Displaying items by tag: grinding plant

Guinea: LafargeHolcim Guinea has ordered a MVR 2500 C-4 vertical roller mill from Germany’s Gebr. Pfeiffer for its Sonfonia cement grinding plant in Conakry. The cement mill will have a total drive power of 1300KW. It has been designed to grind 75t/hr of CEM IV 32.5 and 69t/hr of CEM IV 42.5 to a specific surface of 3440cm²/g and 3340cm²/g acc. to Blaine respectively. The order for the mill was placed by the China’s CBMI working as a general contractor on the project. No value for the order has been disclosed.

Honduras: Colombia’s Ultracem plans to build a new cement grinding plant in Cortés, Honduras. At present the company has invested US$2m in the country and it employs 60 people, according to La Prensa newspaper. The new production plant will create another 100 jobs. The cement producer currently operates a grinding plant at Barranquilla in Colombia.

Algeria: Algematco Steel, part of Rahmoune Group, has ordered a modular Ready2Grind MVR vertical roller mill from Germany’s Gebr. Pfeiffer. Erection and commissioning of the unit are scheduled for early 2020. No value for the order has been disclosed.

The cement grinding plant includes: a feed module with material dosing and transport; a MVR 2500 C-4 type vertical roller mill with a SLS 2650 BC ctype lassifier and drives; plant filter, fan and hot gas generator; electric switchgear with plant control system; silo plant; packing and palletising plants; and laboratory equipment. The plant is designed to produce different cement types at a production rate of 50 - 70t/hr.

Oman: Raysut Cement Company has signed an agreement to buy Sohar Cement for US$60m. The transfer of ownership for all the shares in the company was completed in mid-May 2019, according to the Oman Daily Observer newspaper. Sohar Cement held a 70% stake in a 1.7Mt/yr grinding plant and UAE-based Fujairah Cement Company owned the rest of the shares.

Liberia: President George Manneh Weah has written to the Liberian Senate to agree investment and incentive agreements between the government and Starr Cement. The cement producer intends to build a 0.6Mt/yr grinding plant, according to the New Dawn newspaper. The project will cost US$41m. The proposed plant will supply cement locally and to other countries in the Mano River Union, including Ivory Coast, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Philippines: LafargeHolcim has agreed to sell its 85.7% share in Holcim Philippines to San Miguel Corporation for US$2.15bn. Holcim Philippines operates four integrated cement plants and one grinding plant. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019. It will be subject to regulatory approval.

“With the divestment of our activities in the Philippines, we are completing our exit from the increasingly hyper-competitive arena in South East Asia. While this decision is based on our strategic portfolio review, we have reached very attractive valuations allowing us to achieve a new level of financial strength,” said Jan Jenisch, chief executive officer (CEO) of LafargeHolcim.

Brazil: Votorantim Cimentos plans to spend around US$50m on upgrading its 0.2Mt/yr grinding plant at Pecém in Ceará. It will increase the unit’s production capacity by 0.8Mt/yr. The official announcement was made during a meeting between Camilo Santana, the governor of Ceará, and the board of Votorantim.

Oman: Raysut Cement has confirmed its plans to buy a 1.7Mt/yr grinding plant owned by Sohar Cement based in Sohar. The acquisition also includes purchasing the company’s distribution network, according to the Oman Daily Observer newspaper. Sohar Cement holds a 70% stake in the business, with UAE-based Fujairah Cement Company owning the remaining share.

India: Sagar Cement has completed its acquisition of Jajpur Cements at Jajpur in Odisha at a cost of US$16m. It now plans to build a new 1.5Mt/yr cement grinding plant at the site for US$44m. The project is subject to regulatory approval but it is scheduled for completion by March 2021.

India/China/UAE: UltraTech Cement is looking for buyers for the cement production assets of Binani Cement in China and the UAE. It purchased Binani Cement’s share in joint-ventures in these countries, according to the Hindu newspaper. In China it runs a 3Mt/yr integrated plant and in the UAE it operates a 2.5Mt/yr grinding plant. However, before it was acquired by UltraTech Cement, Binani Cement was unable to sell its stake in its Chinese unit. Attempts to sell the plant in UAE are also expected to be difficult due to market overcapacity.