Anniversary of TOO KaspiyCement

The year 2020 marks 5 years of the history of TOO KaspiyCement plant owned by HeildelbergCement international holding, located in the Mangistau region of Kazakhstan. The plant is equipped with modern technological, control and automation equipment and produces a wide ra...

Rehabilitation of lands disturbed by open-pit mining operations

The negative consequences of open-pit mining of minerals include retirement of significant land areas from agricultural use and their disturbance during mining operations, changes in hydrogeological conditions in the mined area and its landscapes, development of erosion...

Equipment for sample preparation for quality control in cement production

To produce high-quality cement, the mineralogical and chemical composition of raw materials as well as intermediate and finished products has to be determined. At each stage of the production, samples have to be taken, processed and analysed to ensure quality control wi...

Blending and homogenizing silos: structural problems and their causes

Consistency in raw material is vital for the production of cement with reliable characteristics. As the process of cement production has developed, so has the preparation and storage of the blend of materials used to produce clinker. Today, the raw mix is blended in spe...

Advanced pneumatic conveying systems for cement plants

Although there is a huge variety of existing bulk transportation solutions, cement companies often rely on both mechanical and pneumatic systems. Since many modern pneumatic transportation systems are similar to mechanical ones in terms of energy consumption, they can b...

In-house analysis of the energy efficiency of production by cement manufacturers

The cement sector is operating in an overcapacity environment in many geographic regions including Russia and the several CIS states. This is part due to the rapid build up of new capacity over the past decade and in part due to the development of the global economic en...

Improving interaction with the customers during processing additives supply

OOO Polyplast Novomoskovsk supplies processing additives for cement plants, such as raw cement slurry thinners and cement grinding intensifiers. There are several important factors for effective interaction of the company with product consumers: development of multicomp...

Ukrainian cement industry

Ukrainian cement industry. Results of operations in eight months of 2020.

Effect of NaCl on stability of C-A-S-H phases

Concrete structural components are exposed to numerous substances which can reduce service life and result in high costs for restoration or replacement. Dissolution and precipitation processes due to changes in the phase composition of the hardened binder lead to change...

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