Cement News tagged: Recent orders
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 ...
New order for Renault Premium from Hanson UK
Hanson Cement, has taken delivery of six Renault Premium 460.25 6x2 tractor units with Privilege cabs. In an important deal for Renault Trucks UK, these are the first Renault Premiums to join Hanson Cement’s 200-strong fleet of Mercedes Benz and Volvo tractor units. The new Premiums operate out of Ribblesdale in Clitheroe and Ketton in Rutland, pulling Felbinder 40 cubic metre powder tank ...
Mangalam Cement grinding plant project order, India
For its new cement grinding plant, Mangalam Cement Ltd. selected a grinding system from ThyssenKrupp Polysius. The new grinding plant is to be installed in Aligarh near New Delhi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is to be a combi-grinding system consisting of POLYCOM high-pressure grinding roll with two 1060kW drive units, a SEPOL-PC high-efficiency separator and a 3.6m x 8m ball mil...
New POLAB Shuttle system for Solnhofen, Germany
The Solnhofer Portland-Zementwerke, Germany, contracted ThyssenKrupp Polysius to install a state-of-the-art laboratory automation system in the existing laboratory rooms. For the Solnhofen plant laboratory, the solution is POLAB Shuttle, the new laboratory automation generation. In addition to the mobile robot, the system will include a capsule receiving module, two POLAB APM sample prep...
ABB improves production process for Podilsky Cement, Ukraine
ABB has successfully commissioned integrated electrical, control and automation systems at one of the biggest cement plants in Ukraine. JSC Podilsky Cement, part of the Irish building material group CRH, is located in Kamyanets-Podilsky, approximately 420km southwest of Kiev and operates the biggest line in Ukraine. ABB supplied electrical and automation systems including medium-voltage ...
New order of Intensiv-Filter in Lebanon
Ciment de Sibline is the third largest clinker and cement manufacturer in Lebanon. For energy saving and utilisation of grate cooler waste gases for raw materials drying, the company decided to replace the existing two separate dedusting systems – a multicyclone on the cooler exit and an ESP for mill and preheater kiln gases - by a new common bag filter. This bag filter will dedust both the ki...
Babcock to manage Lafarge fleet, North America
Lafarge has awarded Babcock International a UK£100m fleet management contract across its cement and aggregates sites in North America. The 10-year deal sees Babock providing a fleet managed serviced for Lafarge’s heavy mobile equipment. It follows the UK£50m fleet management contract that Babcock was awarded by Lafarge covering the UK aggregate and cement sites last July. Babcock is deliveri...
New contract from Cimento Itambé, Brazil
Cimento Itambé has awarded Aumund do Brasil and Schade Lagertechnik GmbH a contract for the rebuilding of a limestone storage facility. Apart from the refurbishment of an existing scraper reclaimer, the supply of a new bridge reclaimer forms part of the scope of supply which is scheduled to be employed for homogenised reclaiming of the raw material. Whilst the refurbishment of the old unit was...
Starlinger delivers 100th AD*STAR conversion line
The ad*starKON 60 is conversion line for the worldwide patented AD*STAR sacks developed by Starlinger & Co of Austria. In December 2011 the 100th line for the production of block bottom valve bags out of woven polypropylene tapes was delivered. With a production capacity of up to 60 sacks per minute and an efficiency of more than 85 per cent it achieves an output of 22 million sacks per year.
Al Jouf awards contract for Line No 2, Saudi Arabia
Saudi cement producer, Al Jouf Cement, has awarded China’s Chengdu Design & Research Institute the contract for the construction of a second production line with a capacity of 5000tpd. The contract value is SAR885m (US$236m). The project is to be financed with a combination of Al Jouf’s own funds and debt and is scheduled to take 25 months to complete.
Eurocement awards contract for new power facilities, Russia
Russia’s leading cement producer, Eurocement Group, is to build power facilities in the Samara region and has signed a contract with FGC UES for their construction. Power facilities to be constructed include a 220kW transmission line and a 220kV electric power substation, SKIRIN news reports.
Latest grinding technology for Australia
Gebr Pfieffer has been contracted to supply Cement Australia, with the country’s largest vertical roller mill
FLSmidth awarded two cement projects in Brazil
Cimpor Cimentos do Brasil has awarded FLSmidth the US$132m contract for two cement plants in Brazil.
Energy savings for Huaxin Cement, China?
An ABB multidrive solution for Huaxin Cement is saving 1.6mkW/hr of electrical energy a year on a
Lafarge signs contract for recyclable waste exploration, China
Sparton Resources Inc announced that its subsidiary company, Yunnan Sparton Environtech Co Ltd (YSET) has