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thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions wins Prepol® SC order

10 August 2022, Published under Cement News

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions’ Asia Pacific region has won a contract to supply a supply a prepol ® SC combustion chamber for a cement plant in South Korea. The scope of the contract includes engineering, mechanical equipment and some modifications to the preheater tower. The commissioning of the system is planned for the end of 2023.  thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions’ Regional CEO, Lukas Schoeneck, commented: “The current turbulences on the coal market create a lot of pressure i...

South Korea's cement prices rise again

04 August 2022, Published under Cement News

Cement prices in South Korea will rise for a second time this year, leaving ready-mix concrete producers to find ways to lessen the impact, reports Korea JoongAng Daily. Sampyo Cement will increase the price of cement by 11.7 per cent to KRW105,000/t from September. Buyers of Hanil Cement ’s product will pay out 15 per cent more at KRW106,000/t. Sampyo Cement increased its prices by 19 per cent in February 2022, along with Sungshin Cement, SsangYong Construction and Engineering and Ha...

thyssenkrupp wins Prepol precalciner order

03 August 2022, Published under Cement News

thyssenkrupp Industrial Services in Asia-Pacific has been entrusted to provide a Prepol SC combustion chamber for a cement plant in South Korea. The target is to increase the thermal substitution rate in the calciner of up to 85 per cent without compromising any performance parameters in the pyroprocess. Feeding material will be mainly coarse municipal waste with high moisture levels. The contract constitutes engineering, mechanical equipment and some modifications in the preheater tower. T...

Korean trucker strike halts cement production

15 June 2022, Published under Cement News

A strike by truckers in South Korea is causing chaos for the country’s cement plants, according to the Korea JoongAng Daily. The strike by members of Cargo Truckers Solidarity, which began on 7 June, has reduced cement shipments to just 13 per cent of their normal levels. Around half of South Korea’s 2700 bulk cement trucks are driven by union members, leaving plants in danger of closure as inventories build up. Two of the country’s cement plants have already ceased operations due to lack of...

South Korea’s green goals

31 May 2022, Published under Cement News

South Korea’s cement consumption advanced further in 2021, but challenges, including bituminous coal supply issues, have hampered the industry’s ability to increase production. Meanwhile, improving the sustainability of cement production, carbon neutral research and ESG efforts remain high on the industry’s agenda. By Korean Cement Association, South Korea. In line with South Korea’s commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, improving the sustainability of South Korean cem...

South Korean producers aim to boost cement production

07 April 2022, Published under Cement News

South Korean cement companies have agreed to increased their production by 35 per cent for the next three months to ease concerns over a supply shortage amid the crisis surrounding Ukraine, the industry ministry said.   During a meeting with government officials, seven major cement companies agreed to produce a combined 3.77Mt of cement in the 2Q22 up 35.7 per cent from the January-March period, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.  The government also plans to provi...

A TEC completes Ssangyong Cement Redudust® order

13 January 2022, Published under Cement News

Ssangyong Cement Ind Co Ltd has teamed up with A TEC Production and Services GmbH from Austria to install A TEC’s innovative ReduDust ® process in its plan in Donghae, South Korea. The process will recover salts from the dust and produce bypass dust free of these components, which can be re-used and does not need to be deposited anymore. The ReduDust plant for Donghae has a bypass dust treatment capacity of 35,000tpa and was commissioned in the 2Q21. The scope of supply for...

South Korea's cement producers plan 18% price rise

05 January 2022, Published under Cement News

Major cement manufacturers in South Korea will be implementing a further rise in wholesale prices as the construction industry in the Asian country gathers pace, according to Maeil Business Newspaper. This follows a 5.1 per cent price rise from KRW75,000 (US$62.63)/t in July 2021, the second rise in a year following a price freeze since 2014. Ssangyong C&E has decided to lift the price of its first-class bulk cement to KRW93,000/t from February, representing an 18 per cent hike when compare...

South Korea’s shift to neutral

20 July 2021, Published under Cement News

The rapid capacity build-up of South Korea’s cement industry over the 1980s-1990s came to a sudden end in 1997. Since then the sector has shifted its investment focus to the sustainable production of cement, supported by the government’s drive towards carbon neutrality by 2050. By Korean Cement Association, South Korea. If South Korea’s government maintains its economic stimulus policy and announces construction-friendly real estate policies, cement demand is forecast to reach more...

BMH Technology wins high-capacity waste shredding order

23 April 2021, Published under Cement News

BMH Technology Oy will supply three waste shredding lines to SsangYong C&E's plants in Donghae and YeongWol, South Korea. The lines will produce high-quality solid recovered fuel (SRF) to kilns and boilers used in cement production.   Each line includes a TYRANNOSAURUS ® FineScreen and air classifier for separating impurities. Altogether, the delivery contains five high-capacity TYRANNOSAURUS FineShredders. Donghae will be one of the world’s largest SRF shredding plants producing alt...