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History
1979
GCC was established as
a public shareholding company in 1977 with paid up Capital AED
300,000,000.
1981
GCC was officially
declared open on 28th April 1982 by His Highness Shaikh Saqr Bin Mohd Al
Qassimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah
1985
Mixed firing started in
kiln and calciner after introducing Natural gas firing along with 180
cSt fuel oil.
1988
Marine Heavy fuel oil
1000 cSt is also introduced along with 180 cSt and Natural gas.
1992
GCC commissioned a new
Rotary Packer along with auto and semi auto loaders in the loading site
with 2400 bag per hour Moller – Germany
1994,1997,2001
Micro Mill Project for
fine grinding Pet.Coke/Coal,which is needed for Kiln & NSP, by Fuller
International – USA.
1994
GCC
commissioned a new Gas Turbine with rated output of 27.25 MW Germany
1995
Filter
Bag House for reducing the dust emission from Kiln and cooler chimney to
25/mm3 , by Fuller International – USA.
1996
The company has been
awarded the ISO 9002 (Quality Standards Certification)
1996
GCC
commissioned an additional clinker truck loading system, by Aumund
Germany.
1997
GCC
commissioned secondary crushing system for silica rock to produce
crushed silica with 10 mm size, by Svedala - UK.
1997
Clinker
pre-crushing unit for enhancing the cement mill grinding capacity, by
CEMAG GmbH – Germany.
1997
Pet
Coke Indirect firing System for feeding kiln and NSP, by CEMAG GMBH -
Germany.
1997
KOE
Kiln output Enhancement from 3300 t/h to 3800 t/h & Kiln Shell Repair
Project, by CEMAG GmbH & IKN GmbH – Germany.
1998-1999
New grinding mill for
increasing cement production 70 tons/h, by CEMAG GmbH – Germany.
1999
CCR Automation &
monitoring & display of operational parameters with alarm and
indications for improving the factory operation and reducing man power
cost and faults, by Siemens – Pakistan.
2000
Dome Silo for clinker
storage of 110,000 tons in order to reduce clinker dust emission, by
Dome Technology
Inc - USA.
2001
GCC introduced GGBS
production
2000-2001
Multi compartment Silo
with a capacity of 5000 tons,by CEMaG GmbH - Germany
2002
The Company has been
awarded the ISO 14001 Environmental Standards Certification in 2002.
2002
GCC had
acquired a new quarry of silica (Adhan quarry), which could be reserved
for a long time and it constitutes 14% of the raw materials.
2003
GCC is certified for
ISO 9001:2000 by Bureau Veritas Quality International.
2003
GCC enhanced clinker
output from 3800 T/D to 4100 T/D by optimisation process
2003
Wired & Wireless Data
Network Project for ensuring safe data flow between the world and every
office at GCC, by Avaya Communication – USA
2004
Coal grinding mill with
28 t/h capacity, by F.L.Smith - Denmark
2004
Cement grinding mill
project with capacity 115 t/h, by CEMTEC GmbH – Austria
2004
GCC is in the process
of installing 6 additional cement/GGBS silos with a total capacity of
25000 tons.
2005-2006
A new clinker
production line with a capacity of 7500 t/d will be installed by
ThyssenKrupp/India and Polysius AG/ Germany.(GCC becomes the largest
clinker producer in UAE) |
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