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Nepal: Shubhashree Agni Cement Udhyog has placed an order for a Loesche Mill LM 35.2+2CS for the cement grinding section of its 700t/day integrated plant being built at Jaluke-6, district Arghakhachi. The order is Loesche India’s first in Nepal.
The order scope includes a mill fan and metal detector. The mill, designed for grinding Portland Slag Cement, will produce at a capacity of 62t/hr with a fineness of 3500 Blaine. The mill will also produce Ordinary Portland Cement and Portland Pozzolana Cement at capacities of 60t/hr and 76t/hr respectively. The mill will be delivered in a period of 10 months.
Other installations of the LM 35.2+2CS have been in operation at Deccan Cement, Bhavanipuram, since 2001, and to Sri Balaha Chemicals’ Hindupur plant for grinding slag at 4000 Blaine.
Loesche India has sold over 110 vertical roller mills for the grinding of raw material, coal and cement to various clients in India and South Asia. It is based in Delhi, National Capital Region.
Mark Towe to retire from board of CRH
Written by Global Cement staff
30 August 2016
Ireland: Mark Towe has confirmed his intention to retire from the CRH Board at the end of 2016. Towe, who joined CRH in 1997 and was appointed a CRH Director in July 2008, will continue in his role as Chairman, CRH Americas.
SCG launches Masonry Cement to Myanmar 26 August 2016
Myanmar: SCG has launched Masonry Cement, its first bespoke product for the Myanmar market. The brand of cement is targeted for applications in plastering and bricklaying, according to the Myanmar Business Today newspaper.
“This Masonry Cement is specialised for the Myanmar market. Based on customers’ choices, they can use this cement or our former cement products. This new product has strength in bonding cement. Some unqualified cements provide less bonding in plastering. This new product will reduce waste and expenditure,” said Attapong Sathitmanotham, SCG’s Myanmar Country Director.
ARM Cement seeks US$138m investment from CDC Group 26 August 2016
Kenya: ARM Cement intends to use US$138m investment from the UK government-owned fund CDC Group to finance the construction of a new cement plant in Kitui County. The cement producer is Chief executive Pradeep Paunrana said that more details on the proposed 2.5Mt/yr plant would be released after shareholders’ approval of the development finance institution’s proposed investment in return for a 40.66% stake in the cement manufacturer, according to the Daily Nation newspaper. The project is planned to be completed by 2021. Nigerian company Dangote Cement is also building a cement plant in the same area.
Zimbabwe: Chinese cement producer Mortal Investments Manufacturing Company is building a US$10m grinding plant in Redcliff, Midlands province with a production capacity of 1Mt/yr. It is the second cement project in the province following the Sino Zimbabwe Cement plant near Gweru, according to the Financial Gazette newspaper. 400 jobs will be created at the site. The plant is also expected to benefit from slag from the nearby Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO) steel plant at Kwekwe.