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HAVER & BOECKER SOUTHERN AFRICA

Changes at Haver & Boecker Southern Africa

The Haver & Boecker Southern Africa team has been reorganized. The new Managing Director Norbert Tschudy is now supervising the company and brings in his years of experience in international technical...

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29.05.-31.05.2019, ST. PETERSBURG/RUSSIA

Cement business conference “White Nights”

Biennially since 2011, during the beautiful “white nights” natural phenomenon in St. Petersburg, the business meeting is being conducted to discuss the most relevant issues of the modern cement...

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17.06.-19.06.2019, TRONDHEIM/NORWAY

CCS Conference (TCCS-10)

The CCS Conference (TCCS-10) will gather 500 international carbon capture and storage (CCS) researchers, industry representatives and policy makers in Trondheim/Norway on 17.06.-19.06.2019. TCCS-10 is...

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INTERCEM ENGINEERING GMBH

New cement grinding plant in Kamsar/Guinea

Following the successfully finished projects in the Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso, Intercem has been granted a new order in West Africa from Les Cimenteries de la Basse-Guinée for a 500000 t/a cement...

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CLAUDIUS PETERS PROJECTS GMBH

Claudius Peters Pacpal Palletizer for Bolivia

The Spanish consortium consisting of Messrs. Sacyr Industrial and Imasa Ingenieria y Proyectos awarded another contract to Claudius Peters for the delivery of a packing and palletizing system for the ...

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INTERCEM ENGINEERING GMBH

Optimisation of the secondary fuel dosing system

In a German cement plant the secondary fuel dosing system had to be optimized and Intercem was commissioned to do so. The scope of delivery includes the following items: Disassembly on site ...

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23.09.- 25.09.2019, DUISBURG/GERMANY

6th Alternative Fuels Symposium

MVW Lechtenberg & Partner has announced the 6th Alternative Fuels Symposium, which will take place in Duisburg/Germany from 23.09.-25.09.2019. This highly regarded symposium will gather delegates from ...

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LIEBHERR-INTERNATIONAL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH

Continuing growth prognoses for 2019

According to prognoses for the current business year, the Liebherr Group will once again increase revenues, even surpassing the € 10 billion-€ mark for the first time in the company’s history. Drivers...

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Products

STÜWE GMBH & CO. KG

The right drive components for rugged application

The demands on mechanical drives in plants in the construction and construction materials industry are clear: reduction of installation space, high dynamics, ruggedness, corrosion resistance and easy ...

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Markets and Trends

ONESTONE CONSULTING LTD.

Development of clinker substitutes

Globally, the clinker content in cement is in decline, driven by modern cement standards, higher market awareness and potential cost savings by producers. However, cement constituents such as fly ash...

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Process

FLENDER GMBH

Milling in figures

The history of the Flender brand vertical mill gear units starts in 1978. Since then they have become appreciably smaller, higher-performing and more efficient. However, development does not stop ...

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Materials

MASTER-BUILDERS SOLUTIONS

The potential of additives in cement production

As a construction material, concrete faces growing requirements – the same therefore applies to cement. One of the key objectives is to reduce the cost of cement production and the associated...

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TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN

Accelerating cement hydration with C-S-H seeds

The acceleration of cement hydration through synthetic C-S-H shows great potential in increasing the early strength of cementitious systems. The selection of a suitable calcium-to-silicon ratio and...

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Patents

HRP20181852 (T1)

Portland limestone calcined clay cement

(22) 07.11.2017(43) 25.01.2019(57) Summary of the corresponding patent EP2253600 (A1): The present invention relates to a cement comprising Portland cement clinker and a clinker replacement material,...

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PL2681170 (T3)

Method and arrangement for burning lime mud

(22) 23.02.2012(43) 31.01.2019(57) Summary of the corresponding patent WO2012117159 (A1): The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for burning lime mud into lime in a lime kiln....

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RU 2 677 724 (C1)

Method of obtaining lime

(22) 06.04.2018(45) 21.01.2019(57) Field: construction. Substance: invention relates to the construction industry and can be used in the production of lime by burning limestone in special kilns....

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RU 2 678 749 (C1)

Method of producing high-quality cement

(22) 28.11.2017(45) 31.01.2019(57) Field: construction. Substance: invention relates to the production of building materials and can be used to produce high-quality cements. Method of producing cement...

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US 2019/0015779 A1

Cement kiln exhaust gas pollution reduction

(22) 14.09.2018(43) 17.01.2019(57) A method for reducing pollution in a cement kiln environment and a system for treating cement kiln exhaust gas are provided. The method includes the steps of:...

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