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FLSmidth to convert one line at Al Safwa Cement to white cement

27 June 2019, Published under Cement News

Al Safwa Cement Co of Saudi Arabia is converting to a dual white and grey cement line, aiming to begin production in early 2020. The flexibility to adapt to market demands is a crucial competitive factor, and the new production capability will allow Al Safwa Cement Co to convert easily between grey or white cement production as necessary.  The contract to convert one of Al Safwa Cement's grey cement kiln lines has been awarded to Denmark-based FLSmidth. This will involve the cost-effectiv...

FLSmidth wins Morocco contract

20 June 2019, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth and Société Générale des Travaux du Maroc (SGTM) signed a contract with TEKCIM SA to build a 3600tpd greenfield cement plant in Ouled Ghanem, El-Jadida province, Morocco. The turnkey contract, in which FLSmidth has a share of DKK335m (US$53.7m), includes the supply of a full range of equipment from crushing to packing and load-out as well as supervision, engineering, commissioning and training of the local workforce. "The project includes state-of-the-art equipment that will prov...

Cem’In’Eu awards Portes les Valence grinding contract to FCB

19 June 2019, Published under Cement News

Cem’In’Eu has awarded the contract for a 0.25Mta grinding plant at Portes les Valence, Drôme, France, to Fives FCB. The order includes an FCB-B ball mill with a capacity of 34tph, which will operate in closed circuit with an FCB TSV high-efficiency dynamic separator. In addition, Fives FCB will supply clinker, limestone and gypsum hoppers and loading systems. "This contract is the basis of a genuine partnership between Cem'In'Eu and Fives FCB which will involve the supply of other product...

Unitherm-Cemcon supplies MAS burners to South Korean plant

17 May 2019, Published under Cement News

Unitherm-Cemcon has commissioned a MAS burner for a South Korean cement producer in May 2019. The start-up took just four days. The Austrian burner company won a contract to supply three MAS kiln burners at a South Korean plant in late 2018. The first burner was delivered in February 2019 and the remaining two in March 2019. The scope of supply included two MAS/4/KO.SO burners for coal and heavy oil with 43MW and one MAS/7/KO.SO.X rotary burner for coal, heavy oil and solid fuels with 87...

Aumund to supply nine machines for Aslan plant modernisation

15 May 2019, Published under Cement News

Germany’s Aumund Fördertechnik GmbH has won an order from Aslan Cement Inc, comprising of nine machines in total. The order forms part of the complete modernisation of Aslan’s plant in Darıca, Kocaeli province, Turkey, which will see it ramp up clinker production capacity to 6600tpd. The company will supply a 225tph BWZ-L bucket elevator to feed the raw meal, as well as three different models of BWG belt bucket elevators with capacities of up to 500tph. The latter models will be used for ra...

Topnewer brings energy savings to Bestway's Chakwal plant

14 May 2019, Published under Cement News

Topnewer awarded new contract at Bestway Cement's Chakwal plant, Pakistan On 27 April 2019, Topnewer's commissioning team arrived at Bestway Cement Ltd's Chakwal plant, Pakistan, to commission ball mill No 3 following the replacement of steel grinding media with ceramic grinding balls in the second chamber to reduce specific power consumption. Topnewer was invited to upgrade the ball mill, having successfully installed ceramic grinding balls at ball mill No 2 in Febru...

Flexco's PTEZ Belt Trainer reduces costs

14 May 2019, Published under Cement News

Flexco's PTEZ Belt Trainer was chosen by a cement producer to cut back on material losses on a conveyor belt, while achieving significant savings in maintenance and spare parts inventories. "Our customer, who operated a conveyor system for cement clinker, was constantly having problems with belt misalignment," said Flexco. "This was not only causing major losses of clinker, it was leading to premature wear and that endangered the operation of the belt and the efficiency of the entire system...

Wärtsillä to build 20MW engine to power Najmat Al-Samawa cement plant

25 April 2019, Published under Cement News

Wärtsilä will supply the equipment to enable an efficient, reliable and independent power source for the Najmat Al-Samawa cement factory in Iraq. The 20MW engine power plant is being built by Al Shumookh Lucky Investments Ltd, a joint venture company of Lucky Cement Ltd and a limited liability company registered in the United Arab Emirates. The power plant will operate on two Wärtsilä 32 engines running on locally-available heavy fuel oil (HFO) with diesel as a back-up fuel. The engine is ...

ASEC renews technical management contract with Beni Suef Cement

24 April 2019, Published under Cement News

ASEC has announced the renewal of its Technical Management contract with Misr Beni Suef Cement Company until December 2023.   Entrusted with the technical management of the first production line in 2001, ASEC has sustained the production level above the nominal capacity. In 2007 the contract was first renewed by an extra five years, adding as well a second line to ASEC's operation and maintenance scope. The combined cement capacity of the plant's two lines now stands at 3.1Mta.   "We owe th...

Baltrader Capital orders two cement carriers

05 April 2019, Published under Cement News

Hamburg-based Baltrader Capital has ordered the construction of two cement carriers from Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding in China. These vessels will be delivered  from the end of 2020. The sister vessels, CemCoaster and CemClipper will measures 98m in length, 15.6m in width and will be able to carry 4650t at 6m draft. The new generation of cement carriers will be optimised for the European shortsea trade and will be propelled by MaK main engines, allowing a future conversion into dual fuel o...