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Cooper takes charge at HeidelbergCement India
Written by Global Cement staff
11 June 2014
India: Jamshed Naval Cooper, HeidelbergCement India's director of sales and marketing, has taken over as the chief operating officer from 4 June 2014. Cementrum I BV of the Netherlands, the holding company of HeidelbergCement India, proposed the appointment. The position is subject to the approval of the board of directors.
Cooper succeeds Ashish Guha, who had resigned from the position of chief executive and managing director, but acceded to continue in office until the appointment of a successor at the request of the board of directors.
Germany: Gebr. Pfeiffer has announced new orders for mills in Turkey, Iraq and Malaysia.
In Turkey, Bilim Makina has ordered four mills for a cement plant in Elazig. The order covers an MPS 250 BK roller mill with a drive power of 500kW for coal grinding and two safety shut-off dampers. The mill is designed to yield 35t/hr of petroleum coke, with the material being ground to a fineness of 3.5% R90 µm. A MPS 5000 B mill will be used for cement raw material grinding. The mill featuring a drive power of 3800kW will be capable of producing 470t/h of cement raw material ground to a fineness of 12% R 90µm. Two MPS 5000 BC vertical roller mills will be used for cement grinding. Each of the mills features a drive power of 4400kW and will grind 200t/h of Ordinary Portland Cement with a specific surface of 3400cm2/g acc to blaine. All four mills are scheduled to be delivered in the spring of 2015.
In Iraq, Sinoma Suzhou Construction, acting as general contractor, has ordered two MVR 6000 C-6 cement mills. The two MVR cement mills will come equipped with a conventional drive with an installed power of 6000kW. They will grind various cement qualities to the required fineness degrees between 3600 - 5500cm2/g depending on the product type, achieving capacities of 132 - 210t/hr. The cement mills are scheduled to be delivered at the end of 2014.
In Malaysia, Sinoma subsidiary Tianjin Cement Industry Design & Research Institute (TCDRI) has ordered one MPS 2800 BK coal mill for YTL Cement. Featuring an installed power of 700kW, the coal mill will be grinding 35t/hr of a sub-bituminous coal with a total moisture content of 25% to a product fineness of ≤10% R 90µm. The delivery of the mill is scheduled for the end of 2014.
Shree Cement to set up grinding plant in Odisha 11 June 2014
India: Shree Cement plans to set up a 3Mt/yr cement grinding plant at Odapada in Dhenkanal District, Odisha State for about US$76.6m. The location will enable the cement maker to utilise the fly ash produced at the power plants owned by Lanco Badband Power, GMR Kamalanga, Navabharat Ventures and Bhushan Steel based in the region. The plant will be built on an area covering 0.24km2 of land which will be allotted by the district administration on Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation's request.
Mexico: Holcim will start a programme to use biomass as fuel in August 2014 at its Orizaba cement plant. Its subsidiary Ecoltec has installed a system to utilise biomass, using residual heat from the cement furnaces. The company will use coffee bagasse and biomass from the paper and beer industries, according to spokesman Gustavo Gastelum. Apart from limiting fossil fuel consumption, the project will also reduce methane gas emissions from organic waste. Since 1990 Holcim Mexico has cut its net carbon dioxide emissions by 19%.
Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board orders Jaypee Cement to halt over-production 11 June 2014
India: The Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board (HPSPCB) has ordered Jaypee Cement to halt its over-production immediately, according to local media. In order to ensure that the directive is followed the board has asked the electricity provider to limit the power supply that is provided to the cement plant.