The subject of scale-up has had a long and a somewhat despairing history.

By Chris Greet, Jessica Kina & Grant Small, Magotteaux Australia.

READ FULL ARTICLE Scaling laboratory results to the plant: a methodology

A report on the revamping of the FM4 finish mill at PPC Slurry Plant
and more precisely about the replacement of former generation classifiers
by state-of-the art XP4, Magotteaux’ 4th generation separator.

By Dipeen DAMA, Niru GOVENDER and Frikkie VAN ZYL, PPC GROUP, RSA,
and Markus KUCKART and Joël LELOUX, MAGOTTEAUX INTERNATIONAL SA.

Published in World Cement December 2013.

To read full article, click Article WC 201312 HD

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(VAUX-SOUS-CHEVREMONT, BELGIUM. – April 13, 2015) – The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE:BWC) announced today that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), and international wear solutions supplier Magotteaux have formed a strategic alliance to enable B&W PGG to market Magotteaux’s advanced coal pulverizer grinding media and Metal Matrix Composites Vertical Roller Mills (VRM) parts to its U.S. and international customers and to investigate other strategic growth projects.

The agreement will allow B&W PGG to supply Magotteaux-manufactured pulverizer balls, grinding segments, tires and other VRM components to customers in the power generation and other industries. It brings together B&W’s extensive pulverizer experience and Magotteaux’s expertise in wear materials, creating truly world-class products for these industries.

“This alliance allows B&W PGG to provide the most-advanced and reliable pulverizer parts in the industry, including ceramic components with superior durability,” said Mark Low, B&W PGG Senior Vice President, Global Services Division. “Magotteaux’s nearly 100-year reputation for quality, performance and materials expertise is unmatched, and we’re extremely pleased to be able to work together to manufacture these high-quality components to meet our customers’ needs.”

Magotteaux Chief Sales Officer Sébastien Dossogne said, “This strategic alliance translates converging views of both companies: intense and structural collaboration between equipment manufacturer and wear solutions supplier to optimize customers’ processes and total cost of ownership. We look forward to serving the market together for years to come.”

Gilles Recoules, Magotteaux Senior Vice President Cement and Power, also noted the benefits of the agreement for both companies.

“We are extremely happy about this strategic alliance with B&W PGG,” Recoules said. “Combining, valuing and aligning our multi-functional competencies and focusing on synergies will open up tremendous opportunities.”

Parts for B&W PGG’s customers will be manufactured in Magotteaux facilities around the world.

About B&W

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., The Babcock & Wilcox Company is a leader in clean energy technology and services, primarily for the nuclear, fossil and renewable power markets, as well as a premier advanced technology and mission critical defense contractor. B&W has locations worldwide and employs approximately 11,600 people, in addition to joint venture employees located at projects around the world. Follow us on Twitter @BabcockWilcox and learn more at www.babcock.com.

About Magotteaux

Headquartered in Belgium, Magotteaux is the leader in process optimization for high abrasion extracting industries (mines, cement, power, quarries, dredging and recycling). Magotteaux employs 3,000 skilled talents, has a market footprint of above 500,000 tons of grinding media and castings through its 19 specialized production units and 28 sales offices and Technical Centers worldwide. Magotteaux is part of the Chilean Group Sigdo Koppers, the Chilean-based conglomerate providing services and products for the mining industry. Learn more at www.magotteaux.com and at www.sigdokoppers.cl

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements

B&W cautions that this release contains forward-looking statements relating to the strategic alliance with Magotteaux. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including, among other things, delays or other difficulties executing customer contracts and adverse changes in the industries or geographic regions in which we operate.  If one or more of these or other risks materialize, actual results may vary materially from those expressed. For a more complete discussion of these and other risk factors, please see B&W’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. B&W cautions not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date this release, and undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, except to the extent required by applicable law.

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That’s the heading of a recent article in the Belgian newspaper Le Soir (on April 4, 2015) stating that CBR (Heidelberg Group) reduced its energy consumption at its plant in Lixhe, Belgium, by 20% since the installation of a new XP4^®i  classifier by Magotteaux.

Please click here to read the article.

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Magotteaux Group SA announced that Mr. Sébastien Dossogne* has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Magotteaux Group succeeding to Bernard Goblet** as of today 19th of June 2015.

Mr. Sébastien Dossogne* joined Magotteaux in April 2007 as Chief Financial Officer and took over as Chief Sales Officer early 2012.

Bernard Goblet** joined Magotteaux in 2006 as Chief Operations Officer and became CEO later that year. He has been managing the Group with Sigdo Koppers as the sole shareholder since November 2011. Bernard Goblet** has been instrumental in professionalizing the management of the performance of Magotteaux. He has transformed a group of relatively independent companies into the integrated international group we know today. During his time as a CEO, he continuously worked at strengthening and developing the Magotteaux group and helped Magotteaux to successfully pass through the worst financial crisis in a century.

Mr. Juan Pablo Aboitiz, Chief Executive Officer of Sigdo Koppers, thanks Mr. Bernard Goblet** for his numerous contributions to the Group.

*as permanent representative of SEDIAM sprl

**as permanent representative of ALACCA sprl

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Within the August 2015 edition of the magazine World Cement, Moisés R. Nunez from our Partner Cemengal, explains the development of a modular and portable grinding solution relying on the new Magotteaux XP4i® classifier.

Published in World Cement August 2015.

To read full article, click Article WC 201508 HD

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Magotteaux announces its presence at Flotation 2015 from November 16^th until 19^th 2015 in Cape Town, RSA.

The Flotation (Flotation 2015) conference takes place every second year in Cape Town, hosted by MEI (Minerals Engineer International) at the Vineyard Hotel. The conference is a 4 day event, with the first two days focusing more on the fundamental work around flotation. The last two days look at major field development projects around flotation currently happening in industry.

Magotteaux will again be a sponsor of this year’s event, and will have a stand where we will promote the Chemillurgy™  approach.

Additionally Magotteaux will be presenting the following papers:

• Continuous, real time pulp chemistry measurements and what they tell us about metallurgical performance.

• Oxidative weathering of a copper sulphide ore and its influence on pulp chemistry and flotation.

 Please join us at stand 23 during this year’s event.

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Magotteaux will be exhibiting at bauma,  the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Construction, Building Material and Mining Machines, taking place in Munich on April 11-17, 2016.

Join us booth B2.338 and discover how to boost your end result.

Contact us to set-up a meeting with our sales team.

See you in Munich!

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A big ‘thank you’ to all who took the time to visit our booth at bauma 2016.

It was a rewarding show for us, as our products and expertise received an overwhelmingly positive response.

Get in touch with us and we will be happy to lay out how we can help you to make the most of your plant, become more efficient and increase your profits.

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Magotteaux India recently participated in Power Gen- India & Central Asia held at New Delhi, India from 18-20 May’2016.

A large number of OEMs like BHEL, FLSMITH, GE, LOESCHE ENERGY, THYSSENKRUPP, MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, etc., participated as Exhibitors.

The exhibition and seminar provided an opportunity to Magotteaux
India to showcase its product portfolio and visibility to various potential customers. A good number of OEMs and end users from Power Sector visited Magotteaux’s booth and showed interest in the differentiated offerings to the power sector.

During the seminar and paper presentations for showcasing developments in respective areas by eminent speakers and organizations, Mr. Ken Birchett presented a paper on “Wear resistant castings for vertical roller mills-thermal power generation”, followed by a question-answer session which was well received by the audience.

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Magotteaux has signed a significant contract to supply 2 full cement lines to an end customer of TKIS (Thyssen Krupp Industrial Solutions) in Middle East.

Magotteaux will provide complete mill internals for four ball mills Ø 5.6m, i.e. headwall liner, shell liner, slotted plates as well as grinding media. The order also includes the supply of rollers and table segments in our Xwin ceramic technology for four vertical mills type QM 48. A major part of the 218 mt vertical mill castings will be manufactured at our recent and modern Thai facility with a first supply scheduled early 2017.

This 7 digit USD deal won against a major competitor is one of the most sizeable orders in recent times for Magotteaux cement business.

Our innovative technology development offering outstanding performance whilst being very cost-effective was the perfect choice to answer the challenging requirements of the current market environment.

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Magotteaux will be exhibiting at Electra mining, the biggest mining, industrial, electrical & power trade show in South Africa.

Contact us to set-up a meeting with our sales team.
See you in Johannesburg!

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We thank all our visitors, customers, dealers and agents for visiting our booth at this year’s Electra Mining Africa Exhibition. We hope you thoroughly enjoyed your visit and our hospitality.

The exhibition was a great success for Magotteaux and gave us the opportunity to showcase all our products and expertise, which generated a great interest.

Please, do not hesitate to contact us info@magotteaux.com or call 011-467-0240 for any questions or feedback you may have following the exhibition. We will be very happy to assist you with your enquiry.

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Magotteaux is proud to sponsor Flotation 2017, taking place in South Africa in November 2017. The Conference will cover the topics of Mineral Resources, Engineering, Flotation, Natural Resources, Mining and more.

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Prospect Awards 2016

Magotteaux is the winner of the “Minerals Processing of the Year” award with its Pulp Chemistry Monitor.

Celebrating the best of mining in Australia, the 13th annual Prospect Awards took place this year in Sydney. The awards recognise the achievements of individuals and companies in the sector across a range of criteria including Excellence in Mine Safety, Contribution to Mining, and Australian Mine of the Year.

The pulp chemistry monitor (PCM®) is an instrument that measured key pulp chemical parameters (pH, Eh, dissolved oxygen, temperature and oxygen demand) on-line and in real time. These data when combined with other measurements taken in a flotation plant can be used to improve the control of reagent additions which should make it possible to achieve better stability in the plant.  With better stability and better reagent utilisation the metallurgical performance should improve.

Magotteaux technology forging a better future through chemistry

In its simplest form mining is about digging the ore out of the ground and separating the minerals of value from the waste to make money.  And, the most common separation process used to achieve this is flotation.  Now flotation is basically a chemical process that relies on making the minerals you want to recover stick to bubbles and be recovered into a concentrate.  The efficiency of this separation actually relies heavily on getting the chemistry right.

However, when operating a plant the chemistry is often overlooked as it is difficult to measure and interpret.  To address this, Magotteaux worked with Manta Controls to develop the Pulp Chemistry Monitor (PCM®), which measures the pulp chemistry of critical process streams in real time, introducing an new level of process optimised for improved metallurgical performance.  PCM® capabilities arise from a combination of a fully integrated communication and high-level control functions designed by Manta Controls utilising Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture platform, and classical metallurgical know how provided by Magotteaux.

Manufactured in Adelaide, the PCM® is exported globally for integration into a range of mineral processing facilities to aid productivity and increase profitability.

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In November, Magotteaux China participated at the Bauma China 2016. Bauma is the largest and most important event for the construction industry.

Many customers and potential customers in Aggregates, Mines and Cement visited our stand. In mine industry, this exhibition provided an opportunity for us to showcase our solution for a lower wear cost and higher production efficiency.  In the Aggregates industry a strong interest from end users, OEMs and distributors with the presentation of market researches and blow bar trials.

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Magotteaux India recently participated in “Cement Expo, India” this 8^th & 9^th December. It was a 1^st participation and a large success for the company. Different points to highlight:

1. The exhibition and seminar provided a great opportunity for Magotteaux to showcase the range of products.
2. A large attendance of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and end-users from cement sector visited our booth.
3. A deep interest in our differentiated offers… a majority of the senior level visitors requested our account managers to organize plant visits in order to present and evaluate our products mainly: XP4i Separators, HRCs & XCC.

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The installation of two new XP4®i classifiers replacing the previous old ones in only 2 months, proving the extreme simplicity and ease to install the XP4®i.

Follow on this page all important phases of the installation process of these 2 new XP4®i classifiers at the Oman Cement Company (OCC) plant in Oman.

1. Double cement line revamping project
2. Engineering, manufacturing & delivery
3. Pre-assembly
4. Shut down & replacement of 1st generation classifiers

What is the XP4®i? > just click here

Double cement line revamping project

The discussion process over the revamping of 2 first cement grinding lines @ Oman Cement Company gave Magotteaux the opportunity to offer the ultimate XP4®i classifier. This fully integrated version (cyclone & fan inside) is perfectly adapted to replace 1st generation classifiers in a very short time!

The contract of~ 4.1 M€ excl. tube mills internals was the starting point of an impressive industrial revamping story!

BEFORE                                                                                  AFTER

The objectives for Oman Cement Company (OCC) with this double cement line revamping were:
• to increase cement production (currently 3200 Blaine cement), maintaining the same Blaine value and reducing the energy consumption
• to solve their vibration issue. The 2 worn out  first generation classifiers caused indeed a high level of vibration to their unsuitable/damaged steel structure.

Magotteaux took the lead & coordination of the OCC project, chose the Spanish partner Cemengal to manage EPC proposal & projects and a local company, UMECCO (United Middle East Construction Company LLC) to provide the required manpower, tools and handling cranes.

The strong & structured Magotteaux-Cemengal partnership allowed all competences to be available at once (engineering, process expertise, required machines as classifiers, conveying & additional filtering equipment, professional project management…).

What is the XP4®i? > just click here

Engineering, manufacturing & delivery

Starting from existing drawings (paper format), a new 3D drawing was created. During a visit, the prepared drawings were verified against the real situation on-site.

Additionally, a static & dynamic calculation, taking into account the modifications due to new equipment positioning and their impact on the structure, modification of platforms, walkways… was realized.

Classifiers, steel structure reinforcement & extensions, cladding, airslides pack, bucket elevator extensions, dedusting filters, flow meters… Everything was designed and manufactured in a record 6 months timeframe!

8 containers were shipped from Belgium and 14 from Spain to Sohar (Sultanate of Oman) along with a full documentation set.
Everything was ready for the preparation phase on site!

What is the XP4®i? > just click here

Pre-assembly

Immediately after the inspection of the deliveries, the site preparation started. The two XP4®i -90 were assembled on the ground in no more than 7 days!

Other preparation tasks were also completed before the mills were scheduled for the final shutdown:
• Reinforcement of the lower level of the steel structure
• Preassembly of new footbridge sections
• Additional dedusting filter pre assembly
• Roof dismantling + steel structure cleaning (by OCC)
• Cable trays installation…

What is the XP4®i? > just click here

Shut down & replacement of 1st generation classifiers

Once the access was cleared, only 3 days were required to remove the 2 old classifiers and install the 2 new XP4®i !

We are grateful to Oman Cement Company (OCC) for giving us the opportunity to share this story with you!

More information? xp4i@magotteaux.com or +32/4 361 17 65

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On December 8, 2016 Magotteaux International S.A. and Jiangyin Xingcheng Special Steel Works Co., Ltd (Xingcheng) concluded a strategic alliance to establish a joint venture (JV) for the production and the commercialization of forged grinding balls.

The JV, which capitalizes on the strong reputation Xingcheng has developed as worldwide high quality steel supplier and Magotteaux expertise in process optimization products & services for high-abrasion extracting industries, was officially inaugurated on May 4, 2017.

The JV operates under the name Jiangyin Xingcheng Magotteaux Steel Balls Co, Ltd. and is based in Jiangyin (China). This alliance supplies the whole range of forged grinding balls with the highest quality requirements.

“We are excited to form a partnership with Xingcheng” stated Sébastien Dossogne, CEO of Magotteaux. “The objective is to create a supply of high quality steel forged balls to establish a new leader in this large and growing global market”.

“Both parties will join efforts to forge the JV into a world-class well-known brand through rigorous and practical working attitude as well as long-term strategic vision, creating high-end value for our customers”, said Qian Gang, President of CITIC Pacific Special Steel.

About Xingcheng

Jiangyin Xingcheng Special Steel Works Co., Ltd, affiliated with CITIC Pacific Special Steel Group is one of the largest steel producers in China. With more than 6.9 million tons of annual production capacity, the company supply high-quality special steel products and provide overall service plan for customers in over 60 countries and regions.

Xingcheng has grown into a special steel enterprise offering the world’s most complete product specifications and the largest production scale for bars, wire rods, plates and coils. Xingcheng Special Steel runs 9 of the world’s leading production lines using international advanced production & inspection equipment and process technology for their manufacturing. Among their products, we can mention ultra-thick steel plate, pipeline steel, wear resistant steel, high strength steel, pressure vessel steel… used in aerospace, marine, nuclear power, wind power, transportation and other industries. More info at http://en.jyxc.com/.

About Magotteaux

Magotteaux is the leader in process optimization for high abrasion extracting industries (mines, cement, power, quarries, dredging and recycling). Magotteaux employs about 3,000 employees, has a global market footprint through its specialized production units and sales offices and Technical Centers worldwide. Magotteaux is part of the Chilean Group Sigdo Koppers, the Chilean-based conglomerate providing services and products for the mining industry. Learn more at www.magotteaux.com and at www.sigdokoppers.cl.

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Our CEO, Sébastien Dossogne, has been selected as one of the 5 finalists for the Trends Manager of the Year 2021, an initiative organized by Trends-Tendances and Canal Z. The 37^th edition of this prestigious Belgian event, during which the Manager of the Year is announced, will take place in January 2022.

Have a look at Sébastien’s portrait and learn a little bit more about our CEO and some of his reflections.

https://managerdelannee.be/wp-content/uploads/TE42-AN_Manager1_m.pdf

Being selected among the 5 finalists is already a great achievement. I owe it to all the Magotteaux employees and teams to all that we have achieved in recent years in terms of results, innovation and contribution to a better society.

Sébastien Dossogne

L’article Our CEO, Sébastien Dossogne, finalist for the 2021 Manager of the Year award organized by Trends-Tendances and Canal Z est apparu en premier sur Magotteaux.