Cement News tagged under: Operations & Maintenance
Wartsila extends O&M agreement with Lafarge Africa29 September 2021, Published under Cement NewsWärtsilä has signed a five-year Operation & Maintenance (O&M) agreement with Nigeria's Lafarge Africa Plc. The agreement covers the 100MW Lafarge Ewekoro power plant and is an extension of a previous 10-year agreement. The captive Ewekoro plant was supplied and commissioned by Wärtsilä in 2011. It consists of six 50DF dual-fuel engines, operating primarily on gas, but with the flexibility to automatically switch to liquid fuel in case of a disruption to the gas supply. "We have benefited... |
Gujarat Sidhee Cement to shut clinker line for maintenance07 September 2021, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s Gujarat Sidhee Cement is planning to shut down the clinker line at its Sidheegram plant for annual maintenance, which is expected to take a period of 17-20 days to complete. However, cement grinding and dispatches are still planned to continue. |
Wärtsilä wins O&M agreement with Umm Al Qura Cement19 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsWärtsilä has signed a five-year operation and maintenance (O&M) agreement with the Saudi Arabian cement producer Umm Al Qura Cement Co. It is the third agreement term for the customer’s captive power plant installation. Following the continued efficient and reliable performance of the power plant, this latest contract was renewed for five years in November 2020. The 47MW plant is located in Taif City in western Saudi Arabia. It operates with five Wärtsilä 32TS engines, a two-stage turb... |
ASEC and Qatrana Cement extend O&M contract01 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsASEC of Egypt and Qatrana Cement Co of Jordan have announced the extension of the operation and maintenance (O&M) contract for an additional three years. The collaboration started back in 2010 when partners entered into an O&M agreement and ASEC was entrusted with the full responsibility of the operation and maintenance of the 1.5Mta Qatrana Cement plant from raw material crushing up to cement dispatch. "This contract marks a milestone in our cooperation with Qatrana Cement Company and ... |
ASEC signs O&M contract with Al-Takamol Cement26 November 2020, Published under Cement NewsArab Swiss Engineering Co (ASEC) has signed a signing a 3-year contract for the operation and maintenance of Al-Takamol Cement’s 1.6Mta facility, located north of Khartoum city, Sudan. In 2009 ASEC and Al-Takamol signed the first operation and maintenance agreement for the plant and ASEC was entrusted with its technical management until 2011, when the plant shifted to self-operation. "Resuming the collaboration with Al-Takamol Cement Co is a testament of the cherished trust our customer... |
Titan Cement Group enters strategic partnership with FLSmidth24 November 2020, Published under Cement NewsGreece-based Titan Cement Group has signed a new 2.5 year service agreement with FLSmidth that will put sustainability, digitalisation and productivity at the top of the agenda as the cement group aims to achieve best practice implementation across its plants in Europe, Africa and the Americas. The agreement gives Titan full access to FLSmidth’s extensive process- and technical knowhow and assistance services, covering the entire plant operations from on-site plant inspections and remote s... |
Two plants in Uzbekistan report fall in production22 October 2020, Published under Cement NewsAccording to Uzbekistan’s Antimonopoly Committee, Akhangarancement announced the failure of two rotary kilns on 7 October. As a result, the company’s cement volumes offered for sale decreased on average from 7000 to 5000tpd. Almalyk MMC’s Jizzakh cement plant has also seen its production volumes decrease from 11,000 to 5000tpd on average, due to ongoing repairs on its kiln. Therefore, the average volume of daily production in the country amounts to almost 37,000tpd with sales at 35,000... |
Cementarna Trbovlje seeks to resume operations21 October 2019, Published under Cement NewsSlovenia’s Cementarna Trbovlje (LafargeHolcim) has requested an environmental permit from the country’s authorities to resume cement grinding, storage and dispatch, according to Delo. The company lost its environmental permit in 2014 and halted operations in February 2015. As the plant is not expected to produce raw materials, it will buy them alongside cement additives. The producer was once the second-largest on the domestic market with a capacity of 0.52Mta. |
Catatumbo Cements faces disruption from road blockage18 October 2019, Published under Cement NewsThe distribution of cement and other products, including clinker, has been disrupted in the Venezuelan municipalities of Rosario de Perijá and Machiques de Perijá due to the blocking of the main road that connects to the plant of Catatumbo Cements. According to local media reports, a group of cooperatives in the area have closed the La Luna road. The transport cooperatives reportedly wish to obtain 100 per cent control of the transfer and supply of materials (cement, clinker, stone and gra... |
ASEC wins KAR Group order to maintain Erbil plant16 September 2019, Published under Cement NewsArab Swiss Engineering Company (ASEC) and the Iraqi conglomerate KAR Group have announced signing a three-year agreement for the operation and maintenance of Qarachough cement plant. The 1.9 Mta facility is situated near Erbil city, Iraq. The cooperation between the two companies comprises human resources support in which ASEC has assisted KAR in the selection and recruitment of domestic calibres, in addition to the design and execution of tailored manpower development programmes. The O&... |