The cement demand growth rate in Saudi Arabia declined to 2.4% in 2014 from 13.2% in 2013. The country has about a 60% market share in the GCC. But despite falling oil prices and challenging fiscal budgets in the GCC, the cement industry is expected...
Due to the current trend of maximizing the substitution rates of alternative fuels, whilst emission regulations are being made more restrictive, the cement industry is facing a new challenge with minimization of a special pollutant. Mercury emissions have...
Together with plant manufacturers Scheuch GmbH and A TEC, the W&P cement plant in Wietersdorf has developed ExMercury, a system for the reduction of mercury emissions. We talked...
On 28.07.2015 HeidelbergCement AG announced that it has entered into a purchase agreement with Italmobiliare S.p.A. for the acquisition of a 45 % share in Italcementi...
On 15.07.2015, the American Concrete Institute (ACI) presented the A. Aignesberger Award to Professor Dr. Johann Plank, Technische Universität München (TUM), during the “11th International...
The European Slag Conference will be held in Linz/Austria on 21.10.-23.10.2015. The conference offers the possibility to exchange knowledge related to technical application, environmental and legal...
HGH Infrared Systems, based in Paris, France, has released an improved generation of thermal scanning equipment. The new infrared scanner named “Kilnscan” monitors rotary kiln shell...
1 Rising demand for conversions
The constantly rising demand for conversions prompted Aumund Fördertechnik early on to systematically offer the expertise available in the company on the market. The...
1 Introduction
Lime burning, i.e., the calcination of limestone, is a very complex process, because it involves numerous significant parameters – including:
the operating conditions (throughput,...
