Martin Engineering has announced a new technology for installing air cannons without a processing shutdown. The system allows specially trained technicians to mount the units on furnaces, preheaters,...
From the kiln cooling system to the silos: the safe and economical transportation of hot materials like clinker is crucial in cement plants. The material can have extremely high temperatures of 500 to...
Knauf has recently invested around € 33 million in the Rottleberode site in the southern Harz region – and in 2017 a modern fibreboard plant was taken into operation. Cellulose and stucco are the main...
Tristan Suffys has been appointed as the new Secretary General of Euro-gypsum, the European Manufacturers Association for Plaster and Plasterboard Products. He will replace Thierry Pichon, who assumed...
After two successful conferences held in Lausanne (2015) and Havana (2017), the 3rd International Conference on Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete will take place in New Delhi/India from...
The 10th European Slag Conference will take place in Thessaloniki/Greece from 08.10.-11.10.2019, jointly organized by the Laboratory of Building Materials of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,...
On 24.09.-25.09.2019 the 3rd International Conference on Polycarboxylate Superplasticizers (PCE 2019) will be held at TU München in Munich/Germany. This conference offers a unique opportunity for the...
Cemex Ventures, Cemex’s open innovation and venture capital unit, announced today its investment in StructionSite, a US-based startup that creates digital worksite models through 360-degree cameras....
The use of alternative fuels in the U.S. cement industry is an interesting study in economics, incentives, and the law. Each of these drivers makes alternative fuel use in the United States quite...
“A cement plant doesn’t necessarily have to be a grey and dusty affair …” – at least if you ask Erich Frommwald, CEO of the Kirchdorfer Group. After a number of innovative measures regarding
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