Cement News tagged under: recent orders
Ukraine: Yug and Volyn transition from gas to coal28 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsMost cement plants in Ukraine use natural gas to fuel the clinker burning process, but this energy source is no longer economically viable due to the downturn of the country’s cement sector and the steep increase in the price of gas. Two years ago, Buzzi Unicem approved a large investment project to convert the plants to use coal as the main fuel rather than gas, which came to fruition in mid-2010. A Pfeiffer MPS 200 K coal mill from the Neubeckum (Germany) plant was installed at Yug, and ... |
Cemex begins supplying Panama Canal expansion project23 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsCemex has begun supplying cement as part of its contract to provide over 500,000t of cement to “Consorcio Grupo Unidos por el Canal”, the primary contractor for the Panama Canal expansion project. The Cemex contract represents an integral phase of the Canal expansion project, which includes two locks, the excavation of access channels to the new locks and the widening and deepening of navigational channels. During the next 38 months, beginning in January 2011 and lasting until February 2014... |
Shuaiba awarded Saudi packaging contract22 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsKuwait-based paper manufacturer Shuaiba Industrial Co said yesterday in a bourse filing it had won a KWD335,000 (US$1.2m) contract to supply cement bags to an unnamed Saudi cement firm. The contract is valid through 2011. In early February, Shuaiba Industrial Co said its net profit dropped to KWD1.2m in 2010 from KWD1.67m a year earlier. |
New contract for Sinoma, China22 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsSinoma International Engineering subsidiary Sinoma (Suzhou) Construction has won an engineering contract from Hami Tianshan Cement to build a 5000tpd dry-process line. Sinoma’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Chengdu Design and Research Institute of Building Materials Industry, also won a contract to build the line for Kuche Tianshan Cement. |
Recent delivery for CTP team, Russia18 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsCTP Team (Bedeschi Group) has completed the delivery of a new gas dedusting plant for Achinsky cement plant, part of the Basel Cement Group in Russia. The scope of work is relevant to the conversion of the existing cement mill No10 into a 60tph coal mill and foresees the supply of a new 110,000Am3/h pulse-jet bag filter to be erected inside the existing cement mill building. The filter is designed according to ATEX norms and is equipped with all the necessary accessories for explosion prot... |
Wonder Cement orders MPS mills from Gebr Pfeiffer, India16 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsIn the second-half 2010, Gebr Pfeiffer secured an order from Wonder Cement Ltd, a new player on the Indian cement market. Wonder Cement is setting up a greenfield plant in Tehsil Nimbahera in Chittorgarh district where the 6500-7000tpd kiln will be fed by an MPS 5600 B raw mill. The MPS 5600 B raw mill, which will come equipped with a 5600kW drive, is designed to produce 550tph of raw meal ground to a fineness of 15 % R90 µm. Pulverised petcoke will be used as fuel for the kiln. It will be... |
Novacem uses Autodesk 3D software, UK15 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsAutodesk, Inc, a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, announced that Novacem, the carbon-negative cement company based in London, is using its AutoCAD Plant 3D software to optimize its plant design and production process, enabling it to develop a new magnesium silicate-based cement that will offer carbon-negative production. Enabling start-ups like Novacem to better design products and processes, the Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program provides powerful software for... |
Coal mills for UltraTech Cement, India15 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsGebr Pfeiffer AG has been contracted to supply two MPS 3550 BK vertical roller mills for coal grinding for UltraTech Cement’s Rawan and Rajashree locations. Part of the Aditya Birla Group, UltraTech Cement. will set up a 10,000tpd line at each location, with the Rawan works located in Chattisgarh and Rajashree works near Gulbarga in Karnataka. Each roller mill, designed for 90tph of finished product and featuring a 1300kW drive will grind the coal that is intended to be used as fuel to a ... |
Cemex orders 15 new Cats, UK15 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsCemex UK has ordered 15 new Caterpillar machines for its UK quarry network. The order placed with Cat distributor Finning is for seven wheel loaders, six hydraulic excavators, a Cat 735 articulated dump truck and a Cat D6N LGP track-type tractor. The wheel loader order is comprised of three 966H models, and two each of the 962H and 972H. The hydraulic excavators three Cat 345DL models, two of the 336DL and a 365CL. Cemex UK projects negotiator Jon Gray said: “This is a significant purchas... |
Recent orders for Polysius14 March 2011, Published under Cement NewsSpassk Cement, located to the north of Vladiwostock, Russia, has contracted Polysius to modernise kiln plant 1 at the Spassk-Dalny factory. The modernisation programme includes a number of different measures. Among the main objectives are reducing the fuel consumption and increasing the output. Polysius is supplying a POLYTRACK clinker cooler with a throughput of 3300tpd to replace the first and second grates of the existing cooler. The new cooler will be integrated into the housing of... |