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BWF Envirotec acquires Orwat Filtertechnik
02 January 2018Poland: BWF Envirotec Group has purchased Orwat Filtertechnik. Based in Mysłowice, Silesia, the company has been producing and distributing filter bags and filter pockets for dedusting and flue gas cleaning technology as well as pockets, cartridges and compact filters for air conditioning and ventilation technology since 1995. The company also has a sales office in Warendorf, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany giving it a European presence. No value for the acquisition has been disclosed.
"Orwat Filtertechnik, with its technologically outstanding equipment, is an excellent addition to our line-up with a high level of benefit for our customers, particularly for plant builders and operators of flue gas cleaning systems,” said Stefan Offermann and Philipp von Waldenfels, managing partners of BWF Group. They added that the acquisition also strengthens its Offingen-based headquarters.
Austria: Rohrdorfer Group has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Humboldt Wedag, a subsidiary of KHD, for the modernisation of the kiln line at its cement plant operations in Gmunden. The upgrade will enable the flexible usage of a wide range of waste fractionally pre-treated derived fuels on a high substitution rate.
The modernisation project comprises the design and supply of KHD’s world´s first ever Pyrorotor Calciner Technology, as well as the replacement of the existing satellite cooler with a new generation Pyrofloor PFC2 clinker cooler. The existing three station rotary kiln will be fitted with a new kiln drive and a new kiln hood as well as kiln inlet and outlet.
With the installation of the new Pyrorotor Calciner Technology from KHD the Gmunden plant will be able to burn very coarse waste derived fuels including whole rubber tires, which will lead to drastically reduced requirements in regard to waste pre-treatment. Therefore, the kiln modification will also emphasise on pollutant emission reduction.
The contract includes: three new preheater cyclones; a new preheater ID-fan; a tertiary air duct; a Pyrotop compact calciner mixing chamber; Pyrorotor Calciner burning chamber technology, a Pyroclon Calciner Burning System; a new kiln bypass unit; a multi-fuel Pyro-Jet kiln burner for primary and secondary fuels; a new kiln drive and kiln hood; a Pyrofloor PFC2 clinker cooler equipped with a Pyrocrusher roller type clinker crusher; and Simulex plant simulation software.
KHD services include the dismantling of existing equipment parts as well as the engineering, design, supply and erection of new equipment including commissioning services. Commissioning of the new system is scheduled for April 2019.
China Triumph International Engineering starts building cement plant at Grobogan in Indonesia
25 December 2017Indonesia: China Triumph International Engineering (CTIE) has started building a 2.1Mt/yr cement plant at Grobogan, Semarang in Central Java. Its subsidiary Nanjing Kisen International Engineering is responsible for the project design and equipment procurement, according to Inside International Industrials. CTIEC signed the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with with Giti Tire in November 2016. The project has a cost of US$350m.
Chinese competition body approves CNBM and Sinoma merger
22 December 2017China: The Anti-monopoly Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce has approved the merger between China National Building Material (CNBM) and China National Materials (Sinoma). Shareholders approved the merger between the leading Chinese producer and the equipment manufacturer in early December 2017 following approval by the Fair Trade Commission in South Korea in November 2017.
Mechel signs coal deal with Jidong Cement
22 December 2017China/Russia: Mechel has signed a memorandum for coal supply with China’s Jidong Cement. The Russian mining and metals company will supply the Jidong Cement with up to 3Mt of steam coal mined at Elgaugol’s Elga Open Pit and Yakutugol’s Neryungrinsky Open Pit. Prices will be adjusted on a monthly basis following negotiations and on the basis of index rates.
“Jidong Cement is our longstanding and strategic partner in Asia, and we aim to continue our long-term and mutually profitable partnership. Mechel’s mining division has met all its obligations on our prior agreement. Today, Jidong Cement is the chief foreign consumer of Elga’s steam coal,” said Mechel chief executive officer (CEO) Oleg Korzhov.
St Marys Cement suspends production at Dixon plant
22 December 2017US: St Marys Cement has suspended production at its Dixon plant in Illinois. The move will result in about two-thirds of the employees losing their jobs, according to the Sauk Valley Newspapers. The company, a subsidiary of Brazil’s Votorantim, plans to continue cement grinding at the site until the summer of 2018 when its inventory will be exhausted. Then the plant will be used as a distribution terminal only.
The company said that the decision was made to improve cost efficiencies and that the plant’s location was poor compared to other sites. However, it plans to review its decision on stopping production by the end of 2018.
The Dixon cement plant originally opened in 1914 before becoming idle in 2008. Production then resumed in 2015.
Dalmia Bharat to acquire bankrupt Murli Industries
21 December 2017India: Dalmia Bharat is set to acquire Murli Industries, a Nagpur based cement manufacturer, by investing US$62.4m. Murli owns a 3Mt/yr integrated cement plant. As per the resolution plan, Dalmia Bharat will cancel most of the equity of Murli Industries and pay its lenders US$54.6m. This is 80% below what Murli owes the banks.
Murli had a loan of US$140m but the amount it owes is US$265m after interest and penalties. However, since the lending banks have already either written off the loan or have sold it to asset reconstruction companies, the relatively low value of the rescue deal from Dalmia Bharat does not affect them.
Spanish consumption best for five years but exports fall
21 December 2017Spain: Cement consumption is expected to have risen by 10% year-on-year to 12.3Mt in Spain during 2017. This represents the highest consumption by the sector since 2012. It is still massively down on the 25Mt/yr consumption seen during the building boom experienced by the country prior to the economic downturn.
Exports, which had been a ‘lifesaver’ for the sector during the crisis, fell by 7.6% year-on-year in the first eight months of 2017 to 5.8Mt. Spain exported 9.1Mt of cement in 2016.