Cement News tagged: Recent orders
DG Khan Cement incurs losses on taxes
DG Khan Cement Co (DGKC) has reported a loss of PKR3.63bn (US$11.8bn) for the year ended 30 June 2023, compared to a profit of PKR2.97bn in the year-ago period, despite a rise in revenue. The company has attributed the loss to higher taxation and increased financial charges. The company says its net sales increased by 12 per cent to PKR64.98bn from PKR58.04bn during the 12-month pe...
H&M Construction Co to build GCC K3 Odessa expansion project
H&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...
Tokuyama cement selects ABB Ability™ Expert optimizer
ABB has delivered the advanced process control solution ABB Ability™ Expert Optimizer system to control, stabilise and optimise industrial processes at the Tokuyama Nanyo cement plant in Japan. The commissioning of ABB Ability™ Expert Optimizer enables Tokuyama to reduce about three per cent of thermal energy consumption in the kiln as well as maintain operational quality at the Nany...
Dome Technology start inflating dome for Titan America
In Chesapeake (VA), USA, Dome Technology is hard at work on a 67,500t dome silo for Titan America . The dome is 42.1m (138ft) in diameter and 43m (141ft) tall and is engineered to withstand settling and natural disaster alike. Lane Roberts, Dome Technology's sales manager, said: “It’s incredible to think that one of the strongest manmade structures in the world begins as a fabric airform, bu...
IKN supplies two coolers to Vietnam
IKN has been working on two construction sites in Vietnam in Dai Duong and Thanh Thang where two new IKN coolers are currently being erected. Similar in size, these coolers are designed for producing 7500tpd of clinker and will be ready for commissioning end of this year. “ These new production lines will enable the customers to produce cement more efficiently and sustainably and expan...
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd orders Gebr Pfeiffer VRMs
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd has ordered one MVR 3750 C-4 each for two cement grinding plants, one in Ariyalur and one in Kadapa , India. The mills will produce ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and also fly ash cement at up to 160tph. The company is committed to sustainable cement production, and Gebr Pfeiffer is playing its part by optimising the grinding process to reduce CO 2 em...
Edmonton plant orders PSCL's Ticketing Terminal and cloud technology
Heidelberg Materials has chosen the PSCL’s Ticketing Terminal powered by FR8Works for its Edmonton cement plant's alternative fuels delivery project. The solution will integrate demand management from SAP schedule agreements with the physical process and remove administrative requirements locally by using FR8Works' cloud technologies. FR8Works' Ticketing Terminal provides integrates ...
Aliacem supplies clinker storage for Česko Čížkovice plant
As EPC contractor for new clinker storage facilities, including a new concrete silo with live capacity of 50,000t, Aliacem sro accomplished last week all planned heavy lifting of the transport bridges at the Holcim Česko Čížkovice cement plant, Czech Republic. The most substantial section of the bridge weighs 39.5t and measures 48m in length. After the completion of the lifting Aliac...
thyssenKrupp Polysius carry out kiln modernisation for Australian client
In July 2023 thyssenKrupp Polysius’ Service Team in Asia-Pacific successfully completed the modernisation of a cement kiln for a client in Australia. The scope included the installation and commissioning of the kiln inlet with housing, orifice, kiln inlet shell and kiln sealing arrangement. The goal of this project is to increase the usage of alternative fuel (tyre chips and plastic from...
Mountain Cement orders Polysius® booster mill
Mountain Cement Co LLC , part of the Eagle Materials Inc , has ordered the polysius ® booster mill for the grinding capacity increase of its plant in Laramie , Wyoming, USA. This additional grinding stage enhances the flexibility of the cement production of Mountain Cement. The primary purpose of the booster mill is to improve the clinker reactivity by generating a higher fraction of ...
IKN wins Prism Cement cooler order
Prism Cement has ordered an IKN pendulum clinker cooler. Pre-assembly of the IKN pendulum cooler will take place at Prism Cement's plant in India and it will replace the air beam technology cooler with the latest static inlet. This project will improve the recuperation efficiency, reduce the power and clinker temperature, and improve WHRS performance with hot air recirculation. I...
Menzel Elektromotoren responds to motor call out
German manufacturer Menzel Elektromotoren received two orders for large machines within one week in early June. Due to motor failures, the water supply to 30,000 households was threatened and production in a cement plant was halted. After delivery times of only six and 10 days, respectively, both the pump and the cement mill could be restarted. Faced with unexpected downtime due to equipment f...
Dalmia Cement's Ariyalur plant starts new IKN cooler
An IKN Pendulum cooler has been installed at Dalmia Cement’s Ariyalur plant in India. IKN engineers have designed an innovative Pendulum cooler with a compact design that allows pre-assembly and reduces on-site assembly time. The cooler has been designed to gradually increase the rated capacity of production. The first clinker arrived at the cooler on 16 July 2023.
Bedeschi helps Takoradi Port receive largest ship
Takoradi Port, Ghana, has received the biggest bulk ship ever to call the port since its construction in 1928. Bedeschi Spa supplied all the conveyor lines of the terminal, the two shiploaders and one eco-hopper. The vessel, MV Baby Hercules, a bauxite carrier delivering raw materials for cement prodction, is a Capesize bulk ship with length over all (LOA) of 240m long and a draught of 16m,...
Fujairah plant orders WHR system from Turboden
Turboden SpA, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group company, together with ENGIE Solutions GCC, has been selected by LEC for the production and installation of a 10MWe WHR organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system at the Fujairah cement plant, UAE. Based on a closed-loop thermodynamic cycle, the ORC system will help LEC avoid 29,000tpa of CO 2 emissions from the grid, representing a reduct...
Dalmia's Umrangso modernisation to use KHD technology
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd (DCBL) has awarded Humboldt Wedag India a contract for a new 9500tpd clinker line at its plant in Umrangso , Assam, in northeastern India. The project includes a range of best-available decarbonisation technologies, including roller press grinding technology for raw material preparation and a six-stage preheater with Pyroclon calciner, providing the best potentia...