Cement News tagged under: Ecuador
Ecuador: Unacem recognised as eco-efficient15 April 2016, Published under Cement NewsPeruvian cement producer Union Andina de Cementos (Unacem), which resulted from the merger of Cementos Lima and Cementos Andino and its Ecuadorian operations of Lafarge and Selvalegre, was acknowledged as an eco-efficient business by Ecuador's Ministry for the Environment late in 2015. To achieve such an acknowledgment businesses have to submit four cases over a period of less than two years to be considered for the accolade by the Ministry of Environment. Unacem presented its co-processin... |
FCT Combustion wins Ecuador order15 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsFCT Combustion announced that HORMICRETO, Cuenca, Ecuador, has placed an order for two calciner burners and a hot gas generator for its swing mill application, for alternative liquid fuels firing, with a thermal capacity of 5.2 MW, including the complete the fuel pumping, heating and valve train. International orders Several big cement groups in other countries have also endorsed FCT combustion technology, awarding the following orders: • North America : two low-NOx GYRO-THERM™ MKII bur... |
Ecuador: Ucem to invest US$230m in new clinker plant24 September 2015, Published under Cement NewsEcuador’s Unión Cementera Nacional (Ucem) has signed a contract with Peru’s Casaracra and the Ministry of Production, Employment and Competition to build a new clinker plant in Riobamba, Chimborazo. Casaracra will invest US$230m. "This investment will replace imports of the value of US$250m over the next 10 years," said Ecuadorian Vice President, Jorge Glas, at the signing ceremony. The new plant is scheduled for commissioning in 30 months’ time. |
Gebr Pfeiffer supplies Hormicreto clinker plant in Ecuador17 September 2015, Published under Cement NewsGebr Pfeiffer, Inc, a subsidiary of Gebr Pfeiffer SE (Germany) was recently contracted to supply a complete grinding station to replace aging ball mills at the Hormicreto clinker plant in Ecuador. "The new grinding solution not only helps reduce the plant’s energy consumption but also improves the overall grinding efficiency, allowing the plant to increase production from a single mill," Gebr Pfeiffer said in a statement. Gebr Pfeiffer supplied the following components of the new grindi... |
Ecuador August sales slip MoM17 September 2015, Published under Cement NewsEcuador cement sales over the first eight months of 2015 climbed to 3.88Mt, the latest update from local cement association INECYC shows. During August 2015, sales slipped by 1.1 per cent to 498,845t compared to the month before when they reached 504,435t. |
Ecuador first-half sales reach 2.88Mt20 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsEcuador cement sales reached 2.88Mt in the first six months of this year, the Institute of Cement and Concrete (INECYC) has reported. In June 2015, dispatches reached 488,777t – an increase of 2.45 per cent compared to 477,111t in the month before, the data reveals. |
Ecuador sees decline in monthly sales14 May 2015, Published under Cement NewsEcuador cement sales declined fell to 468,432t compared to 504,682t in the month before, latest data from domestic cement association Inecyc reveals. The decline follows a 15.68 per cent MoM increase in March. Cumulative sales over the first four months of 2015 reached 1.913Mt, the statistics show. |
Ecuador first-quarter sales at 1.4Mt27 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsEcuador cement sales in the first three months of 2015 reached 1.427Mt, latest data from local association Instituto Ecuatoriano del Cemento y del Hormigon shows. In March alone, sales were 504,682t, up 15.67 per cent compared to the February 2015 figure of 436,287t. |
Ecuador monthly sales down 10.3%02 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsCement sales in Ecuador in February 2015 were 0.436t, down 10.3 per cent compared to 0.486Mt recorded in January 2015. For the first two months of this year, accumulated sales totalled 0.922Mt, latest information from Instituto Ecuatoriano Del Cemento Y Del Hormigon shows. Total sales last year came in at around 6.45Mt, up from 6.3Mt the previous year. |
Ecuador: Holcim inaugurates modernised Guayaquil works01 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsHolcim recently opened Phase II of its Guayaquil, Ecuador, cement works modernisation. The second phase of the Guayaquil modernisation includes the addition of a new raw vertical mill, clay storage building and raw material storage. During the 28-month construction period, the company strived to maintain high industrial safety, promoting safe work sites through 49,000h of staff training. The modernisation also focussed on environmental management, investing a fifth of the project’s cons... |