Issue 01/2025

Dear readers, the first issue of 2025 of ZKG Cement Lime Gypsum lies ahead of you. And the new year is still relatively new to us. Always a good opportunity to look back on the past year and what lies ahead.

Gypsum recycling is becoming an important pillar of the national raw material supplyBucking the trend of a weakening construction industry, the amount of recycled gypsum from external recycling plants...

The Front-End Engineering Design represents the detailed technical planning for the GeZero decarbonization project—the first large-scale CO2 capture and storage facility of Heidelberg Materials in...

A consortium comprised of Cemex and Linde, a leading global industrial gases and engineering company, has been selected to receive € 157 million in funding from the EU Innovation Fund for a pioneering...

Schwenk signs contract with Capsol Technologies for the delivery of a CapsolGo - carbon capture pilot plant for the two cement plants in Brocēni Latvia and Akmenės Cementas in Lithuania. Feasibility...

Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, has announced the start-up of its new extrusion line at Mondi Coating Štĕti (Czech Republic), marking another milestone in the Group’s...

Austrian Starlinger & Co Gesellschaft m.b.H. takes over the woven packaging division from German machinery producer Windmöller & Hölscher (W&H), based in Lengerich/Germany, as well as its Viennese...

The Wietersdorfer Group is delighted to take second place at this year’s ALC Austria. After the Wietersorfer Group was already awarded first place at the ALC Carinthia in October 2024, it has now also...

Air Liquide and Cementir Holding Group, through its fully owned subsidiary Aalborg Portland, have launched a joint decarbonization project, named Accsion. Located in Aalborg, Denmark, ACCSION will be...

Cembureau’s nine industry associations have commissioned SGS Intron to prepare a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) report exploring the environmental impacts of treating End-of-Life (EoL) composites by...

Eagle Materials Inc. has awarded thyssenkrupp Polysius with the modernization and expansion of its Laramie/ Wyoming cement plant. The existing plant, which became operational in 1926, provides cement...

Haver & Boecker leverages its expertise in the full packing process to provide customers with unique diagnostics tools to optimize packing plants with Quat2ro® System Intelligence, the Plant...

The building materials industry has been in a sustained economic downturn since the beginning of 2022. The industry’s production has slumped by around a quarter compared to 2021, with sectors...

Significant change of direction at the Kirchdorfer Group: Joao Paulo Pereira da Silva took over the management of the Kirchdorfer cement plant and the management of the cement division within the...

Herbert Humps is the new Head of Sales and Marketing in the cement division. He succeeds Gerhard Godl, who retired at the end of November 2024 and who held this position for 32 years. Mr Humps’ tasks...

Christian Pfeiffer introduces its latest roller press (ROP), delivering state-of-the-art technology and exceptional reliability for demanding comminution processes.

The cable-stayed bridge over the Neckar valley is characterized by high structural and logistical requirements, a slim bridge design and the use of innovative materials. Heidelberg Materials is providing support with special types of cement and comprehensive hardened concrete tests.

In 2024, the cement industry developed a definition of “green cements” as part of a stakeholder process of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), which sets thresholds for climate-friendly products.

The FORUM:BAU venue can be seen as an example of economic transformation in many ways: On the one hand, as a former coal mine, the Zollverein colliery stands for a bygone industrial era that has long...

For the 10th time, the International Drymix Mortar Conference idmmcX takes place at Kleine Meistersingerhalle, Nuremberg/Germany (on Monday, 24th March 2025). Application experts, researchers and...

The now 9th International VDZ Congress took place from November 6 - 8, 2024 in Düsseldorf at the Maritim Hotel at the airport. The congress provides a scientific platform for cement manufacturers, research specialists, associations and experts from the cement plant construction industry to exchange ideas.

The Annual General Assembly & Symposium took place in Oslo/Norway from October 8-11, 2024. A diverse range of topics was on the program.

One of the latest achievements of the Institute for Lime and Mortar Research (IKM) during 2024 has been the IKM Test and Quality Seal. This seal was developed with the greatest of care in accordance with customers’ wishes and registered at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office as a protected trademark.

Grinding aids are mandatory for powder grinding for automated pressed tablets preparation for improved comminution, self-cleaning, stability of pressed tablets and analytical quality (XRF, XRD). Polysius Mahlhilfe MH3 will be the new standard.

(22) 29.10.2021(43) 20.06.2024(57) Wasted gypsum boards are crushed and calcined to gypsum granular solid, and the gypsum granular solid is mixed with water to form gypsum slurry. Gypsum particles are...

(22) 26.12.2022(43) 16.05.2024(57) An automatic feeding system and method for calcined gypsum. The system is provided with a material transportation and regulation apparatus (1), a weighing and...

(22) 09.08.2023(43) 13.06.2024(57) A low-carbon cement clinker and a preparation method therefor, The low-carbon cement clinker comprises the following rate value ranges: the alkalinity coefficient....

(22) 15.12.2023(43) 20.06.2024(57) The present disclosure relates to a PFR lime kiln, comprising at least two vertical shafts each comprising a burner arranged for combustion of limestone, producing...

(22) 12.12.2023(43) 20.06.2024(57) A method of producing cement clinker from a source of calcium sulfate, comprising - a first step of desulfurizing the source of calcium sulfate in the absence of a...

(22) 14.08.2023(43) 29.08.2024(57) The present invention particularly relates to the technical field of recovery of carbon dioxide in the cement industry. Disclosed in the present invention is a...

(22) 27.02.2024(43) 12.09.2024(57) Provided is a cement firing facility in which, by effectively utilizing the combustion offgas generated at the cement firing facility, the concentration of carbon...

(22) 04.012024(43) 26.09.2024(57) The invention relates to a clinker cooler (100) for cooling freshly sintered cement clinker (101) in a system for producing cement clinker, having a first part (110),...

(22) 30.05.2024(43) 17.10.2024(57) The invention discloses a cement and fly ash recovery device, which comprises a water tank, a multi-row spray pipe, a dense mesh screen, a float control water valve,...

(22) 19.04.2024(43) 24.10.2024(57) The invention relates to clinker particles which can be used as a Cr(VI) reducing agent in production of cement. The clinker particles have a particle core of the...

The return side of the conveyor may be the most deceptively hazardous part of a conveyor system. With long gaps between rollers and carrying no cargo, there is an extensive list of injuries inflicted...

On the occasion of the federal election on 23 February, Philip Nuyken, Managing Director of Politics at the German Lime Association, urges the future government to act quickly:“Strengthening the...