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Eurocement upgrading Katavsky and Kavkaztsement plants
28 March 2019Russia: Eurocement is close to completing a Euro2.5m upgrade to a cement grinding mill at its Katavsky cement plant. The project was intended to improve the quality of its cement products and to replace the mill’s filter sleeves. The unit uses which Christian Pfeiffer separators, Aumund elevators, Siemens automation systems and mill grinders and Vega grinding media. Pre-commissioning is currently being completed and cement from the mill is being tested at a laboratory.
The cement producer’s Kavkaztsement plant is building a captive power plant scheduled for commissioning in August 2019. It has completed the construction of the building that will house the gas piston power station as well as other connecting structures. Employees from the plant are being trained by Wärtsilä in preparation for the start up. The project has an investment of around Euro15m.
M Goncharov appointed as head of LafargeHolcim Russia
13 March 2019Russia: M Goncharov has been appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of LafargeHolcim Russia. He took up the role at the start of March 2019. G Brusco, the previous CEO, has been transferred to a role at LafargeHolcim’s headquarters in Switzerland, according to the AK&M Information Agency. E Molodtsova has separately been named as the subsidiary’s commercial director.
Eurocement orders three mills from Gebr. Pfeiffer
12 March 2019Uzbekistan: Russia’s Eurocement has ordered three mills from Germany’s Gebr. Pfeiffer for its Akhangarancement plant upgrade in Uzbekistan. The package includes an MVR 5000 R-4 for raw material grinding and two MVR 5000 C-4 for cement grinding. The MVR 5000 R-4, features a total drive power of 2500kW, will grind 500t/hr of cement raw material to a fineness of 12% R 90µm. The cement mills, each with an installed drive power of 4000kW, are designed to grind 200t/hr of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) at 3200 Blaine. No value for the order has been disclosed.
Eurocement spending Euro5m on upgrades to Maltsovsky plant
26 February 2019Russia: Eurocement is spending around Euro5m on upgrades to its Maltsovsky plant as part of its winter repair schedule. The unit is planning to increase its production output and modernise three of its four kilns. Work is also planned for raw and cement grinding mills. The plant has a cement production capacity of 4.7Mt/yr.
Eurocement signs deal to buy 1000 vehicles from Kamaz
15 February 2019Russia: Eurocement has signed a deal to buy 1000 gas-powered vehicles from Kamaz. The framework agreement will run until 2022. It was signed at the Russian Investment Forum in Sochi. No value for the deal has been disclosed.
The cement producer has also signed a memorandum of cooperation with Rosavtodor, the Federal Roads Agency, to increase the use of concrete in road construction. The organisations will hold a discussion on regulatory standards for the use of mineral binders in road construction and Rosavtodor will consider a pilot project.
Buzzi Unicem’s sales rise by 2.4% to Euro2.87bn in 2018
08 February 2019Italy: Buzzi Unicem’s net sales rose by 2.4% year-on-year to Euro2.87bn in 2018 from Euro2.81bn in 2017. Its cement and clinker sales volumes increased by 4.3% to 27.9Mt from 26.8Mt. Ready-mix concrete sales fell by 3.6% to 11.8Mm3 from 12.3Mm3.
It attributed cement and clinker sales increase to acquisitions in Italy and Germany and good market conditions in the Czech Republic, Poland and Russia. However, poor weather hampered business in the US and a ‘strong’ decrease in business levels was reported in Ukraine. In Italy the cement producer benefited from its acquisition of Cementizillo in the second half of 2017. In Germany it purchased Seibel & Söhne and noted demand for oil well cements.
New orders for Intercem in Germany and Russia
08 February 2019Germany/Russia: Intercem has been awarded new orders in Germany and Russia. In Russia it will supply a high-efficiency separator ICS 143, as well as the associated plant aggregates to a new cement plant. The high-efficiency separator, an in-house development manufactured in the company workshop, has a capacity of 115t/hr at 3000cm2/g acc. to Blaine and a total output of 258t/hr. The volume flow classifying air is 143.000m3/hr. The scope of supply also includes the engineering for the complete grinding plant as well as the supervision of the assembly and the commissioning of the components included in the delivery.
In Germany it will supply silos for Zementwek Lübeck’s grinding plant. The order includes a silo unit consisting of four steel silos with a capacity of 1200m3 each. In addition, the bulk loading and the complex cement conveying via air slides and bucket elevators leading over the complete area of the plant are part of the scope of supply. The scope of supply also includes the engineering and associated plant components, such as support structure, catwalks, filters, bucket elevators, return lines, electrical equipment, as well as building application and dispatch automation. Completion is scheduled for the third quarter of 2019.
The German engineering company has also won a contract to optimise a secondary fuel dosing system at a German cement plant.
Russian cement production falls in 2018
05 February 2019Russia: Data from Rosstat shows that cement production fell by 1.9% year-on-year to 53.7Mt in 2018. The figures include Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC), alumina cement, slag cement and similar hydraulic cements.
Eurocement to commission new line at Akhangarancement by 2021
30 January 2019Uzbekistan: Russia’s Eurocement plans to commission a new 3Mt/yr production line at the Akhangarancement in Tashkent region by 2021. Company president Mikhail Skorokhod discussed the project with representatives of the Chamber of Accounts of Uzbekistan, according to Uzbekistan Daily. US$160m is being spent on the new line and US$40m will be invested towards other improvements at the site. Work on the upgrade stated in October 2018. China’s CNBM is the main contractor on the project.
Eurocement plans upgrades for Kavkazcement plant in 2019
25 January 2019Russia: Eurocement is planning a second phase of upgrades for its Kavkazcement plant in 2019. These include starting to generate its own electricity, modernising its cement grinding mills, completing a maintenance campaign and moving to solely operating rotary kilns. The first phase of the upgrade project saw the plant build a slurry pipeline, construct the building for a captive power plant and purchasing monitoring equipment.