Cement News tagged: Recent orders
Taiwan Cement plant has 107MWh battery commissioned
Nhoa Energy, a unit of Nhoa SA, formerly Engie EPS, has announced the commissioning of a 107.3MWh energy storage project at a Chinese plant of Taiwan Cement Group (TCC Group). Announcing the system's completion recently, TCC Group said Nhoa Energy had designed and developed the 43.2MW energy storage system. Located at TCC Group’s Yingde plant in Guangdong province, the battery is the mai...
Maerz Ofenbau AG carries out kiln Audi and training at Cbb Cales
Maerz Ofenbau AG has conducted a combined kiln audit and training at CCB Cales’ Jáchal lime plant in San Juan district, Argentina. The goal was to improve operations and safety, and to bring all kiln personnel back up to the same level of knowledge, said Maerz Ofenbau AG. The Jáchal lime plant, operated by Cbb Cales Argentina (formerly known as Compania Minera del Pacifico), has a long-stan...
Humboldt Wedag India wins Deccan Cements Ltd's grinding expansion project
Deccan Cements Ltd has awarded Humboldt Wedag India (a KHD company) a contract to increase capacity at an existing Bhavinipuram clinker grinding plant in India. The upgrade will also allow the company to produce both ordinary Portland and pozzolana Portland cements (OPC and PPC) on the same mill. The plant currently comprises a single ball mill producing 155tph of OPC at 2900 Blaine. Foll...
Dome Technology completes Davenport cement DomeSilo project
Continental Cement Co ( Summit Materials ) has built another DomeSilo with Dome Technology, this time at its Davenport , Iowa, USA facility. The DomeSilo can store 125,000stof cement powder, and according to Dome Technology’s records, the structure is among the largest-capacity cement storage facilities in the world, said Dome Technology sales manager, Lane Roberts. The dome size is a re...
CTP to supply WHR to Cimpor plants
Oyak group is investing in technology to mitigate the carbon footprint of its cement plants through its Cimpor subsidiary, which is equipping Souselas and Alhandra in Portugal with new waste heat recovery systems (WHRS). Cimpor has set the goal of reducing direct CO 2 emissions by 37 per cent by 2030. The measure, which is part of the Oyak and its controlled long-term environmental st...
DG Khan Cement incurs losses on taxes
DG Khan Cement Co (DGKC) has reported a loss of PKR3.63bn (US$11.8bn) for the year ended 30 June 2023, compared to a profit of PKR2.97bn in the year-ago period, despite a rise in revenue. The company has attributed the loss to higher taxation and increased financial charges. The company says its net sales increased by 12 per cent to PKR64.98bn from PKR58.04bn during the 12-month pe...
H&M Construction Co to build GCC K3 Odessa expansion project
H&M Construction Co, Inc has been selected by GCC to be the design-builder of its new K3 pyroprocessing expansion at the Odessa , Texas, USA facility. GCC, a leading producer of cement and concrete in the US and Mexico, recently announced that it will execute a capacity expansion at the Odessa plant, increasing its cement production capacity by over 1Mta and lowering the plant’s greenhouse...
Tokuyama cement selects ABB Ability™ Expert optimizer
ABB has delivered the advanced process control solution ABB Ability™ Expert Optimizer system to control, stabilise and optimise industrial processes at the Tokuyama Nanyo cement plant in Japan. The commissioning of ABB Ability™ Expert Optimizer enables Tokuyama to reduce about three per cent of thermal energy consumption in the kiln as well as maintain operational quality at the Nany...
Dome Technology start inflating dome for Titan America
In Chesapeake (VA), USA, Dome Technology is hard at work on a 67,500t dome silo for Titan America . The dome is 42.1m (138ft) in diameter and 43m (141ft) tall and is engineered to withstand settling and natural disaster alike. Lane Roberts, Dome Technology's sales manager, said: “It’s incredible to think that one of the strongest manmade structures in the world begins as a fabric airform, bu...
IKN supplies two coolers to Vietnam
IKN has been working on two construction sites in Vietnam in Dai Duong and Thanh Thang where two new IKN coolers are currently being erected. Similar in size, these coolers are designed for producing 7500tpd of clinker and will be ready for commissioning end of this year. “ These new production lines will enable the customers to produce cement more efficiently and sustainably and expan...
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd orders Gebr Pfeiffer VRMs
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd has ordered one MVR 3750 C-4 each for two cement grinding plants, one in Ariyalur and one in Kadapa , India. The mills will produce ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and also fly ash cement at up to 160tph. The company is committed to sustainable cement production, and Gebr Pfeiffer is playing its part by optimising the grinding process to reduce CO 2 em...
Edmonton plant orders PSCL's Ticketing Terminal and cloud technology
Heidelberg Materials has chosen the PSCL’s Ticketing Terminal powered by FR8Works for its Edmonton cement plant's alternative fuels delivery project. The solution will integrate demand management from SAP schedule agreements with the physical process and remove administrative requirements locally by using FR8Works' cloud technologies. FR8Works' Ticketing Terminal provides integrates ...
Aliacem supplies clinker storage for Česko Čížkovice plant
As EPC contractor for new clinker storage facilities, including a new concrete silo with live capacity of 50,000t, Aliacem sro accomplished last week all planned heavy lifting of the transport bridges at the Holcim Česko Čížkovice cement plant, Czech Republic. The most substantial section of the bridge weighs 39.5t and measures 48m in length. After the completion of the lifting Aliac...
thyssenKrupp Polysius carry out kiln modernisation for Australian client
In July 2023 thyssenKrupp Polysius’ Service Team in Asia-Pacific successfully completed the modernisation of a cement kiln for a client in Australia. The scope included the installation and commissioning of the kiln inlet with housing, orifice, kiln inlet shell and kiln sealing arrangement. The goal of this project is to increase the usage of alternative fuel (tyre chips and plastic from...
Mountain Cement orders Polysius® booster mill
Mountain Cement Co LLC , part of the Eagle Materials Inc , has ordered the polysius ® booster mill for the grinding capacity increase of its plant in Laramie , Wyoming, USA. This additional grinding stage enhances the flexibility of the cement production of Mountain Cement. The primary purpose of the booster mill is to improve the clinker reactivity by generating a higher fraction of ...
IKN wins Prism Cement cooler order
Prism Cement has ordered an IKN pendulum clinker cooler. Pre-assembly of the IKN pendulum cooler will take place at Prism Cement's plant in India and it will replace the air beam technology cooler with the latest static inlet. This project will improve the recuperation efficiency, reduce the power and clinker temperature, and improve WHRS performance with hot air recirculation. I...