On September 6–9, a return official state visit of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark to Russia took place. Before that, President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia visited Denmark in 2010, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin – in April 2011. The Queen was accompanied by over ...
On July 13th, 2011 at OAO Shchurovsky Cement that is part of the Swiss Holcim Group, in Kolomna, the Moscow Region, a new dry process cement production line was inaugurated. The opening ceremony was attended by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and President of the Swis...
An analysis of the situation in the two hardest-hit cement markets is given, where a strong deflation becomes a normal condition – the cement markets of Spain and Italy. It is noted that while in Spain the most important reason is the decline in cement production due to...
The situation in the cement industry and the cement market of the Republic of Korea in the last decade is discussed. A characteristic feature of the country was a very high and quite stable level of per capita cement consumption in those years - more than 1,000 kg on an...
The article examines the current situation with transportation of cement by OAO Russian Railways. The factors affecting the freight rates and the state of the rolling stock are concerned.
On September 8, 2011 in St. Petersburg, during the visit to Russia of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Per Mejnert Christensen, the vice president of FLSmidth A/S, the world’s largest manufacturer of equipment for the cement industry, gave an interview to General Director...
The article presents the results of OOO Projects and Technologies - Management and Development in the design of cement production facilities in 2009-2011, and some conclusions drawn from the practical experience of the company.
The data on cement and clinker production, sales and export of cement and the data on sales of cement by brands and cement consumption by regions are given in the tables.
Pneumatic and other bulk materials handling systems used in cement production are described. Information about the IBAU HAMBURG, Germany, projects of reconstruction of existing and construction of new silos for OAO Novoros-Cement and other cement plants in Russia and th...
A new design of three-stage WPV gearboxes from FLSmidth MAAG Gear with bevel and planetary stages, equipped with sleeve bearings, made the unit very compact. Ever-growing customers’ demands made the company to change the gearbox dimensions, so that it could be installed...
