Gypsum industry news
Chayton Capital and Montenegro government to assess feasibility of Pljevlja building materials complex
12 April 2023Montenegro: UK-based private equity firm Chayton Capital has agreed to fund the feasibility study for the establishment of a joint public/private building materials production complex at the site of the Plejevlja energy hub. The complex will include a gypsum wallboard plant. Emerging Market Watch News has reported that the firm will also be involved in the modernisation of a coal-fired power plant at the site. The total budget for the project is Euro700m.
Etex reveals upgrade work in Romania
13 June 2022Romania: Belgium-based Etex invested Euro1m on upgrades to the logistics capacities of its Turceni gypsum wallboard plant and its Aghiresu plaster plant. It also started work on a Euro6m sludge drying unit at coal-fired power plant in Oltenia that will supply synthetic gypsum for use at Turceni, according to See News. The company operates locally under the Siniat Romania brand. It reported a 20% year-on-year rise in turnover to Euro59.6m in 2021.
Saint-Gobain to install waste heat recovery system at Vancouver gypsum wallboard plant
31 March 2022Canada: Saint-Gobain has shared plans to install a US$3.19m waste heat recovery (WHR) system at its Vancouver gypsum wallboard plant in British Columbia. It has secured US$1.12m in funding from the provincial government’s CleanBC Industry Fund for the project. The producer says that the installation will increase the plant’s energy efficiency and reduce its CO2 emission by 10%.
Saint-Gobain said “This project will help our company to maximise our positive impact for our customers and the communities where we do business, while minimising our environmental footprint. We thank the CleanBC programme for its support, and look forward to many more years of sustainable, state-of-the-art manufacturing in Vancouver.”
BNBM to build wallboard plant in Bosnia & Herzegovina
03 February 2022Bosnia & Herzegovina: China-based BNBM plans to build a 40Mm2/yr gypsum wallboard plant in a joint venture with Rudnik i Termoelektrana Ugljevik (RiTE Ugljevik). The new company will be called BNBM Eastern Europe and based at Ugljevik, where RiTE Ugljevik operates the coal-fired Ugljevik Power Plant. The project has an investment of Euro50m with BNBM contributing Euro45m towards the total. Construction is expected to take 18 months, although a start date is subject to the joint-venture meeting certain conditions to the satisfaction of its parent companies. RiTE Ugljevik is a subsidiary of the state-owned power company Elektroprivreda.
Etex Building Performance to build Euro6m sludge drying plant at Rovinari coal-fired power plant in Romania
26 August 2021Romania: Etex Building Performance has announced plans to build a Euro6m sludge drying unit at Oltenia Energy Complex’s (OEC) Rovinari coal-fired power plant in Oltenia. The subsidiary of Belgium-based Etex will derive synthetic gypsum from the unit for use at its Turceni wallboard plant, according to Economica. It already operates a similar sludge drying unit at OEC’s Turceni coal-fired power plant.
Industrial director Gheorghe Budrugeac said "We count on the fact that both the OEC and the local and central authorities will understand the importance of the investment for the local community and the positive impact on the environment, therefore we expect no delays in the approval process."
Etex proposes investing in power plant in Romania
07 August 2020Romania: Etex has proposed investing Euro6m at the Rovinari thermal power plant run by Oltenia Energy in order to secure supplies of flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) gypsum for its Turceni wallboard plant. It wants to build a desulphurisation unit at the power plant following falling energy production at the Turceni power plant, according to Economica. Etex is currently in negotiation with Oltenia Energy over the proposal.
Telangana State Power Generation Corporation awards gypsum and coal handling contract to BTL EPC
14 February 2020India: BTL EPC, a division of engineering firm Shrachi Group, has been awarded a US$51m synthetic gypsum, limestone and coal handling equipment contract for Telangana State Power Generation Corporation’s proposed 5X800 MW Yadradri Thermal Power Station Thermal Power Station, according to the Economic Times newspaper. The contract includes the provision of a 21.8km-long conveyor.
India: Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHE) has been awarded two flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) system orders at a value of for just under US$350m two thermal power plants. The orders involve supply and installation of FGD systems for 13 coal based units at the 2600MW Korba STPS Stage I, II & Ill in Chhattisgarh and the 2100MW Ramagundam STPS Stage I & II in Telangana. BHE's scope of work includes design, engineering, civil works, supply, erection and commissioning of wet FGD system along with auxiliaries, including limestone and gypsum handling system and wet stack on a full engineering, procurement and construction basis. The orders follow a contract awarded in July 2019 to supply a FGD system for the Nabinagar Thermal Power Project.
Bharat Heavy Electricals to install flue gas desulphurisation system at Nabinagar Thermal Power Project
19 July 2019India: Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHE) has been awarded the contract to supply emissions control systems, including a flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) system, at the Nabinagar Thermal Power Project. The project is a 4x250MW coal-fired power station being built by Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company, a joint venture between NTPC and Indian Railways. BHE's scope of work includes design, engineering, civil works, supply, erection and commissioning of wet FGD system along with auxiliaries, including limestone and gypsum handling system and wet stack on a full engineering, procurement and construction basis.
Previously BHE installed a FGD system at Tata Power's Trombay Unit 8 in 2008. Including the latest order, BHE is presently executing FGD systems for 27 units of NTPC and its joint ventures.
India: NTPC says it plans to install flue-gas desulphurisation (FGD) units at all of its power stations. The state-owned power producer commissioned the country's first FGD unit at the 500MW unit number 13 (stage V) unit at its 4760MW Vindhyachal power plant in 2017 for a cost of around US$30m, according to the Press Trust of India. 1275t and 1515t of synthetic gypsum from the unit has been supplied to ACC and JP Cement respectively since the unit was started.
"With an aim to embrace sustainable practices to produce power with minimum emissions, NTPC is implementing this technology across its power plants. At present, the adoption of this technology is currently at various stages of implementation for 65.35GW of group capacity in 38 locations, which also includes upcoming projects," the state-owned power producer said.
Earlier in July 2019 GE Power India said it had has won three FGD projects from NTPC at the Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station, the Sipat Super Thermal Power Station and the Aravali Power Company plant, IGSTPP Jhajjar.