TPCC Annual Report 2008.indd - HeidelbergCement

Tanzania Portland Cement Company Ltd, Annual Report 2008
The expansion project
Status as of December 2008:
The 108 million USD expansion project is now nearing its
completion. The project received fi nal approval in early
2007 and a turn-key contract was signed on 14 March
2007 between TPCC and CBMI. CBMI is a well known
supplier of turn-key cement factories and is a subsidiary of
the Chinese industrial conglomerate SINOMA Group.
The expansion project consists of a full production line
with a screener/crusher of raw materials, limestone stor-
age, raw meal mill and silo, a 5-stage cyclone pre-heater
rotary kiln, cement mill and silo, a packing and dispatch
facility, as well as a dedicated 132 kV power line.
Site activities started in June 2007, and in October 2008
the Company took over the fi rst section of the project;
the cement grinding and packing plant. This doubled
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Pacing plant
2 x 90 tons/hour
Cement mill
85 tons/hour
Cement silo
7,500 tons
TPCC’s cement grinding capacity from around 700,000
tons to 1,400,000 tons of cement annually.
The clinker production line is now under commissioning.
The fi rst clinker produced from the new kiln saw the light
of day on 1 March this year (2009). About 25,000 tons
of high quality clinker (on a test basis) were produced by
the new clinker line in March. Final take-over is scheduled
for June 2009. TPCC will thereafter be independent of
imported clinker.
5-stage pre-calciner kiln
2,500 tons per day
Raw meal silo
8,000 tons
The project has been a success both for TPCC and for
HeidelbergCement Group. The project will be completed
on time and within budget. No major problems have oc-
curred during the construction phase; notably without any
accidents resulting in injuries or loss of life.