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Fire damages coal mill at Essroc Cement in Lower Nazareth
11 January 2016US: A fire that started in the coal mill at the Essroc Cement plant in Lower Nazareth, US is under investigation.
The fire started around 16:20 on 10 January 2015. Firefighters from several different companies were on the scene for about two hours, according to Hecktown Volunteer Fire Company Chief Jeff Seip.
"It was a lengthy process because of where the fire was burning inside the coal mill," said Seip. "We had to take our time to gain access to the fire and then apply water to it so that it did not extend to other parts of the bins."
The fire caused a significant amount of damage to the mill, although the damage did not extend beyond that portion of the building. There were about 10 employees working at the time the fire was reported. None of the employees or firefighters on the scene were injured.
FLSmidth to supply OK 36-4 cement grinding system to SOBOCE
11 January 2016Bolivia: SOBOCE has awarded a contract to FLSmidth for an OK 36-4 cement grinding system to be installed at its Viacha cement plant in Bolivia. The scope of supply includes cement grinding system equipment, engineering and site advisory services.
This will be the first vertical roller mill for cement grinding in Bolivia and will produce high strength cement with 5000 Blaine. Furthermore, at 4000m above sea level, it will have the highest installed elevation for any OK mill in the Americas. Additional scope of supply includes a longitudinal stacker, a sizer for gypsum and pozzolan, Airtech filter, Ventomatic silos and a packing plant.
Once installed, the new cement mill grinding system and packing plant will allow SOBOCE to increase its production capacity to meet cement demand in Bolivia. FLSmidth installed the existing line at Viacha in the late 1990s and in 2010 an expansion project that enabled the plant to double its capacity.
JSW Group to invest US$1.49bn in West Bengal
08 January 2016India: JSW Group plans to invest US$1.49bn over the next 5 - 7 years at Salboni in West Bengal. The investment would involve setting up a 1320MW coal-based power plant, a 4.8Mt/yr cement plant and a paints factory.
The projects are due to come up in phases on 4300 acres of land acquired by the company for a proposed 10Mt/yr steel project way back in 2007. The steel project is in cold storage since JSW failed to secure iron ore linkage. Sajjan Jindal Chairman and Managing Director of JSW Steel said that JSW Cement will start construction of a 2.4Mt/yr cement plant at Salboni shortly.
"Bengal is likely to emerge as a bastion of JSW Group. We are drawing up plans to double the capacity of the Salboni plant. This is part of JSW Cement's larger plans to add another 10Mt/yr of capacity in next two years for US$300m. We entered the cement business in 2009 and now have 6Mt/yr of capacity at present, having managed to turnaround some of the units," said JSW Group's Parth Jindal said. While the Salboni cement unit will cost US$120m in the first phase, the expansion project to double its capacity will require anther US$105m of investment.
Sajjan Jindal said that the group plans to enter into a power purchase agreement with the government for two 660MW power plants at Salboni with an investment of US$1.19bn. He added that the group is also exploring the option of entering the paints business and is considering setting up a modern paints factory at the site. The group is keeping its options open on whether to acquire an existing paints business or launch its own business from scratch. The group is also looking at the possibility of setting up downstream steel processing units at the site at a later stage.
Estanda completes cement ball mill commissioning
06 January 2016Saudi Arabia: Estanda has successfully completed the commissioning of a cement ball mill for a cement manufacturing company in Saudi Arabia.
The project was carried out on cement mill line 2, which operates in parallel with the cement mill line 1, which had already been renovated and updated by Estanda in 2013.
The renovation of the cement mill affected all interior steel components of the mill involved in the grinding process; inlet headwall liners, lifting liners of the 1st ball mill chamber, the intermediate diaphragm, the 2nd chamber classifying liners and the outlet diaphragm. The designs and materials were according to Estanda technical specifications. An improvement in productivity of more than 15%, wearing reduction on the steel components prompting less maintenance and greater profitability were achieved.
Lafarge plans to exit India operations
06 January 2016India: Lafarge India has submitted a revised proposal to the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to sell its entire 11Mt/yr assets in India.
The decision comes after the company's plan to sell its 5.15Mt/yr cement capacity in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand to Birla Corporation for US$749m ran into trouble. Investment bankers said that Birla Corporation was facing challenges in securing limestone mining rights for the two units.
In order to approve the LafargeHolcim merger in India, the CCI had asked Lafarge India to sell its 5.15Mt/yr of capacity in eastern India by 31 December 2015. In August 2015, Birla Corporation agreed to buy the proposed assets along with brands Concreto and PSC and mineral rights over adequate reserves of limestone. The deal was conditional on Birla Corp being able to secure mining rights that Lafarge had.
"Lafarge India has sought an extension of its deadline from the CCI to complete its divestment," said an unnamed investment banker. "Lafarge India has now put the entire company on the block, as the sale of the entire company will include transfer of mining rights."
Tianjin Cement Industry Design & Research Institute orders two Loesche LM 53.3+3 CS mills for PT Semen Baturaja
05 January 2016Indonesia: Tianjin Cement Industry Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd. has placed an order for two type LM 53.3+3 CS LOESCHE mills for clinker grinding for PT Semen Baturaja. Each of the clinker grinding mills has a designed a capacity of 175t/hr and material is ground to a fineness of 3400 Blaine. Each mill is fitted with a gearbox with a power of 4200kW.
The lead time for the main components of the mill is nine months and the gearboxes are supplied within 12 months.
Peru: The Peruvian division of Mexican cement company Cemex has received approval from the Ministry of Production for the environmental impact assessment (EIA) requested for the development of a cement grinding and packaging plant in Ventanilla, Callao.
Nepal approves US$140m proposal by Chinese cement firm
04 January 2016Nepal: The Investment Board of Nepal (IBN) has approved a US$140m investment proposal by a Chinese company to set up a cement plant in the country. The company is looking for a site in the eastern, central and western regions to set up the 1.1Mt/yr plant, according to IBN CEO Radhesh Pant.
Mira to build 1Mt/yr cement plant in Cameroon
28 December 2015Cameroon: Mira plans to build a 1Mt/yr cement plant in Douala at a estimated cost of US$53m. The Swiss engineering firm has reportedly signed an agreement with the government of Cameroon, sources at the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Technological Development have revealed to the African Press Agency. The new plant will create about 1600 direct and indirect jobs.
Once built the new plant will be the fifth in Cameroon. Existing cement plants operating in the country include the LafargeHolcim subsidiary Cameroon Cement (CIMENCAM), the Morocco-based African Cement (CIMAF), the local subsidiary of the Nigerian Dangote cement group (DCC) and Medecem Cameroon, a subsidiary of the Turkish Eren Holdings. Total production of cement in Cameroon is estimated at around 3.5Mt/yr and domestic demand is estimated at 5Mt/yr.
CEMENCO’s wastes endanger residents according to local residents
18 December 2015Liberia: Chemical wastes being disposed off by the Liberian Cement Corporation or CEMENCO in the demolition of its former cement plant are allegedly posing a serious threat to human lives, residents of adjacent communities have complained.
CEMENCO, which is a subsidiary of HeidelbergCement, was established in Liberia in 1968 and was the only cement plant in the country.
The company's General Services Manager, James D Gibson, Jr., said that CEMENCO is primarily a grinding plant and not an integrated plant. He said that cement from its old plant was caked or baked cement, which has no asbestos and therefore, the current exercise possesses no health risk to communities and residents as being claimed.