Ongoing: Built and equipped by FLSmidth between 2001 and 2003, InterCement's Ijaci plant was from the start beset by a weak market and declining demand. In response, the plants management initiated production campaigns of 20 days interspersed with 30 days of stoppage, a plan that matched market demand but made it impossible to operate equipment optimally or fully test plant production limits. In an effort to control operating costs, the company opted to cut production at two other facilities and increase production at Ijaci. This gave the opportunity to test the new plants equipment under more normal conditions and to optimise operation.
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