Sudhakar Sundararaju

EASTERN PROVINCE CEMENT COMPANY

One of the major cement Plant in Saudi Arabia with a capacity of 12000 Tonnes/Day Cement production. Company (http://www.epcco.com/) History: · Foundation stone was placed on February 3rd, 1982 the first Kiln was lighted up on the October 4th, 1984 with first Clinker rolling out of the Kiln on the October 06th, 1984. However, the commercial production started on January 01st, 1985. · Clinker designed capacity is 3,300,000 tons per year @ 10,500 tons per day. · Cement designed capacity is 3,500,000 tons per year @ 12,000 tons per day. · RAw material grinding is achieved by two closed circuit mills with production capacity of 400 tons/hour and one vertical roller mill with 330 tons/hour. · Clinker production is from three gas kilns to produce 3500 tons per day by each. · Clinker is cooled and transferred to five Silos; the total storing capacity is 230,000 tons. · Cement is grounded by four cement mills of 12,000 tons/day capacities and stored in five Silos. Cement is dispatched in bulk bags and in jumbo bags. Bulk cement can be loaded directly from the cement Silos to cement bulkers. Bagging, loading and stacking are done by automatic machines, enabling the dispatching faster and economical. · The factory is considered one of the most modern, equipped with gas fired kilns (as being operated now). · The Plant has the most modern Control systems for high quality and efficient production. · Many modernization and expansion projects are under way for the efficient production