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1 Introduction With its 82 million inhabitants, Ethiopia has the second largest population in Africa after Nigeria. In recent years, the country has achieved an astonishing two-digit annual economic...

1 Chalk as cement raw material As regards conventional carbonate rock (limestone, marl), problems of quarrying and preparation are only dealt with in passing. Meanwhile there are proven standard...

1 Customer profile For more than 60 years ARDEX has been the competent brand of the specialist craft and wholesale trade in the building industry. With excellent products of optimum workmanship, the...

1 Introduction Globally there is a trend towards Portland-Composite Cements and Puzzolan cements. In Germany,  for example, in the last 15 years the amount of CEM I cements has decreased from about...

1 Introduction Polymer-modified mortars, such as tile adhesives, self-levelling fillers or plasters, are important products for the building industry. Redispersible powders are important constituents...

1 Introduction The setting of stucco is controlled by means of the addition of additives. These generally cause acceleration or retardation of the rehydration of the hemihydrate to dihydrate. In many...

Since 1.1.2010 Claudius Peters, the cement plant and ­materials handling specialist for coal grinding systems, coal injection plants, alumina handling, gypsum calcining systems and silo & pneumatic...

On 16.06.2010, Eurogypsum celebrated its 50 years anniversary. To mark this event, Eurogypsum wanted a city representative of the European spirit (Fig. 1). Historically Strasbourg has been a bridge of...

The consolidation of the state finances has maximum political priority – but it must not be achieved at the cost of Germany’s quality as a location. “Irrespective of drastically reduced...