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Belgium: Magotteaux has appointed Gonzalo Cavada as its chief executive officer with effect from 31 October 2022. He will succeed Sébastien Dossogne, who will stay in post until the end of October 2022 as part of a transition period. Cavada will be based in Vaux-sous-Chèvremont in Belgium, at Magotteaux’s headquarters.

Cavada currently works as the chief financial officer of Magotteaux’s parent company Sigdo Koppers (SK). He previously worked for SK’s acquisition team when the Chile-based conglomerate purchased Magotteaux in 2011. He is a trained civil engineer who attended the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and he holds a master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Cambridge.

Belgium: Magotteaux says that its production plants at Vaux-sous-Chèvremont and Trooz near Liege were ‘severely hit’ by flooding in mid-July 2021. The industrial equipment and services supplier is currently assessing the extent of the damage but production is expected to be affected. It reported that all of its staff were safe following the incident.

Kuwait: Spain-based Cemengal says that it has received a second order from ACICO Cement for a 1Mt/yr ball mill with a XP4i-130 type Magotteaux classifier for a new grinding plant. The company said that the project, which it expects to commission in the first quarter of 2021, encompasses “full engineering and complete supply of mechanical, process, electrical and automation equipment, as well as steel manufacturing from the raw materials handling areas up to the silos cement discharge. In addition to the delivery of technology, the site supervision, training and commissioning activities.”

The supplier said that the new mill “will help our Kuwaiti client to satisfy the growing demand for high quality cements for major infrastructure developments” in the country.

Belgium: Magotteaux has launched Expand, a vertical roller mill (WRM) wear parts product line for the cement industry. The equipment supplier says that the range offers high resistance, consistent production, energy efficiency and lower maintenance and replacement frequency. It also uses a scrap buy-back program to consider product lifecycle concerns. The wear parts line comes in two variants: Expand One, the standard metal matrix composite (MMC) product; and the higher performance Expand+.

Kuwait: Kuwait Cement has hired Belgium’s Magotteaux to modernise three of its cement mills. The project consists of closing the open circuit with fourth generation XP4i separators, installing new mill internals components, including diaphragms, and adapting a new ball charge gradation. The aim of the project is to increase the production rate, reduce the specific energy consumption and improve the product quality, by reducing the residue on 45μm by keeping the same Blaine value.

Kuwait: ACICO Cement has ordered a second cement grinding mill from Spain’s Cemengal. The main equipment to be included in the contract includes a 5200 Kws ball mill with all the peripheral equipment from Cemengal and a fourth generation classifier from Magotteaux XP4i-130 for high strength cements. The projected grinding capacity will be 1Mt/yr of cement and the plant will be commissioned within the first half of 2020.

The project scope will include full engineering and complete supply of mechanical, process, electrical and automation equipment as well as the steel manufacturing from the raw materials handling areas up to the cement silos discharge. Site supervision, training and& commissioning will also be provided by Cemengal.

South Africa: Magotteaux International has become a strategic equity partner in Grinding Media South Africa (GMSA). The decision follows an agreement between the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and Magotteaux on extending their partnership in GMSA. GMSA, a newly created company spun out of industrial group Scaw Metals, specialises in the manufacturing and design of grinding balls for use in the mining, cement and utilities industries.

The partnership will also enhance the technical and financial capacity of the business as well as provide access to new growth markets. As part of this partnership, Magotteaux will assume the operational management of GMSA upon conclusion of the agreement.

“Magotteaux has been collaborating closely with Scaw High Chromium grinding media for more than 30 years”, said Sébastien Dossogne, chief executive officer (CEO) of Magotteaux.

Thailand: TPI Polene, Thailand's third-largest cement maker, plans to spend US$341m from 2013 to 2016 to develop a new production line at its Saraburi cement plant and to expand into renewable energy.

The project has been postponed since the financial crisis in 1997, said chief executive Prachai Leophairatana to the Bangkok Post. The fourth line will be developed at TPI Polene's existing plant in Saraburi province for US$194m. Production capacity will be raised by 33% to 12Mt/yr by 2026, making it the largest cement plant under one roof in the world.

"TPI Polene is the first Thai cement maker to invest in capacity expansion since 1997," said Prachai. "We saw cement demand gradually recover over the past few years. Additional demand will come from from the government's train projects over the next seven years."

TPI Polene has signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the project with Belgium firms P&V Project (Siemens), ALC Tournai, Atlas Copco and Magotteaux.

Thai cement exports from all producers are expected to come to 7Mt in 2013, down by 30% from 10Mt in 2012. TPI Polene aims to trim its exports to 700,000t in 2013 from 1Mt in 2012.

The company is also preparing to develop a 90MW unit fuelled by community waste, pending an environmental review. Around 60 MW from the new plant will be sold to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, with the rest consumed in-house. The company also plans to generate additional revenue from the new power plant via sales of carbon credits under the Clean Development Mechanism concept.