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Nepal: Ghorahi Cement has ordered a vertical roller mill from Gebr. Pfeiffer for its Kapilvastu Cement Udhyog grinding plant at Sonparwa, Barkalpure in the Kapilvastu District. Ordinary Portland Cement will be ground on a type MVR 3070 C-4 mill with a capacity of 70t/hr. The mill will be equipped with a SLS 2650 BC classifier. The grinding plant can also be used for the grinding of mixed cements with granulated blast-furnace slag or fly ash.

The core components of the MVR mill and a 1250kW gearbox will be supplied by Gebr. Pfeiffer from Europe. The remaining components of the mill and classifier will be supplied by Gebr. Pfeiffer (India), which will also provide most of the components for plant such as handling equipment for feed and take-away, plant filter, plant fan, hot gas generator, motors, frequency converters, proportioning belt scales and so on. The Indian subsidiary will also be responsible for any plant engineering. The scope of supply of Gebr. Pfeiffer also includes monitoring and coordination of erection as well as commissioning of the grinding plant. No value for the order has been disclosed.

UAE: India’s Thermax Group has won a contract worth US$43m to build a captive power plant for a cement company in the UAE. The scope of supply for the unnamed customer includes design, engineering, manufacturing, construction and commissioning of the solid fuel based power plant with two circulating fluidised bed combustion (CFBC) boilers. It will also supply emission control equipment and a water treatment plant for the project, which will be commissioned by mid-2019. The order is Thermax’s first in the Gulf Cooperation Council region.

Poland: A shortage of truck drivers may negatively affect cement sales. Vacancies for drivers have grown to the extent that even migrant workers from the Ukraine are unable to meet demand, according to the Polish News Bulletin newspaper. The exodus of drivers from the Ukraine has also reportedly impacted upon that country’s cement market. Industry sources say that railway transport is unlikely to help the situation due to a lack of loading facilities. Cement production rose by 7% year-on-year to 9.4Mt in 2017. Cement sales are expected to reach 16.5Mt in 2017 and 17.5Mt in 2018.