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Intercem will supply a closed circuit ball mill with vertical high efficiency air separator, mill type two compartment ball mill, Ø 3.20 m x 10.00 m EGL. The first compartment is equipped with lifting liners to assure powerful impact for coarse grinding. The second compartment is equipped with a 3-step classifying liner system to assure ball sorting with high fine grinding action. The intermediate diaphragm allows material flow adjustment to optimize material level in both compartments. Intermediate and outlet diaphragm assure maximum air ventilation.

Installed mill power: 1.300 kW side drive, separator type: Intercem vertical high efficiency separator.

Product collection: Direct separation by air jet filter (70.000 m³/h)

Intercem will execute the following services:

Plant engineering and documentation including mechanical, civil and electrical engineering, programming works and documentation, mechanical assembly works and their supervision as well as mechanical and process commissioning and the training for operators.

The ground breaking ceremony will be held in October 2017 and the start of production is scheduled in April 2018.

 

 

 

In connection with the 3 big orders Intercem has been granted with by Cim Metal Group in West Africa, Cimfaso in Ouagadougou, Cim Ivoire in Abidjan and Cimasso in Bobo Dioulasso, a further step has been taken. Each of the 3 cement grinding plants will also have a train loading respectively unloading station, planned, engineered and supervised by Intercem. The first train unloading station was finished in August 2017 in the Cimfaso plant in Ouagadougou.

For the professional mastering of logistical obstacles, the raw material transport was complemented by the procurement of 200 train wagons, the first 50 of which were received mid of August at the Cimfaso plant in Ouagadougou and officially inaugurated by the Minister of Transport of Burkina Faso. According to the PDG of Cim Metal Group, this project is a revolution in terms of transport of raw materials and will support the development of companies in logistics, environmental protection and of course, it will create 50 new jobs – in the unloading hall and along the maintenance system of the train route.

Cim Metal Group, with its policy of development and expansion, has decided to add these wagons to the existing vehicle fleet of 500 trucks, aiming at the improvement of the provision of clinker to the Cimfaso site in Ouagadougou and the Cimasso site – under construction in Bobo Dioulasso, as well as the transport of limestone from the Burkina sites to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

 

 

At the beginning of 2015, the cement grinding plant Cimfaso in Ouagadougou was commissioned with a grinding capacity of 135t/h and has been performing trouble-free since then. Intercem received a further order for a 6.500 t/d cement grinding plant in Bobo-Dioulasso, which will be the largest cement grinding plant in Burkina Faso. Further construction permits will not be granted.

Moreover, Intercem is currently building an 8.000 t/d grinding plant in the neighboring country Ivory Coast, which was ordered by the same investor, Cimmetal Group. The investor is very interested in the good bilateral relations between Intercem / Burkina Faso and the neighboring countries and he is planning further expansions in the bordering friendly countries. State President Roch Marc Kaboré appreciated this information and will support the projects.

State President, H.E. Roch Marc Kaboré, was accompanied by further seven ministers of his country, who were ready for detailed discussions after the meeting in order to map out further investment opportunities. The state development program PNDES (NATIONAL PLAN FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT), among others, is available for those kinds of projects and actively provides financial support for further investment shares until 2020.

It was agreed to have further discussions concerning the development of the country Burkina Faso for the future economic benefit making use of the good experiences with Intercem for Burkina Faso.

 

 

In connection with the current order for the delivery of a 8000 tpd cement grinding and packing plant for CIM IVOIRE in Abidjan/Ivory Coast, Intercem was granted with an additional order by Sea Invest for the raw material transport from the new ECO Hopper to the clinker silos and the additive storage.

This order includes the delivery of trough belt conveyors as well as all related components and the transfer tower on an EPC base – from the piling, the foundation works, the steel construction, the cladding of the building, the roofing of the belt bridges, the necessary filters and chutes to the electrical equipment, the installation and the commissioning.

Moreover, the scope of supply contains the measurement of the local conditions with a 3D scanning system as well as the mechanical, electrical and civil engineering.

Commissioning is planned for Q4 2017 to ensure the raw material supply for CIM IVOIRE. An extension by further trough belt conveyors is previewed in order to come up to the challenging demands for raw material supplies of the country’s cement industry in the future.

 

In December 2015 Intercem was awarded the contract by Lafarge-Holcim for the turn-key-supply of a hot gas system for a coal mill in Chekka, Lebanon. By realizing this project, energy costs during operation for the cement plant will be consequently reduced and the specific labour need will be optimized.

This project is already the second contract for such kind of applications between Lafarge-Holcim and Intercem. In 2013 a hot gas system was realized in a cement factory in Jordan.

The new hot gas system in the coal mill plant in Chekka connects the preheater with the coal mill and comprises a hot gas duct with a length of 360 metres and a diameter of 900 mm. The process data of the hot has outlet of the heat exchanger are of 18.500 Nm3/h at 400°C.

Besides diverse ducts, a cyclone, a process fan and several control dampers, compensators, the complete instrumentation and automation as well as a new recirculation duct with 2 control dampers at the existing vertical coal mill were supplied.

The turn-key scope of supply and services includes

• Project management
• As-built-survey of the existing plant using 3-D-Laser scanning
• Review of the statics of the existing steel structure and concrete construction
• Process- and detail engineering
• Supply of the mechanical equipment including steel structure
• Coordination of the locally produced components
• Supply of the electrical equipment including clarification of connections and integration into the existing control systems
• Execution of the complete foundation works
• Transport management
• Electrical and mechanical assembly of the plant
• Commissioning of the hot gas system
• Training of the operating team

 

The turn-key-handover to the customer is planned for Q4/2016.

Once again Intercem could prove that its motto “Fast, fair, flexible” is more than an advertising slogan. It is realized by Intercem and continuously leads to success.

 

 

On 03.03.2016 the third contract between Kanis International Group for CIMASSO in Bobo Dioulasso / Burkina Faso and Intercem was concluded for the largest order in the company history. Already on 27.05.2016 the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a cement grinding plant with a capacity of 6.500 t/day took place .

The Prime Minister, further high-ranking government representatives from Burkina Faso, local and international business representatives, the President of Kanis International Group Mr. Inoussa Kanazoe, Intercem’s management and further 4000 guests took part in this official and significant opening ceremony.

 

Intercem’s scope of supply comprises the engineering, the supply of mechanical and electrical equipment of exclusively European origin, the project management and the supervision of erection as well as the commissioning.

The following scope of supply was agreed:

• Train unloading station for clinker
• Truck unloading for lime & additives
• Storage of 100.000 t of clinker & raw materials
• Raw material shed & dosing station
• 6500 tpd cement grinding plant with VRM
• 4x 4000 t cement silos
• 8000 tpd loading of cement bags incl. the truck loading station

 

On the occasion of this groundbreaking, a donation of 5.000 EURO was handed over from Intercem to the director of the educational institution LPTIC-B, Mr. Sibiri Sanou, the representative on site of the charitable organisation Werkhof Darmstadt e.V.. This donation is destined for the establishment and equipment of the educational institution for technical and economical professions, which supports the professional education of young people from poor families. This project of Werkhof Darmstadt e.V. is officially recognized by the German authority for economical collaboration and development “Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung”. It is very particular that the authority increases nine-fold each donated EURO, which means that – based on the donation of Intercem – an amount of 50.000 EURO is available for the supported educational project. Intercem would appreciate this donation to act as a signal and wants to support the development of the poor country.

 

 

On 03.03.2016, a contract between CIMASSO (Burkina Faso) – a sister company of CIMFASO and CIM IVOIRE – was concluded. As before in the contract with CIMFASO and CIM IVOIRE, Intercem was charged with the construction of a cement grinding plant. Also for this plant, Intercem’s scope of supply will comprise the engineering, supply of mechanical and electrical equipment, project management and the supervision of erection and commissioning. The capacity of the grinding plant will be of 6.500 t/day.

Moreover, during negotiations for this new contract, the existing contract with CIM IVOIRE, which was signed on 30.10.2015, was updated from a grinding capacity of 6.500 to 8.650 t/day. The planned rail and truck loading station will be extended by an unloading station for raw materials such as Dolomite delivered from Burkina Faso to Ivory Cote respectively clinker and gypsum supplied to Burkina Faso. Furthermore, a new storage hall for these materials is previewed.

The challenging timeframe for the new project CIMASSO is also only 18 months and will be executed in parallel to the construction in Abidjan.

 

Intercem convinced the customer also in this case according to its motto “Fast, fair, flexible” of its efficiency and customer orientation, which was already proved by the construction and commissioning of the cement grinding plant for the sister company CIMFASO in Burkina Faso at the beginning of 2015.

 

 

 

Intercem and CimIvoire signed the contract for the delivery of a cement grinding plant for the harbour of Abidjan, one of the most important harbours of West Africa, in Abidjan on 30.10.2015.

This order is the largest single contract ever in the history of the Intercem group of companies and already the second contract between both partners.

The first project, the CIMFASO cement grinding plant in Burkina Faso (see news), started production in January 2015. The ‘fast.fair.flexible’ project handling, the high level of trust in Intercem as well as the approved quality convinced the client to continue with Intercem.

To be continued

The continuation was foreseen to be done in Abidjan / Cote d’Ivoire. After securing of the land inside the harbour of Abidjan the most difficult engineering works started. Different independent plots were made available to place the clinker silos, cement grinding pant with a VRM, the cement silos and the packing plant / truck loading station independently.

The master layout was jointly worked out and a most comprehensive and suitable solution was created and found.

Intercem has been a successful player since more than 40 years in the cement industry and this order is the largest single contract ever in the history of the Intercem group of companies.

Project description:

This contract contains the transport of the clinker / raw material to the storages, 2x 50.000 to clinker silos, a raw material storage hall for additives and gypsum, a 6.500 tpd cement grinding plant with VRM, 4x 5.500 to cement silos, a packing plant with 4x rotary packers and 4x truck loading stations. Further to this an independent clinker train & truck loading station will be installed to feed the sister company CIMFASO in Burkina Faso with clinker and raw material.

The entire equipment will be delivered by renowned- and very well-known European manufacturers only.

The scope of supply includes the entire engineering, mechanical and electrical equipment, project management and, as in the previous project in Burkina Faso, the supervision of erection and commissioning, based on the motto “never change a winning team”.

In this project the tight timeframe for implementing from signing to put the plant into operation is a challenge again – 18 months. But the process is already on its way.

More projects are foreseen in the region and this cooperation will be continued shortly to suit the investor’s master plan and the cement demand of the region.