Market trends in vertical mills for the
cement industry

Currently, the dominant theme on the vertical mill sector is the trend to ever increasing mill capacities. But do very large vertical mills really account for such a large portion of the sales figures in the cement industry? This market report provides figures and information regarding the most important technological developments.

1 Introduction


Although the overall number of mills sold worldwide to the cement industry has been decreasing since 2011, the number of sold vertical roller mills (VRM) has increased. This is the result of a new market study by OneStone Consulting [1]. The mill...

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