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Sagar Cements to raise funds for upgrades
13 October 2016India: Sagar Cements is planning to raise funds to finance expansion of its cement grinding plant at Vizag in Andhra Pradesh as well as to set up a coal-fired power plant at its plant at Nalgonda in Telangana. A directors board meeting has been scheduled on 19 October 2016 to discuss proposals for the financing.
Tarmac launches new cement packing plant
10 October 2016UK: Tarmac has launched a cement-packing unit at its Tunstead cement plant in Derbyshire. The Haver and Boecker 10-spout Adams 2000 packing plant increases the plant’s packing capacity. The launch takes place on the site’s 50th anniversary of cement production. The plant will manufacture Tarmac’s range of plastic packed and tubbed cement products for merchant and retail customers. The plant will also be used to house the company’s new 12.5kg mixer bags that were launched earlier in 2016.
“This new plant is an exciting development for us. It enhances our existing UK-wide supply capacity, ensuring we continue to offer customers and end users superior packed cement products, service and supply. As a business with a strong culture of innovation, the plant will use some of our most pioneering developments, such as plastic packaging,” said Kevan Greenhalgh, Packed Business Manager for Tarmac’s Cement business.
The plant has created 23 new jobs at Tunstead, which employs around 450 people. It will also offer training opportunities for existing employees, through the use of the packing plant’s automated technology. The plant launch coincides with the recent upgrading of Tunstead’s rail freight infrastructure, part of Tarmac’s strategy to support sustainable delivery of materials, and cut transport CO2 by 10% by 2020.
Star Cement order mill upgrades from KHD
06 October 2016India: Star Cement has ordered upgrades for the 70t/hour ball mill, with a diameter of 3.6m and length of 11.9m, at its plant in Meghalaya from KHD. The equipment manufacturer will supply a roller press RP7-170/90 along with an SKS VC 3000 separator, which will increase the grinding capacity of the current ball mill by more than 100%. This will achieve a total guaranteed production capacity of 150t/hour for Pozzolanic Portland Cement at 3600 Blaine. The upgraded circuit is to be commissioned by 31 March 2017.
Eurocement Group mulls upgrade at Savinskiy Cement Plant
05 October 2016Russia: Eurocement Group is considering implementing upgrades at its Savinskiy cement plant in the Arkhangelsk region. Production at the plant was stopped in 2010, according to the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper. The plans were discussed at a forum in Sochi.
Tabuk Cement delays opening of second clinker line to 2017
30 September 2016Saudi Arabia: Tabuk Cement says that its second clinker production line is expected to be commercially operational in the second quarter of 2017. The revised opening date is a delay from the original announced date of the third quarter of 2016. The cement producer has blamed the delay on ‘irregular non-compliance with the required capacity and specification’ of the second line. It added that the company will not incur additional costs due to the hold-up.
HeidelbergCement starts upgrade at Kaspi Plant
29 September 2016Georgia: HeidelbergCement has started work to upgrade its Kaspi plant with a new dry-process production line. The project officially started on 27 September 2016 with Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili laying a foundation stone at the site.
“We welcome that today HeidelbergCement is starting an US$100m investment project on the Kaspi plant for full modernisation of the plant and constructing a dry line for clinker production. This project will make the production process more efficient,” said Kvirikashvili.
Nigeria: A new 2.5Mt/yr production line at the UNICEM Calabar cement plant is set to start production in October 2016. The subsidiary of LafargeHolcim will employ 1024 workers, comprising 539 expatriates and 485 local staff, according to Today Digital.
Claudius Peters receives silo order from Cesla cement plant
28 September 2016Russia: Claudius Peters has received an order to supply four silo conversions and a new loading plant, consisting of four loading bins at the 0.8Mt/yr Slantsev ‘Celsa’ cement plant near St Petersberg, owned by HeidelbergCement . As part of the modification works, the storage silos will be equipped with new bottom aeration and new discharge systems. The order is part of an upgrade to raise the plant’s production capacity to 1.2Mt/yr.
To convey the cement to the new loading plants, Claudius Peters will install two Fluidcon lines each, with a capacity of 300t/hour each, supplied with Claudius Peters X-pumps. Four truck loading plants with a capacity of 200t/hour will also be installed.
Raysut Cement completes gas pressure reduction unit at Salalah plant
22 September 2016Oman: Raysut Cement has commissioned and completed a gas pressure reduction unit at its plant in Salalah. The upgrade will enable the plant to increase its production capacity to 140,000t/yr from 130,000t/yr. This is expected to increase the profitability of the company. The cost of the project was estimated at US$5.45m when it was first announced in December 2015.
Loma Negra to spend US$17.5m on upgrades for Catamarca cement plant
14 September 2016Argentina: Loma Negra, a subsidiary of Brazil’s Intercement, is to spend US$17.5m towards upgrading the baghouse at its Catamarca cement plant in Catamarca province. Work is scheduled to start in September 2016 and continue for 12 months, according to the El Cronista newspaper.