Kreisel has delivered three 700 x 700mm high-pressure rotary valves to a China-based engineering firm for its construction of a cement plant in Saudi Arabia. Each valve is equipped with Ultra-Carbide protection and is able to convey 125t/hr of raw meal over a distance of 263m. In addition to the valves, Kreisel will also supply
FLSmidth’s cement business recorded preliminary, unaudited sales of US$871m in 2023, down by 59% year-on-year from US$2.14bn in 2022. The business contributed 25% of the group’s consolidated sales of US$3.5bn. FLSmidth had a total order intake for the year of US$3.11bn, toward which the cement business contributed US$711m (23%). The supplier said that its results
FLSmidth says that its plans to sell its cement business. The business provides FLSmidth’s processing equipment and services for cement plants around the globe. FLSmidth will now explore its possible divestment options in order to ‘maximise’ the business’ ‘full potential,’ while also serving to strengthen the supplier’s remaining mining business’ market-leading position in its sector.
A new coalition for the scaling and deployment of low-carbon building materials, the creation of new clean cement and concrete jobs and the promotion of environmental justice launched earlier in January 2024. Called the Decarbonized Cement and Concrete Alliance (DC2), it comprises alternative cement developers Biomason, Brimstone, Chement, Fortera and Terra CO2, sequestration company Blue
Middle East Calcined Clay and Netherlands-based Kaolin Group International plan to build a limestone calcined clay cement plant in Oman. The partners have hired Spain-based turnkey plant engineer IPIAC to supply equipment including its Plug and Clay clay calcination unit. The new plant will produce limestone calcined clay cement with 40% lower CO2 emissions than ordinary
Mexico-based GCC has hired ThyssenKrupp Polysius North America to build a 3000t/day clinker production line at its Odessa plant in Texas. When commissioned in late 2025, the line is expected to more than double the plant’s clinker capacity to 2Mt/yr across three kilns. The supplier says the project will also lower the plant’s annual CO2 emissions
China National Building Material subsidiary Sinoma International Engineering won a contract to build a new clinker line for Holcim Belgique on 8 December 2023. Yicai Global News has reported that Sinoma International Engineering will design the line, supply its mechanical and electrical equipment, procure steel structures and provide technical services under a contract worth Euro218m.
Germany: Menzel held the ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Hennigsdorf motor plant in Berlin earlier in November 2023. From the start of operations there on 2 January 2024, the site will consolidate Menzel’s production and administrative operations. CEO Mathis Menzel said “This move will ring in a new era in the history of our family business.
CIMPOR has appointed Germany-based ThyssenKrupp Polysius to build a 1280t/day flash activator for clay. The activator will supply calcined clay for use in the production of cement with a clinker factor as low as 50%. This can reduce the cement’s CO2 emissions by 40% compared with ordinary Portland cement (OPC). The supplier’s contract covers engineering, supply
Engineering company GEA has installed a carbon capture pilot plant at the Phoenix Zementwerke cement plant in Beckum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The supplier will now conduct testing over ‘several’ months, but said that it is confident that the cement plant is suitable for an installation to capture over 90% of its CO2 emissions. GEA’s carbon capture systems