Cement News tagged under: New order
Mondi acquires paper bag lines from Lafarge Cement Egypt subsidiaries14 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsMondi Group’s Mondi Paper Bags business unit has purchased paper bag converting lines from National Bag and Egypt Sack, two subsidiaries of Lafarge Cement Egypt . The addition of the production lines will increase Mondi’s annual capacity by around 150m-180m bags. Mondi Paper Bags COO, Claudio Fedalto, said: “Lafarge Cement Egypt is part of leading global building material company Holcim Group , which has been a key global customer of Mondi Paper Bags for years. “We are excited to ha... |
ELEX complete cold start-up of Ragland ESP unit12 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe cold start-up of an ELEX's new electrostatic precipitator (ESP) at National Cement's ( Vicat group ) Ragland cement plant in the USA has been successfully completed. The ELEX ESP, which is responsible for primary dedusting, has a separation area of approximately 7000m 2 , which is roughly the size of a football field. Depending on the application and requirements, ELEX claims it can also build ESPs with a separation area seven times larger. |
MAN Truck & Bus Schweiz supplies Holcim Switzerland06 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsMAN Truck & Bus Schweiz AG has again handed over vehicles to its long-standing customer Holcim Switzerland. This time the vehicles will be used by Holcim Gravel and Concrete Ltd at its Mülligen site. The two powerful MAN TGS 18.510 4x4H BL semitrailer tractors, which not only have a switchable Hydrostatic HydroStatic Front Axle Drive HydroDrive ® , but are also equipped with all kinds of safety equipment, pull a three-axle tipper semitrailer from Schmitz Cargobill AG. |
thyssenkrupp Polysius wins US polycom® HP grinding roll order05 April 2022, Published under Cement Newsthyssenkrupp Polysius has been assigned with the supply of two complete roll units with compound cast roll bodies for a polycom ® high-pressure grinding roll operated in the US. The order will be carried out in cooperation between the German and American Service Teams. The delivery is scheduled for March 2023. The fatigue-free compound cast stands out with low wear rates, extremely long service life and high machine ability. Additionally, the wear protection of the rollers is co... |
ASEC repairs bearings in kiln tyre supports at UAE plant05 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsA cement plant in the UAE faced a major incident in February 2022 that caused severe damage in the journal bearings and roller supports in the middle tyre of the kiln. At very short notice, Arab Swiss Engineering Company (ASEC) addressed the damage. A team of experts from ASEC started the job immediately with the following objectives: • investigations leading to the development of the root cause of the failure • supervision of replacing and repairing all damaged parts • inve... |
MDG Handling Solutions wins HeidelbergCement Spirit project order23 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsMDG Handling Solutions (MDG) has been awarded participation in the Spirit project of HeidelbergCement, which is being carried out at the Leimen and Schelklingen cement plants, Germany. MDG will create a clinker stocking area and a train loading system in Schelklingen, and this clinker will be transport by train to Leimen . In Leimen a receiving area and transport systems made by Gambarotta Gschwendt will stock the clinker in the different silos and buffers. For both sites, MDG ... |
AfriSam supplies new border crossing project23 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsAfriSam has supplied some 7000t of its High Strength R42.5 Cement from its Roodepoort plant near Johannesburg for a new border control post between South Africa and Zimbabwe at Beitbridge. The cement for the project's 125,000m 2 of roads and parking area which is being shipped in from AfriSam’s Roodepoort cement plant. AfriSam will have delivered around 10,000t of bulk cement by the time work is completed – delivered in 34t tankers. Adele Wentzel, AfriSam's sales manager manufact... |
FLSmidth wins Gladstone Ports Corp's shiploader order17 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsFLSmidth 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... |
Christian Pfeiffer supplies Dyckerhoff's Deuna cement plant16 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsIn December Christian Pfeiffer delivered a mill head with welded-on mill shot for a raw mill for Dyckerhoff ’s Deuna cement plant in Germany. Due to the on-time delivery the assembly started according to schedule. The customer reused the trunnion and the assembly was completed successfully. |
El Nahda Cement and ASEC extend technical management contract15 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe contract between El Nahda Industries ( El Nahda Cement) and The Swiss Arab Engineering Company (ASEC) has been renewed and the cooperation between the two companies will continue for another year until 31 March 2023. ASEC has been technically managing The Renaissance Cement factory since 2011. The renewal of the contract was signed by Ahmed Shrien Karim, CEO and managing director of El Nahda, and Ashraf Al-Kahwa, CEO and managing director of ASEC, and the signing was attended by a n... |