Cement News tagged under: plant modernisation
Airvault plant modification is well underway23 July 2024, Published under Cement NewsHeidelberg Materials ’ Airvault cement plant in the Deux-Sèvres region of France recently welcomed Bruno Pillon, the company’s president of France activities, Benoit Galichet, industrial and technical director, and Charles Clavreul, general counsel. They were given an opportunity to see the progress of the Airvault 2025 GOCO2 project. After almost completing the design of the infrastructure, the plant is now installing the first mechanical elements such as the crusher, to crush the ... |
Geseke plant starts WHRs23 July 2024, Published under Cement NewsThe Dyckerhoff ( Buzzi group ) plant in Geseke , Germany, has taken another important step in terms of energy efficiency and towards environmentally friendly and climate-neutral production as it starts up a waste heat recovery (WHR) system. After six months of construction, the organic Rankine cycle-based facility successfully went into trial operation. The WHR system is an innovative modular system that generates green electricity using previously unused waste heat from the clinker cool... |
Kohat Cement Company completes BMR05 February 2024, Published under Cement NewsKohat Cement Company Ltd (KCCL) informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on 1 February that the Balancing, Modernisation and Replacement (BMR) (pyro-process optimisation) of the existing 6700tpd grey cement production line located at Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), has successfully been completed. It will help the company to bring operational and cost efficiencies to the plant. A last quarter report adds that the company commissioned a 10MW solar power project at its Kohat site in Augu... |
Campulung modernisation is completed23 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsKHD has successfully delivered upgrades to the pyroprocessing and cement grinding lines at Holcim Romania ’s Campulung cement plant . The project increases clinker production capacity at the plant and underlines KHD’s reputation as an expert and reliable partner for value-enhancing plant modernisation projects. “The Campulung project is a clear mark of confidence in our ability to design, engineer, and execute plant upgrade projects from one of the world’s largest cement producers,”... |
H&M Construction Co to build GCC K3 Odessa expansion project29 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsH&M Construction Co, Inc has been selected by GCC to be the design-builder of its new K3 pyroprocessing expansion at the Odessa , Texas, USA facility. GCC, a leading producer of cement and concrete in the US and Mexico, recently announced that it will execute a capacity expansion at the Odessa plant, increasing its cement production capacity by over 1Mta and lowering the plant’s greenhouse gas intensity by 13 per cent. As part of the design-build scope, H&M will work closely with GC... |
Dandot Cement Co has makes BMR programme progress11 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Lahore-based Dandot Cement Co Ltd recently updated Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) about progress made on the Balancing Modernisation of Replacements (BMR) of 504,000t of its cement plant at Jehlum in Punjab, Pakistan, during April-July 2023. However, cement production has remained suspended due to the closure of plant operations for BMR activity since September 2019. According to Dandot Cement's Company Secretary, Muhammad Kamran, significant progress has been made on various fronts as... |
TITAN Group completes Kamari plant modernisation28 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsTITAN Group has announced the successful completion of a EUR26m green investment at the Kamari cement plant in Greece, marking a significant milestone in the group's decarbonisation programme. The investment entailed the installation of state-of-the-art precalciner technology, which is now fully operational at the plant. The integration of the new precalciner technology allows TITAN to expand its range of lower-carbon cements, meeting the increasing demand from customers in Europe and... |
Chonnaeri Cement makes upgrades12 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Chonnaeri Cement Factory in North Korea is enhancing the production processes, according to the resolutions of the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the plenary meetings of the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea. The factory has expanded its production capacity as scheduled while further strengthening the clinker cooling system in close cooperation with scientists and technicians of relevant field. In addition, burning, transportation and crushing pr... |
Bekabadcement carries out plant modernisation08 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsUnited Cement Group (UCG) is undergoing a large-scale modernisation of its JSC Bekabadcement plant to transform it into a modern high-tech plant. Since the start of the modernisation, the plant has installed modern Unitherm burners, equipped all heat exchangers with new components from CNBM Beijing Triumph, connected a new fourth-generation cooler KC 4.1-0955 from BTIEC and re-launched a rotary kiln with a new lining. One of the stages of the modernisation is an overhaul of the we... |
Kyzylkumcement announces large-scale modernisation plans05 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsKyzylkumcement, the leading cement producing plant of Uzbekistan and the flagship of UCG Holding , has presented detailed plans on its large-scale modernisation project and discussed the results of its zero test with KHD Humboldt Wedag, during the 2023 PetroCem International Conference. Kyzylkumcement JSC's General Director, Sergey Melnikov, reported that a meeting with the management of the engineering company KHD led to a technical audit at the plant, which made it possible to fo... |