Cement News tagged under: ThyssenKrupp
thyssenkrupp announces new CEO19 April 2024, Published under Cement Newsthyssenkrupp has announced the appointment of Christian Myland as the new chief executive officer of thyssenkrupp Polysius, effective 1 June 2024. He succeeds Pablo Hofelich, who has decided to take on a new professional challenge outside thyssenkrupp. Mr Myland brings more than 16 years of corporate experience to his new position. In addition to various roles and management functions in Germany and abroad, including at thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG and thyssenkrupp Steel Americas as w... |
thyssenkrupp to supply new line to GCC Odessa plant07 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsGCC America has commissioned thyssenkrupp Polysius North America to build a 3000tpd clinker production line, which can be expanded to 3500tpd, at its Odessa plant in Texas. The GCC Odessa plant currently supplements its market demand by importing cement from their other plants. With the significant expansion of production capacity in Odessa, coupled with the recent Polysius award increasing production in GCC’s Samalayuca plant, GCC will be well situated to participate in the upcomi... |
thyssenkrupp Polysius and Fujairah Cement Industries sign decarbonisation MoU04 December 2023, Published under Cement Newsthyssenkrupp Polysius and Fujairah Cement Industries (FCI), UAE, intend to cooperate in the future to reduce CO 2 emissions in FCI's production lines. In particular, the potential use of alternative fuels in cement production will be examined. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai. Pablo Hofelich, CEO of thyssenkrupp Polysius GmbH, said, "thyssenkrupp Polysius has key technologies for significantly reducing CO 2 emissions i... |
Holcim Beckum carbon capture project reaches first test phase30 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Germany , thyssenkrupp Uhde and the Technical University of Berlin have started the first test phase of latest amine scrubbing technology to separate the process exhaust gas CO 2 at the Holcim cement plant in Beckum , Germany. The project cooperation was announced about a year ago and the installation of the first system module in the factory is ready. The aim is to significantly reduce the CO 2 emissions of existing cement plants and at the same time make the separated CO ... |
SGS Industrial Services selected for Airvault modernisation project24 January 2023, Published under Cement NewsSGS Industrial Services GmbH has been commissioned by thyssenkrupp Polysius with the mechanical and electrical assembly of a new 4000tpd clinker production plant. The plant will be built at Ciments Calcia ( Heidelberg Materials ) in Airvault , France. The new state-of-the-art plant will replace two old production lines after commissioning. SGS Industrial Services’s order includes approximately 6800t of steel structures, approximately 8600t of equipment and 660km of cables. To carry ou... |
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... |
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... |
Cementos Cibao opens new grinding unit31 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsCementos Cibao inaugurated its new 134tph cement grinding plant in the presence of the Dominican Republic’s President Luis Abinader. The project represents a multi-million dollar investment and sees the plant meeting not only higher efficiency but also stricter environmental standards. Equipment for the new plant, including a vertical roller mill, was supplied by Germany-based thyssenkrupp. "With regard to production processes, we draw up plans to move forward to be more friendly with the ... |
Advanced grinding technology to reduce CO208 June 2021, Published under Cement NewsDr Michael Clark considers the role of grinding technology in reducing clinker content but retaining the cement strength class. The first industrial installation of a polysius® booster mill was at Bursa Cimento, Turkey In the last two Technical Forum articles, we have seen the imperative and challenge to reduce emissions associated with cement manufacture and that the major cement companies recognise this imperative and intend to rise to the challenge. To date the most effect... |
Boosting mill performance02 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsReducing the clinker factor without compromising quality and the rising demand for high-performance cements are great challenges for the fine grinding technology used in cement plants. As part of its green cement plant project, thyssenkrupp has expanded its product range with the polysius® booster mill. While one cement producer has already integrated the mill into an existing grinding circuit, several others have tested the mill since August 2020 and are checking results in terms of specifi... |