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Venezuela: The Venezolana de Cementos (Vencemos) Guayana grinding plant in Bolivar state needs US$47m to repair its transport fleet. Union head Johnny Linares said that only four vehicles out of 65 are working correctly in comments made to the Ultimas Noticias newspaper. The fleet is used to move clinker from the cement producer’s Pertigalete cement plant to the grinding plant. Production capacity at the plant fell to 28% at 97,000t in 2016 from 346,000t in 2012. Linares added that the national cement industry only received an investment of US$7m in 2016 but that he believes it requires US$25m/yr.

Belgium: Gebr Pfeiffer has received an order from Cemminerals to supply a grinding plant for slag and cement. The plant, in Flanders, will use a MVR 5300 C-6 type mill. The order was taken in December 2016 and the mill is scheduled for commissioning in early 2018.

The Pfeiffer MVR 5300 C-6 slag and cement mill will be used to grind five different cement qualities as well as pure slag to three different fineness degrees. The mill is guaranteed to achieve capacities of 132t/hour pure slag, ground to 5000cm²/g acc. to Blaine, and of up to 200t/hour CEM II, ground to a fineness of 3500cm²/g acc. to Blaine. The mill main drive is designed for an installed power of 4600kW, and the SLS 4750 BC high-efficiency classifier, mounted on top of the MVR mill, enables high material fineness degrees of up to 5000cm²/g acc. to Blaine.

In addition to the MVR mill the contract includes handling equipment, two in-feed devices to enable moist slag and dry clinker to be fed to the mill separately, the plant filter, the plant fan, the magnetic drum separator and all ductwork including chutes, expansion joints and the stack. The scope of supply also includes a hot gas generator for the heating of the mill, as well as all electrical drives, starters, frequency converters and the electrical switchgear.

Uganda: Hima Cement is set to launch its new grinding plant in Tororo. The 1Mt/yr plant at Nyakesi, Rubongi cost US$40m, according to the Ugandan Observer newspaper. The new unit is planned to meet demand for local infrastructure projects and for regional markets.

India: Petron Engineering Construction has received a letter of intent to build silos and other miscellaneous work at Shree Cement’s cement grinding plant near Cuttack in Orissa. The contract is valued at just under US$5m, according to Accord Fintech. In September 2016 Petron received letter of intent from Shree Cement for civil work at cement plants in Aurangabad, Bihar and Gulbarga, Karnataka with a contract value of just under US$7.5m.

Vietnam: Ha Tien is to close its cement grinding plant in the Thu Duc district of Ho Chi Minh City following failed attempts to move the plant. The cement producer was ordered to cease all operations at the plant by 31 December 2016, according to Vietnam News. The plant reduced its production capacity to 1Mt/yr from 1.7Mt/yr in 2015 following accusations of air pollution. Ha Tien attempted to move the plant to District 9 in 2016 but the proposal was turned down by city planners.

India: My Home Industries plans to open a new cement grinding plant at Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu in January 2017. The new plant is expected to expand the company’s market share in southern India, according to the New Indian Express newspaper. The cement producer has a production capacity of 8.4Mt/yr and the new unit will increase the total to 10Mt/yr.

“We are leaders in Andhra and Telangana. In Tamil Nadu we have about 7% market share and in Karnataka, it is about 5 – 6%. This plant would help strengthen our operations in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala,” said Samba Siva Rao, the executive director of My Home Industries. He added that at present cement is transported to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka from a plant in Kurnool.

Mali: Ciments de l'Afrique (CIMAF) has inaugurated a 0.5Mt/yr grinding plant at Diago in the Koulikoro Region. The project has an investment of over US$32m, according to the MaliJet new website. It was built following an agreement signed in 2014 between the Addoha Group, the owner of CIMAF, and the government. President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita presided over the event with members of the of government and Anas Sefrioui, chief executive officer of Ciments de l Atlas (CIMAT) and head of CIMAF. The plant has created over 200 jobs.

Cameroon: CBMI has signed a contract with LafargeHolcim to build a 0.5Mt/yr cement grinding plant in Yaoundé. The project will be built for Cimencam, LafargeHolcim's joint venture in the country. No value for the deal was disclosed.

The scope of the project covers clinker feeding to cement packing and shipping. The contract will come into force after being signed, receiving of guarantees and CBMI’s receiving advance payments. Contract periods are 18 months after contracts coming into force to complete industrial tests, and 19 months to commissioning.

It follows the announcement in mid-December 2016 of grinding plant projects in Uganda and Kenya.

Sri Lanka: Tokyo Cement has started testing a new mill at its cement grinding plant in Trincomalee. It held a ‘soft’ opening ceremony to mark the event on 8 December 2016. The new mill is the company’s fourth. It will start commercial operation in February 2017, according to Lanka Business. Once operational it will add 1Mt/yr to the company’s production total capacity taking it to 2.8Mt/yr.

The ceremony was inaugurated by Tadashi Matsunami, Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer of Ube Industries Limited, Japan, the technology services partner of Tokyo Cement. Harsha Cabral PC, chairman and SR Gnanam, managing director of Tokyo Cement also presided at the event.

An additional US$50m expansion drive at the site will see the commissioning of an 8MW captive biomass power unit for the plant. Tokyo Cement will also develop the shipping facilities at the site to accommodate larger vessels and it plans to build cement storage silos.

Indonesia: Bosowa Corporation has started operation at a 1.8Mt/yr cement grinding plant in Banyuwangi, East Java. The plant cost US$60m, according to the Jakarta Post. It will add to the 5.4Mt/yr of cement that Bosowa produces at its two plants on South Sulawesi and Riau Islands.