Cement News tagged: Recent orders
Caribbean Cement orders reclaimer
Caribbean Cement has ordered a new 700tph full-portal reclaimer for limestone with a railspan of 42m for its Rockfort plant in Jamaica. The order follows a long-standing project, which was initially considering the conversion of existing equipment. However, the purchase of a new machine proved to be more economical than carrying out several modifications to the existing equipment.
Saudi Arabia: EPCC hydraulic breaker
Atlas Copco Middle East has commissioned the regions first HB10000 hydraulic breaker at EPCC in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The HB10000 weights 10t and is mounted on a Komatsu PC1250 excavator, making it the world’s largest commercially-available hydraulic breaker, according to a company issued statement. EPCC will use the HB10000 for hard limestone deposits. Fiaz Ghani, regional business mana...
Bangladesh: FLSmidth supplies world’s largest VRM
FLSmidth has signed a contract with Bangladesh company, Shah Cement Industries Ltd, for the supply of an FLSmidth OK TM 62-6 vertical mill to its Mukhtarpur plant, Munshiganj, Bangladesh. Scope of supply will include the main equipment, process and layout engineering, civil engineering and site advisory. Product companies will also participate in the deal, with FLSmidth MAAG Gear installin...
Colombia: Cementos San Marcos orders second Loesche mill
One of Colombia’s most recent additions to its cement production base, Cementos San Marcos, has ordered its second Loesche mill for its plant located in Yumbo, some 20km north of Cali. The mill of choice is the Loesche mill Type LM 35.2+2, a sole VRM to be used for coal grinding at the cement plant. The classifier and plant ducting equipment will be included in the contract. The location of...
India: 10 Gebr Pfeiffer mills for Shree Cement
Kolkata-based Shree Cement, one of Gebr Pfeiffer’s best customers, has placed an order for 10 mills. This deal will support the Shree Cement’s continuing expansion strategy, which aims to distribute several cement works across India and produce cement in stand-alone grinding terminals. Gebr Pfeiffer will supply MVR 6000 R-6 raw mills, each with a capacity of about 550tph and an installed dr...
Bolivia: motor for mill 4000m above sea level
German company Menzel Elektromotoren has delivered two motors to a cement plant in Bolivia for a cement mill and a classifier. The mill in question is not only Bolivia’s first VRM, but at 4000m above sea level it is also the highest installed elevation of an OK mill in the entire Americas. Due to the mill’s location, particular technical attention had to be paid to the durability of the mot...
Malaysia: CMS relies on cement demand
Despite its stock falling in April, Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd (CMS) has managed to pick up momentum, registering a share price growth of 17.7 per cent between May and 12 August 2016. The company will be looking to capitalise on the MYR16bn (US$4bn) Pan Borneo Highway infrastructure project. MYR9bn (US$2.2bn) worth of contracts have already been awarded by Lebuhraya Borneo Utara Sdn Bhd for the...
Tokyo Cement Ube Industries deal
Tokyo Cement Group (Lanka) Plc has signed a deal on 1 August with Japanese company Ube Industries Ltd, for the import of raw materials and technical support to produce cement. In a statement Tokyo Cement said: “Tokyo Cement Group has entered into a collaborative agreement with Ube Industries Ltd of Japan for technical support services and import part of their raw materials requirement from ...
Bolivia’s Fancesa to open bids for new production unit
The opening of bids for the equipment of Fancesa’s new production facilities is expected today, according to Herland Daza, general manager of the Bolivian cement company. FLSmidth and Polysius are participating in the tender, which is valued around US$220m, according to Mr Daza.
Nigeria: Sinoma wins EPC contracts for two projects
China National Materials Company said its subsidiary Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd, has signed two Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts in Nigeria - one for a 6000tpd production line with Okpella Cement Plc and a further one for the 1.5Mta Onne slag grinding plant with Dangote Cement Plc. The first project is for a 6000tpd integrated cement plant in Okpella,...
Saudi Arabia: ABB upgrades EPCC production lines
Power and automation technology group, ABB have recently commissioned an electrical infrastructure upgrade for two 30-year old cement production lines at EPCC’s plant in Al Khursaniya, Saudi Arabia. The project consisted of upgrading the plant’s existing 75MV switchgear panels to the latest protection relay generation and integrating the power supply systems with the ABB automation system a...
India: Prism Cement secures fuel supplies
After a successful bid, Prism Cement Ltd is set to receive 120,000tpa of coal from South Eastern Coalfields (SEC), a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd (CIL). In a filing to the BSE on 29 June 2016, Prism Cement said, “The company has successfully bid for 120,000 tonnes per annum of coal from South Eastern Coalfields Limited (a subsidiary of Coal India Limited) in a recently held auction of coal ...
Saudi Arabia: Wärtsilä power plant for Yamana Cement
Yamana Cement Company have awarded Wärtsilä an EPC contract for the supply of a 161MW Flexicycle power plant. In addition to the EPC contract, the companies have also signed a five-year operation and maintenance management agreement as well as a 10-year spare parts supply agreement. The value of the order stands at approximately EUR115m (US$127m). The power plant will be delivered in four p...
Vietnam: order for FLSmidth
Vietnamese cement producer Tan Thang Cement have awarded FLSmidth a contract for the supply of main equipment to a greenfield plant in the country. The Engineering and Procurement contract is valued at approximately DKK255m (US$37.9m). The new 5000tpd plant will be located in the Nghe An province, 300km south of Hanoi. The scope of supply includes all the main equipment, from raw mill grind...
Two new orders for KHD
KHD has been awarded a contract by Cementos Argos for a works in Colombia. Cementos Argos ordered three Pyrojet Burners for coal and gas firing, to be installed at its plant in Yumbo, Cali. The burner’s will be tailored to Argos’ wet kilns. Manufacturing and assembly of the burners will take place in Germany and the USA. KHD also received an order from Shree Cement, India, following a contr...
India: FLSmidth cement plant order
FLSmidth has signed a contract with Larsen & Tourbro Ltd for the engineering and supply of equipment for a 3000tpd cement production line. The new plant will be located in Ariyalur, approximately 300km south of Chennai. The end client is Tamil Nadu Cement Corporation Ltd (TANCEM), an undertaking of the Government of Tamil Nadu, who have an EPC contract with Larsen & Toubro. The scope of su...