Issue 3/2023

Dear Readers, CO2 reduction is the topic that will be an integral part of the discussion on economic development in the coming years. One way is the development of new cement compositions, new ...

In the northwest of Spain, Cementos Tudela Veguín is dedicated to the production of cement and other building materials. In addition to the production of cement, its business activities include, among...

Hans G. Hauri KG, a family-owned company based in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, specialises in the quarrying and refining of volcanic rocks from the Kaiserstuhl region and limestone from...

Beumer Corporation, the wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Beckum, Germany-based Beumer Group, has named Markus Schmidt as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. With more than 30...

In Mexico, waste, including industrial waste, is still frequently disposed of in landfill sites. Regenera, a Cemex subsidiary, focuses on developing circular economy solutions for the waste industry....

During 2022, Buzzi Unicem unveiled the roadmap “Our Journey to Net Zero”, which outlines the measures needed to achieve ambitious CO2 reduction targets by 2030, leading to full decarbonization by...

Martin Dummigan has been appointed Managing Director of Samson Materials Handling Ltd, Ely/UK, member of the Aumund Group of companies, effective 1st April 2023. He brings with him to Samson more than...

Heidelberg Materials and Linde have established a joint venture under the name “Capture-to-Use” (CAP2U) to build and operate a state-of-the-art carbon dioxide capture and liquefaction plant. One of...

Carbon Upcycling signed a strategic partnership with A3&Co. to support the engineering and project delivery of Carbon Upcycling’s technology in the global cement and concrete industry. The partnership...

Two companies renowned in the cement industry enter into a cooperation agreement to offer efficient plants for combined grinding and calcination of clay. The use of clinker substitutes in the cement industry is gaining importance to reduce CO2 emissions and thus contribute to reducing global warming. Calcined clay offers a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to cement clinker as a reactive binder component, which is why this substitute is increasingly coming into the focus of cement ...

The VDMA Large-scale Plant Engineering Group (AGAB) registered orders worth € 21.0 billion at their European headquarters in 2022 – 0.8% less than in 2021 (€ 21.2 billion). Despite a multitude of...

What was already announced at Group level last September is now being implemented in the home country of Germany. “Heidelberg” continues to stand for continuity and market leadership. “Materials”...

With the aim of making digital ordering processes secure, transparent and easy to use for customers and employees, the Rohrdorfer Group of Companies provides a digital app for electronic orders. The...

To reduce the clinker factor of cement produced in its plant of Ouagadougou/Burkina Faso, Ciments d’Afrique (CIMAF) has entrusted thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG, BU Polysius, to install a ...

In 2023, continuing the trend from last year, the industry focus is on CO2 reduction measures and technologies (alternative fuels, alternative raw materials), a main priority in operation plans of all...

Around two and a half million tons of steel mill slags, which include electric furnace slags (EOS), are used in traffic route construction in Germany. With the entry into force of the Substitute...

German drive specialist Flender has announced that Christian Terlinde will take over the company’s Group CFO position starting July 1, 2023. Terlinde is currently Group CFO at German commercial...

With the StratoTest 4500C brick thickness measuring device by ElektroPhysik, the residual brick thickness of refractory linings in rotary kilns in the cement and concrete industry can be determined...

There are many issues to consider when specifying the most appropriate conveyor belt cleaner, not the least of which is maintaining proper tension to achieve optimum cleaning performance without...

The new VisionLink® provides an integrated full-fleet management solution for asset tracking to maximize machine uptime and optimize utilization. The platform’s refreshed intuitive interface helps...

Flexco has developed the Elevate IoT platform – an intelligent Industry 4.0 solution that enables conveyor belt operators to monitor their belts in real time. Operators can access this easy-to-use...

Intercem has been active in the cement industry for more than 50 years. It all started with the sale of used machines for the cement industry. These were professionally overhauled and sold worldwide...

The commission of this production line for calcined clay is part of Holcim’s European roadmap to decarbonize construction with a broad range of low-emission materials, from calcined clay to...

With the improvement of environmental protection standards, more and more denitration technologies are applied in Chinese cement plants. Even SCR technology alone has different processes such as...

Efforts to reduce CO2 emissions are affecting all of humanity and are dominating our everyday lives like never before. In the construction sector, cement, the binder required for the production of...

The effects of different dosages of EVA and SBR on the resistance of CSA paste to sulfate erosion under the condition of full soaking in sodium sulfate solution were studied. Based on the development...

From September 13-15, 2023, the 21st International Conference on Building Materials – ibausil will once again be one of the most important building materials congresses in Europe. The renowned ...

As part of the Cover Story in this issue, Matthias Mersmann, Chief Technology Officer at KHD, answered some very topical questions about technological developments in the cement industry in an...

KHD has long led technological development in the cement industry. It continues this tradition of innovation, offering solutions that address some of today’s most pressing challenges.

(22) 07.08.2022(43) 16.02.2023(57) A fibers cement nanocomposite comprising a cementitious matrix, a plurality of surface-modified cellulose fibers, and a plurality of silica particles dispersed...

(22) 26.08.2022(43) 01.03.2023(57) The present invention relates to a composition to be used as an additive for mortars, preferably for mortars for the bedding of railway platforms, preferably...

(22) 25.07.2022(43) 02.02.2023(57) Methods and composition are provided for deriving cement and/or supplementary cementitious materials, such as pozzolans, from one or more non-limestone materials,...

(22) 06.03.2019(45) 14.02.2023(57) Cement-SCM blends employ particle packing principles to increase particle packing density and reduce interstitial spacing between the cement and SCM particles....

Our industry is always about huge numbers: 4 gigatons of cement produced, millions of tons of aggregates added to that cement to form even more tons of concrete ... and so on and so forth. With all ...