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UltraTech Cement expands with Gebr. Pfeiffer technology
16 April 2024India: UltraTech Cement will integrate vertical mill technology from Gebr. Pfeiffer for three new clinker production lines. Gebr. Pfeiffer SE and its Indian subsidiary, Gebr. Pfeiffer India, will fulfil a subsequent order.
At the Happy 3 plant, cement raw material grinding will be conducted using an MVR 5000 R-4 mill, equipped with a 5300kW drive, capable of grinding about 705t/hr to a product fineness of 1.5% R 212µm. Additionally, three MPS 3550 BK mills, each with a 1300kW gearbox, will grind about 45t/hr of petcoke or 90t/hr of coal. These mills come with an integrated SLS 3750 BK classifier.
Gebr. Pfeiffer's MVR mills are distinct in their use of rollers according to the R=C principle. This design allows the same rollers to be used with parts for both raw meal and cement grinding. The MVR 5000 R-4 mill at Happy 3 features four actively redundant rollers, maintaining about 70% production capacity during maintenance. Gebr. Pfeiffer equips MVR mills with maintenance-oriented condition monitoring systems, enabling the implementation of digital maintenance strategies.
Handling of the order will be a collaborative effort between Gebr. Pfeiffer SE and Gebr. Pfeiffer India with all customer support and plant planning managed by Pfeiffer engineers in Noida. Core components like gearboxes, grinding bowls and roller suspensions will be shipped from Europe, while other parts like foundations and classifiers will be provided by the Indian subsidiary. Support for the plants will be managed by the customer support centre in Noida, accessible via remote data or on-site personnel.
US: Holcim US will invest US$100m in an expansion to raise its Ste. Genevieve cement plant’s capacity by 15% to 4.6Mt/yr. The expansion will involve the installation of a fifth vertical roller mill (VRM) for cement grinding and a new mineral component addition system, alongside a rail-loadout expansion. The producer says that the expanded plant will have lower net CO2 emissions than before. Construction is set to commence in 2024.
Toufic Tabbara, head of Holcim’s North America region, said “With an emphasis on achieving the highest levels of environmental performance and operational efficiency, Ste. Genevieve has been the leader in US cement manufacturing since it was built in 2009. This investment will ensure we maintain that leadership in supporting the sustainable growth of our nation’s infrastructure and residential construction while accelerating net carbon reduction across the built environment.”
President launches vertical roller mill at Tororo Cement
25 September 2023Uganda: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has officially commissioned a new vertical roller mill at Tororo Cement’s plant in Tororo. The German-built mill cost US$25m and can produce 150t/hr of cement. The operator claims it to be the ‘most sophisticated’ in East and Central Africa. It is in the process of installing an additional 300t/hr mill, to bring its overall grinding capacity to 5Mt/yr. It is also planning the construction of a 5000t/yr integrated plant in Moroto, to eliminate the company’s need for imported clinker, which it claims will be launched within the next five years.
Speaking at the event, Museveni congratulated Tororo Cement’s chair Hasmukh Kanji Patel for the company’s ‘enormous contribution to Uganda’ and called for Ugandans to support foreign-owned companies, as they support national development, pay local taxes and contribute to gross domestic product. He said "I'm very glad that Mr Patel came here, that we privatised a government factory and now he has expanded it. This is why we had to go against people like Idi Amin who were ignorant. Ugandans should stop saying ‘Indian factory.’ This this is not an ‘Indian factory,’ it is a Ugandan factory regardless of who has built it.”
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) orders Gebr. Pfeiffer vertical roller mills for Ariyalur and Kadapa grinding plants
08 August 2023India: Germany-based Gebr. Pfeiffer says that it has received orders for two MVR 3750 C-4 vertical roller mills from Dalmia Cement (Bharat). The producer plans to install one mill at its Ariyalur grinding plant in Tamil Nadu and the other at its Kadapa grinding plant in Andhra Pradesh. Gebr. Pfeiffer says that the mills will be employed in grinding clinker and pond ash. Each will produce 160t/hr of cement or fly ash cement. The supplier said that the mills' vertical design will help them to dry pond ash, as well as grinding and classifying it.
Zimbabwe: Khayah Cement (formerly Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe) commissioned a new vertical roller mill at its Manresa cement plant on 6 July 2023. The Chronicle newspaper has reported that the project constituted Phase 2 of Khayah Cement's expansion to the plant.
Bangladesh: Premier Cement Mills plans to install a new vertical roller mill at its West Mukterpur cement plant in Munshiganj. For this purpose, it secured a US$32.7m long-term loan from state-owned Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL). The New Nation newspaper has reported that IDCOL focuses on financing projects to increase energy efficiency, alongside the development of renewable energy.
Dominican Republic: Germany-based Gebr. Pfeiffer has received an order for an MVR 3750 C-4 vertical roller mill from Estrella Group subsidiary Cemento PANAM. Cemento PANAM plans to install the mill at an upcoming grinding plant. It will be equipped with an SLS 4000 VC classifier and will produce 155t/hr of blended cement. China-based CBMI Construction will handle the order.
CBMI Construction previously won a contract to build a Cemento PANAM grinding plant in the Dominican Republic in March 2023. Global Cement News reported the capacity of the plant as 1.23Mt/yr.
CIMAF orders Gebr. Pfeiffer vertical roller mill
23 January 2023Senegal: Germany-based Gebr. Pfeiffer has received an order for an MVR 5000 R-4 vertical roller mill from Morocco-based Ciments de l'Afrique (CIMAF). CIMAF plans to install the mill at its Keur Moussa cement plant in Senegal. The mill has a capacity of 470t/hr, and will be equipped with an SLS 4000 VR classifier.
CIMAF hopes to reduce Senegal's reliance on imported cement from the time of the mill's commissioning, scheduled for early 2024.
Cementos Artigas commissions Minas integrated cement plant
20 January 2023Uruguay: Cementos Artigas has successfully commissioned its upgraded Minas integrated cement plant. The new plant consolidates the operations of the former 350,000t/yr Minas clinker plant and the 500,000t/yr Sayago grinding plant. Crónica Global News has reported that the project consisted of the construction of a new vertical roller mill and storage facilities at the Minas site. The work lasted 18 months and cost US$40m.
Cementos Artigas says that the Minas integrated cement plant will increase the efficiency and reduce the electricity and transport costs of its operations.
Lafarge Zimbabwe to increase cement capacity
13 September 2022Zimbabwe: Part of Lafarge Zimbabwe’s approved US$25m capital expenditure investments will go towards further expanding the company’s cement capacity in order to meet local demand. The company also plans to establish a new dry mortars plant. Lafarge Zimbabwe is on track to commission a new vertical roller mill at its Manresa grinding plant in early 2023. Lafarge Zimbabwe’s chief executive officer Geoffrey Ndugwa said, “The overall market demand continues to grow, driven by the segment of individual home builders as well as the ongoing major government infrastructure development projects. The company is confident that volumes will recover and grow as the availability of cement stabilises.”