Cement News tagged: Recent orders

New orders for Cemengal in South America and MEA

28 May 2015, Published under Cement News

Cemengal has signed new orders for conventional grinding stations and its Plug&Grind ® solution to undisclosed customers in the South America, and the Middle East and Africa (MEA) regions over the past few weeks.   South America Plug&Grind Cement grinding plant with a production capacity of 90,000tpa: ball mill Ø2.2m x 9.5m and 500kW; bag filter for 25,000m³/h. The scope of supply includes ...

FLSmidth receives Vietnam cement plant order

28 May 2015, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth has received an order worth approximately EUR100m (DKK750m) from the Vietnamese cement producer Xuan Than Group for the supply of a complete cement plant with a capacity of 12,000tpd. The plant will be located approximately 100km South of Hanoi, Vietnam. Once completed, the plant will be the largest cement plant in Southeast Asia, FLSmidth highlighted.   "The Vietnamese cement market...

TMEIC to supply MV drive systems for McInnis Cement, Canada

19 June 2015, Published under Cement News

TMEIC announces an order from ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (USA) Inc to supply MV Drive Systems for McInnis Cement. The TMEIC Dura-Bilt5i MV series of medium-voltage drives have been selected for the forthcoming Canadian greenfield plant. The new 6000tpd plant is currently under construction in the Port-Daniel-Gascons area of Quebec. ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (USA), Inc has bee...

Lafarge-Tarmac in GBP4m JCB deal, UK

14 May 2015, Published under Cement News

Lafarge Tarmac (UK) has bought 60 new JCB 2CX Streetmaster backhoe loaders in a deal worth GBP4m (EUR5.5m). The order marks a 25-year partnership between Lafarge Tarmac and JCB for handling road maintenance projects. The latest machines were supplied by JCB dealer Gunn JCB. The company, which took delivery of its first 2CX Streetmaster model a quarter of a century ago, instigated the configur...

Gebr Pfeiffer SE wins Saudi order for cement VRM

Gebr Pfeiffer SE wins Saudi order for cement VRM

14 May 2015, Published under Cement News

Chengdu Design & Research Institute of Bldg Materials Industry Co Ltd, headquartered in China, placed an order with Gebr Pfeiffer SE for the supply of an MPS 3070 BC cement mill for Readymix in Saudi Arabia. The mill with an installed drive power of 1100kW will grind 30tph of granulated blastfurnace slag and 46tph of OPC to a fineness of 4000cm²/g and 3600cm²/g, respectively. Delivery of e...

Oman Cement awards FLSmidth contract for pollution control equipment

13 May 2015, Published under Cement News

Oman Cement Co has awarded a US$11.3mn contract for the upgrade of pollution control equipment to FLSmidth, according to local press reports. In a filing with the Muscat Securities Market (MSM) on Sunday, Oman Cement said it has been putting its best efforts towards environmental improvements, adding: “In this direction to reduce emission levels, the company has awarded the work for upgradati...

MagneGas® fuel order placed for Florida cement works, USA

MagneGas® fuel order placed for Florida cement works, USA

11 May 2015, Published under Cement News

MagneGas Corporation announced today that a major cement company in the US has approved MagneGas® fuel to replace acetylene and has placed its first order for a location in Florida. The undisclosed cement company has locations throughout the Southeastern US, the Caribbean, and South America with over 300 ready-mix plants and 2000 mixers, MagneGas Corporation said in a statement.  The cement ...

Holcim automates logistics services with Schenck Process‘ LOGiQ software

28 April 2015, Published under Cement News

Holcim has optimised its automated dispatch processes and weighing technology in its eastern Europe plants. Since the beginning of the year, the LOGiQ logistics software by Schenck Process has been automating all process and data management relating to dispatch services in the company's 14 locations from Slovakia to Bulgaria. Four other locations are currently in the process of being connected...

Cemex first company in UK to trial new Mercedes-Benz Econic tipper

24 April 2015, Published under Cement News

Cemex is the first company in the UK to operate and trial the new Econic tipper, designed by Mercedes-Benz to provide the driver with an unrivalled field of vision. ”It’s clear to see that this revolutionary design, giving more than 90 per cent extra visibility* can help prevent incidents and save lives on our busy urban roads, particularly those of cyclists,” comments Matthew Wild, Vice Pres...

Siwertell receives repeat Kuwait order

24 April 2015, Published under Cement News

Siwertell, part of Cargotec, will supply a second road-mobile unloader to Acico Construction Co in Kuwait. The company took delivery of its first mobile unit from Siwertell in July 2014.   The trailer-based, diesel-powered, Siwertell 10000 S road mobile unloader will be used at Shuaiba Port in Kuwait to discharge cement at 300tph. It will be equipped with a double bellows system to allow cont...

Shanks secures six-year contract extension with HeidelbergCement

17 April 2015, Published under Cement News

Industry waste-to-product business, Shanks Group plc, has secured a six-year contract extension with HeidelbergCement Group for the supply of ICOPOWER® energy pellets. Under the contract, Icopower, part of Shanks’ Solid Waste Division will supply HeidelbergCement Group with an increased volume of 54,000tpaof its  ICOPOWER® energy pellets. Shanks has developed a tailored production process to ...

K-Electric to supply 40MW of electricity to new DG Khan cement plant, Pakistan

16 April 2015, Published under Cement News

K-Electric (KE) and DG Cement Ltd have signed an agreement through which the power utility will provide 40MW of electricity to the cement producer's upcoming plant in Hub, Balochistan, Pakistan . The agreement was signed at the KE House in the presence of KE and DG Khan management. According to KE’s press statement, electricity will be provided from its Hub grid station and DG Cement Ltd is ...

CNBM signs turnkey contract with Arabian Cement Co for 10,000tpd plant

10 April 2015, Published under Cement News

CNBM International Engineering Co Ltd has signed a turnkey contract with Arabian Cement Co for a 10,000tpd clinker line in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It is the largest order signed by CNBM Engineering in international cement engineering markets, the company said in a statement. At the contract signing, the CEO of Arabian Cement Company (ACC) said that he believed CNBM’s Engineering mode “CNBM Plu...

Siwertell supplies Saudi road mobile unloader

01 April 2015, Published under Cement News

Siwertell, part of Cargotec, has received an order to supply a road mobile unloader to the cement division of the Rashed Al-Rashed & Sons Group in Saudi Arabia. The unloader has already been built at Siwertell AB's premises in Bjuv, Sweden, and delivery was carried out in March, just over two months after the order was placed. The Siwertell diesel powered 5 000 S road mobile unloader is equ...

Domes of the Middle East

26 March 2015, Published under Cement News

Geometrica designs some of the world’s largest free-span domes, trademarked as Freedomes®, as a solution for challenging architectural and logistical feats across the Middle East. Freedome technology "has revolutionised the installation process on any terrain," according to the company, and below are case studies of cement plant projects undertaken for key producers across the Middle East. ...

Terex completes Cemex refurbishment and upgrade of a Demag crane system

26 March 2015, Published under Cement News

Terex Material Handling’s Demag Service team has completed a major refurbishment and upgrade of a Demag crane system at the Cemex cement production facility in Rugby. The plant is Cemex’s largest UK operation, working 24/7 and outputting over 5000tpd. The 28m span, 18t SWL Demag double girder, overhead travelling crane, equipped with a 6t capacity bucket, is situated in the plant’s natural gy...