On 27-29 April 2014 the 8th International Petrocem Conference was held in St. Petersburg, Russia. The article provides a review of conference presentations.
Analysis of the situation in construction spending for the nearest year in European countries and US is given in the overview. Two types of scenarios are suggested for Europe and the core one is expecting lower demand in construction of around 3% in 2013 but stabili...
The material gives an overview of cement industry in Belarus nowadays.
The material gives an overview of cement industry in Uzbekistan nowadays.
The article considers the data on cement transportation by rail in 2013 in Russia as well as on rolling stock used. The factors affecting the volume of cement transportation by rail are analyzed.
In the 1st Q of 2014 1519.2 kt of cement and 894.6kt of clinker were produced, which is, respectively, 19.9% more and 4.6% more than in the last year. Tables given in the material show the data on export and import of cement and clinker in the 1Q of 2014.
There are still many Portland Cement manufacturing facilities world-wide utilizing long-wet and long-dry pyro-processing technology. In today’s global market, there are many reasons to upgrade those plants to the most modern preheater/precalciner technology. In order to...
The article describes the experience of upgrading the existing clinker cooler for the dry cement production line at OAO Sukholozhsk-Cement. Technological solutions are considered that have reduced the cost of upgrading and simultaneously enhanced the capacity of equipme...
This article describes the design, operation and advantages of the ETA refrigerator, developed and manufactured by Claudius Peters Projects GmbH (Germany), that was first successfully commissioned in 2004. It became the first clinker cooler, working on the “walk...
When dealing with raw materials of cement production at low ambient temperatures, and in the cases when the materials are wet and sticky, problems may emerge, leading to a decrease both in the utilization coefficient of the equipment and its performance. This article di...
