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NEXE dd selects Rockwell Automation as a digitalisation partner

19 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Rockwell Automation is introducing changes in its production processes through digitalisation that will offer Croatian cement producer NEXE dd additional value on its path towards further reductions in its carbon footprint.   In combination with using alternative raw materials and fuels, the company is achieving these goals by leveraging the FactoryTalk ® Analytics™ Pavilion8 ®  model predictive control (MPC) solution, in combination with performance-management dashboards based on the ...

thyssenkrupp Polysius wins order for Cimpor Ghana's calcined clay plant

13 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Cimpor Ghana Ltd has commissioned thyssenkrupp Polysius GmbH for its new calcined clay project Cimpor Ghana Ltd has commissioned thyssenkrupp Polysius GmbH with the construction of a flash activator for clay activation in Tema, Ghana. The plant will have the world's largest newly-built flash activator for clay with a production capacity of 1280tpd.   Once operational in 2025, the Tema plant will save up to 440,000t of CO 2 emissions annually. Cimpor Global Holdings i...

FCT Combustion wins North American order

13 October 2023, Published under Cement News

FCT Combustion  has recently commissioned a complete combustion system for one of the largest clinker lines in the USA. The pyroprocessing line uses natural gas as the main fuel. The scope supplied and commissioned by FCT included: • Gyro-Therm™ burner with trolley, gas valve train, and burner management system (BMS) • four calciner burners with associated valve train • two hot gas generators for cement mills, including BMS and other accessories.

Seven Rings Cement used to build new airport terminal in Bangladesh

10 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Seven Circle Bangladesh Ltd of Bangladesh announced that it supplied 333,000t of cement and approximately 1.27Mt of the aggregates for the newly-built terminal of Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, which Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated on 7 October. Shun Shing Group of Hong Kong established Seven Circle Bangladesh Ltd to produce and market cement under the Seven Rings Cement brand. The first factory of Seven Rings Cement was established at Kaligong, Gazipur, Dhaka, under t...

Durkee plant orders new cement mill

09 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Ash Grove Cement ( CRH ) has announced plans to build a new cement mill at its cement plant in Durkee, Oregon , USA. The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2024. The new cement mill will transform the Durkee plant, enabling it to produce low-carbon cement to meet the growing market demand for sustainable building materials. It will support multiple markets across the region by increasing capacity with no net increase in carbon emissions. "The transition to low-carbon...

Taiwan Cement plant has 107MWh battery commissioned

26 September 2023, Published under Cement News

Nhoa Energy, a unit of Nhoa SA, formerly Engie EPS, has announced the commissioning of a 107.3MWh energy storage project at a Chinese plant of Taiwan Cement Group (TCC Group). Announcing the system's completion recently, TCC Group said Nhoa Energy had designed and developed the 43.2MW energy storage system. Located at TCC Group’s Yingde plant in Guangdong province, the battery is the main part of one of the largest industrial microgrids, Nhoa, which is majority owned by TCC. The Nhoa ...

Maerz Ofenbau AG carries out kiln audit and training at Cbb Cales

25 September 2023, Published under Cement News

Maerz Ofenbau AG has conducted a combined kiln audit and training at CCB Cales’ Jáchal lime plant in San Juan district, Argentina. The goal was to improve operations and safety, and to bring all kiln personnel back up to the same level of knowledge, said Maerz Ofenbau AG. The Jáchal lime plant, operated by Cbb Cales Argentina (formerly known as Compania Minera del Pacifico), has a long-standing reputation for producing high-quality lime products. The plant aims to further streamline its p...

Humboldt Wedag India wins Deccan Cements Ltd's grinding expansion project

15 September 2023, Published under Cement News

Deccan Cements Ltd has awarded Humboldt Wedag India (a KHD company) a contract to increase capacity at an existing Bhavinipuram clinker grinding plant in India. The upgrade will also allow the company to produce both ordinary Portland and pozzolana Portland cements (OPC and PPC) on the same mill. The plant currently comprises a single ball mill producing 155tph of OPC at 2900 Blaine. Following the upgrade, capacity will increase to 310tph of OPC at 3200 Blaine and 370tph of PPC at 3600 ...

Dome Technology completes Davenport cement DomeSilo project

14 September 2023, Published under Cement News

Continental Cement Co ( Summit Materials ) has built another DomeSilo with Dome Technology, this time at its Davenport , Iowa, USA facility. The DomeSilo can store 125,000stof cement powder, and according to Dome Technology’s records, the structure is among the largest-capacity cement storage facilities in the world, said Dome Technology sales manager, Lane Roberts.
  The dome size is a response to demand that has been building for the past decade. CCC Davenport ran short on storage for ...

CTP to supply WHR to Cimpor plants

06 September 2023, Published under Cement News

Oyak group is investing in technology to mitigate the carbon footprint of its cement plants through its Cimpor subsidiary, which  is equipping Souselas and Alhandra in Portugal with new waste heat recovery systems (WHRS). Cimpor has set the goal of reducing direct CO 2 emissions by 37 per cent by 2030. The measure, which is part of the Oyak and its controlled long-term environmental strategy, is part of the energy transition plan to a carbon neutral economy, which is expected to take...