Eurocement’s Sengileevskaya plant has begun sending cement by barge. The company sent its first batch of 1700 t of cement at the end of August to a distribution centre in Cheboksary (Chivash Republic). Eurocement plans to make more of this means of transport and increase its water transport from 250 000 tpy to 500 000 tpy.
The Sengileevskaya plant is situated on the banks of the Volga River, making it easy to transport cement to the Ulyanovsk region and surrounding areas, as well as further afield. Shipping by barge is relatively low cost, which will help stabilise cement prices.
WCT2020 provides a unique online forum for cement industry professionals to hear first-hand from experts through a series of exclusive presentations from cement producers and industry experts.
World Cement Editor, David Bizley, sat down with Michael Tay, Advanced Analytics Product Manager at Rockwell Automation to discuss his recent article in World Cement.
Entitled ‘Smooth Sailing’, this article explains how machine learning can help save energy, reduce downtime and predict equipment failures, thus enabling the smooth running of cement plant operations.
The cement industry has recently recognised Roanoke Cement Company (RCC) with top honours for Outreach in the 2020 Portland Cement Association (PCA) Cement Industry Energy and Environment Awards.
