Ciments de l’Afrique has awarded Cemtec with the contract for a new grinding plant to go into an existing facility 15 km outside of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. With the new grinding plant, the facility’s capacity will be doubled to 500 000 tpy.

The key components of the plant are

  • Shell supported ball mill 3.8 x 11.0 m with installed motor power of 2250 kW.
  • Separator CTC-110 with improved rotor design to reduce power consumption and increase separation efficiency.

The scope of supply includes the raw material handling, including intermediate silos, grinding section, cement silos with bulk loading, transport to existing packaging plant, electric and control system, structural steel building, civil works and complete erection.

The main challenge is the integration of the new grinding facility into the existing plant structure with minimal interference and in the shortest possible time. This is ensured by the clear vision and technical specification of Ciments de l’Afrique and the flexibility of Cemtec towards the fulfillment of the specification.

The plant will be fully operational towards the end of 2015.


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