17 September 2014
Rail-mounted Siwertell unloader for new cement plant in Myanmar 17 September 2014
Myanmar: Cargotec's Siwertell has received an order from CITIC Heavy Industries Co Ltd (CITIC) for a rail-travelling ship unloader. The ST-640 M-type unloader has been ordered to support the energy production requirements for a new cement plant in Myanmar and will unload coal from barges at a rate of 800t/hr. The plant is being built as part of a collaboration between CITIC and Siam Cement's subsidiary, Mawlamyine Cement Ltd (MCL).
Reliance Mutual Fund buys 3.26 million shares in Sanghi Industries 17 September 2014
India: Reliance Mutual Fund has bought 3.26 million shares in Sanghi Industries for US$0.732/share via a bulk deal. Prior to the deal, Reliance Mutual Fund owned 71% of the shares, while institutions and non-institutions held 3.50% and 25.5% respectively.
Siemens to supply CMS Cement plant with drive and automation technology 17 September 2014
Malaysia: Christian Pfeiffer has contracted Siemens to supply an integrated drive system and automation technology for the new CMS Cement plant in Kuching, Sarawak State.
CMS Cement is adding a new grinding mill to its existing clinker production plant to turn the facility into an integrated cement plant, increasing its capacity to 2.75Mt/yr. Christian Pfeiffer is acting as the general contractor and will supply the new mill. Contracts have already been announced for the new silo and packaging facilities.
The Siemens' Integrated Drive System to be supplied to the plant consists of low and medium voltage motors together with the associated Sinamics drives, including the required converter transformer, starter, compensation system and gearbox. The supply package contains a slip ring motor of 5.6MW for the cement mill's main drive and 500kW, 400kW and 160kW motors for the process gas fan, separator and mill filter fan, respectively. The motors will be driven using Sinamics G150 converters.
Siemens has also supplied a Flender girth gear (DMG2), including drive couplings and auxiliary drive with extremely high performance density. Process control and monitoring will be taken care of by the Cemat process automation system. Based on Simatic PCS 7, this allows comprehensive transparency throughout every phase of the cement manufacturing process.
Once the production process has stabilised following commissioning, CMS Cement will take over additional control functions using Advanced Process Control technology components. Installation monitoring, commissioning and staff training will be carried out on site by Siemens Malaysia.
Raysut Cement and Barwaaquo to build a cement terminal in Somaliland 17 September 2014
Somaliland: Oman's Raysut Cement Co has signed a joint venture agreement with Barwaaquo Cement Co to build a terminal at Berbera port in Somaliland for the packaging and distribution of cement. Salim bin Alawi bin Mohammed Baabood, Raysut Cement's CEO, signed the agreement with Ismail Saeed Hussain, chairman of Barwaaquo Cement.
"Pursuant to this agreement a terminal shall be constructed for the packaging and distribution of bagged and bulk cement using the latest technology at Berbera Port with a storage capacity of 12,000t," said Baabood. He added that the total investment cost of the project is about US$7.5m.
Ambuja Cements launches Ambuja Plus in Gujarat 17 September 2014
India: Ambuja Cements Ltd, a Holcim subsidiary company, has launched Ambuja Plus, a cement product, in the State of Gujarat. The product is created with an 'advanced' formula and offers 20% more strength than ordinary cement. Ambuja Plus is aimed primarily at small consumers and individual house builders.
Ashaka Cement stake changes hands 17 September 2014
Nigeria: Lafarge Group has sold 58.6% of its stakes in Ashaka Cement to Lafarge Africa for US$252m.