Issue 8/2023

After 15 years in the ZKG Cement Lime Gypsum editorial team, I am now setting off for new shores, at least in terms of content. I am not leaving Bauverlag, but rather the editorial offices of ZKG...

In the presence of Milena Stoycheva, Bulgaria’s Minister of Innovation and Growth, and representatives of Heidelberg Materials and the local community, the start of construction for the pilot carbon...

After twelve months of construction and an investment volume of € 6 million, the Alpacem headquarters sets new standards in terms of sustainability standards. The company headquarters not only...

Cemex has agreed to acquire Kiesel, a mortars and adhesives technological leader in the construction industry based in Germany, as part of its ongoing strategy to strengthen Cemex’s Urbanization...

Cimpor Ghana Ltd. commissions thyssenkrupp Polysius GmbH with the construction of a flash activator for clay activation in Tema/Ghana. The plant will have the world’s largest new built flash activator...

Fernando Gonzalez, CEO of Cemex has been elected as the new President of the Global Cement and Concrete Association, whose members are committed to achieving Net Zero’ concrete by 2050. Mr. Gonzalez...

Crafters Polypropylene Packages (PVT) Ltd., the woven plastic packaging producer based in Karachi, Pakistan, installed two ad*starKON HX easy-open block bottom sack conversion lines from Starlinger &...

At the BDI Climate Congress 2023, the Chairman of the German Lime Industry Association/BVK and CEO of Lhoist Germany Thomas Perterer spoke about the transformation of the lime industry and the need...

In a world driven by digital advancements, the bulk materials industry is challenged to overcome manual processes and paper-based documentation. This article explores the significant improvements that...

Siemens Xcelerator, the open digital business platform, creates an open ecosystem for collaboration between customers, Siemens, and certified partners, from large technology companies to independent...

Rohrdorfer is participating in the joint project ZEUS (Zero Emissions throUgh Sector Coupling). Within the framework of the project, technologies for the recovery and use of CO2 are to be tested in an...

If the cement industry were a country, it would rank as the third-largest contributor to global carbon emissions. GEA, the international technology group, has developed an extensive carbon capture...

More than 1100 participants attended the Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories (UNITECR) that was held in Frankfurt/Germany from September 26th-29th, 2023.

Last summer saw the signing of an agreement, under which the takeover of FLSmidth Deutschland GmbH’s Cement Service Division (formerly Teutrine) by KF-Montage Service GmbH was finalised. KF-Montage...

For more than 50 years, InterCem has been a household name in cement plant engineering. The roots of InterCem can be found in the cement plant trade. In the 1970s, old plants were purchased,...

In the cement production process, advanced process control systems (APC) are widely used in the automatic control and operation of control loops. However, the optimal set values of controlled...

Due to raw fuel, waste disposal, or using of alternative fuel and other reasons, chlorine and other harmful elements in the cement kiln circulate and accumulate in the burning system, resulting in...

Attempts to further increase the use of solid recovered fuels (SRF) at the main firing of a kiln plant may be limited quickly when the phenomenon of increased brown clinker color occurs. In this...

Oxygen-enriched combustion technology has gained considerable attention in the field of combustion due to its ability to reduce and capture CO2. It has potential applications as a carbon capture...

Dry bulk ports and terminals are in a state of constant change. The materials they handle change and so, too, do the quantities. Operators are constantly having to adapt to new requirements. They want...

The global leader in belt conveyor accessories, Martin Engineering, designs products around safety to promote an efficient and clean working environment and part of that is manufacturing properly...

(22) 14.03.2023 (43) 21.09.2023(57) The invention relates to a method for producing a reusable gypsum material (10) from 20 a construction waste material comprising gypsum waste (20) comprising the...

(22) 11.08.2021(43) 28.09.2023(57) An electrochemical method for producing calcium hydroxide includes dissolving a calcium precursor in a first solution in contact with a first electrode to produce...

(22) 28.05.2021(43) 27.07.2023(57) A CO, separation/recover method in cement production exhaust gas has a step of harmful component removal that removes an acidic component and a harmful component...

(22) 08.06.2023(43) 28.07.2023(57) The invention discloses a system and a method for capturing and recovering moisture in tail flue gas of a cement kiln made of carbide slag. A multi-tube cooler, a...

(22) 21.04.2023(43) 28.07.2023(57) The invention discloses a cement clinker production line preheater system which comprises a plurality of stages of cyclones, connecting pipelines of the cyclones and...

(22) 25.08.2021(43) 05.10.2023(57) A limestone calcined clay cement construction composition comprises a) a cementitious binder comprising one or more calcium silicate mineral phases and one or more...

(22) 31.01.2022(43) 03.08.2023(57) To efficiently reduce the NOx concentration in a cement kiln exhaust gas by using a reducing LCgas. [Solution] A cement calcination device 1 comprises: an extraction...

(22) 02.02.2023(43) 10.08.2023(57) The invention relates to a method for operating a plant (100) for producing cement clinker, wherein the plant comprises as plant units (AG), in the direction of gas...

(22) 03.03.2023(43) 07.09.2023(57) A low-carbon production method and production system for cement clinker. The production method comprises calcining a metal oxide, which is obtained by converting...

In Lünen, North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany’s first publicly subsidized apartment building is being built using 3D printing. The three-story building owned by Wohnungsbaugesellschaft Lünen will have a...

At the annual conference of the World Cement Association (WCA) in Dubai Jim O’Brian from CSR Consulting,  who keeps track of ongoing decarbonization activities of the cement industry, had noticed that...