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Sinoma orders another Gebr. Pfeiffer mill for Iraq
04 September 2013Iraq: Sinoma (Suzhou) Construction has placed an order for an MPS 5000 B vertical roller mill for cement raw material grinding from Germany's Gebr. Pfeiffer SE. The grinding plant will be located near Sulaymaniya in northern Iraq and is the fifth MPS 5000 B in a row which will be installed there.
The vertical roller mill sold is designed for a capacity of 500t/hr at a product fineness of 10% R 80 µm and will come equipped with a 4000kW gear unit.
In addition to the supply of the core components for the grinding plant, the order includes engineering services to enable the local manufacture of mill components and the supervision of manufacture at Chinese workshops.
Indonesia: Indocement has ordered seven Loesche vertical roller mills for a new production line at the Citeureup cement plant, south of Jakarta. Citeureup currently comprises nine kiln lines with a total cement capacity of 11.9Mt/yr, making it one of the largest cement plants in the world.
Two type LM 56.4 mills have been ordered to grind raw materials for cement. Each will have a capacity of 400t/hr at a product fineness of 10% R 90 µm. Two type LM 28.3 D mills are intended to grind coal and have a capacity of 40t/hr at a product fineness of 12 % R 90 µm. Indocement has ordered three type LM 56.3+3 mills to grind clinker. Each mill will be producing 240t/hr of PPC cement with a fineness of 19% R 32 µm.
In addition to supplying vertical roller mills, Loesche will also be responsible for the cyclones, dedusting filters, fans and corresponding hot gas generators for the cement mills. Delivery for Citeureup plant will start at in August 2014.
Cemex Latam sales up by 8% in Q2 2013
24 July 2013Colombia: Cemex Latam has reported that its consolidated net sales rose year-on-year by 8% to US$431m in the second quarter of 2013. The Cemex subsidiary, based in Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Brazil, attributed the rise to higher volumes, driven by improved construction activity and higher prices. Cemex Latam's operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) increased year-on-year by 16% to US$166m
"We are very pleased with the favourable results in the second quarter, as evidenced by the record level of operating EBITDA margin that reached 38.5%. We are also very encouraged with the results seen so far in connection with our new strategy based on commercial solutions that are allowing us to capture incremental value," said Carlos Jacks, CEO of Cemex Latam.
By region, Cemex Latam's operating EBITDA in Colombia increased by 12% to US$103m in the second quarter of 2013 and net sales increased by 6% to US$238m. In Panama, operating EBITDA increased by 14% to US$40m and net sales increased by 8% to US$81m. In Costa Rica, operating EBITDA increased by 37% to US$19m and net sales increased by 28% to US$42m. In Cemex Latam's remaining territories operating EBITDA increased by 7% to US$21m and net sales were US$74m.
FLSmidth receives two new Brazilian orders
17 July 2013Brazil: FLSmidth has received two new orders in Brazil. The first is for a 3300t/day line for Pitimbu Plant, a greenfield project by Companhia De Cimento Da Paraíba in Paraíba state. The Danish cement plant supplier previously built a plant at Sete Lagoas for the client.
The second order is for an OK-33 vertical roller mill. Cimento Itambé has ordered the mill for cement grinding at its Balsa Nova Plant located in Paraná state. This is the 19th OK mill sold in Brazil.
"The awarding of these orders to FLSmidth is a consequence of a high market demand and has been given to FLSmidth in spite of great competitor interest in the same area," said President, Cement Division, Per Mejnert Kristensen.
First Gebr. Pfeiffer mill for Uzbekistan
19 June 2013Uzbekistan: The Turkish turnkey cement plant solutions provider DAL Teknik Makina has placed an order with Germany's Gebr. Pfeiffer SE for a Pfeiffer MPS 3350 B vertical roller mill for raw meal. It will be used for the manufacture of grey and white cement in Uzbekistan.
The grinding plant is scheduled to go on stream as early as 2014. The mill is guaranteed to achieve a raw meal capacity of 200t/hr for the production of grey cement. When it comes to white cement, the mill will be capable of processing 160t/hr of raw material. The installed power of the mill will be 1700kW.
The company said that the order is proof of its good cooperation with Turkish companies and that it strengthens its Pfeiffer's position in Central Asia.
Thailand: German steel and engineering group ThyssenKrupp has won a Euro150m contract to build a cement plant in Saraburi near Bangkok for TPI Polene. The plant will have a cement production capacity of 10,000t/day and is scheduled to start production in 2015.
"With domestic cement demand expected to reach 45Mt/yr by 2015, Thailand is an important market and production location in Southeast Asia," commented ThyssenKrupp.
Yura orders Loesche plant
01 May 2013Peru: Yura has ordered a vertical roller mill from Loesche America for installation at a cement plant in Arequipa.
The subsidiary of Gloria Group has chosen a Loesche Mill Type LM 56.2+2 C/S to be part of a clinker and pozzolana dry-grinding plant. The product rates will be exceeding 170t/hr of cement with a fineness of 5000cm²/g Blaine. The gearbox has an installed capacity of 4000kW.
Loesche will be responsible for the complete import portion of the grinding plant in between mill feeding hoppers and cement silo inlet. Additionally, Loesche will deliver a compact LOMA hot gas generator, the set of main drive motors, a set of instruments for process control loops and the dust emission monitoring. Delivery is expected to take eight months.
Holcim opts for Loesche mill for Guayaquil plant
24 April 2013Ecuador: Loesche has announced that it will deliver one LM 56.4 type vertical roller mill for cement raw material grinding for the Guayaquil cement plant currently being expanded for Holcim Ecuador. The order was placed by the Chinese general contractor Sinoma-TJ (CBMI), which will supply a 4500t/day line.
The mill will grind cement raw material and has been designed for a capacity of 386t/hr. The mill motor capacity will be 4000kW. It will compliment an existing Loesche mill that has been operating at the same plant since 2010. Delivery is planned at the end of 2013.
ACC orders two Loesche mills for Jamul plant
20 March 2013India/Germany: ACC has ordered two vertical roller mills from Loesche, in a consortium with KHD, for its Jamul cement plant.
The Holcim subsidiary has ordered a Loesche Mill Type LM 56.3+3 CS equipped with a classifier type LDC to grind clinker. The vertical roller mill will be operated with the power of a 5600kW motor and will have a capacity of 195t/hr. In addition a Loesche vertical roller mill Type LM 43.4 D will be part of the project and is designed to have a capacity of 90t/hr. The gearbox has a capacity of 1300kW.
Loesche's scope of supply for the Jamul project of Holcim will include additional equipment which is delivered in a joint venture by Loesche GmbH, Duesseldorf, as well as by Loesche India Pvt. Ltd.
Loesche to supply five mills in China
06 March 2013China: German cement industry supplier Loesche GmbH has signed a contract to provide five mills to Shanxi Biological Cement Co. in China. The Shanghai division of Loesche has taken an order for two raw material mills and three clinker mills with complete mill key parts, housings and frames. The components are scheduled for delivery in 2013 with commissioning planned for mid-2013.
Shanxi Biological Cement is the daughter company of Shanxi Coal and Chemical Industry Group Co. It has merged two local cement companies with just under 1Mt/yr cement production capacity. It is building two 4500t/day clinker production lines in FuPing and a 1.8Mt/yr ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) production line in Gaoling. Another 1Mt/yr clinker grinding station plant in HuangLing is being planned. Following all of this production, Shanxi Biological Cement Co intends to become the top cement producer in Western China with a capacity of 10Mt/yr.