The 2nd Weimar Gypsum Conference held in Weimar on 26.-27.03.2014 was a complete success. It was attended by around 120 specialists from 15 countries. The event was planned and organised by the...
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A main pillar of waste management in the EU is the waste hierarchy. According to the hierarchy generation of waste must be prevented, otherwise waste should be reused, recycled,...
The amount of mercury in the stacks of three cement plants was monitored with a Continuous Mercury Monitor (CMM). It was necessary to modify the origin CMM, which is approved according to the EN...
Honeywell has appointed Sach Sankpal as global president for Honeywell Safety Products, part of the Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions’ Life Safety business. Sankpal, who joined Honeywell in...
The manufacturer of laboratory equipment Retsch GmbH, Haan, near Düsseldorf/Germany again offers on several dates a practical seminar “From sample preparation to X-ray fluorescence analysis” for...
The venerable Nobel Laureate Economist Edmund Phelps wants to save the world from a relapse into stagnation. He knows that economic growth is not a given situation. Before the industrial revolution in...
The presented paper won first place at the recent IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Conference in Washington, DC. This paper is a follow-up to the previous award winning paper “Cement and CO2: A Victim of Success” that was presented at the San Antonio conference in 2012.
In his opening address, Chairman Dr. Thomas Stumpf, Member of the Board of Management at Fels-Werke GmbH in Goslar/Germany made clear that the protection of the industrial base, of industrial value chains and of the industry-orientated service sector are, and will remain, the essential preconditions...
Dry mortars are prefabricated mixtures composed of mineral binding agents such as cement, limestone, gypsum as well as sand, rock dust and further additives. On the building site the craftsmen have to merely mix them with water and they are ready for use. Owing to the avoidance of possible mixing errors, the producer can ensure a constant...
