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DG Khan Cement hires Schneider Electric for electrical upgrade

01 September 2020

Pakistan: France-based Schneider Electric will provide a ‘comprehensive electrification solution’ to improve the efficiency and sustainability of cement production at DG Khan Cement’s 3.2Mt/yr integrated Hub cement plant in Karachi, Balochistan. The Nation Newspaper has reported that the supplier’s ECOStruxure product will give operators ‘a full view of energy use across the plant,’ according to the company. Additionally, “artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software will help the company to take a predictive approach to maintenance,” it said.

Hub cement plant general manager Arif Bashir said, “Our goal is to monitor and manage power across our infrastructure efficiently, find electrical faults sooner, fix issues quicker and achieve a faster return on investment. Schneider Electric’s energy efficiency solutions that will improve our performance.”

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Uzpromstroymaterialy launches new 0.1Mt/yr integrated cement plant in Fergana region

28 August 2020

Uzbekistan: State-owned Uzpromstroymaterialy has announced the start of cement production at a new 0.1Mt/yr integrated cement plant, called the Qurilish Ashyo Sifat Servis cement plant, in Fergana Region following a total investment of US$25.0m. The company has reported that the new plant represents part of the country’s efforts to increase its installed cement capacity by 60% to 20.0Mt/yr in 2020 from 12.5Mt/yr in 2019.

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Adelaide Brighton secures Sellicks Hill quarry lease

28 August 2020

Australia: Adelaide Brighton has extended its lease over its Sellicks Hill quarry in South Australia until 2090. The Advertiser newspaper has reported that the signing of the lease, which secures the company’s local supply of limestone, “coincides with a rise in local cement consumption due to the government’s South Australia HomeBuilder building and renovation subsidy scheme,” according to the company. In August 2020 Adelaide Brighton signed supply contracts with BHP and OZ Minerals for infrastructure projects in the state.

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Estonian cement production falls by 31% year-on-year in first half of 2020

28 August 2020

Estonia: Cement producers achieved a total output of 129,000t of cement in the first half of 2020, down by 31% year on year from 187,000t in the first half of 2019. Eesti Statistika has reported that the sharpest decline was in June 2020, by 41% year-on-year to 25,800t from 43,700t. Estonian clinker production ended on 27 March 2020 with the closure of Kunda Nordic Cement’s 0.8Mt/yr integrated Kunda cement plant in Lääne-Viru County.

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Visaka Industries patents integrated solar panel cement board system

28 August 2020

India: Sustainable roofing specialist Visaka Industries has acquired a 20-year patent for production of ATUM, a roofing system consisting of cement boards with integrated solar panels. The company says that the product, which has been in development since 2016, is both insulative and capable of generating up to 28W/m2 of power.

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