Cement News tagged: Recent orders
BUA Group signs contract for new power plant
Nigeria's BUA Group has signed a contract with Finland-based Wartsila Oy for the construction of a 48MW power plant at its Sokoto Cement facility. The power project will supply line 3 and adds to the 100MW of captive power that the company already utilises. "We can't compromise on our quality. We are known to provide quality products and services to our customers and we are assured that Wart...
Flying Cement to install OK™ mill on new 7700tpd line
Flying Cement Company has placed a major order with FLSmidth for its new 7700tpd production line in Mangwal, Pakistan. FLSmidth will supply a new OK™ 71-6 cement mill, which will be designed to grind OPC cement at a capacity of 415tph. Commissioning is expected in 2020, and the mill will be supplied together with an FLSmidth ILC preheater system, two-Base Kiln, Cross-Bar ® cooler, ROKSH 1...
Fives supplies TSV™ classifier to Romanian gypsum plant
Belgium's Etex Building Performances, specialised in the production of plaster-based products, selected Fives for the modernisation of its calcined gypsum grinding unit, which was initially located in Bucharest and has now been transferred to its Aghires plant. As such, Fives provided Etex with a FCB TSV™ 1600 MF classifier to close the existing open circuit, with the commissioning of the u...
Bilfinger wins refractory order at Cemex Polska
Bilfinger's Engineering & Maintenance Continental Europe division has won an order to install refractories at the Cemex Polska Rudniki plant in Poland. The Rudniki plant is being equipped with a new clinker cooler. Bilfinger will install the refractory linings for parts of the plant, which entails using around 2000t of refractory material within a five-month period. The contract additionally...
Cemex links up with Petuum Industrial for global AI order
Cemex has entered into a global agreement with automation specialist Petuum Industrial to supply AI (artifical intellegence) Autopilot with autosteer in all cement plants worldwide for autonomous cement plant operations. The Petuum Industrial AI Autopilot product for cement plant operations are being deployed at select Cemex USA and Mexico plants and will continue to be rolled out in 2019. ...
FCT Combustion wins Ash Grove burner project and other cement orders
FCT Combustion has won a contract to convert both kilns at Ash Grove Cement's Louisville plant, NE, USA to natural gas firing. The supply will include Gyro-Therm™ MKII burners, natural valve trains for both kilns and NFPA 86 BMS for both kilns. FCT Combustion has also announced a list of its recently completed and ongoing orders for the cement industry. These include: • Nova Cimangola – a...
Fives FCB completes kiln and tyre replacement at Val d'Azergues plant
Fives FCB has successfully completed the kiln shell replacement at LafargeHolcim's Val d'Azergues plant, France. LafargeHolcim previouly signed an agreement with Fives FCB in 2018 for the replacement of 9m section of its kiln shell at the Val d’Azergues plant, including the replacement of one tyre, roller and seal. Site installation and preliminary works started in the beginning of Januar...
Vicat to supply cement for Alpinium
Vicat will deliver 914t of its Structurat cement, produced at its Montalieu plant, France, and 649t of Performat cement, manufactured at its St Egrève and Montalieu works, for the building of he Alpinium complex. Alpinium is a multi-service building, underground car park and sport platform on the roof, under construction for the Alpine Ski World Championships in 2023. The French cement produ...
CMR Philippines wins Holcim Lugait order
Automation and control systems specialist CMR Philippines has won the contract to supply and install new power monitoring technology at Holcim Lugait cement works in Misamis Oriental, Philippines. The project covers the development, delivery, installation, testing and networking of the electrical installation for a major new upgrade of power monitoring capabilities. Current and voltage tra...
Mercedez-Benz supplies 28 Actros tractor units to help deliver Tarmac cement
Mercedes-Benz went head-to-head with two other manufacturers for Abbey Logistics’ latest fleet order for 28 Actros tractor units. Operating throughout the UK and Europe, Abbey Logistics provides haulage and logistics services covering bulk liquids and powders for customers across a wide variety of sectors. Most of its new trucks are now distributing cement regionally for Tarmac in Scotland. ...
FLSmidth see steep rise in OK™ mill sales in 2018
FLSmidth reports that it sold 31 new vertical roller mills for all grinding applications in 2018. The combined cement grinding capacity of OK™ Mills sold in 2018 grew by over 38 per cent from 2270tph in 2017 to 3145tph in 2018. Raw materials grinding was added to the OK™ Mill's portfolio in 2017. Following the launch of this flagship VRM, three new OK™ raw aills were sold in 2018. The average...
Eurocement orders three VRMs from Gebr Pfeiffer
Russia’s Eurocement has ordered three more VRMs for its Akhangaran project in Uzbekistan from Germany-based Gebr Pfeiffer. The order includes an MVR 5000 R-4 for raw material grinding and two MVR 5000 C-4 models for cement grinding. The MVR 5000 R-4 has a total drive power of 2500kW and can grind 500tph of raw material to a fineness of 12 per cent R 90µm. The cement grinding mills, each with...
New burner ordered by Trinidad Cement
Unitherm-Cemcon has been awarded the contract for a rotary kiln burner for Kiln No 3. The burner for the 1230tpd wet-process plant will be designed for natural gas and liquid alternative fuel. The scope of supply includes: • one rotary kiln burner MAS/5/EG SO (fuels: natural gas and liquid alternative fuel) • flame monitoring device for the rotary kiln burner • gas electric ignition burner wi...
Unitherm-Cemcon delivers MAS burner to Argentinian plant
Unitherm-Cemcon has delivered firing equipment to a cement plant in Argentina, following completion of the factory acceptance test (FAT) and successful inspection of the goods by an inspection company. The burners and accessories are part of a preheater upgrade to increase kiln capacity and solid secondary firing. The scope of supply included: • one rotary kiln burner MAS/7/KO EG X (fuels: c...
Unitherm-Cemcon commissions rotary burner order
Unitherm Cemcon successfully commissioned the firing system for a new 6000tpd plant in Nigeria (Edo State) in December 2018. The greenfield plant of BUA Cement group was supplied by CBMI Construction Co Ltd. Unitherm's scope of supply included: • one rotary kiln burner MAS/6/KO.EG.SO (fuels: coal, natural gas, heavy fuel oil) with a nominal capacity of 113MW including accessories like burne...
Intercem to supply new Kamsar grinding plant
Following the successfully-finished projects in Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso, Intercem Engineering has been granted a new order in west Africa from Les Cimenteries de la Basse-Guinée for a 500,000tpa cement grinding plant including raw material shed, hopper station, packing plant and truck loading station in Kamsar, Guinea. Intercem sign agreement for a new grinding plant with Les ...