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Anhui Conch Cement to buy drilling rig from Atlas Copco
15 November 2017China: Anhui Conch Cement plans to buy and import a hydraulic drilling rig for a limestone quarry supporting a cement plant at Tongchuan in Shaanxi. Atlas Copco is one of the lead suppliers of the equipment, according to Inside International Industrials. Delivery is scheduled by February 2018. The estimated cost is around US$1.7m.
The overall mining project is expected to have a production capacity of 4500t/day with a total value of US$61m. Construction is planned to begin in the first half of 2018. It was approved by Shaanxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission in mid-2017.
Africa: FLSmidth says that a contract for a cement plant valued at more than Euro100m in an unspecified location in North Africa is now effective. The change in the project’s status follows the completion of carious conditions, including the receipt of a down payment for the work.
The order is in part a result of the partnership between FLSmidth and Beijing Triumph International Engineering Company, a company under the China National Building Material Group Corporation (CNBM Group), which will be responsible for the construction of the cement plant. The plant will mainly supply cement to the North African market. Once completed, the cement plant will have a capacity of 12,000t/day. The includes engineering, equipment supply, construction supervision, commissioning and training.
Delays announced to new mills at Arabian Cement Company
23 October 2017Saudi Arabia: The Arabian Cement Company (ACC) says that the construction of new cement mills at its Rabigh plant has been delayed to the third quarter of 2018 from the fourth quarter of 2017. The delay has been blamed on, “…the contractor's failure to comply with the timetable.” The second-phase of the project, to build a new clinker production line, is under review. The cement mill order was placed with China National Building Material (CNBM) in 2015.
Loesche supplying three mills for Egyptian Cement plant
16 October 2017Egypt: Loesche is supplying three vertical roller mills for the Egyptian Cement plant at Sohag. The scope of delivery includes a raw material mill with a capacity of 540t/hr of cement raw meal, a cement mill with an output of 350t/hr as well as a coal mill with an output of 45t/hr. The cement mill is equipped with a COPE (Compact Planetary Electric Drive) drive.
Sinoma subsidiary, the Chinese Chengdu Design & Research Institute (CDI), is the general contractor for the project. Loesche and CDI have worked together previously on projects in Egypt including ones for El Arish Cement and Beni Suef Cement.
YD Madencilik order three silos from Claudius Peters
13 October 2017Turkey: YD Madencilik, a subsidiary of Agoaglu, has signed a contract with Claudius Peters for the delivery of three new silos. The silos will be operated by YD Madencilik in Düzce, Turkey. Commissioning is scheduled for 2018.
The scope of supply comprises a multi storage tricell silo MS-IC/EC for cement, a cement storage duocell silo MS-IC/EC as well as a raw meal MC silo. Both cement silos have a volume of nearly 16,800m³ with an inner diameter of 24m and a filling height of 75m. The raw meal silo has a volume of nearly 16,700m³ and an inner diameter of 20m.
Insee Cement starts installing Loesche mill at Ruhunu grinding plant
28 September 2017Sri Lanka: Insee Cement has started building a new 0.45Mt/yr cement grinding mill, supplied by Loesche, at its Ruhunu plant in Galle. Deputy Minister of Port and Shipping Nishantha Muthuhettigama and Residence Manager of Galle Sujeewa Wimalasiri attended the event, according to the Daily Financial Times newspaper. The US$14m project is scheduled for completion in mid-2018.
Loesche is supplying a jumbo-sized compact cement grinding (CSG) mill for the unit. The mill is capable of grinding clinker and granulated blast furnace slag into Portland Limestone Cement and Portland Slag Cement (PSC) with a throughput of up to 60t/hr.
KEC International announces orders for cement plants
27 September 2017India: KEC International has secured various orders with a value of up to US$10.7m for structural and civil work on cement plants. The package also includes work on a car factory. The orders have been announced as part of a wider group of orders worth US$156m that are mainly in the power transmission, cable and railway industries.
Cherat Cement orders engines from Wärtsilä
25 September 2017Pakistan: Cherat Cement has contracted Finland’s Wärtsilä to increase its power output at its Nowshera plant. It has ordered three Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel engines capable of operating on both natural gas and heavy fuel oil (HFO). The total electrical output will be approximately 29MW. Wärtsilä will also provide advisors to oversee the installation and commissioning of the engines.
“We need to enlarge our facilities and this we must to do quickly on a tight schedule. Wärtsilä has supported this timetable by agreeing to deliver their generating sets on a very short timetable…” said Azam Faruque, chief executive officer of Cherat Cement. The Nowshera cement plant is also powered by Wärtsilä equipment, consisting of four Wärtsilä 32 engines.
The new generators are scheduled for delivery in March 2018 and the plant is expected to be fully operational by June 2018.
Siwertell receives repeat order for road-mobile ship unloader
20 September 2017Sweden: Siwertell, part of Cargotec, has received a repeat order from an undisclosed client in the Middle East for a road-mobile ship unloader. The 10 000 S trailer-based, diesel-powered unit has been ordered in response to an expansion in white and grey cement operations.
India Cements orders mill system from FLSmidth
19 September 2017India: FLSmidth has signed a contract to deliver an OK 52-4 cement mill system for India Cements’ Shankar Nagar plant in Tamil Nadu. The engineering company will carry out the system engineering, procurement and supply machinery for a cement production capacity of 200t/hr of Ordinary Portland Cement at 3500 Blaine. The supply also includes a ROKSH 82 separator and gear units from FLSmidth product company, MAAG Gear.
"This contract reflects the strong relations we have had with the India Cements for almost a decade and our extensive knowledge in the region. We are happy to partner with them again," said Country Head of FLSmidth India, Carsten Riisberg Lund.
The new mill will replace the existing ball mills at the plant. The contract is scheduled for completion by the end of 2018.