International Cement Review articles tagged under : Case Studies
Optimising Salonit Anhovo’s crushing process
When Slovenia-based producer Salonit Anhovo looked to optimise its primary crushing process, thyssenkrupp Cement Technologies implemented a modern, alternative system into an existing building. The new double-shaft hammer crusher was selected to handle demanding feed material and has improved raw material grinding efficiency. By Tim Hücking and Christian Hauschopp, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solu...
Powering up Pecém
In July 2021 Votorantim Cimentos announced the start of a new line at its grinding plant in Pecém, Brazil. The 0.8Mta expansion aims to produce cement in a more environmentally friendly way, in accordance with the co...
Net zero from the ground up
The drive towards net-zero cement production is having an impact on all parts of the supply chain, including raw material extraction. For Nuh Çimento it was a rallying call to make mining operations more sustainable,...
West Africa: progress in times of a pandemic
CBMI Construction is currently undertaking an EPC plant project in west Africa, spanning an entire cement production line from raw materials crushing to packing and dispatch. Against the backdrop of COVID-19, the pro...
CEMEX UK: innovations for fossil fuel phase out
CEMEX is committed to achieving carbon neutrality through innovation and investment in future-forward technology. Paul Fletcher, head of sustainability Europe, CEMEX, discusses how the route to net zero using groundb...
Sivas revisited
Votorantim Cimentos’ Sivas cement plant in Turkey was completed in 2017 as an EP project by Tianjin Cement Industry Design & Research Institute Co (TCDRI), part of Sinoma International Engineering Co. In this report,...
Gasin Cement’s road to RDF
Faruk Investment Group (FIG) has recently launched a mechanical biological treatment facility in the city of Sulaymaniyah, northern Iraq. The project aims to tackle the issue of uncontrolled municipal solid waste by ...
Lukavac’s AF initiatives
Since being privatised in 2001, the Lukavac cement plant in Bosnia-Herzegovina has seen a number of major investments. In more recent years, the focus has been on fine-tuning existing equipment to increase the plant’...
Working in the present, looking to the future
While 2020 was a difficult year for the cement industry, Brazil’s leading cement player adapted and continued its expansion. Sustainability and the health and safety of its staff were key considerations in addressing...
Modern milling in Mexico
Encouraged by healthy construction demand and promising growth potential, two regional cement manufacturers have decided to invest in cement grinding facilities in Yucatán, Mexico. Both Cementos Fortaleza and Holcim ...
Scaling up for growth
Cement producers do not just manufacture cement, they need to sell it too. So what happens when a new equity partner invests in the company with a plan to increase factory output sixfold? How do you scale up for grow...
Asment Temara’s automated truck dispatch approach
Votorantim Cimentos Morocco has implemented a new automatic truck dispatch system to manage the flow and loading of trucks within its Asment Temara cement works. The move is part of the group’s global strategy to imp...
The arrival of Rhône Ciments
Rhône Ciments, the new Cem’In’Eu grinding facility equipped with the latest 4.0 technology and a capacity of 240,000tpa, has now started production. After 18 months of construction work and delays due to the COVID-19...
Commissioning from a distance
Thanks to digitalisation, it is no longer unusual to parametise and commission single components remotely. Always thinking ahead, for the first time BEUMER Group has commissioned a complete packaging line including ...
NIR online analysis for finish mill applications
Nuh Çimento’s SpectraFlow near-infrared online analyser improves quality control at the Hereke cement plant in Turkey While near-infrared (NIR) analysis is an established technology for the analysis of r...
Building Biskria Cement
CBMI Construction Co Ltd was awarded the contract for a 2 x 6000tpd cement plant project by Biskria Cement Co of Algeria. Employing efficient construction management and innovative processes, the modern facility was ...