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India: Prism Cement has purchased 120,000t/yr of coal from South Eastern Coalfields, a subsidiary of Coal India. The cement producer successfully bid for the fuel in a recently held auction of coal linkages for the cement industry. The company said that it has secured part of its fuel requirement for the next five years and the allocation by Coal India has been made at the floor price.

India: FLSmidth has signed a contract with Larsen & Toubro Limited for engineering, procurement and supply of equipment for a complete cement production line with a capacity of 3000t/day. The plant will be located in Ariyalur, approximately 300km south of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The end client of the project is Tamil Nadu Cement Corporation Limited (TANCEM), a wholly owned undertaking of the Government of Tamil Nadu, with whom Larsen & Toubro Limited has an EPC contract. The order will be delivered over the next 16 months.

The order includes a complete range of equipment from crushing to the packing plant: ATOX® 35.0 vertical mill for raw grinding, ATOX® 20.0 vertical mill for coal grinding, Pyro Processing System with low-NOx ILC calciner, FLSmidth Cross-BarTM CB10 x 40 cooler and a UMS 5.0 x 15.0 ball mill for cement grinding. FLSmidth’s supply also includes equipment from product companies of FLSmidth, such as planetary gear units for vertical mills from FLSmidth MAAG Gear, bag filters and an electrostatic precipitator from
FLSmidth Airtech, packing plant from FLSmidth Ventomatic, a control system and plant automation from FLSmidth Automation and weighing and metering systems from FLSmidth Pfister.

Egypt: Helwan Cement has ordered a vertical roller mill from Gebr. Pfeiffer to grind coal at one of its cement plants in Egypt. Delivery of the coal mill is scheduled for the end of 2016. The order was placed by Beijing Triumph International Engineering.

The type MPS 3350 BK coal mill will have an installed gearbox power of 1050kW. It is designed to grind 80t.hr of coal to a product fineness of 12% residue on 90μm and 60t/hr of pet coke to a product fineness of 6% residue on 90μm. Gebr. Pfeifer’s personnel will also supervise erection and commissioning.

Canada: A fire broke out at a coal silo at the Lehigh Cement plant in Edmonton on 10 May 2016. Four fire fighters were sent to hospital to investigate potential carbon monoxide inhalation, according to Postmedia Breaking News. An investigation is now underway to discover the cause.

Lehigh Hanson health and safety director Gerry Sanderson said that the plant wasn't shut down or evacuated. He added that the fire had been contained and that damage to the facility appeared to be minimal.

Cambodia: Chip Mong Group has ordered three vertical roller mills from Gebr. Pfeiffer for a new cement production line in Touk Meas. The order comprises a MPS 3350 BK for coal, a MVR 5000 R-4 for raw material and a MVR 6000 C-6 for cement grinding. The cement mill will come equipped with a MultiDrive consisting of four drive modules. This drive system has an installed power of 7200kW to allow redundant operation.

The MVR 6000 C-6 cement mill will be the largest vertical roller mill in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. It will be set up in cooperation with CITIC Heavy Industries. Delivery of the mills is scheduled to take place in the first quarter of 2017.

Pakistan: The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has led demands that the government abolish the gas infrastructure development cess (tax) (GIDC) because it has made Pakistan-produced cement uncompetitive for export. APCMA chairman Mohammad Ali Tabba said that declining fuel prices, including liquefied natural gas in the international markets, had added to the situation, according to local press.

The Pakistan government enacted the Gas Infrastructural Development Act of 2011 thereby charging a cess or levy on all non-domestic gas consumers. However, the tax has been resisted legally since that time with tussles over whether back taxes should be collected or not.

Tabba also added that a recent increase on the import duty from 1% to 6% on coal should be reduced to zero.

Nepal: The Hetauda Cement plant has started producing cement again following the lifting of an unofficial fuel blockade by India. The plant was shut after it could not import coal from India in the autumn of 2016. Hetauda resumed production on 11 February 2016, according to the Katmandu Post. Factory officials say the plant lost US$0.9m during the enforced closure.

Egypt: 37 companies have applied for licences to use coal at cement plants, according to the Industrial Development Authority (IDA). IDA Head Ismail Gaber said that the new licenses aim to increase investments in the cement industry to meet local consumption.

Minister of Industry Tarek Qabil announced in January 2016 that licences would be issued to establish 14 new coal-fired cement factories in nine governorates in Beni Suef, Minya, Qena, Sohag, Aswan, New Valley, Suez, Marsa Matruh and South Sinai. Together these plants will have a cement production capacity of 28Mt/yr. The deadline for receiving offers from companies is 10 May 2016.

Egypt: Suez Cement plans to spend US$77m to convert its Helwan and Torah cement plants to use coal and refuse derived fuel (RDF), according to local media. The Kattameya and Suez cement plants were converted in 2015.

The company intends to start the conversion process in February 2016 at Helwan and July 2016 at Torah. The upgrade is expected to take 12 - 18 months. Subsequently both plants would use 70% coal for their energy. Helwan Cement will supplement this with 20 – 25% RDF and 5% natural gas. Torah Cement will use 30% heavy fuel oil. These conversions are expected to reduce the company's operating costs.

Egypt: South Valley Cement has signed a contract with Sinoma CDI to convert its plant to coal burning for US$14m. The contract is expected to be complete by April 2017. In August 2015 South Valley Cement signed a US$38m contract for Sinoma to build a grinding line for the plant.