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Loesche wins Chaudhary Group mill contract 29 November 2017
Nepal: The German vertical roller mill (VRM) producer Loeshe GmbH has gained a new customer in Nepal. The cement division of Chaudhary Group, based in Kathmandu, has placed an order for a 25t/hr vertical roller mill for coal grinding for the 3900t/day (1.3Mt/yr) integrated cement plant that it is building in the Palpa region.
Loesche received the order though KHD, the lead bidder at the plant. The LM 26.3 D mill will be in operation during 2018 with a throughput of 50t/hr, 15% R on 90μm.
Lafarge Canada invests in monitoring systems to help fuels bid 29 November 2017
Canada: As it awaits industrial approval from the Province to burn tyres at its Nova Scotia cement plant, Lafarge Canada says it has spent US$830,000 to install emissions monitoring systems. The company says its new equipment measures plant emissions such as sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and total hydrocarbons every 10 seconds.
Rob Cumming, Lafarge's environment director, says the company's proposed one year pilot project at its Brookfield plant will allow it to gather the scientific evidence needed to assure the public that it is safe to use scrap tyres as a replacement for coal.
In October 2017, the Environment Department said it was reviewing the company's application and would make a decision on the project within 60 days. The project has drawn criticism from residents near the plant, environmental groups and Nova Scotia's NDP, which has called on the Liberal government to ban tyre burning.
Cemento Polpaico flips to a loss in first nine months 28 November 2017
Chile: Cemento Polpaico has reported losses of US$3.58m in the first nine months of 2017. This compares very unfavourably with the company’s profit of US$6.5m in the same period of 2016.
The firm recorded revenues from ordinary activities of US$151m, a 11.4% reduction compared to the first nine months of 2016 when it took in US$170.4m.
Briones family to increase stake in Cementos Bío Bío 28 November 2017
Chile: The Briones family has decided to acquire another 13.1% stake in local cement producer Cementos Bío Bío from Brazil’s Votorantim for US$45.5m. The family thus intends to increase its shareholding to 39.5%. Votorantim would be left without an interest in the company if the deal goes ahead.
Adelaide Brighton to use green power 28 November 2017
Australia: Adelaide Brighton will power some of its facilities with electricity from a 278.5MW wind farm owned by Infigen Energy, according to the Australian Financial Review. Adelaide Brighton will use the electricity to supply two of its cement plants near Adelaide, South Australia, and a quarry on Yorke Peninsula.
The two companies have signed a contract that calls for the cement manufacturer to buy power from the Lake Bonney wind farm for a five-year term. Specific terms of the deal have not been provided, while the contracted amount is said to be more than the 88GWh that were contracted in a bulk power purchase agreement (PPA) deal for a wind project in Melbourne earlier in November 2017.