Displaying items by tag: commissioning

Zambia: China National Building Material (CNBM) Zambia has commissioned a building materials plant at Chongwe Mapande Industrial Park near Lusaka. The company has invested an estimated US$500m in the project, according to the Lusaka Times. The first phase of the project includes a 1Mt/yr cement plant, a brick plant, a ready-mix concrete plant, an aggregate production line and a sand plant.

Namibia: Whale Rock Cement plans to commission its new plant near Otjiwarongo at the end of October 2018. The 1.2Mt/yr unit had an investment of US$350m, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Cement from the plant will be sold under the Cheetah brand. The project is a joint venture between China's Asia-Africa Business Management and local partners.

India: UltraTech Cement has commissioned a 1.75Mt/yr grinding unit at its Manawar plant in Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh. The main part of the 2.5Mt/yr integrated plant was commissioned in April 2018. A 13MW waste heat recovery unit is also being built at the site.

India: Shree Cement has commissioned the cement grinding mill at its Kodla cement plant in Karnataka. The mill has a cement production capacity of 3Mt/yr. The new integrated plant was proposed in early 2017 with a clinker production capacity of 2.8Mt/yr. It had an investment of US$260m and was scheduled to be completed by the end of 2018.

Lithuania: Claudius Peters has commissioned a turnkey cement silo and discharge equipment for stevedoring company Bega at the Port of Klaipėda. Its scope of supply comprised a rail car unloading system and a storage silo with pneumatic conveying for ship loading to unload three railcars simultaneously up to a capacity of 200t/hr. The storage silo is a Claudius Peters 3300T Conventional Cone cement storage silo 27m high and 12.5m in diameter equipped with a silo bottom fluidisation system.

The pneumatic conveying system utilises a size 350 Claudius Peters X-pump and enables a total conveying distance of 205m. Originally the project was based on a conveying distance of 148m. During the project phase the customer decided to use two different quays with a conveying distance of 148m and 205m. Commissioning was competed at the end of March 2018.

India: UltraTech Cement has commissioned a new 2.5Mt/yr plant at Manawar, Dhar District in Madhya Pradesh. The cement producer said that it set a record by commissioning the plant in less than a year and that it cost less than US$225m.

The plant’s kiln is designed for different types of energy sources, including alternative fuels. The unit also includes a 1.75Mt/yr grinding unit at the site with an auto-loading facility. Another additional 1.75Mt/yr grinding unit and a 13MW waste heat recovery unit are also being built. Both of these projects are expected to be completed before September 2018.

The new plant is planned to take advantage of the state’s main industrial belt, the Dewas-Ratlam-Pithampurlndore. Following the commissioning of the plant, UltraTech Cement has 19 integrated cement plants in the country with a total cement production capacity of 96.5Mt/yr.

Turkey: A shiploader that Bedeschi has supplied to Sönmez Çimento is being commissioned. The slewing, luffing and travelling type shiploader has a loading capacity up to 1000t/hr. It will serve Sönmez Çimento’s integrated plant in the Adana Yumurtalık Free Zone. It follows a previous port installation by Bedeschi at Yesilovacik.

Ivory Coast: LafargeHolcim intends to double its cement production capacity to 2Mt/yr from May 2017. The increase in production will follow the commissioning of a new 1Mt/yr mill, according to the Fraternité Matin newspaper. The mill has cost US$24.5m to install. LafargeHolcim operates a 1Mt/yr cement grinding plant in Abidjan. The upgrade is expected to raise local production to 5.1Mt/yr.

Russia: Schenck Process has installed two Logiq dispatch automation systems at two LafargeHolcim cement plants at Ferzikovo and Voskresensk. This has resulted in the plants being upgraded to the LafargeHolcim group’s Smart Factory standard.

At Ferzikovo LafargeHolcim is currently engaged in a major investment project for the Russian market. The plant has three incoming and outgoing scales as well as 11 loading stations for loose cement and two bag loading stations. Schenck Process converted the parking lot with registration, the incoming and outgoing scales and all loading points for fully automatic, unmanned operation. Self-service terminals for registration and weighing were installed in the entrance and exit areas. In the loose loading area, a Logiq loading terminal, including the Disomat Tersus weighing electronics with Profibus interface to the PLC and ultrasonic sensors, were installed. In Voskresensk the conversion work included the car park with registration, incoming and outgoing scales, three loading scales and one loading point for packaged goods.

Schenck Process ensured smooth delivery operations at both plants throughout the installation and commissioning process. Incoming silo trucks for loose loading, more than 300/day at Ferzikovo alone, continued to be processed throughout.

Since 2013, Schenck Process has implemented the Logiq dispatch automation system at various plants belonging to the Swiss construction material group, including at 18 cement plants in eastern Europe.

Indonesia: Cemengal has completed the commissioning period for Cemindo in Medan. Two Plug&Grind XL units are operational at the site, allowing the cement producer to sell nearly 0.5Mt/yr of cement. A third unit is also due to start work in the country in the next few months.