Cement News tagged under: recent orders
Lagos state agrees deal with Lafarge and Dangote24 July 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Lagos State Government has signed a new deal with Dangote Cement Plc and Lafarge Cement WAPCO Plc to ensure undisrupted cement supplies to construction firms contracted to handle various infrastructure project which the state government is set to embark upon. Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat revealed the details at a media briefing where he said the state government had started looking into cement mix as an alternative method in road construction. Ha... |
New order for Cemengal in East Africa18 July 2012, Published under Cement NewsEPC contractor Cemengal of Spain has been awarded a new contract for its Plug & Grind® ball mill technology by a customer in East Africa. The Plug & Grind is set to be operational by spring 2013. Cemengal said the new unit will “allow our Client to penetrate into the market rapidly, while minimising cement production and distribution costs.” Among the benefits of the Plug and Grind system are its quick erection time, flexibility and reduced operational costs, Cemengal said in a statement. |
ABB completes test runs at Attock Cement, Pakistan12 July 2012, Published under Cement NewsABB has successfully completed test runs of its SpectraFlow online analysers at Fauji Cement plant in Attock, Pakistan. Fauji Cement Company (FCC), headquartered in Rawalpindi, operates a 1.165Mta cement plant, located in the province of Punjab. In 2009, Fauji Cement built a second kiln line to expand its production capacity and invested in a raw material proportioning (RMP) solution in combination with a SpectraFlow online analyser to optimise its stockpile blending. The expanded operatio... |
Ohorongo Cement wins St Helena airport contract05 July 2012, Published under Cement NewsOhorongo Cement of Namibia has announced a three-year contract with contractors Basil Read to supply cement for the building of the St Helena Airport, according to local press reports. The project is funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) of the British government. The airport project is valued at NAD2.5bn in total and construction over 48 months will include paved runways, a rock-fill, reinforced concrete culvert, a terminal and combined building, air-traffic contro... |
Loesche supplies Europe’s largest cement mill to Turkey26 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsNuryol Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret AS has chosen Loesche to supply mills for coal grinding, raw material and clinker grinding for the Turkish manufacturers new 4000tpd plant in Karasu, 150km east of Istanbul. Loesche’s scope of supply includeds one Loesche Mill Type LM46.4 to grind raw material at a rate of 330tph and a fineness of 12% R90 u and a Loesche Mill Type LM 28.2 D to grind coal. For cement grinding, Nuryol Cimento have selected a Loesche Mill Type LM63.3+3 including process filte... |
Cemex adds 10 new Volvo tractor units to its fleet26 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsCemex UK Cement Logisitics has added 10 new Volvo FM 12 440 6 x 2 Tractor Units to its fleet of 120 bulk powder fleet. The fleet currently covers around 1.5km per month and the decision to buy Volvo was dependent on the vehicle’s whole life costings covering maintenance, ad-blue usage if required and miles per gallon. The average improvement to existing Volvos in the fleet has been around 0.5 miles per gallon and represent significant fuel savings and operational efficiencies. Addition... |
Loesche wins new orders in Benin and Africa22 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsLoesche has received new contracts for two plants in Africa, one of which is for a new clinker line and the other involves increasing capacity at an existing plant. At the new Masse cement plant of Nouvelle Cimenterie du Benin, a 3600tpd clinker line is being planned. The site is located in Benin, approximately 8km north of the capital, Porto Novo. For this new plant, a Loesche Mill Type LM 56.4 with a capacity of 320tph raw material grinding with a fineness of 12% R90 will be put into ... |
Cemex supplies ready-mix concrete to Euro 2012 stadium, Poland08 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsCemex announced today that it has provided 50,000m3 of ready-mix concrete for a state-of-the-art soccer stadium that will host several games of the UEFA EURO2012 Poland-Ukraine championship, including the game in which Spain will start the defense of its UEFA EURO2008 title, against rival Italy on June 10. The new PGE Arena Stadium in Gdansk, Poland, has a capacity of 42,000 spectators and won the Architecture and Design Award at the Stadium Business Awards in May 2012. “Our participation... |
FLSmidth secures Kalina power plant contract in UAE08 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Directors of Wasabi Energy have announced that the company's Kalina Cycle licensee, FLSmidth has secured a contract to install its second Kalina Cycle power plant utilising waste heat from a major cement plant. The new contract is for a 4.75 MWe Kalina Cycle power plant which will be installed by Q2 CY2013 at Star Cement's cement plant in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. ??Star Cement Co. LLC was acquired in 2010 by UltraTech Cement which is part of the Aditya Birla Group. Was... |
New order for Loesche, Argentina04 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Loma Negra cement factory Barker is situated close to city of Tandil in the province Buenos Aires in Argentina. For their project Barker Coal, InterCement - Loma Negra Cia. Ind. Argentina S.A. has signed an order for a vertical roller mill type LOESCHE LM 35.3 D. The objective of this project is the substitution of natural gas used for firing the rotary kilns. The solid fuel dry-grinding plant will be designed for the grinding of coal and petcoke with product rates of 45tph coal respe... |