Issue 8/2022

Dear Readers, no matter where you look and what is discussed, climate change is always on the agenda lately ... and fortunately this topic is now becoming more and more related to other far-reaching...

Before the end of the year Aumund Fördertechnik GmbH, Rheinberg/Germany, will supply 41 machines for a new kiln line at the Medcem Madencilik cement plant in Silifke in the Turkish province Mersin.The...

ABB and transformational technology and engineering company Coolbrook have signed an agreement to accelerate the development, industrialization and adoption of RotoDynamic technology to decarbonize...

Since August 2022, two Cemex raw material sites in Germany have been CSC-certified: the Parey gravel plant of Cemex Kies Rogätz GmbH in Saxony-Anhalt and the Immelborn gravel plant of Cemex Kies &...

Heidelberg Materials has reconfirmed its 2030 carbon reduction targets, submitting them to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) for validation in line with the recently announced 1.5 °C...

Heidelberg Materials is pushing boundaries with the modernisation of its plant in Slite on the Swedish island of Gotland. It is set to become a plant that can produce climate positive cement, using...

Using AI-supported software to create cement and concrete with lower shares of CO2 economically – with this solution, the young company alcemy has won the Startup Award Mechanical Engineering Summit ...

Ultratech Cement Ltd., one of the largest cement producers in India, is starting into the future with the realisation of four more new clinker production lines. Gebr. Pfeiffer SE, Germany, and its Indian subsidiary Gebr. Pfeiffer (India) Pvt. Ltd. received an order for the delivery of several grinding plants with vertical roller mills for grinding cement raw material as well as solid fuels. The trusting, cooperative partnership between Ultratech Cement Ltd. and Gebr. Pfeiffer is once again confirmed and expanded by this follow-up order. ...

The start-up alcemy and the building materials manufacturer Rohrdorfer are testing how the carbon footprint of ready-mix concrete can be further improved in a joint pilot use phase. This is to be...

As part of the continued expansion of its broad portfolio of CCUS technologies, Heidelberg Materials has signed an indefinite global licence agreement with the technology company Leilac, a Calix...

Mechanical engineering companies have held up well with their exports in the year to date. Machinery exports recorded nominal growth of 4% in the first nine months. However, price effects were...

In addition to climate and species protection, the conservation of natural resources is one of the major ecological challenges of our time. In this context, the focus is also on cement and concrete production, which accounts for around one fifth of the primary raw materials used in Germany. ...

The thomas group acquires Opterra Zement GmbH and Opterra Beton GmbH, two companies of the international CRH Group, at the end of 2022. This includes the Karsdorf plant, the decommissioned Sötenich...

From 25-28 September 2022 this year’s WCA Annual Conference took place in person at the Emirates Towers in Dubai/UAE. About 150 participants followed the invitation of the World Cement Association to...

In recent years, the market environment for the cement industry has developed considerably more dynamically than was forecast two or three years ago. The focus is on investments in more sustainable...

The ZKG Cement Lime Gypsum used the meeting as an opportunity to ask Ian Riley, CEO of WCA, a few questions about this year’s WCA Annual Conference in Dubai and the present situation of the cement...

Cement plants with capacities of 1 million t per year consume 1.5 million t of raw materials, which corresponds to almost 5000 t/d, and this over a period of at least 40 years. Most of the raw...

EMREDPRO provides an easily adaptable and extendable flow sheet environment for the minerals industry and especially for cement manufacture to allow research and development on optimal operation and...

Nano-silica (NS) and self-made nano-calcium silicate hydrate (NC) were mixed into the slag powder/cement system, and the effects of the two on the physical-mechanical properties and hydration...

(22) 23.02.2022(45) 27.09.2022(57) A method and apparatus for producing liquified Alternative Supplemental Cementitious Material (ASCM) from an uncured concrete slurry. Uncured concrete slurry is...

(22) 22.02.2022(43) 22.09.2022(57) The present application describes a process for the continuous production of alpha-calcium sulphate hemihydrate, the process comprising the steps of: providing...

(22) 15.03.2022(43) 29.09.2022(57) The present invention relates to a control process for optimizing product quality in the calcination of clays with respect to the reactivity of the final product....

(22) 17.03.2022(43) 29.09.2022(57) A raw meal for a cement clinker, a cement clinker made from that raw meal and a process for producing a cement clinker are provided. The clinker contains mainly the...

(22) 21.03.2022(43) 29.09.2022(57) Various embodiments include cementitious compositions with low levels of embodied greenhouse gas emissions, inparticular carbon dioxide, as a result of its...

(22) 28.03.2022(43) 06.10.2022(57) The invention relates to a binder for building materials consisting of cement and mineral grinding additives, said grinding additives containing ash of burned...

(22) 31.03.2022(43) 06.10.2022(57) Cement mixtures comprising a hydration retarder comprising algae, cement additives comprising algae and/or derivatives thereof, and methods of forming and using the...

The results of the COP 27 in Sharm El Sheikh will go into history as a perfect example of mankind’s stupidity. While some countries try to make more money in an end-race craze with their fossil fuels,...

The CO2 footprint of the building-materials industry is of very significant magnitude. Holcim is playing a leading role in climate-neutral transformation. The declared objective: Climate neutrality....

Heidelberg Materials and more than 100 guests celebrated the winners of the fifth edition of the Quarry Life Award in Brussels on 17 October 2022. The company’s own nature-based competition was first...

The production of cement and lime is very energy-intensive and, therefore, particularly harmful to the climate. In order to strengthen the ability to face the future and to compete, the industry is...