Union Cement Company (UCC), commissioned a new 3.0 Mta cement grinding facility at their Ras Al Khaimah cement plant in the UAE. The grinding plant is featuring a Gebr. Pfeiffer VRM MVR-6000-6C vertical roller mill, which brings together engineering excellence,…
Holcim UAE (former Lafarge Emirates) is operating a carbon capture and storage (CCS) pilot plant at its Al Banah 3.2 Mta capacity cement plant (photo) in Fujairah. CO2 is captured from the flue gas stream in a daily rate of…
Buzzi has acquired through its subsidiary TC Mena 37.6% of the share capital in Gulf Cement Company (GCC) in UAE. GCC was established in 1977 and operates one cement production facility (photo) in Ras Al Khaimah with an annual production…
Buzzi SpA has acquired 37.6% of the share capital in UAE’s Gulf Cement Company (GCC) through its subsidiary TC Mena Holdings Ltd. GCC is a public joint stock company, incorporated in Ras Al Khaimah, part of the United Arab Emirates,…
UltraTech Cement intends to acquire a 31.6% stake in UAE-based RAK Co. for White Cement and Construction Materials (RAK White Cement or RAKWCT). An offer has been submitted via UltraTech Cement Middle East Investment for 158 million shares of the…
UAE’s Emirates Steel Arkan (ESA), a leading steel producer in the Middle East region, will use the Magsort technology to use its steel slag at its Al Ain Cement plant (photo). Magsort, a Finnish engineering company, has a proprietary dry…
JSW Cement FZE, a subsidiary of Indian JSW Cement, ignited its new clinker line in Habhab in Fujairah, UAE. The kiln line has a capacity of 3000 tpd or 1.0 Mta, same as kiln line No.1 (photo), and will help…
At COP28, thyssenkrupp Polysius signed a project with Fujairah Cement Industries (FCI) to replace fossil fuels with alternative fuels (AF) and to reduce CO2 emissions. FCI is the largest cement producer in the UAE with two Polysius kiln lines combining…
LEC of the Holcim Group, selected the Italian firm for the installation of a 10 MWe waste heat recovery (WHR) system in its cement plant at Fujairah in the UAE. Based on a closed-loop thermodynamic cycle, the Organic Rankine Cycle…