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France: Vicat’s sales in Turkey, the US and Kazakhstan have driven its growth in the first quarter of 2018. Its sales revenue for its cement business rose by 10.9% year-on-year at constant scope and exchange rates to Euro290m in the first quarter of 2018. Its cement sales volumes rose by 6.5% to 5.2Mt from 4.9Mt.
“We posted significant business growth in Turkey, the US and Kazakhstan, excluding currency effects. The gradual recovery continued in France and India was boosted by the start-up of new infrastructure projects. Conversely, we recorded a business contraction in Switzerland during the first quarter as a result of adverse weather conditions, especially in March 2018, and the completion of a number of major projects. The group’s business trends in Egypt were hampered by the military operations underway to restore security in its production area,” said group chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Guy Sidos.
Union protests over Turkish imports to Trinidad
02 May 2018Trinidad & Tobago: Union members from the Trinidad Cement branch of the Oilfields Workers Trade Union have protested at the Port of Chaguaramas over cement imports from Turkey. A union member claimed that a batch of imported cement had no import duties paid, according to the Trinidad Guardian newspaper. Trinidad Cement has taken legal action in the Caribbean Court of Justice against Turkey’s Sonmez Cimento for breaking local tariff rules. In 2016 Trinidad Cement made an official complaint to Caricom, the Caribbean Community organisation, about tax concerns for a cement import from Turkey.
YD Madencilik orders new production line from KHD
04 April 2018Turkey: YD Madencilik, part of Üstyapi Insaat Group, has ordered a 5000t/day clinker production line from Germany’s KHD Humboldt Wedag. The plant will be built at Yiglica, Düzce in the Marmara region. KHD will be responsible for engineering and equipment supply, as well as the supervision of erection and commissioning. It will also provide its Simulex plant simulation software to mirror the operation of the new plant.
The new production line will consist of the following KHD core components: a six-stage preheater with Pyroclon LowNOx AF calciner, equipped with a Pyrotop compact mixing chamber, tertiary air duct and the Pyrobox calciner firing system; a three tyre rotary kiln, with a diameter of 4.8m; a Pyro-Jet kiln burner; and a Pyrofloor clinker cooler equipped with a Pyrocrusher system.
After commissioning, KHD says that YD Madencilik’s plant will operate its most efficient six-stage preheater in Turkey. It added that close to 70% of Turkish cement production units have been designed and installed by KHD. Commissioning of the plant is scheduled for the third quarter of 2019.
First clinker produced at Limak Anka Cement plant
28 March 2018Turkey: The first clinker has been produced at the Limak Anka Entegre Cement plant. Turkish engineering company Sintek added that the flame was first lit in mid-march 2018 for the 5000t/day production line. Turkish cement producer Limak signed a US$155m contract with China’s Sinoma and local company Sintek to build the plant in early 2015. The project was originally scheduled to be completed in early 2017.
KHD increases field service staff in Turkey
22 March 2018Turkey: Germany’s KHD Humboldt Wedag plans to increase its field staff at its office in Istanbul. They will primarily work on site in supervision for assembly and commissioning. The engineering company added that it intends to continue to increase its workforce in the country and that ‘experienced and well-trained cement experts’ should apply proactively.
Turkish clinker exports jump by 32.4% to 4.93Mt in 2017
20 March 2018Turkey: Data from the Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TCMA) shows that clinker exports rose by 32.4% year-on-year to 4.93Mt in 2017 from 3.72Mt in 2016. Cement production rose by 6.8% to 80.6Mt from 75.4Mt. Production rose in all regions with the exception of the Aegean and Mediterranean.
Dal Teknik Makina completes upgrade project at Nuh Çimento
06 February 2018Turkey: Dal Teknik Makina has completed an upgrade project on Kiln Line 1 at Nuh Çimento in Kocaeli. Key features of the project included increasing the line’s production capacity, decreasing its energy requirements, making savings on power consumption and lowering the exit temperature of the clinker. The work has increased the plant’s production capacity to 3400t/day from 2800t/day. Other benefits of the update include decreasing the specific heat consumption of clinker to 740kcal/kg clinker from 870kcal/kg clinker, reducing electrical power consumption by 7kWh/t and increasing the raw mill capacity to 185t/hr from 160t/hr. The exit temperature of clinker was also reduced to 55oC plus the ambient temperature.
This project involved the design, manufacturing and erection of the pre-heater tower cyclones group, kiln feed transport system, clinker cooler, kiln hood, removing of dust cyclone at tertiary air duct, cooler vent fan modification, main bag filter duct modification and kiln inlet seal and commissioning of the system.
The first part of the upgrade project was the modification of the pre-heater tower, which as a result reduced the pressure drop, improved heat transfer and separation efficiency, and heat consumption. The second part of the project was the retrofit of the grate cooler. The clinker cooler, kiln hood, cooler fans and cooler vent fan were replaced by Fons Technology International. In this part, kiln hood, cooler vent, exit pipe of waste heat recovery (WHR) unit and tertiary air duct were modified as well. The third part was to replace the horizontal duct of main bag filter inlet with an inclined one in order to avoid dust accumulation. The last step was the replacement of the pneumatic kiln feed by bucket elevator.
The project followed Dal Teknik Makina’s Filter-To-Filter Pyro-Process Concept.
Çimsa launches presence in the US
31 January 2018US: Turkey’s Çimsa has launched a new subsidiary in the US at the World of Concrete event in Las Vegas. The company has set up the Cimsa Americas Cement Manufacturing and Sales Corporation to target its products at the US market. It also promoted white cement products at the fair including its Super White, Crafta, Recipro and Resisto brands.
Sönmez Çimento starts commissioning Bedeschi shiploader
23 October 2017Turkey: A shiploader that Bedeschi has supplied to Sönmez Çimento is being commissioned. The slewing, luffing and travelling type shiploader has a loading capacity up to 1000t/hr. It will serve Sönmez Çimento’s integrated plant in the Adana Yumurtalık Free Zone. It follows a previous port installation by Bedeschi at Yesilovacik.
YD Madencilik order three silos from Claudius Peters
13 October 2017Turkey: YD Madencilik, a subsidiary of Agoaglu, has signed a contract with Claudius Peters for the delivery of three new silos. The silos will be operated by YD Madencilik in Düzce, Turkey. Commissioning is scheduled for 2018.
The scope of supply comprises a multi storage tricell silo MS-IC/EC for cement, a cement storage duocell silo MS-IC/EC as well as a raw meal MC silo. Both cement silos have a volume of nearly 16,800m³ with an inner diameter of 24m and a filling height of 75m. The raw meal silo has a volume of nearly 16,700m³ and an inner diameter of 20m.