Cement News tagged under: Germany
Dal Machinery & Design win dryer order at Zement & Kalkwerke Otterbein14 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsZement & Kalkwerke Otterbein has awarded Dal Machinery & Design (DAL Engineering Group) an EPC project to replace its limestone rotary dryer, which has been operating since 2005. DAL will be responsible for manufacturing the complete new dryer which has dimensions of Ø3m x 22m including the shell, the internal material lifting plates, two tyres, four rollers and shafts and the rotary chain units which are used as the drive system of the rotary dryer. The current used dryer in the Ott... |
Cemex Rüdersdorf to help produce aviation fuel13 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsCemex is joining forces with integrated chemicals and energy company Sasol ecoFT and renewable energy company E NERTRAG in a milestone project that will combine CO 2 with hydrogen to produce sustainable aviation fuel. The consortium will source green hydrogen generated exclusively from wind and solar energy from E NERTRAG . The CO 2 will be supplied by Cemex's Rüdersdorf cement plant in Germany, which will provide 100tpd of CO 2 in the project’s initial stages. Sasol ecoFT wil... |
Holcim, thyssenkrupp and Berlin University participate in amine scrubbing project31 March 2022, Published under Cement Newsthyssenkrupp Uhde, Holcim and the Technische Universität Berlin have partnered up in a joint project to investigate the use of a novel amine scrubbing technology for carbon capture. The goal is to significantly reduce CO 2 emissions from existing cement plants and at the same time utilise the captured CO 2 for other applications. In concrete terms, this includes the development of new mass transfer process equipment that is more efficient and resilient to contaminations. The project is be... |
HeidelbergCement and Calix reach LEILAC-2 milestone25 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsThis week HeidelbergCement and Calix announced that the Low Emissions Intensity Lime And Cement 2 (LEILAC-2) carbon capture project has passed its Financial Investment Decision (FID) milestone and can go on to the implementation phase at HeidelbergCement's Hanover cement plant, Germany. The LEILAC-2 project has been awarded EUR16m funding by the EU Horizon programme and aims to separate 20 per cent of Hanover cement plant’s CO 2 emissions or around 100,000t of CO 2 per year. This will... |
FLSmidth receives further clearance for acquisition of thyssenkrupp mining business23 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsFLSmidth has now received regulatory clearances from the Australian, South African, Peruvian and Chilean authorities for its acquisition of thyssenkrupp's mining business. This is in addition to approvals already received from Canada and Morocco amongst others. All clearances to data have been without imposition of any competition related remedies, says the Denmark-based company in a statement. FLSmidth Group CEO Mikko Keto commented: “Receiving regulatory clearances in such important min... |
MDG Handling Solutions wins HeidelbergCement Spirit project order23 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsMDG Handling Solutions (MDG) has been awarded participation in the Spirit project of HeidelbergCement, which is being carried out at the Leimen and Schelklingen cement plants, Germany. MDG will create a clinker stocking area and a train loading system in Schelklingen, and this clinker will be transport by train to Leimen . In Leimen a receiving area and transport systems made by Gambarotta Gschwendt will stock the clinker in the different silos and buffers. For both sites, MDG ... |
Building material prices continue to rise in Germany22 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsCement prices in Germany rose by 4.9 per cent YoY in February, according to the recently-published producer price index by the German statistics office, Statistisches Bundesamt. The rise was more modest than in other building materials due to the highly competitive industry environment in Germany, according to industry analysts at CIC Market Solutions (France). The equity research team at CIC Market Solutions point out that in 2022, the domestic industry is targeting a YoY EUR13-15/t incr... |
Christian Pfeiffer supplies Dyckerhoff's Deuna cement plant16 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsIn December Christian Pfeiffer delivered a mill head with welded-on mill shot for a raw mill for Dyckerhoff ’s Deuna cement plant in Germany. Due to the on-time delivery the assembly started according to schedule. The customer reused the trunnion and the assembly was completed successfully. |
Rohrdorfer to be first German cement producer to have CO2 separation plant07 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsGermany's first CO 2 separation plant for cement production is currently being built on the premises of the cement works in Rohrdorf . Rohrdorfer, the operator of the cement plant, started the pilot project on its own initiative to explore the possibilities of separating CO 2 and thus climate-friendly cement production. The plant, which is being built in cooperation with the Andritz Group, is scheduled to go into operation by the end of June 2022. The plant will capture 2tpd of CO ... |
Menzel Elektromotoren to build new factory02 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsMenzel Elektromotoren has signed the construction contract for a new, larger motor plant in Hennigsdorf, near Berlin, Germany. The manufacturer has experienced substantial growth in recent years and has outgrown its present headquarters in central Berlin. “Our new location will feature state-of-the-art machinery, efficient logistics, larger hoist capacities for optimised production processes and high energy efficiency,” says CEO, Mathis Menzel, on the occasion of the signing of the contr... |