Sinjar Cement Plant
Sinjar Cement Plant is located (100) km west of Mosul on the main road of Mosul-Sinjar.
The Plant works on the dry method that relies on preheating and calcination. The Plant was constructed by the Romanian UZINE EXPORT Company, (the design capacity of each line is 3200 tons/day = 2,000,000 tons/year).
Sinjar Cement Plant consists of the following six parts:
1. Quarries of limestone and clay, including limestone crusher.
2. Department of Production Operations, which includes the following:
A. Unit of clay and limestone accumulation and preparation
B. Unit of rate determination and components storing and mixing.
C. Unit of raw material mills, which consists of four horizontal mills.
D. Unit of storage silos for the milled materials
E. Firs preheating unit (Preheater 2)
F. Calcination and roasting unit
G. Clinker cooling unit
3. Department of cement storage, milling, and packaging. This department consists of two units of clinker storage, units for weighing and adjusting components rates, 4 horizontal cement mills, silos for cement storage, and unit 4 cement packaging (both in sacks and in bulk).
4. Department of quality control and labs.
5. Department of maintenance and storage spaces.
6. Administration department.
Regarding the raw materials used in production, limestone constitutes about 85% of the raw material, which is supplied by a nearby plant. Meanwhile, clay makes up about 15% of the raw material, and it is supplied from the same area. However, the gypsum added to the cement is supplied from an area located about 80 kilometers from the plant. Other added materials are all imported from abroad. The plant produces three types of cement:
OPC, SRC, and calcareous cement. Currently, all procedures are taken to obtain ISO certification in the near future.