Cement News tagged under: new mill
Gharibwal starts its new VRM16 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsGharibwal Cement Ltd has started commercial operation of its 250tph vertical cement mill at its Ismailwal, plant, Pakistan. According to Company Secretary, Muhammad Shamail Javed, the new cement mill will help reduce the energy costs of cement grinding, while the excess cement grinding capacity will support future expansion plans. This new cement mill is the single-largest cement grinding mill presently in operation in Pakistan. Performance in nine months ended 31st March 2018 The compan... |
UK: Hanson to invest GBP20m in new cement mill10 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsHanson Cement plans to build a new finish mill at Padeswood cement plant in Flintshire, UK, that would secure around 100 jobs, reports Daily Post Wales. The company currently has four cement mills at the plant, but a scoping and screening opinion request has been submitted with Flintshire Council for the new mil project. The proposed large modern mill is expected to replace the four existing mills and enable the works to grind a larger volume of clinker than is currently the case. The comp... |
Pakistan: positive outlook for Pioneer Cement21 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe outlook for 2017 for Pioneer Cement Ltd appears to be positive, with major projects related to the company’s growth and energy efficiency expected to make further progress. These projects are forecast to boost the company’s profit margins. They include the installation of a 12MW waste heat recovery system, due for commissioning in November-December 2016 and a new 2500tpd grinding mill, which will improve production by 25-30 per cent once completed in February-March 2017. Pioneer C... |
Paraguay: INC takes delivery of new mill14 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsOn Tuesday Paraguayan cement producer Industria Nacional de Cemento (INC) took delivery of the new mill for its Villeta works. It is expected that the new mill will help the cement producer to double production capacity. Forecasts indicate that the increased supply to the market will result in a fall in cement prices to PYG35,000 in around the first quarter of 2018 although a decrease may start as early as the end of this year. |
Brazil: LafargeHolcim opens new production line in Barroso24 May 2016, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim has begun production at a new line in its Barroso plant in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The new line raises the plant's capacity to 3.6Mta. Equipment includes the world's largest vertical cement mill, with 450tph production capacity as well as a Horomill for raw material grinding with low power consumption, and a fully-automated quality control laboratory. The new line will allow the reduction of total costs per tonne of cement by around 25 per cent from 2014 to 2017. ... |
PPC’s Harare plant on course for 2016 commissioning24 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsZimbabwe’s deputy minister for industry and commerce, Chiratidzo Mabuwa, has welcomed PPC’s commitment to investing in the country as the company confirms that it expects its second mill, a 0.7Mta unit in Harare, to be commissioned in late 2016. According to reports in News Day, Ms Mabuwa told delegates at the Zimbabwe-South Africa Investment and Trade Initiative meeting in Bulawayo last week that PPC’s presence was a sign that the country was open for foreign investment. “The company ... |
Paraguay: INC expects annual sales up US$60m due to new mill15 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsParaguay’s Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) expects to see annual sales up by US$60m following the commissioning of its new mill in 2H16, according to CEO, Jorge Méndez. At present, the company sells around US$90m in bagged cement. Assembly of the new mill, which is manufactured by Sinoma of China, will be carried out by local company Engineering SA. The project represents an investment of US$11.5m. “In a few weeks’ time, the mill will embark in China and arrive in the middle of the y... |