Russian cement industry in 2021

In 2021, 60.1 million tons of cement were produced by 10 corporations, 51 cement plants, and 3 grinding and mixing plants. About 60% of output was produced with energy-saving technologies in use, which is 1.8 times more than 8 years ago. The 5 largest cement produc...

Cement capacity expansion outlook for the CIS countries

The CIS countries are investing in new, modern and efficient cement plants. In the period 2017 to 2021 (1. Half) in total 27 new projects were contracted with a clinker capacity of 26.4 million tons and a cement capacity of 31.8 million tons. There are also 9 ad...

Cement shipping

Marine Analytics expects that the global cement demand, and consequently the trade, is expected to grow in 2022 and 2023 due to the increasing construction activities including public and industrial sectors across the globe. The dry bulk shipping becomes very important ...

Cement industry of the post-Soviet countries today: an insider’s view

In Cement and its Applications journal, No. 1, 2002 we started publication of materials submitted by cement manufacturers about the state of affairs in the companies and their plans. The previous publication was in 2020. Since then, the de-mand for cement has increased...

PRO_beton concrete technology center of AKKERMANN

On March, 18, 2022 AKKERMANN company opened PRO_beton concrete technology center in Perm. The research laboratory, unique for Russia, is equipped with the state-of-the-art equipment. In addition to testing and development of formulations for cement-based materials, the ...

Innovative cements as the key to solving problems of durability of cement concrete roads

Durability and availability of road pavements are the key factors of engineering solutions efficiency evaluation for implementation of the national project "Safe and Quality Motor Roads". Implementation of innovative develop-ments of cement industry for constr...

Modern grinding rolls: cost effectiveness and durability

The article gives an example of the successful conversion of a high-pressure grinding roll (HPGR) by installing patented, highly wear-resistant HEXADUR® rolls, an open cycle hydraulic system with reciprocating pistons and a feeding system from Koeppern, Germany....

Forged central bucket elevator chain

High-speed bucket elevators are used in many industries for vertical transportation of various fine and coarse bulk materials, including highly abrasive ones, such as lime-stone, clinker, cement, coal, fertilizers, etc. Drag chains, the main element of the elevator, are...

Grinding mills: from compact to modular

The ways are described in which LOESCHE's compact cement grinding mills from Germany have been improved to shorten their construction time, increase flexibility and expand the potential to meet the challenges of global cement markets. Examples are given of two grind...

A modern cement laboratory: from the quality of raw materials to the assessment of finished products — methods of inspection and instrumentation

Methods of laboratory testing of materials at cement plants and equipment from the leading manufacturers, offered by OOO Melitek, are described. Among this equipment there are X-ray fluorescent spectrometers, X-ray diffractometers, technical means for sampling and sampl...

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