Performed a retrospective analysis of the production and consumption of cement in 2007 - I quarter of 2012 in the Republic of Belarus. A general picture of the major Belarusian cement producers. The article provides information about the projected volume of cement produ...
The article considers the situation in the cement industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Cement consumption in the country is growing steadily from 2010 year, driven mainly revival in construction activity and the implementation of government programs, and in 2011 reac...
Data on trade in cement and clinker in the world and selected regions in 2000—2010 is presented along with projections to 2025; the situation with their transportation by sea is analyzed. It is estimated that the world trade in cement in 2011 amounted to 169 Mt. It is e...
Principles of fuel preparation from municipal solid wastes and selection of equipment for this purpose are discussed. Equipment from Bulk Handling Systems (USA) is presented.
Volumes of production of basic products of cement plants in Ukraine for 6 months in 2012, as well as data on volumes of exports and imports of cement by country for the I half of 2012 - indicated in the tables.
The construction of a new modern dry process cement clinker production line (capacity: 6200 tpd) at OAO Verkhnebakansky Cement plant is described. All the equipment was supplied by FLSmidth (Denmark). A flow diagram of the line and key equipment are pres...
The operation of the kiln seriously affects the pinion shaft and the girth gear. Because of this, French CMD company has developed a special Bogiflex KGD kiln drive (KGD stands for Kiln Gear Drive). The paper describes its design, operation and advantages.
The work of the testing centre of ZAO Stroitelnye Materialy, which is a branch of Russian HeidelbergCement Rus owned by HeidelbergCement Group (Germany), on quality control of materials for cement production. The methods applied and the equipment used are descri...
Knowledge of the microstructure of hydrated cement paste is essential for forecasting their performance. «Inert» mineral admixtures such as quartz or titanium dioxide are considered to influence the rate of dissolution mainly due to heterogeneous nucleation. They may ha...
Cement grinding is an energy intensive process. Electrical energy consumed for grinding clinker is typically around 40 % of the global electrical energy used in cement production. Specific industrial power consumption depends on clinker composition and ranges approx...
