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Pakistan consulting firm leads race for Habesha factory, Ethiopia

20 April 2010, Published under Cement News

Consulting firm CemenTec of Pakistan has become the most competitive contender to bid for the contract to supervise the construction of Habesha Cement’s plant near Holetta town, in Oromia Regional State, local press reported. Habesha’s plant is expected to take close to 22 months to complete. The company is still to award a turnkey project for the engineering, procurement and construction of the project, and it is also looking for a consulting firm to supervise the work during the co...

Sinoma inks LOI for new Turkish lines

19 April 2010, Published under Cement News

China National Materials (Sinoma) announced that its subsidiary Sinoma International has entered a letter of intent for the engineering, procurement and construction of two 10,000tpd lines at the Medcem plant with Eren Holding, according to local press reports. The project will be located at the Akdere District of Silifke County near Mersin Port of Southern Turkey. The transaction amount, under the letter of intent, is US780m including US$420m for one production line and US$360m for the oth...

New order for Beumer

08 April 2010, Published under Cement News

Beumer has been awarded the contract for six central chain bucket elevators and four belt bucket. Beumer has been awarded the contract for six central chain bucket elevators and four belt bucket elevators by Loesche GmbH for a PT Semen Tonasa and Semen Gresik’s who are constructing new kiln lines at their respective plants. Two central chain bucket elevators, with a bucket width of 400mm and height of 42.5 m each, will be installed as recirculating bucket elevators in the vertical Loesche ...

Meghna Cement signs marketing agreement, Bangladesh

06 April 2010, Published under Cement News

Meghna Cement Mills Ltd, a concern of the Bashundhara Group, signed an agreement with Ogilvy & Mather for all its strategic brand planning and marketing communication services for its King Brand Cement. Ogilvy & Mather is one of the leading global marketing communications network operating in more than 129 countries.

New order for Shade, Indonesia

06 April 2010, Published under Cement News

The contract for the plant extension projects of PT Semen Tuban and PT Semen Tonasa was signed on June 25th 2009 in Jakarta. Participants of the signing ceremony for the two new raw material lines were the involved companies ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik and Schade Lagertechnik as well as the holding company PT Semen Gresik. Schade joined the Aumund Group and all advantages of its global network in 2001. The large support of the international subsidiaries ensured that SCHADE could establish i...

New grinding orders for Polysius

24 March 2010, Published under Cement News

Birla Corp Ltd of India placed an order with Polysius for three new cement grinding plants for the Chanderia Cement factory in the province of Rajasthan, as well as for Satna Cement in the province of Madhy Pradesh. The two grinding plants installed at the Chanderia factory will each be equipped with a POLYCOM® high-pressure grinding roll with 2 x 1450kW drive and a SEPOL®-PC separator. The POLYCOM® units are to be installed upstream of the ball mills already existing at the factory. Grindi...

Bridge over the Potomac River uses Lafarge’s slag cement, USA

17 March 2010, Published under Cement News

NewCem slag cement from cement giant Lafarge is playing a key role in one of the largest public works projects in the mid-Atlantic region. A partnership of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Maryland State Highway Administration, and the Virginia and District of Columbia Departments of Transportation, the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge is designed to eliminate one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in the country and reduce driving delays for hundreds of thousands of daily commuters. T...

FLSmidth awarded operation contract in Angola

12 March 2010, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth has received a contract from Angolan Fabrica De Cimento Do Kwanza-Sul SA (FCKS) for operation and maintenance of their 4200tpd cement plant. The plant will be located in the Kwanza-Sul province, approximately 300km, south of the capital of Angola.   The cement plant is being designed and supplied by FLSmidth.   The scope of the supply includes complete staffing of the plant for operation and maintenance of the equipment as well as sourcing and inventory control of spare parts and lu...

Cargotec to refurbish Singapore cement terminal

12 March 2010, Published under Cement News

To improve its performance, Sin Heng Chan Cement Terminal has contracted Cargotec for a major new refurbishment project on its Siwertell ship unloader. In January Cargotec won a substantial new refurbishment contract from major cement importer Sin Heng Chan Cement Terminal in Singapore, which will see the company’s local bulk handling services branch upgrade Sin Heng Chan’s Siwertell ST-490F ship unloader. In July 2009 Cargotec in Singapore successfully supervised a service project. The cu...

Indian firm in race for US$80m cement factory in Ethiopia

05 March 2010, Published under Cement News

An Indian company is competing against four Chinese firms for an US$80m contract for the construction of the Habesha Cement factory that will help to ameliorate some of its chronic shortage in the East African nation. Nine companies had initially emerged when the company requested expression of interest for engineering, procurement and construction. Then, six companies responded to the bid deadline February 22. One company was disqualified after it failed to provide bid security. The fin...