McInnis Cement orders complete production line from ThyssenKrupp

ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions and McInnis Cement have announced a sales/purchase agreement valued at CAN$150 million for the manufacturing and supply by ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (USA), Inc. of a complete cement production line.

The new 6000 tpd clinker production plant is currently under construction on a greenfield site in the Port-Daniel-Gascons area of Quebec, Canada. The plant will be complete with a POLCID proprietary process control system to monitor and control all aspects of the new facility and a POLAB laboratory automation system to assure product quality in every phase of the process. The new plant is scheduled for commissioning in 2016, with full production starting later that year.

“The McInnis Cement project represents the most technologically advanced and environmentally sound plant of its kind, designed to meet or beat the most stringent requirements of both the Canadian and American Environmental agencies. Combined with the extensive experience of both project teams, we have the complete recipe for success for the Port-Daniel-Gascons facility,’’ said Mark S. Terry, President of Resource Technologies Division of ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (USA), Inc.

“Today we are crystallising the work of the last two years during which both our teams have been working hard at designing the most environmentally friendly and highly competitive state-of-the-art cement plant ever to be built,” added Christian Gagnon, CEO of McInnis Cement. “We are very proud to be able to complete this visionary and ambitious project which will become a model of performance for the industry and will ensure that McInnis Cement meets the most stringent requirements of environmental authorities.”

As part of the agreement, ThyssenKrupp will supply a 1800 tph quarry crushing plant, a raw material reclaim system (comprised of a bridge reclaimer for limestone and four portal reclaimers for other additives or fuel), a QUADROPOL vertical roller mill for raw grinding and a 10 000 t blending silo for raw meal storage. The Polysius kiln line will consist of a 5-stage, 2-string PREPOL AS-MSC preheater, a 5.2 m x 75 m POLRO rotary kiln and a POLYTRACK cooler with intermediate roll crusher. Cement grinding will take place in two QUADROPOL vertical roller mills with SEPOL high-efficiency separators. The plant will be completed with three cement silos (with a capacity of 120 000 t), as well as cement truck and ship loading facilities.

“This award represents a very significant order for our company. As the industry emerges out of the problems of the few years, we are very pleased that McInnis Cement selected us and our world class, energy efficient products for the Port Daniel facility,” said Neil Ballantyne, Vice President of Cement for ThyssenKrupp Industrial solutions (USA) Inc.

“The ThyssenKrupp award coupled with our marine terminal allows us to supply high quality cement to the global market. Our unwavering commitment to deliver dependable, high-performing product, made using a world-class, environmentally sensitive process, is the cornerstone of our business model. It is our goal to make McInnis Cement an industry leader by developing a new industry model for proper design incorporating a small carbon footprint that is able to exceed the strictest worldwide environmental regulations,” concluded Gaétan Vézina, Senior Vice President Operations of McInnis Cement Inc.

Adapted from press release by Rosalie Starling

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