Issue 10/2012

This issue is packed with a wide-ranging selection of topics for your reading enjoyment, one particular focus ­being South America, where even the...

FLSmidth has acquired the privately-owned company ­Teutrine GmbH Industrie-­Technik, a company specialised in mobile solutions for repairs,...

Ulrich Kügler has been appointed as Managing Director – COO (Chief Operating Officer), effective August 2012 at A TEC Greco. He will work closely...

A new and intelligent hearing protection system from ­Honeywell Safety Products offers safe protection and clearest communication in environments with...

Dr. Michael Mutz was appointed the new Head of ­Division Minerals & Mining at Aumund Fördertechnik GmbH in April 2012. The Rheinberg/Germany based...

IBAU Hamburg has recently delivered a road-mobile ship unloader, ordered by Sanghi ­Industries Ltd. for their ­Mumbai Cement Terminal. Mobile...

In August 2012 Ciments de l’Afrique (CIMAF) and Polysius France signed a contract for the construction of a cement grinding plant and a cement...

From the engineering and manu­facturing phase to the final construction site, the entire machinery, e.g. roller mills for raw material or cement...

In March 2012, KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG, acting as General Contractor, was able to secure an order from Straits Cement, a subsidiary of the...

The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has announced management changes designed to shift leadership to Washington, D.C., in support of a renewed...

ABB successfully completed test runs of its SpectraFlow online analyzers at the Fauji Cement plant in Attock/Pakistan (Fig.). The Fauji Cement Company...

Ventilatorenfabrik Oelde GmbH (Venti Oelde) has built a new performance testing facility for centrifugal fans, both heavy-duty and special...

Maptek has a range of products applicable to the needs of the cement industry (Fig. 1). Maptek Vulcan mine planning software can be used for modelling...

“We always have to be flexible so we can serve customer-specific projects with technically and economically optimal results”. In this way Jörg Heuer,...

On August 3rd 1922 Professor Heinrich Aumund (Fig. 1) laid the foundation stone on the establishment of ­Aumund Fördererbau GmbH in Berlin, today a...

Since 1912 Kreisel GmbH & Co. KG has been offering products and services relating to bulk solids handling and dust collection. The 100th company...

After the very successful celebration of the 125-year anniversary of Haver & Boecker on Friday 24.08.2012, and the Open Day in the Wire Weaving Division on 25.08.2012, 350 customers, representatives and employees of the Haver Group from Germany and abroad met for the Haver Technology Days 2012 in the A2 ­Forum in Rheda/Germany (Fig. 1). The objective of the event was to inform international guests about the organisational and technical developments originating from the family-owned company, to get a feel for the international tendencies and to bundle activities within the Haver Group.   Strategy Day On the first day of the event, called the Strategy Day, Managing Director and Partner of Haver & Boecker Dr. Reinhold Festge was able to line-up a number of renowned speakers: Prof. Dr. Georg Unland (Saxony State Minister for Finance and Professor at the TU Berg­akademie Freiberg), Dr. Martin Wansleben (General Managing Director of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce), Dr. Aliko Dangote (President of the Dangote Group in Nigeria; (Fig. 2).   Technical Exhibtion In a large exhibition hall of Haver &...

Maurizio Casalini, Managing Director of Knauf Italy, has been appointed as the new president of the European Gypsum Association. His election was...

An agreement concluding the take-over of Teutrine by FLSmidth was signed on 03.09.2012; Teutrine thus gains access to much greater resources than ever...

Koen Coppenholle is the new Chief Executive of ­Cembureau. He took over from Jean-Marie Chandelle (Fig. 1) who retired at the end of June. Coppenholle...

Many cement markets in Latin America are booming and production capacities are being expanded. This market report identifies the current developments,...

A new method based on the carbon isotope 14C/12C ratio determination can be used for the characterization of binder contents in hardened structures.

Cement may exhibit altered properties during extended storage in moist atmospheres. It is assumed that these effects are attributable to the take-up...