07 June 2016
Pruftechnik opens new office in California 07 June 2016
US: Pruftechnik has opened a new office in San Diego, California. The new location will support the company’s product sales, tech support, training, consultation and machinery services. The opening of the new office follows the commencement of the firm’s North American operations from Philadelphia in March 2016. Pruftechnik specialises in laser alignment systems and it is a provider for the maintenance of rotating equipment.
India: Shree Cement has ordered a pyro-processing line with KHD for its Raipur plant in eastern India. The order follows the commissioning and handover of a previous KHD pyro-processing system that was installed at Raipur in December 2015.
The order includes: a three pier rotary kiln (Ø = 5.2m, L = 70.0m); a Pyrojet burner; a two-string, six-stage PRZ 9576 preheater; and a Pyrostep PSC2 3-135.12T clinker cooler. Commissioning for the Raipur Line II is expected in third quarter of 2017.
Ciments du Maroc closes wind farm project 07 June 2016
Morocco: Ciments du Maroc has decided to abandon its wind farm project at its Safi cement plant. The subsidiary of Italcementi has decided to change its energy policy in response to a growing number of renewable energy projects in the country, according to SeeNews. CEO Mario Bracci said that the cement producer is considering various options including signing a deal with local developer Nareva for electricity supply to several of its sites instead of investing in a generation solution at just one site.
Ciments du Maroc commissioned its first wind farm at its Laayoune cement grinding plant in 2011. This wind farm consists of six 850kW turbines that joined an existing 150kW pilot turbine installed in 2003. A 150 kW pilot concentrating solar power (CSP) plant was inaugurated near its Ait Baha. Cement plant in October 2014. The site at Safi would have been the company's second wind farm, with a planned capacity of 10MW.