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Falcon Cement to increase capacity, Bahrain

01 May 2013, Published under Cement News

Falcon Cement Company, Bahrain’s sole integrated cement facility, has signed an advisory and engineering service agreement with LV Technology Public Company of Thailand, to increase capacity and reduce the company’s reliance on imports.   The agreement was signed by FCC executive director Salah Sharif and LVT managing director Hans Jorgen Nelsen, in the presence of Industry and Commerce Minister Dr Hassan Fakhro and FCC chairman Hisham Al Rayes. Mr Alrayes stated: “FCC is the firs...

Loesche wins Holcim Ecuador VRM contract

25 April 2013, Published under Cement News

Loesche will deliver one LM 56.4 vertical roller mill for cement raw material grinding to Holcim Ecuador's cement plant Guayaquil. The order with Loesche was placed by general contractor Sinoma-TJ (CBMI), who is supplying the Guayaquil works with a new 4500tpd kiln line. The mill will be used to grind cement raw material and has been designed for a capacity of 386tph and a fineness of 12 per cent R0.09mm. The mill motor capacity will be 4000kW. For Holcim an important fact in favour of this...

VAS Template successfully implemented at Lafarge Emirates Cement

17 April 2013, Published under Cement News

Fritz & Macziol has reached another important milestone in the rollout of the logistics system VAS with the final acceptance at the Lafarge Emirates cement plant, UAE. The launch was realised in a short time using a template, which has been specially modified to Lafarge's processes. The cooperation between Lafarge and the Fritz & Macziol project team made a critical contribution to this fast implementation. "We were able to start the further optimisation process with the demonstrably test...

Loesche to supply six VRMs to Medcem plant, Turkey

11 April 2013, Published under Cement News

Loesche has been awarded the contract to supply six vertical roller mills to Medcem Madencilik’s new cement plant currently under construction in Turkey. Medcem is building Turkey's largest cement plant which will have a capacity of 10,000tpd. The new cement works (situated at Silifke in the south of Turkey, approximately 100km west of Mersin), will be equipped with the following Loesche mills: • Two vertical roller mills type LM 56.6 for the grinding of cement raw material with a produc...

Fritz & Macziol wins another Southeast Asia order from Holcim

28 March 2013, Published under Cement News

Fritz & Macziol have received an order from Holcim Indonesia for its VAS logistic solution to be implemented at its new Tuban cement works. The order follows a contract awarded to Fritz & Macziol by Holcim last summer for the implementation of its VAS system in five plants in the Philippines. Further orders in Indonesia, Thailand and also in Myanmar are on the horizon. Because of this strong demand, the Industrial Applications & Services Division has now decided to set up a separate te...

MacGregor wins order for cement handling systems in China

27 March 2013, Published under Cement News

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured an order with Shanhaiguan New Shipbuilding Industry in China for advanced bulk-handling systems for a pair of 20,000dwt cement carriers on order for Singapore-based Associated Bulk Carriers (ABC) which is a fully owned subsidiary of dry cargo shipowner Precious Shipping PCL, Thailand. Precious Shipping operates in the small handysize sector of the tramp freight market. The identical sisterships will be equipped with MacGregor cement self-unlo...

Loesche awarded new contract for ACC project

20 March 2013, Published under Cement News

Loesche, in a consortium with KHD, has been awarded a contract for its vertical roller mill technology to be employed at ACC’s Jamul plant in India. Loecshe will supply its mills type LM 56.3+3 and LM 43.3 D for the new project being undertaken by Holcim group company ACC. Part of the clinker produced in Jamul will be ground at the cement plant while another part will be processed at grinding terminals, for which a Loesche Mill Type LM 56.3+3 CS equipped with a classifier type LDC will ...

Cemex to supply new hydroelectric plant and tidal barrage in the Nile River

11 March 2013, Published under Cement News

Cemex in Egypt is supplying cement for the construction of a new tidal barrage and hydroelectric power plant in the Nile River that is expected to generate 32MW of energy and also improve the irrigation to a landmass of about 1.6 million acres large, the equivalent to eight times the area of New York City. This project, funded by the Egyptian government, is expected to improve navigation in the Nile and provide water and clean, renewable energy to the five neighbouring cities of Assiut, M...

Loesche wins new grinding order in Cameroon

15 February 2013, Published under Cement News

Loesche has been selected by Sinoma International Engineering to provide a vertical roller mill and associated equipment for Dangote Cement’s new grinding plant in Douala, Cameroon. A Loesche Mill Type LM 53.3+3C will grind clinker with components such as gypsum, limestone and pozzolana. The product rate of clinker type CEM I A-L 42.5 will be 155-168tph at 3200Blaine while the product rate of clinker type CEM II 32.5 will be 230tph at 3600Blaine. The mill motor capacity for the LM 53.3+3C ...

ABB wins energy optimisation contract from CRH

01 February 2013, Published under Cement News

ABB has recently won a contract with CRH Europe Materials to provide process optimisation solutions for 12 of its plants in Europe and the US. CRH is a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Cement Sustainability Initiative. As such, the company has committed to a set of objectives covering issues such as CO2 and climate protection, emission protection and lower use of fuels and raw materials. Currently the data collection for calculating the required k...