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Turkey: Gebr. Pfeiffer SE has received another order from Bolu Cimento Sanayii A.S., Turkey. In addition to the three MPS mills that Bolu Cimento ordered in December 2013 for the Kazan, Ankara Province plant, this order will see Gebr. Pfeiffer supply an MPS 4500 BC mill for the grinding of granulated blast furnace slag, which will be set up at Bolu Province plant. The mill will be identical to the cement mill that will be installed in Kazan.
The mill is designed to reach a throughput rate of 85t/hr of slag, ground to a product fineness of 4500 - 4750cm²/g. Gebr. Pfeiffer's scope will include the core components of the mill and classifier as well as the mill gearbox. The required drawings and parts lists for the local manufacture of housing and steel parts as well as documents for quality control will also be produced and supplied.
The delivery of the mill scheduled to start at the end of 2014 and will have been completed by early 2015.
Germany: Gebr. Pfeiffer has announced new orders for mills in Turkey, Iraq and Malaysia.
In Turkey, Bilim Makina has ordered four mills for a cement plant in Elazig. The order covers an MPS 250 BK roller mill with a drive power of 500kW for coal grinding and two safety shut-off dampers. The mill is designed to yield 35t/hr of petroleum coke, with the material being ground to a fineness of 3.5% R90 µm. A MPS 5000 B mill will be used for cement raw material grinding. The mill featuring a drive power of 3800kW will be capable of producing 470t/h of cement raw material ground to a fineness of 12% R 90µm. Two MPS 5000 BC vertical roller mills will be used for cement grinding. Each of the mills features a drive power of 4400kW and will grind 200t/h of Ordinary Portland Cement with a specific surface of 3400cm2/g acc to blaine. All four mills are scheduled to be delivered in the spring of 2015.
In Iraq, Sinoma Suzhou Construction, acting as general contractor, has ordered two MVR 6000 C-6 cement mills. The two MVR cement mills will come equipped with a conventional drive with an installed power of 6000kW. They will grind various cement qualities to the required fineness degrees between 3600 - 5500cm2/g depending on the product type, achieving capacities of 132 - 210t/hr. The cement mills are scheduled to be delivered at the end of 2014.
In Malaysia, Sinoma subsidiary Tianjin Cement Industry Design & Research Institute (TCDRI) has ordered one MPS 2800 BK coal mill for YTL Cement. Featuring an installed power of 700kW, the coal mill will be grinding 35t/hr of a sub-bituminous coal with a total moisture content of 25% to a product fineness of ≤10% R 90µm. The delivery of the mill is scheduled for the end of 2014.
Turkey: Göltaş Goller Bolgesi Cimento has contracted Chinese company Catic Beijing Co to set up a waste heat recovery power plant for a cost of Euro14m. The plant is expected to be installed in two years and should reduce electricity costs by 25% when operational, according to Göltaş. The company's integrated cement plant is located in Turkey's southwestern province of Isparta
Bursa Çimento launches 7.5MW waste heat recovery system
30 April 2014Turkey: Bursa Çimento Fabrikası has started the commercial operation of its 7.5MW waste heat recovery system. The Euro14.3m system was put into operation following a successful test operation, according to Bursa Çimento. The plant can generate some 50MkWh of electricity from waste heat and save some 28,000t/yr of carbon dioxide emissions.
LafargeHolcim: everyone expects the Spanish acquisition
16 April 2014A lot has happened since the 4 April 2014 announcement that Lafarge and Holcim intend to become LafargeHolcim. There have been several related announcements from around the global cement industry this week, prompting some interesting discussion with respect to the future look of the industry.
Oyak Group, which operates a number of plants in Turkey, appears to be limbering up for LafargeHolcim-based acquisitions in the UK, the EU or Africa, with aims to become a regional player. Meanwhile, Lafarge has pulled out of talks regarding its proposed acquisition of the Cementos Portland Valderrivas (CPV) plant in Vallcarca, Spain, directly citing the merger as the reason for this. We have also seen Colombia's Cementos Argos purchase a grinding plant in French Guiana, which was jointly-owned by Lafarge and Holcim. Announced just a few days after the merger, this asset was presumably jettisoned in order to avoid future issues with local anti-monopoly authorities. Finally, ACC and Ambuja have announced that they would retain their separate identities in India after the merger.
This flurry of announcements is likely to be just the start of frenzied speculation as the competitors of Lafarge and Holcim work out what assets are most likely to be sold. So what about the multinationals, Cemex and HeidelbergCement?
Cemex certainly has cause for concern, weighed down by the debt that it took on in 2007 with the acquisition of Australia's Rinker. It is in a relatively weak position with respect to acquiring any LafargeHolcim divestments. Could it lose market share? HeidelbergCement, by contrast, has long extoled the virtues of its financial efficiency policies and its diverse and forward-looking geographical spread. It could snap up more strategic assets after the merger. While both of these multinationals will be wary of dealing with an enlarged competitor in LafargeHolcim, they have the opportunity to increase their market shares and both will move up one position in the global cement producer rankings.
It is likely to be the smaller players that have the most to gain from the shedding of LafargeHolcim's various assets, especially those that enjoy strong domestic markets and have cash at the ready. Oyak Group has already entered the ring but what if Nigeria's Dangote, Brazil's Votorantim, Colombia's Cementos Argos or Thailand's SCG go on a spending spree? Could one of these rise to become a new global cement multinational?
However, if we can expect a change anywhere it will be in Spain. Following reports in 2012 that Spanish cement production had crashed to its lowest levels since the 1960s jobs have been shed and profits have evaporated. In 2013 Holcim and Cemex agreed to combine all of their operations in Spain. Roughly, according to the Global Cement Directory 2014, cement production capacity in Spain breaks down as follows: CPV (23%), Cemex (18%), Lafarge (11%) and Holcim (10%). Letting the Cemex-Holcim deal happen, followed by the Lafarge-Holcim merger and the CPV Vallcarca purchase, would have led to a major headache for Spain's competition authorities, creating an entity with 43% production market share! Unsurprisingly the first casualty has been the CPV Vallcarca deal. Whatever happens, the next 18 months will be an interesting period for the global cement industry.
Turkey: The Oyak Group, which has various cement interests Turkey, is looking into acquisition opportunities in the cement sector. It is focusing on Europe (specifically the UK) and Africa, according to its cement group chairman Celalettin Caglar.
Caglar said that the group was also interested in acquisition opportunities that could arise from the merger of Holcim of Switzerland and France's Lafarge.
Lafarge has said two-thirds of divestments as a result of the deal with Holcim are expected to affect Western Europe, but there are also overlapping operations in India, China, Canada and Brazil.
Bolu Çimento awards new line contract to KHD
14 April 2014Turkey: German cement plant equipment provider KHD said it has received an order to supply a clinker production line to Turkish cement producer Bolu Çimento.
The order, placed by Bolu Çimento's parent company Oyak Group, envisages engineering, equipment supply as well as advisory services for the installation and commissioning of the clinker line at Bolu Çimento's Kazan plant near Ankara, according to a KHD statement.
The new line will have the capacity to produce 3500t/day of cement. It will be placed next to the existing cement grinding unit at the plant and is planned to be commissioned in the spring of 2015.
Cementir plans to increase white cement business
17 March 2014Worldwide: Cementir Holding plans to close a deal within 12 months that could enhance its position in the white cement industry, according to Reuters.
Francesco Caltagirone, CEO of Cementir, said that the company is looking at potential sector acquisitions in the US, sub-Saharan Africa and the Far East. Cementir also plans to boost its waste management operations in Europe, beyond the markets in Turkey and the north of England where it is currently focused.
New TÇMB chairman elected
10 March 2014Turkey: A new Board of the Turkish Cement Manufacturers' Association (TÇMB) was elected at the 56th General Assembly Meeting of TÇMB in February 2014. Sabancı Holding Cement Group president, Mehmet Göçmen, has become the new chairman of TÇMB.
Turkey: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is providing Çimko a financing package that includes a US$40m loan for its own account and a US$25m syndicated loan from BNP Paribas Fotris mobilised by the IFC. The long-term financing will support Çimko's investment in energy-efficiency and in the ready mix concrete market, the IFC said in a statement.
The Turkish cement producer's investments will strengthen its overall competitiveness, increase employment in southeastern Turkey, enable the company to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, continue to supply more cement to the domestic market and export more cement to Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Çimko is a joint venture between local Sanko Group and Italy's Cementerie Aldo Barbetti.