KHD has been awarded the contract to upgrade NUH Cimento’s existing ball mill grinding unit in Hereke-Kocaeli located in Marmara region of Turkey. With this upgrade, the plant will increase the grinding capacity from 212 tph to 408 tph @ 4.000 Blaine. This will be the largest upgrade project to date for KHD.
Recently, KHD provided a six-day semi-wet process operation training class to LafargeHolcim’s Volsk plant personnel at the Technological State University of Belgorod in Russia (Belgorod University).
Guinee Industries Ciments (GIC) awarded KHD Humboldt Wedag a new contract to upgrade its cement grinding plant located in the capital city Conakry, Guinee. GIC will integrate a COMFLEX® system into their existing ball mills. The system will mark the third COMFLEX® system with roller press technology in West Africa.
Following KHD’s Technology Summit in Goa, India in April, this year’s second summit was successfully held in Antalya, Turkey. With 80 participants representing 67 cement companies across Turkey, Iran, Egypt and Angola, KHD has further underlined its presence in the EMEA markets.
KHD has been awarded a contract with ASKALE Cimento to install the first ever PYROCLON® Redox Calciner and Burner at their Van plant in the East Anatolian region of Turkey. The technology is designed to allow plants to decrease their NOx emission and stay within the new limits without using secondary measures such as SNCR or SCR, making it the cleanest calciner technology in the world.
Today the Supervisory Board of KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG (KHD), Cologne, appointed Mr. Gerold Keune as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Star Cement Ltd. (SCL), a well-known cement manufacturer in North East India, with over 3.3 MTPA cement production capacity chose KHD to upgrade their existing 70 tph ball mill (3.6 m dia x 11.9 m) in Meghalaya.
KHD and Shree cement have a long history of bringing innovation to the Indian cement industry. Shree Cement has implemented 11 KHD high-efficiency kiln lines and many grinding stations, including 10 KHD roller presses.
Cementos Argos has awarded KHD Humboldt Wedag an order for three PYROJET® Burners for coal and gas firing at its plant in Yumbo, Cali, Colombia.
After successful commissioning and handover of the KHD pyro process system at Raipur, India, in December 2015, Shree Cement has again entrusted KHD with another pyro line at their Raipur plant in Eastern India.