The World Cement Equipment Market and Forecast report addresses important market dynamics and the outlook for equipment used in the production of clinker and cement, integrated as well as grinding units. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / PRURGENT
Greenwich, CT -- According to CW Research’s recently published World Cement Equipment Market and Forecast Report, the global market of milling equipment (including upgrades) will reach USD 1.3 bn in 2022, accounting for 14 percent of the global cement equipment market size in the same year.
The expansion of the cement grinding/final grinding milling equipment segment will be encouraged by the rising number of grinding facilities relative to the sluggish installations of integrated plants in the next five years. Typical ton-per-day capacity of mills has remained largely unchanged in the past few years, standing at around 5,000-6,000 tons per day. Some cement manufacturers in India and the Middle East sometimes opt for larger capacities.
As observed by Robert Madeira, CW Group Managing Director and Head of Research: “milling is one of the few areas of cement process equipment where innovation continues to be ripe. It may seem that the vertical roller mills were the last game-changing innovation, but we are seeing equipment manufacturers going beyond business as usual and paying more attention to niche segments whose needs for mobility, ease of usage and super fineness were poorly catered for in the past.”
Vertical Roller Mills and niche segments take the lead
Improved performance and efficient electricity usage will enable Vertical Roller Mills (VRMs) to be the most popular mill choice (be it for raw meal, solid fuel or cement grinding) to the detriment of ball mills.
Even though VRMs large footprint is often considered as one of their major drawbacks (necessary to provide a foundation to the gears, so the installation does not vibrate), VRMs will still be preferred over the high maintenance and electricity-hungry ball mills. The latter will experience half of their current market size in USD by 2022.
The market size for roller presses, considered difficult to operate and not used to grind fuel, yet enabling high performance and efficient energy consumption for raw meal and cement grinding, will increase, since brownfields account for a large part of future projects (roller presses are usually installed when cement manufacturers wish to increase existing capacity).
Niche segments, such as container and mobile mills, and mills enabling superior fineness will become more intensively catered for by equipment manufacturers. The trend is for cement producers’ specifications to require tailor-made solutions, rather than off-the-shelf ones.
Auxiliary/additional equipment such as classifiers, already in their third generation, are now provided by mill manufacturers. Driers are also needed in situations where the raw material mix has a clinker content of under 70%.
Customization to become key in quality-driven equipment market
Flexibility and customization are key for cement equipment manufacturers to survive in a market where new projects are scarce. Competition for existing projects has led to an aggregated average price per ton of cement production capacity decrease for all mill types of three percent since 2008; a figure that is inferior to the 15 percent decrease of the average price per ton of cement production capacity for a turnkey cement plant.
Currently, cement mills market value size currently amounts to 67 percent of cement plant milling equipment, and is likely to reach 72 percent by 2022. Milling processes, particularly when considering cement grinding, are considered crucial by cement manufacturers, and equipment choices are dictated by quality, performance and footprint specifications, rather than by pricing.
Cement manufacturers often prefer to install two of the same cement grinding plants in order to have more flexibility in case of down times, whether scheduled or unexpected. As such, the segment is mostly catered for by Western suppliers. Even in cases when Chinese suppliers are providing a turnkey project, cement manufacturers often request mills and gears to be provided by companies such as Loesche, Gebr. Pfeiffer or Fives FCB.
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About the Report
The World Cement Equipment Market and Forecast Report addresses important market dynamics and provides a five-year outlook for equipment used in the production of clinker and cement. Building on a rigorous analysis of past and future cement plant capacity expansions (greenfield and brownfield expansions), the report covers all production stages, from raw material grinding to final cement dispatch. Key trends in the main production equipment segments are discussed, sized and forecasted (in USD value and capacity, where applicable), broken down into geographic segments (regions and global by equipment type).
More specifically, process-wise, the report covers equipment required in crushing (crushers), milling (raw meal mills, fuel mills, finishing mills), power (electricity generation and waste heat recovery), pyro processing (burners, pre-heaters / cyclones, kilns, coolers, alternative fuel preparation), and dispatch (weighing, bulk loading, bagging and palletizing equipment) is sized and forecast. Within the principal segments additional details are provided, including mills (vertical roller, ball and roller presses) as well as other equipment such as conveying, storage (silos, stackers / reclaimers), automation, motors, environmental & emissions (e.g., filters and scrubbers), and testing and control functions are extensively covered.
More information about the report can be found here: https://www.cwgrp.com/research/research-products/product/265-world-cement-equipment-market-and-forecast-report
About CW Group
The Greenwich (Conn.), USA-headquartered CW Group is a leading advisory, research and business intelligence boutique with a global presence and a multi-industry orientation. CW Group is particularly recognized for its sector expertise in heavy-side building materials (cement), light-side building materials, traditional and renewable power & energy, petrochemicals, metals & mining, industrial minerals, industrial manufacturing, bulk cargo & shipping, among others. We have a strong functional capability, grounded in our methodical and quantitative philosophy, including due diligence, sourcing intelligence, feasibility studies and commodity forecasting. www.cwgrp.com |
