F UELFLEX ® Pyrolyzer at the Mannok cement plant in Ireland, Continental Cement ( Summit Materials Inc ) has awarded FLSmidth a contract for the first commercial installation of this new technology at its Davenport cement plant in Buffalo, Iowa, USA. The F UELFLEX Pyrolyzer, a significant lever in FLSmidth’s Green’26 strategy, enables cement plants to replace fossil fuels with waste-derived fuels in the calciner.... |
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions achieves first clinker at Outão17 April 2023, Published under Cement Newsthyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions has announced the success of first clinker produced at the Secil Outão plant, near Sétubal in Portugal. The thyssenkrupp Polysius construction and start-up teams reached this milestone at the beginning of the the second week of April 2023, after a heating of about 72 hours. This project is referred to as the ‘ CCL - Clean Cement Line ’ and is designed to lower NO x and CO 2 emissions at the outao plant. |
FCT's latest equipment deliveries and commissioned projects06 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsFCT has recently completed a wide range of projects for the global cement industry for kiln burners and hit gas generators. Australasia FCT conducted a heat and mass balance of the 4200tpd cement kiln firing natural gas and alternative fuels at Adbri Ltd ’s Birkenhead cement plant , Australia. Europe A hot gas generator with accessories and control system has been commissioned by FCT at Cimenterie CBR , Lixhe, Belgium. The hot gas will be used to preheat raw material a... |
CIMAF orders MVR mill from Gebr Pfeiffer23 January 2023, Published under Cement NewsCiments de l’Afrique (CIMAF) has ordered an MVR vertical roller mill from Gebr Pfeiffer for its plant at Keur Moussa, Senegal. This marks the first such mill to be installed in the African country. The vertical roller mill of the type MVR 5000 R-4 will be used for raw material grinding. It will be equipped with a latest generation SLS 4000 VR classifier and will grind 470tph of cement raw material to a fineness of 12 per cent R to 0.09mm. West Africa has experienced strong growt... |