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Bosowa inaugurates Maros cement mill, Indonesia

24 December 2013, Published under Cement News

The Bosowa Group of Indonesia has inaugurated a 1.8Mta cement mill at its plant in Maros, South Sulawesi, raising the company’s total production capacity to 5.3Mta. The inauguration ceremony for the second mill at Maros was attended by MS Hidayat, Indonesia’s Minister of Industry as well as senior officials of the Bosowa Group. The industrial conglomerate’s cement plants are operated by Semen Bosowa Maros and Semen Bosowa Indonesia, which run cement plants in Maros and Batam, respective...

Benin Nocibe mill No 1 produces first batch of cement

23 December 2013, Published under Cement News

The Benin Nocibe works, a project led by Groupe Layousse of Ciments du Sahel and contracted to Sinoma International (Tianjin), has produced its first batch of qualified cement from mill No 1. Installation of steel structure was started in April, followed by mechanical equipment in June and electrical equipment in August. The project was commissioned in October. In less than half a year, the project team overcame all difficulties and completed installation and commissioning works smoothly in...

Gebr Pfeiffer wins hat-trick of orders from Bolu Cimento, Turkey

18 December 2013, Published under Cement News

Bolu Cimento Sanayii AS, a member of the OYAK Group, has ordered three vertical roller mills from Gebr Pfeiffer SE for a new production line in Kazan, Ankara. The cement producer already operates a grinding plant at the site which it is now expanding into a fully integrated facility. The mills are scheduled to be delivered to the customer in the summer of 2014, boosting the number of Pfeiffer mills installed at cement plants owned by the OYAK Group to eight. An MPS 4500 B with a drive powe...

CCI clears JSW Steel acquisition of Heidelberg plant

17 December 2013, Published under Cement News

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of HeidelbergCement India's grinding facility at Raigad, Maharashtra, by JSW Steel. JSW Steel announced back in October its intention of acquiring the 0.6Mta grinding works. "Considering the facts on record and the details provided in the notice (under relevant Section of the Competition Act) ...the Commission is of the opinion that the proposed combination is not likely to have appreciable adverse effect on competi...

Roll press metrics

03 December 2013, Published under Cement News

At the recent Cemtech conference in Prague, one of the presentations addressed the topic of energy reduction opportunities. During the following question-and-answer session, a delegate asked about the improvement possibilities that can be achieved with a roll press in combination with a ball mill. With roll presses one of the main themes for ICR's December issue, it is also the topic of this month’s Technical Forum. Dr Clark addresses the certain metrics that can be used to predict th...

Lucky to begin Basra plant trial production, Iraq

29 November 2013, Published under Cement News

Pakistan's largest cement producer, Lucky Cement, has said it is working on its 0.87Mta grinding plant in Basra, Iraq on a fast-track basis and trial productions are expected to begin next month. The company intends to import clinker from the UAE for this project. The new grinding plant is expected to cost US$35m, with an expected payback period of three years. Lucky Cement has said it may consider setting up a fully integrated works in Iraq, on successful implementation of the Basra fa...

South America now drives Cimpor

27 November 2013, Published under Cement News

Turnover for Cimpor during the first nine months of the year emerged 23.4 per cent higher as the additional assets in Argentina, Brazil and elsewhere more than made up for the assets sold, predominantly in the Mediterranean rim. The EUR1984.3m turnover was 69.5 per cent higher than the EUR1170.6m shown for the first nine months of last year. EBITDA improved  14.2 per cent to EUR481.5m on a comparable basis and 35.5 per cent higher than the EUR355.4m shown a year ago. There has been no in...

Birla selects Gebr Pfeiffer mill for Satna cement works

25 November 2013, Published under Cement News

India-based Birla Corporation Ltd has placed another order with Gebr Pfeiffer for an MPS 2800 BK for its cement plant in Satna. Featuring an installed drive power of 800kW, the mill will be capable of grinding 28tph of petcoke to a product fineness of two per cent R90µm. The specific power consumption of this material, which is difficult to grind, will be about 21kWh/t. The fuel for two cement rotary kilns will be ground and dried in the mill while simultaneously being dried in an integrate...

Cemex Latam opens new grinding unit in Colombia

22 November 2013, Published under Cement News

Cemex Latam Holdings inaugurated a new cement grinding plant in Clemencia in Bolivar, Colombia. Output from the 0.45Mta works is expected to supply projects in the Caribbean coastal area. The plant, which will produce three types of cement (for general purposes, for structural use and for use in marine environments), is located on a 10ha site. "Our vision is to promote the development of Colombia with building solutions that generate welfare people. The country must increase its cement...

Ultracem starts up Gebr Pfeiffer grinding unit

12 November 2013, Published under Cement News

Ultracem SAS, a new entrant on the Colombian cement market, has initiated operations of a cement grinding plant supplied by Gebr Pfeiffer Inc at its plant in Barranquilla. The privately-owned cement producer contracted Gebr Pfeiffer, Inc, a subsidiary of Gebr Pfeiffer SE to supply an MPS 3350 BC vertical roller mill for clinker with a complete cement grinding plant. The grinding facility includes a rotary air lock with drive, MPS 3350 BC mill, an SLS 2900 BC high efficiency classifier, fea...