Cement News tagged: Recent orders
New order for Loesche, Argentina
The 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...
Cemex to supply large Qingdao urban complex, China
Cemex announced today that it is supplying nearly 60,000m3 of ready-mix concrete for the first stage construction of what is expected to be the largest urban complex in the Chinese city of Qingdao, in the eastern Shandong province. Qingdao is a major city with a population of approximately 7.6 million permanent inhabitants and in 2009 was named China’s most livable city by the Chinese Institu...
Cemex to supply cement for Central America’s first Metro system
Cemex announced today that it is supplying nearly 100,000t of cement for the construction of Line 1 of the Panama Metro, a stretch of approximately 14km that is intended to connect two key hubs of the metropolitan area of Panama City. With this project, Panama would become the first country in Central America with a Metro system. The Metro line will be both above and below ground and will req...
FLSmidth receives contract for large cement project, USA
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately US$136m by a customer in the United States for modernisation of their production facility. The purpose of the EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) project is to convert one of the plant's existing wet process kilns to a preheater, precalciner kiln. As a result, the customer will be able to better fulfill their key environmental...
ABG Group wins Azhikkal port cement terminal project, India
The construction of cement terminal at the Azhikkal port, North Kerala, will be awarded to Mumbai-based ABG Group, the Times of India reports. ABG Group was the sole bidder for the cement terminal. The group will develop the terminal by creating a six-metre draft so that 10,000t ships can be brought to the terminal.
FLSmidth wins large cement order in the Middle East
FLSmidth has signed a contract worth approximately EUR85m with an undisclosed company in the Middle East to supply a complete 6000tpd cement production line. The contract comprises complete equipment supplies and includes a combined limestone and clay crusher, a gypsum crusher, a circular stacker and reclaimer store, a stacker and side scraper store for additives, an ATOX vertical raw mill, ...
Eurocement places order with KHD for new plant, Russia
Leading Russian cement producer Eurocement has placed an order for more than €80m with KHD for a new cement plant to be built in Stavropol, Russia. The contract between Stavropolsky Zavod Stroitelnih Materialov, a member of the Eurocement group, and ZAB Zementanlagenbau GmbH Dessau, a subsidiary of KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG, is for a new cement plant with an output of 1.3Mta. KHD’...
State Housing Company, Pozzolana Ghana sign supply MoU
Pozzolana Ghana Ltd (PGL), a subsidiary of PMC Global Link of the USA and the State Housing Company (SHC) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to supply cement to SHC. Ghana Business News reports that the MoU was signed by Dr Mark Nii Akwei Ankrah, Managing Director of SHC and Mr Gari Kannins, Chief Executive Officer of PMC Global Link, at a ceremony after a tour of the compan...
FLSmidth wins orders for Cimpor projects in Brazil
FLSmidth has received contracts to provide two major cement projects for Cimpor in Brazil. The expansion plans include a brand new production unit in northwestern Brazil (the Caxitu project) and a new production line at Cimpor’s existing Cezarina plant in central-western Brazil. When commissioned in 2013, the two projects will form an essential part of Cimpor Cimentos do Brasil’s current 2.3...
KHD wins new contract in Malaysia
Straits Cement, a 100% subsidiary of the Malaysian YTL Group, has awarded KHD with a EUR100m contract to build a new 5000tpd plant located near Kuantan, Malaysia, The new plant will be built according to the latest environmental standards. KHD's supply will include a five stage preheater with Low-NOx precalciner, PYRORAPID(R) rotary kiln with PYROJET(R) burner, PYROFLOOR(R) grate cooler, and ...
Tonasa signs contract for 11 new shipping vessels
PT Pelayaran Tonasa Lines & PT Dok & Perkapalan Surabaya are to build 11 shipping vessel unitswith an investment of IDR1.26trn (US$137m) and have signed three cooperation contracts, Bisnis Indonesia reports. Commenting on the agreement on the sidelines of the signing ceremony, President Director of PT Pelayaran Tonasa Lines Wahab Candoko, said: "Currently, we already have 18 vessels, and two...
Gebr Pfeiffer awarded new contract in Azerbaijan
Beijing Triumph Building Materials Engineering, part of the CNBM Group of China and acting as General Contractor for Norm LLC’s new cement line in Azerbaijan, has awarded Gebr Pfeiffer a contract to supply an MPS 5300 B vertical roller mill for raw material grinding. The grinding plant will be installed in a new 5000tpd at Qizildas cement works owned by the Azerbaijani company Norm LLC. ...
Saudi Arabian orders for Gebr Pfieffer
Gebr Pfieffer has received two major grinding technology orders in the booming Saudi Arabian market. Najran Cement Company (NCC) in Saudi Arabia has placed a third repeat order with the company for a vertical roller mill at its 5000tpd production Line No 3. In December 2011, the general contractor China Electrical Equipment Imp & Exp Co (CEIEC) placed the order for a 500tph MPS 5000 B ve...
New Brazilian cement line project signed
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth US$83m from the company Margem Companhia de Mineração (a subsidiary of Supremo Cimentos) for delivery of equipment and services for their new cement production line in Brazil. The plant is located in Adrianópolis, in the State of Paraná, approximately 130km North of Curitiba. The scope of supply includes all major process equipment including an EV ...
Italcementi wins supply contract for mega Kuwait infrastructure project
Italcementi Group will be one of the suppliers for the Jamal Abdul Nasser Street Project, part of a mega infrastructure project in Kuwait City. This is being developed by the Rizzani OHL Boodai Trevi joint venture, comprising Italian construction Groups Rizzani de Eccher and Trevi, Spanish construction Group OHL and Kuwait conglomerate Boodai Corporation. The project includes the substantial ...
Al Jouf Cement secures loan for expansion, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian cement producer, Al Jouf Cement, said it has signed and agreement with Saudi British Bank (SABB) for a SAR350m (US$93.3m) five-year Islamic facility. The financing will form part of the funds needed for the construction of a second production line and dedicated power plant. Earlier this year, Al Jouf Cement said it would invest SAR885m in a second line with a capacity of ...