·         Don’t miss the free March 30 webinar on Cement MACT

·         Fabric filter to replace precipitator at Cemex in South Ferriby, U.K.

·         Dangote on track to be the world’s third largest cement producer

·         Networking at the 53rd Cement Industry Technical Conference sated for St Louis - May 22-26

Don’t miss the free March 30 webinar on Cement MACT

Cement plants have a very challenging and immediate need to select the equipment to meet the new Cement MACT rules. There is tremendous variation in the quantity of various toxic pollutants emitted by individual plants. This means that the best solution for one plant may not be the best solution for another. The good news is that there are lots of alternatives. The bad news is that the effort to select the best solution is substantial. 

On March 30 McIlvaine will conduct another webinar on the Cement MACT. Experts will provide insights on some of the most important options for the cement industry.   There are some unique ways to use lime for the removal of HCl and mercury. The options for PM CEMS selection need to be fully understood. The first big use of this technology in the U.S. will be in the cement industry. The requirement for PM CEMS for South Korean cement plants resulted in major changes in reported particulate quantities and consequently in new filter investments.

The continuous monitoring of mercury and other contaminants will not be easy and will require not only wise equipment selection but a first rate maintenance program.  Four experts will provide important insights on these subjects. They are:

Melissa Sewell, New Business Development Manager, Flue Gas Treatment Solutions, Lhoist North America

Craig Clapsaddle, Beta Guard PM Sales Manager, MSI/Mechanical Systems, Inc.

Bobby I.T. Chen, Client Program Manager, Shaw Environmental, Inc.

Mike Corvese, Thermo Fisher Scientific/Thermo Environmental Instr.

In addition, Bob McIlvaine of McIlvaine will review the comprehensive and organized information available free-of-charge to cement plant owners in the Global Knowledge Orchard.

To register for this free webinar, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/FGDnetoppbroch/Default1.htm

Fabric filter to replace precipitator at Cemex in South Ferriby, U.K.

A £4-MILLION investment has been hailed as a signal that one of Britain's oldest cement-making factories has weathered the downturn.  The cash will be spent on building a new unit for one of the two kilns at the Cemex factory at South Ferriby, U.K.  The work, aimed at cutting down dust emissions, could also see the plant back at maximum capacity.

Planners at North Lincolnshire Council have been told the state-of-the-art technology abatement system will ensure dust pollution from the 25-acre site will be reduced to the minimum possible. 

A spokeswoman for Cemex said: "This is indeed a major investment. While the demolishing of the old precipitator has now been completed, the new installation will not be finished until October time.”  "The fabrication is currently taking place off-site. This new, state-of-the-art filter will not only comply with existing dust emissions legislation, but also future legislation."

Dangote on track to be the world’s third largest cement producer

Dangote Group’s goal is to become the largest cement manufacturer in Africa, and probably third in the world after France-based Lafarge and Holcim, in Switzerland.

Findings show that locally, in Nigeria, the group has a $1.2 billion cement factory in Obajana, Kogi State, said to be Africa’s largest cement production plant, and Benue Cement Company, Gboko, Benue State.  There are cement plants in Ogun State, and Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The group has invested $28 million in the 1.2 million metric tons per year Tema cement factory in Ghana and in South Africa, it is investing $112 million in the 2.2 million tons per year Sephaku Cement plant billed to start production next year.

Their latest foray is in Senegal, where Dangote is constructing a $500 million (N75 billion) 1 million metric tons single-line cement factory. According to Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President/Chief Executive Officer” the group is actually on the march to rival the largest cement companies in the world (Lafarge and Holcim) with 46 million metric tonnes of production capacity per annum by 2015.”

Dangote explained that the 46 million metric tonnes will be garnered from its plants that would have been completed and producing across the continent.  He puts the breakdown from Dangote Cement Plants in Nigeria and the West African region at 30 million tonnes per year while the remaining 16.2 million tonnes annually will come from other African countries where the company is currently building plants.

“We already have a cement plant in Ghana and there are good market opportunities in other neighboring countries such as Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Cote D’Ivoire,” he said.

“We also raised our stake in Sephaku Cement (Pty) Limited, which is based in South Africa, from 19.76 percent to 64 percent in October last year, while we signed an investment promotion and protection agreement with the Government of Zambia, last December, to set up a cement plant that should be up and running by 2013. Only recently, we signed a deal with the Cameroonian Government to enable us to start production of cement in that country, and now we are in Senegal” he added.

Networking at the 53rd Cement Industry Technical Conference sated for St Louis - May 22-26

The industry’s top technical people will be discussing diverse technical issues and proposing potential solutions to the many challenges at this conference.

PCA says that “In addition to networking with the best and brightest people of our industry, you will have a chance to see the best and brightest technology in the form of the newest and largest plants, both located about 40 miles south of St Louis. You can tour the new Buzzi Unicem 7,000 tpd Selma plant as well as Holcim’s 12,000 tpd Ste. Genevieve plant. Both plants came online in 2009 and feature the latest in large plant equipment from a vast array of different suppliers and are among the most energy efficient plants in the world today.”

The good news is that there will be lots of exhibitors and attendees with whom to network.  But how do you arrange to talk to the “best and the brightest” as cited by PCA?

If you are going to be an attendee or an exhibitor just send us your e-mail and phone contacts and we will include them in our BizKnowNet service. We will include this information in our Global Knowledge Orchard immediately, and will also send the contact info out in the May 1 Cement Insights. You do not have to give us the information on the rest of the schedule or your biography, but if you do, then here is what a search under your name will show:

Data Search by Person: Wilber, Karl

We also have pictures and audio interviews with the exhibitors from last year which you can access at:

http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/Decision_Tree/subscriber/Tree/

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Bob McIlvaine

President

847 784 0012 ext 112

rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com