KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG’s subsidiary, ZAB Zementanlagenbau GmbH Dessau, has signed contracts totalling more than €90 million with Pervaja Cementnaja Kompanija (PZK). The contracts regard equipment and services for a new cement plant in Kaluga, Russia. It will comprise two 3000 tpd clinker lines. Pervaja Cementnaja Kompanija forms part of the same group as the major Russian construction firm SU-155.
The project announcement follows recent news that KHD won a contract from Turkey’s OYAK Group for a new 3500 tpd clinker line at Bolu Cimento’s Kazan plant. The new kiln line will be commissioned in spring 2015.
In January – Feburary 2014, Eurocement Ukraine recorded a 10.7% y/y increase in cement shipments and Russia’s Akhangarancement saw a 30% y/y rise in cement production.
Humboldt Wedag, Inc. will carry out projects for Lafarge cement plants in Canada and the US, with a scope of supply running from the raw material feed to clinker handling.