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Nepal: Shubhashree Agni Cement Udhyog has placed an order for a Loesche Mill LM 35.2+2CS for the cement grinding section of its 700t/day integrated plant being built at Jaluke-6, district Arghakhachi. The order is Loesche India’s first in Nepal.
The order scope includes a mill fan and metal detector. The mill, designed for grinding Portland Slag Cement, will produce at a capacity of 62t/hr with a fineness of 3500 Blaine. The mill will also produce Ordinary Portland Cement and Portland Pozzolana Cement at capacities of 60t/hr and 76t/hr respectively. The mill will be delivered in a period of 10 months.
Other installations of the LM 35.2+2CS have been in operation at Deccan Cement, Bhavanipuram, since 2001, and to Sri Balaha Chemicals’ Hindupur plant for grinding slag at 4000 Blaine.
Loesche India has sold over 110 vertical roller mills for the grinding of raw material, coal and cement to various clients in India and South Asia. It is based in Delhi, National Capital Region.
Arghakhanchi Cement plant prepares for US$38.5m upgrade
26 August 2016Nepal: Arghakhanchi Cement plans to spend US$38.5m to increase both its clinker and cement production capacities to 3000t/day by October 2017. At present the plant has a clinker capacity of 1200t/day and a cement capacity of 1000t/day, according to the Kathmandu Post. Managing director Rajesh Agrawal added that the company has signed a deal worth US$9.32m to order vertical roller mills from FLSmidth as part of the upgrade.
Local industrial groups Siddhartha, Murarka and Kedia hold stakes of 35%, 30% and 17.5% respectively in the cement producer. Uma Cement, an Indian company, owns the remaining 17.5% stake. Arghakhanchi Cement was originally known as Dynasty Cement.
Cementos San Marcos orders Loesche coal mill
17 August 2016Colombia: Cementos San Marcos has ordered a vertical roller mill to grind coal from Loesche. The order follows a previous purchase of a LM 35.2+2 mill to grind cement. The new coal mill will replace an existing smaller mill and reuse its foundation. The classifier and the plant ducting equipment will also be part of the contract. The cement plant was designed as a two-phase project to start a conservative market entry with the aim to more than double production capacity to meet market needs within a short period of time. The new coal mill fits into phase two of this progression.
Arabian Cement to build US$9m petcoke mill
16 August 2016Egypt: Arabian Cement plans to build a US$9m petcoke mill for its cement plant. It is preparing all the necessary legal and financial requirements for the project. The new mill will help the cement plant reduce its operating costs.
FLSmidth wins plant order in Tamil Nadu
24 June 2016India: 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.
Algeria: CILAS, a joint operation between Lafarge Algeria (49% stake) and Souakri Group (51% stake) located in the northeast of the country, has started commissioned its mill at its Biskra cement plant. Operation of the site’s kiln is scheduled to start in July 2016 according to the El Watan newspaper.
China’s CBM, a subsidiairy of Sinoma, signed a deal to build the plant in mid-2014. The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract included design, equipment supply, civil construction, installation, training and commissioning of the project. The plant will have a cement production capacity of 2.7Mt/yr when fully operational.
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.
Paraguay: Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) has reported progress on upgrade projects at its cement plants in Vallemi and Villeta. At its plant in Vallemi the company is continuing work on upgrading the fuels that the kiln can use. The project is expected to save up to US$22m/yr. CIE is conducting the work and the launch is scheduled for January 2017.
INC is also building a cement grinding plant at Villeta. The new mill is being built by Sinoma for a cost of US$11.5m and is scheduled for delivery in August 2016. It will have a cement production capacity of 80t/hour or be able to produce around 800,000 bags/month of cement. INC also plans to start operating a pozzolan drying unit at Villeta in September 2016.
Long Son Company orders mill from Loesche
06 May 2016Vietnam: Long Son Company has ordered a cement grinding mill from Loesche for its Dong Son Bim Son cement plant. The order is part of a contract with Sinoma-NCDRI. The contract includes a type LM 56.4 Loesche mill with a performance of 520t/hour. It will grind cement to a fineness of 12% R DIN 0.09mm. The gearbox of this mill has a power output of 3600kW.
Vietnam: Loesche has signed a contract with Sinoma-NCDRI for three mills to be supplied for Thanh Thang Cement in Bong Lang, Ha Na. A type LM 60.6 Loesche mill with a performance of 520t/hour as a reliable unit has been ordered to grind cement to a fineness of 12% R DIN 0.09mm. The gearbox of this mill has a power output of 4600kW. Two separate type LM 53.3+3 CS Loesche mills with a performance of 200t/hour will be in use to grind clinker to 3400 Blaine. The gearboxes of these two mills each have a power of 4,600 kW.
The scope of delivery for this order also includes rotary feeders, water injection, metal detectors and sealing air fans. All three mills are to be put into operation by October 2016.