The awareness of the social relevance of the protection of the environment has promoted increased attention in the investigation of innovative and more sustainable construction materials. The research...
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With its estimated 241 million inhabitants, Indonesia has the fourth largest population in the world. A master plan for accelerating the country’s economic growth recently adopted by...
Assurance of quality and performance
Quality assurance and production monitoring in the cement industry has a long tradition, reaching back to the era of product standardisation in 1877/78. Then, as...
The 7th International VDZ Congress in September 2013 will cover the following themes: Future-oriented projects, cement and concrete, burning technology, sustainability (use of energy and resources),...
For the new cement grinding terminal Douala in Cameroon, Sinoma International Engineering Co. Ltd (NCDRI) has decided in favour of a new VRM from Loesche for this project. A Loesche mill of the type...
The use of bonding substances and rendering in building construction is rooted deep in the past: the Assyrians and Babylonians used clay, the Egyptians used lime and gypsum cement, and the Greeks and...
The Beckum-based Beumer Group with affiliations around the globe has been developing customized system solutions for conveying, loading, palletizing, packaging, sortation and distribution technology...
When planning their new mixing plant project, KLB Kötztal GmbH of Schwaben/Germany placed particular importance on very high flexibility. The Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich of Hardheim/Germany was...
The Dubai Central Laboratory, a Division of the Dubai Municipality, United Arab Emirates (DCL) and the Middle East Drymix Mortar Association MEDMA e.V., Munich/Germany have recently announced the...
From November 27–29, 2012 at the Expocentre in Moscow the 14th International Construction Forum “Cement. Concrete. Dry Mixtures” was held, organized by Dr. Eduard Bolshakov from ALITinform...
