Ascom carbonate factory starts production.Byline: Cairo Ascom Carbonate carbonate (kär`bənāt', –nət), chemical compound containing the carbonate radical or ion, CO3−2. Most familiar carbonates are salts that are formed by reacting an inorganic base (e.g. and Chemical Manufacturing (ACCM ACCM Asynchronous Control Character Map ACCM AIDS Community Care Montreal (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) ACCM Annual Conference for Catalog & Multichannel Merchants ACCM Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine ) has started production at its new 20 million euros ( $27 million) calcium carbonate calcium carbonate, CaCO3, white chemical compound that is the most common nonsiliceous mineral. It occurs in two crystal forms: calcite, which is hexagonal, and aragonite, which is rhombohedral. plant located at Al-Matahara in the El-Minya Industrial Zone, in Egypt. ACCM is a subsidiary of Ascom Geology and Mining, Citadel Capital's platform company in the mining sector. The Minya calcium carbonate factory, which has a production capacity of 180,000 ton-per-annum, is Ascom's first foray into Verb 1. foray into - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" raid encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my the industrial minerals sector. It is in line with the Egyptian government's recent emphasis on investment and job creation in Upper Egypt, said an official. The first phase of the project will provide 180 direct jobs and more than 1,000 indirect job opportunities. "The government has also been promoting the establishment of new enterprises that can capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the untapped mineral wealth found in the region," said Citadel Capital managing director Karim Sadek. "With the new Ascom operation, we have direct access to the largest deposit of calcium carbonate in the world -- and it is of a quality that is second only to deposits found in Italy's Carrara region," he added. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Ascom chairman Fayez Gress, the new 17,000 sq m factory will produce high-grade, 2-micron-specification calcium carbonate, an important industrial filling material that is used in the production of everything from paper, ceramics and glazing Glazing The application of finely ground glass, or glass-forming materials, or a mixture of both, to a ceramic body and heating (firing) to a temperature where the material or materials melt, forming a coating of glass on the surface of the ware. to paint, plastics and rubber. "This is a generic product, but there are two factors that give us a competitive edge: The purity of the deposit and the technology that we use to grind 1. GRIND - GRaphical INterpretive Display. A graphics input language for the PDP-9. ["GRIND: A Language and Translator for Computer Graphics", A.P. Conn, Dartmouth, June 1969]. 2. it, he pointed out. 'To produce a high-quality product, large blocks of calcium carbonate must undergo a sophisticated grinding grinding, process by which surface material is removed from an object, usually metal, by the abrasive action of a rotating wheel or a moving belt that contains abrasive grains. process to produce a fine powder that is consistent in particle size Particle size, also called grain size, refers to the diameter of individual grains of sediment, or the lithified particles in clastic rocks. The term may also be applied to other granular materials. ,' Gress explained. In addition to owning and operating the calcium carbonate plant, ACCM has also started operating its own 330,000 sq m calcium carbonate quarry located approximately 25 kilometers away from the manufacturing facility. ACCM began construction on the Minya plant in October 2006 in partnership with Hosokawa Alpine, a leading German company specialized in grinding technology. "By investing in top-quality European technology we will be providing the local market with a superior product that will raise the benchmark and create healthy competition on both price and quality," Gress added. The factory, which is located in a special Duty Free Zone, will dedicate ded·i·cate tr.v. ded·i·cat·ed, ded·i·cat·ing, ded·i·cates 1. To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate. 2. 50 per cent of its production to export markets in Europe and the Gulf. The balance will be sold in the local market. Commenting on the new direction that Ascom is taking by investing in industrial minerals Sadek said, "When Ascom was acquired by Citadel Capital in 2004 as a part of Asec Group, the company's overall strategy shifted when it was decided that more value could be created by leveraging their expertise to develop beyond their core business of mining." 'With mining you are basically extracting raw material and supplying it to the customer, which means that you are capturing a very small portion of the value chain. By producing industrial minerals like calcium carbonate, we are doing what we do best and then taking one extra step in the value chain,' he noted. 'Because of the abundance of good quality raw material, we believe that there is huge potential for calcium carbonate production in North Africa," Gress added. The company said it is planning to invest in a number of similar plants while expanding production lines both in Egypt and the Mena region.- TradeArabia News Service Copyright 2008 www.tradearabia.com Copyright 2009 Al Hilal Publishing & Marketing Group Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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