Cement News tagged under: Dust Control
Vietnam: "Cement plants are damaging automotive trade"10 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsNguyen Van Thanh, deputy chair of Quang Ninh province, has instructed the provincial Department of Natural Resources and the Environment to examine the pollution level caused by the cement and clinker plants to find reasonable solutions. The step follows dust pollution issues caused by cement and clinker plants located at the Cua Luc river head. They ship their product out via Cai Lan International Port, one of five seaports in Vietnam which also handles car imports. The car trade has p... |
Algeria: Beni Saf to install new bag filters "very soon"06 April 2016, Published under Cement NewsBeni Saf cement company is expected to install a new bag filter “very soon”, according to Mokhtar Tanem, director general of the cement plant. The new bag filter contains 39 bags and represents an investment of DZD702.6m (US$6.49m). Nine will be installed at the clinker extraction and storage point, 22 in the shipping area, five at the cement mill and sampling, one at the cooler and one for the raw mill and kiln. "The provisional allocation of the installation of this filter project a... |
FLSmidth wins order for CataMax(TM) catalytic solution filter in the US21 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsFLSmidth has secured an order for engineering, supply, and installation of the new CataMax TM catalytic solution for a US cement producer. The order includes a new filter installation with catalytic elements, ID fan, flue gas ducts and dust transport equipment. The CataMax catalytic solution uses ceramic elements with an embedded catalyst; the porous elements not only remove dust particles from the flue gases, but the catalyst embedded will also remove total hydrocarbons (THCs) and o... |
TPCC operations reportedly suspended09 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsTanzania’s National Environment Management Council (NEMC) has indefinitely suspended operations by the country’s largest cement producer Tanzania Portland Cement Co (TPCC) due to concerns on dust emissions, according to local press reports. The NEMC reached the decision to suspend plants operations following complaints from local residents who claimed that dust emissions from the plant were causing health problems. Heche Suguta, NEMC senior legal officer, told The Citizen that the fact... |
FLSmidth and Haldor Topsoe sign cooperation agreement29 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsHaldor Topsoe A/S, a leader in catalysis, and FLSmidth signed a cooperation agreement that marks the beginning of a joined effort to commercialise a newly-developed catalytic filter bag technology. The product will carry the brand name EnviroTex TM catalytic filter bags and is capable of removing dust, volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides in one integrated process, FLSmidth said in a statement. Industries including cement, power, biomass, waste incineration as well as glass and... |
Tenova TAKRAF Africa wins order for reverse pulse bagfilters for PPC plants25 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsTenova TAKRAF Africa has been awarded two contracts by South Africa’s leading cement producer, PPC, to supply reverse pulse bagfilters to replace existing electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) at PPC’s Slurry facility near Mahikeng, North West Province, and its De Hoek cement plant in the Western Cape. Replacement of the ESPs with reverse pulse bagfilter technology is part of a PPC company-wide initiative to upgrade its dust control systems. This initiative is in line with the company’s on... |
SPCB issues notice to Orissa plant, India31 January 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has issued a show cause notice to UltraTech Cement’s factory in the village of Arda, Orissa, for violating pollution norms and asked the company to respond within 15 days as to why action should not be taken against it. Residents surrounding the plant have claimed that dust emissions are causing a health hazard. Mukesh Mahalinga, regional officer of SPCB, said the notice was issued after a team of inspectors visited the plant over the 5-10 December, ... |
Helwan Cement Company launches new bag filter system, Egypt25 November 2013, Published under Cement NewsHelwan Cement Company, a subsidiary of Suez Cement Group of Companies (SCGC), has launched its new bag filter system to significantly reduce plant dust emissions. The filter will cut Helwan Cement Company's dust emission rates to a maximum of 10mg/m3, which is lower than current Egyptian and European legal standards, Bruno Carre, chief executive officer of SCGC, stated during an inauguration ceremony for the new installation. Among those also in attendance at the launch were HE Mounir ... |
Tieling Cement Co improves dust control efficiency, China10 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsNF Energy Saving Corporation has recently delivered eight of its PPC128-2 air box pulse bag dust collectors to the Tieling Cement Company owned by the Northern Heavy Industries Group. The units form part of a contract awarded to the China-based energy saving services and solutions provider by Tieling Cement in April 2013 to retrofit the dust removal system on the cement producer’s 4000tpd clinker line.??The air box pulse bag dust collectors feature a dust collection efficiency (99.9 per c... |
Optimisation projects expected to lift TCK net profit, Bosnia19 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsBosnian cement maker Tvornica Cementa Kakanj (TCK) expects its net profit to rise by 20-25 per cent to some BAM11-12m (EUR5.6-6.1m) thanks to optimisation measures. TCK’s cement sales are expected to be nearly flat at around 425,000t, director Branimir Muidza told SeeNews. However, ongoing investment and process optimisation measures are expected to bear fruit this year, leading to the projected rise in net profit. Part of the HeidelbergCement Group, TCK has been embarking on a number ... |