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Medcem Cameroon to inaugurate grinding plant
13 December 2016Cameroon: Medcem Cameroon, a subsidiary of Turkey’s Eren Holdings, is set to inaugurate its cement grinding plant in Douala in mid-December 2016. The plant originally started selling cement in October 2015 before it left the market, according to the African Press Agency. It has since resumed selling its cement. The plant has an investment of US$21m it has a production capacity of 0.6Mt/yr. It is the fourth cement plant in the country bringing the national production capacity to 43Mt/yr.
Korfez wins order for shell lining system in Turkey
29 November 2016Turkey: Korfez Eng. has signed an order with a cement producer to supply a new shell lining system. The scope of the order is a complete replacement of a wear shell lining for a single-compartment mill with an effective grinding length of 4m and 14.5m, the mill discharge and complete new manhole covers in modified execution. The complete lining is of a wave profile type WAVE 35/50 in a highly wear-resistant steel castings with 27% chromium content. The complete contract scope will be completed and delivered within a month and a half.
Çimsa Cimento and Baticim places orders with Aumund
28 November 2016Turkey: Aumund Fördertechnik has received orders from Çimsa Cimento and Baticim. Çimsa Cimento has now ordered about 60 machines for cement plants in Eskisehir and Niğde. Baticim has order 41 machines for its cement plant in Söke.
By the end of 2016 Aumund will supply the Eskisehir plant with six central chain bucket elevators, with centre distances between 25 - 68m and capacities from 40 - 400t/hr. The package also comprises 10 belt bucket elevators with centre distances between 17 - 95m and capacities from 200 - 350t/hr. Also six Aumund 800mm pan conveyors with centre distances between 15 - 47m and capacities from 150 - 250t/hr were ordered. Aumund SPB pan conveyor ordered for the Eskişehir plant has a centre distance of 42m and a capacity of 250t/hr. This particular model is equipped with three discharge stations. Finally, the plant has ordered three trough chain conveyors.
For the Niğde plant Aumund will supply three central chain bucket elevators, with centre distances between 25 - 37.5m and capacities from 50 - 400t/hr. The order also comprises six belt bucket elevators with centre distances between 31 - 91m and capacities from 250 - 350t/hr. To convey clinker a bucket apron conveyor with a centre distance of 40m and a capacity of 250t/hr will be used. The clinker dust will be transported by three trough chain conveyors.
Batisöke Söke Cimento will take delivery in mid-2017 of 14 central chain bucket elevators, with centre distances between 22 - 43m and capacities from 130 - 600t/hr. The order also comprises five belt bucket elevators with centre distances between 60 - 125m and capacities from 300 - 650t/hr, and 15 Aumund pan conveyors with widths ranging from 800 - 1400mm, centre distances between 49 - 146m and capacities from 300 - 600t/hr. Six sets of truck loading equipment will also be supplied.
Union accuses Cementos Charrua of dumping Turkish cement in Uruguay
08 November 2016Uruguay: Fancap, the workers union of the Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcoholes y Portland (ANCAP), has criticised imports of cement produced in Turkey by Cementos Charrua. It says that these imports have been dumped in the country at lower than the local price of production, negatively impacting the local industry, according to the El Observador newspaper. Cement is allegedly imported from Turkey and then it is repackaged in bags with the Uruguayan brand for resale. Fancap has asked the government to reassess tariffs for cement imports. It says that these imports are affecting operations at both ANCAP and Cementos Artigas.
CORRECTION: This story originally mentioned Turkey's Çimsa Çimento in relation to Cementos Charrua. Çimsa says it has never been involved in any commercial cooperation with this company in Uruguay.
Siwertell wins repeat order from Muhammet Gümüstas
08 September 2016Turkey: Siwertell, part of Cargotec, has won its fourth road-mobile unloader order from Turkish cement company Muhammet Gümüstas. Three similar systems have been delivered to the same customer since 2012.
The new trailer-based, diesel-powered, Siwertell 10 000 S road-mobile unloader will be used to discharge cement at 300t/hour. It will be equipped with a double bellows system, with an automatic shifting function, to allow continuous operation. The unloader will also be fitted with a dust filter to minimise atmospheric emissions.
"Good experience with its three existing Siwertell systems was an important factor in winning this latest contract with Muhammet Gümüstas," said Jörgen Ojeda, Director, Mobile unloaders, Siwertell. "The fact that its competitors use Siwertell units was also a significant driver in this competitive business.”
The new unloader will be put into operation in the Turkish ports of Kardeniz and Marmara, taking full advantage of the flexibility offered by Siwertell's road-mobile units. It is being built at Siwertell's manufacturing premises in Bjuv, Sweden. Delivery is scheduled before the end of August 2016.
Turkey: General contractor Bilim Makina has commissioned Beumer to supply and mount equipment at a cement plant project in Elazig. The order includes 13 bucket elevators for the transport of cement, clinker and raw meal, six apron conveyors and 13 silo discharge systems for clinker transport. The greenfield plant is expected to achieve a capacity of 5000t/day. Sycs İnşaar Çimento Madencilik is the user of this plant.
Two high-capacity belt bucket elevators with a centre distance of 133m each are included in the scope of supply. They are used for feeding the preheater tower with raw meal. Owing to the size of this plant, a conveying capacity of 500t/hr is achieved using steel wire belts.
The supply of the comprehensive technology has been completed. Beumer is now installing the plant.
Bedeschi to build terminal for Sönmez Çimento
28 June 2016Turkey: Bedeschi has been awarded a contract by Sönmez Çimento to help build a clinker and cement export terminal with a loading capacity up to 1000t/hr. The terminal will serve a new 1.7Mt/yr integrated cement plant being built by Sönmez Çimento in the Adana Yumurtalık Free Zone. A slewing, luffing and travelling type shiploader will be installed at the plant’s port terminal.
Adana Çimento places order for Loesche cement mill
20 April 2016Turkey: Adana Çimento has placed an order for a Loesche cement mill for its Adana cement plant in Turkey. The LM 46.4 vertical roller mill with a transmission power of 2750kW is used for grinding 200t/hour of raw material to white cement. The material will be ground to a fineness of 8% R 90µm. A period of nine months will be allowed for delivery so that the Loesche roller mill will be put into operation during the fourth quarter in 2016.
Previously, Adana Çimento ordered a Loesche mill of type LM 53.3+3 CS for grinding clinker and slag at its Iskenderun cement grinding plant in 2007. Adana Çimento is a subsidiary company of the Oyak Group.
Batıçim orders burning system from FCT Combustion
10 March 2016Turkey: Batıçim Batı Anadolu Çimento Sanayii A.Ş. has ordered a burning system firing petcoke, fuel oil and alternative solid fuels from FCT Combustion. The order follows a long relationship with the Turkish market by FCT. The specialist industrial combustion and process engineering company first worked with a certified manufacturing partner in Istanbul in 1999.
Loesche delivers first mobile grinding plant
10 March 2016Germany: Clariant Germany has purchased the first mobile Loesche grinding plant to grind bentonite at its Balikesir facility in Turkey. Clariant required a mobile plant because the site is due to be relocated. The mill is integrated into seven ISO containers, all the electrical connections between the containers are pluggable and no foundations are required for its erection on solid ground. The mill is expected to be commissioned in May 2016.
The vertical roller mill uses a type LM 9.2 D mill, it is designed for grinding industrial minerals and it has a capacity of 1.8t/hour. The Balikesir facility grinds bentonite, which is ground to a fineness of 30% R 0.063. The grinding plant has a power transmission capacity of 45kW. All grinding plant components from the open loop control to the feed bin, the crusher, the mill with classifier, the hot gas generator, the filter, the fan and the pneumatic product transport are placed in containers.
Clariant is a global leader in specialty chemicals. Its headquarters are in Muttenz near Basel in Switzerland.