India: Germany’s Gebr. Pfeiffer has won a supply contract with UltraTech for one MVR 6000 C-6. The mill can grind up to 370t/hr of mixed cements or 225t/hr of granulated blast furnace slag (GBFS). Gebr. Pfeiffer has stated that it is the 17th mill of its type in India. The company will assist its subsidiary Gebr. Pfeiffer (India) Pvt. Ltd. in commissioning the mill in early 2021.
New Tan Thang Cement plant to open in 2020
Vietnam: Tan Thang Cement has announced that it will commission its 2.0Mt integrated Nghe An cement plant in 2020. Its total investment in the plant, which is installed with equipment from Bedeschi, Lilama and Vinaconex, is US$211m.
Viêt Nam News has reported that this will help raise the total number of Vietnamese cement production lines to 86 in 2020, with a combined installed capacity of 106Mt/yr.
Devnya Cement loses quartz sand concession
Bulgaria: The Bulgarian government has terminated Devnya Cement’s concessionary contract for the extraction of quartz sand for cement production from the Selski Nivi deposit. SeeNews has reported that the company requested the contract’s termination due to alterations to its production strategy in response to market conditions.
In 2018, Devnya Cement generated a revenue of Euro70.3m, which translated into Euro8.65m profit.
Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua secures solar power contract
Mexico: Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) has signed a 15-year power supply agreement with a Mexico-based solar energy provider. The Awareness Times newspaper has reported that the contract covers the supply of solar power to GCC’s 0.2Mt/yr Juarez cement plant in Chihuahua, as well as its head office and ready mix and aggregates operations, constituting roughly 20% of its electricity consumption. The agreement, which enters force on 1 January 2021, will save GCC US$2.5m/yr and cut 0.3Mt of CO2 emissions throughout its duration.
