Cement News tagged: Recent orders
Loesche updates on DG Khan grinding orders, Pakistan
Loesche has provided an update on its order to supply Pakistan producer DG Khan Cement Company with three grinding mills for its new 9000tpd clinker line in Hub in Balochistan province. The contract comprises one 654tph raw material mill for raw meal with COPE drive technology, one 445tph cement mill for OPC with a COPE drive as well as a 66tph coal mil. The raw mill, with 1050tph nominal cap...
APO Cement Corp signs waste heat agreement with Sinoma Energy Conservation
Cemex Holdings Philippines Inc subsidiary APO Cement Corp has signed an agreement with Sinoma Energy Conservation Ltd. of China to build and operate a 4.5MW waste-heat-to-energy (WHTE) facility in Naga, Cebu. This technology is expected to generate 25,000MW hours annually. The facility is expected to mitigate the negative effects of power service interruptions, help reduce dependence on high-...
Guinée Industries Ciments selects KHD’s COMFLEX technology
Guinée Industries Ciments (GIC) awarded KHD Humboldt Wedag a new contract to upgrade its cement grinding plant located in the capital city Conakry, Guinea. GIC will integrate a COMFLEX® system into their existing ball mills. The system will mark the third COMFLEX system with roller press technology in West Africa. With the latest COMFLEX system, GIC will increase the capacity of its cement gr...
Ukraine: Fives to provide revamping services for Imerys plant
In December 2016, Fives FCB signed with Vatutinsky Kombinat Vognetryviv, a refractory chamotte plant of Imerys, a contract for the revamping of its kiln located in Cherkassy, Ukraine. This contact includes the supply of parts for the kiln mechanical refurbishment as well as erection engineering and supervision. The first stage of the project consists in revamping and upgrading the kiln #1 to ...
Bolivia awards Potosí contract to German-Spanish consortium
The Bolivian government has awarded the US$241m contract to construct a new cement plant in Potosí to a consortium of Germany-based thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions and Spanish companies Imasa and Valoriza (Sacyr Group). The new plant will be located in the community of Chiutara, 4000m above sea level, making it one of the highest in the world, according to the Service’s of Development of ...
Enersize signs new order wtih BBMG, China
Enersize Oyj of Finland has signed an agreement to provide its system for measurements and efficiency analysis of energy usage in industrial compressed air systems to the BBMG Liulihe Cement Plant in China. Enersize´s part of the yearly savings during the lifetime of the project will be agreed with the customer in the second project phase when the savings potential has been measured and id...
Algeria: SARL Biskria Ciment orders five Loesche VRMs
Loesche has been awarded the contract for five large vertical mills (VRMs) by Algerian cement producer SARL Biskria Ciment. Two mills will be supplied for the grinding of cement raw meal and three mills will be for clinker grinding for the cement producer’s plant in Biskra, 300km southeast of the capital Algiers. The new equipment will enable raw meal to be ground to a fineness of 12 per cent...
Iraq: Attock Cement Pakistan opts for Chinese grinding equipment
A research report on Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd (ACPL) provides an update on the company's Basra grinding unit project in Iraq. According to the report , Saqr Al Keetan, in which APCL holds a 60 per cent interest, has established a US$9.75m letter of credit for the first phase of the cement grinding unit to be supplied by the Hefei Cement Research and Design Institute of China. The first ...
Burkina Faso: Intercem races replacement transformer to Cimfaso plant
Intercem performed an express-delivery of a replacement transformer for Cimfaso in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The original main transformer of the Cimfaso plant was purchased from a local supplier during construction work in 2014. On 16 February 2017, this transformer was damaged due to an issue in the local power grid. As a result, production at the works was shut down. To avoid high...
Denmark: A Tec upgrades calciners at Aalborg Portland Cement
Two new calciners have been designed and delivered by A TEC to Cementir's Aalborg Portland cement plant at Rørdal during the annual kiln stop in February/March 2017. The project aims to increase the production of grey clinker by modifying the 4500tpd semi-dry kiln system which was originally commissioned in 1988. A TEC will adapt the flow pattern of the calciner system to improve gas flow be...
Egypt: FLSmidth wins El Sewedy Cement contract
FLSmidth has been awarded an order from El Sewedy Cement Company for the engineering, procurement and supply of equipment for the expansion of a cement production line. The plant will be built at Ain Soukhna in Suez Governorate, Egypt. Scope of supply: a complete state-of-the-art cement production line with the latest environmental pollution control systems and technology for the highes...
Pakistan: Bestway Cement awards Sinoma brownfield project
Bestway Cement Ltd informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange that it will set up a brownfield cement plant with a capacity of 6000tpd clinker at its Farooqia site in District Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in northern Pakistan. According to Sehar Hussain, secretary and general counsel of the company, Bestway Cement signed an agreement with Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd on 1 March 2017. ...
Myanmar: first Loesche mills
Yojin Construction and Engineering Co Ltd (South Korea) has placed an order for two vertical roller mills with Loesche. The two VRM are to be used at the new clinker grinding plant of Yojin Myanmar Engineering Co Ltd in Thilawa, Myanmar. The mills are to produce 75tph OPC with a fineness of 3300 Blaine. The mills are expected to be operational in late summer 2017.
Pakistan: Pioneer Cement inks agreements with Sinoma-Chengdu
Pioneer Cement Ltd (PIOC) informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that it has signed a contract with Sinoma-Chengdu of China for procurement of its new cement works, a 12MW waste heat recovery power unit and a 24MW coal-fired power plant. PIOC has cement production capacity of over 2Mta but has operated at a meager 60 per cent utilisation level (FY12-FY16), despite local industry demand wit...
Bangladesh: Loesche to supply VRM for Haria 2 upgrade
Loesche has announced that it has been chosen to supply a vertical roller mill and other equipment for the Aman Group’s Haria 2 grinding mill in Narayangonj, Bangladesh. The equipment will be supplied as part of upgrade works being undertaken by China National Heavy Machinery Corporation which will raise the capacity of the plant from its current level of 10,000tpd. Bangladesh has seen i...
Pangaea Logistic Solutions receives two ice-class dry bulk carriers
Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Ltd (PLS) has taken delivery of two ultramax ice-class 1C dry bulk carriers from Oshima Shipyard in Japan. PLS has purchased its joint venture partner's 50 per cent interest in Nordic Bulk Ventures Holding Ltd (NBVH), which will give PLS full control of both new ships. PLS transports a wide variety of dry bulk cargoes, including cement clinker, limestone, dolom...