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Manyara Cement plans 0.2Mt/yr integrated plant
25 February 2020Tanzania: Manyara Cement has shared plans for a 0.2Mt/yr integrated cement plant in Hanang district, for which it has already acquired limestone and pumice extraction licences for sites around Mount Hanang. The plant will use a vertical shaft kiln.
The plant will sell cement on the northern Tanzanian and southern Kenyan markets.
Cementos Argos enjoys sales and EBITDA boom in 2019
25 February 2020Colombia: In 2019 Grupo Argos subsidiary Cementos Argos’ sales rose by 11% year-on-year to US$2.8bn from US$2.5bn in 2018 and its earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose by 14% year-on-year to US$0.5bn from US$0.4bn in 2018. Cement dispatches rose by 0.6% to 16Mt. In the US, its main market, the company sold 6.3Mt of cement, up by 9.5% from 5.8Mt in 2018.
Argos CEO Juan Estaban Calle praised the company’s successes in 2019, such as the completion of its Thermally Activated Clays (TAC) project at its 1.4Mt/yr integrated Cementos Rioclaro plant in Colombia. “This allows for production and distribution of green cement with a greatly reduced clinker factor, 38% lower CO2 emissions and 30% of the energy consumption of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) production,” he said.
Ghori Cement achieves 0.2Mt/yr capacity
25 February 2020Afghanistan: Ghori Cement says that it has produced 18,600t of cement in January 2020, up by 400% from 3720t in January 2019. This would give the plant an annual production rate of 0.22Mt/yr, following ‘operational reforms and modernisation of spare parts.’ Arab News has reported that plans for the replacement of Ghori Cement’s Ghori, Pul-e-Khumri, cement plant with a new 0.4Mt/yr plant were interrupted by on-going civil strife in the region, north of the Afghan capital Kabul. Ghori cement plant general manager Riazudin Sharifi said, “Efforts are underway to further improve the capacity of the plant.”
Deccan elaborates on Telangana expansion plan
19 February 2020India: Deccan Cements has firmed up its plan to expand its cement plant in Mahankaligudem, Nalgonda District, Telangana. The plant will be expanded from 1.8Mt/yr via the installation of a third line at an investment cost of US$85m.
The project will also increase the capacity of the plant’s waste heat recovery power plant from 18MW to 33MW. The project will generate employment opportunities for 170 new staff.
The project is expected to commence by September 2020, with completion scheduled for mid 2021.
LafargeHolcim España Euro8m upgrade to Sagunto cement plant dependent on quarry talks
14 February 2020Spain: LafargeHolcim España says that a planned Euro8m investment to its Sagunto integrated cement plant is dependent on talks with the Valencian local government on the medium and long-term use of its quarry. Plant director José Luis Coleto said that this expenditure is part of a Euro20m package that LafargeHolcim has scheduled for the country until 2022. He added that the plant has spent Euro3.5m on the plant in 2019 on control systems upgrades and installation of an automated laboratory.
Asia Cement orders kiln upgrade from KHD
14 February 2020South Korea: Asia Cement has awarded a contract to Germany’s Humboldt Wedag, a subsidiary of KHD Humboldt Wedag International, to supply and provide engineering for the modernisation of its third clinker production line at its Jecheon plant. The target of the upgrade project is to increase the alternative fuel substitution rate to above 85% of calciner fuel, as well as the reduction of NOx to satisfy local emission limits.
KHD’s scope includes the engineering and supply of mechanical equipment for the clinker production as well as electrical equipment for the overall modernisation of the production process. During the project, the existing preheater will be modernised with the installation of a new Pyroclon R calciner, as well as a Pyrorotor rotary combustion reactor for low-processed alternative fuel.
The overall project scope consists of: a Pyroclon R calciner with Pyrotop mixing chamber; a Pyrorotor alternative fuel combustion reactor; a Pyrobox coal firing system for process start-up and operation balancing; replacement of stage five cyclones with new high-efficiency cyclones for calciner connection and an overall pressure drop reduction; bypass mixing chamber installation; and a new kiln inlet chamber with orifice.
The commissioning of the modernised production line is planned for the first quarter of 2021.
Votorantim orders clinker cooler from Fons Technology
14 February 2020Tunisia: Brazil’s Votorantim Cimentos has ordered a clinker cooler and clinker roller crushers from Turkey’s Fons Technology International for an upgrade to its 1.2Mt/yr integrated Jbel Oust plant. Votorantim has been present in Tunisia since 2012 where it sells cement under the Jbel Oust brand.
Vassiliko Cement launches solar plant
13 February 2020Cyprus: Vassiliko Cement has launched an 8MWh photovoltaic solar plant. It is located in a former quarry in the Amalas area, approximately 8km from its cement plant. The unit is expected to supply around 10% of the cement plant’s electricity requirements. The project had an investment of around Euro6.5m. The lead contractor on the project was Sunel.
McInnis Cement issues innovation call for carbon capture and utilisation technologies
13 February 2020Canada: McInnis Cement, Écotech Québec and the Gaspésie Cleantech Hub, in collaboration with the Québec Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation, have launched a call for innovations to identify carbon capture and utilisation technologies for the Port-Daniel-Gascons, McInnis cement plant. This call for innovations will run until May 2020 and then selected organisations will be invited to explore future options.
“From the moment the company was founded, McInnis Cement has been exploring the option of replacing some of the hydrocarbons used as fuel for the plant with locally generated residual forest biomass so as to reduce its environmental emissions,” said Maryse Tremblay, Director of Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility at McInnis Cement. She added that a study to verify the feasibility of using this type of alternative fuels is underway and that this may be followed by a pilot project.
Écotech Québec is a non-profit organisation, funded by the provincial government, which represents Québec's ‘clean’ technology cluster. It supports businesses, researchers, investors and associations to help accelerate the development, financing and commercialisation of clean technologies. The Gaspésie Cleantech Hub is an economic development organisation created to help the region increase the economic benefits of establishing the McInnis cement plant.
Wärtsilä extends operation and maintenance deal with Cemex Colombia
13 February 2020Colombia: Finland’s Wärtsilä has signed a further four-year extension to its operation and maintenance (O&M) agreement with Cemex Colombia. The original agreement was started in 1998 and it has now been extended to the end of 2023. Cemex’s integrated Caracolito cement plant uses a 26MW power plant operating on five Wärtsilä 18-cylinder 34SG engines in V-configuration running on natural gas. Wärtsilä employs 15 personnel in the running of the power plant, all of whom were hired locally.