After an intensive project phase Dahab Sinai for Manufacturing and Building Materials headquartered in Egypt, awarded a contract to Claudius Peters for the delivery of a gypsum plant in the Suez...
When designing the new plant in Barranquilla, Atlántico/Colombia in 2011, it was decided to start with a single production line but to anticipate the addition of a second line at some future point in...
Such is the wide range we are covering in our latest issue of ZKG. Dynamic flow tests can be used to characterize the flow properties of Portland cements (from page 26). Improving the flowability of ...
Unplanned downtime costs businesses billions of dollars each year globally. For cement and mining customers, the impact of plant and equipment failures can be enormous: production stoppages and...
LafargeHolcim has signed an agreement with San Miguel Corporation for the divestment of its entire 85.7 % shareholding in Holcim Philippines Inc. for an enterprise value of US$ 2.15 billion, on a 100...
LafargeHolcim has signed an agreement with YTL Cement Berhad for the divestment of its entire 51 % shareholding in Lafarge Malaysia Berhad for a consideration of US$ 396 million fully payable in cash,...
The Portland Cement Association (PCA), representing America’s cement manufacturers, released a new report focused on resiliency titled “The Real Value of Resilient Construction”. The report...
(22) 15.04.2016(43) 11.04.2019(57) A method for determining a plasticity parameter of a hydrating cement paste by mixing the components to obtain a cement slurry, pouring the cement slurry in a sealed...
(22) 07.07.2016(43) 21.03.2019(57) Provided is a cement additive that can significantly improve the strength of a cured product of a cement composition over a long time period. Also provided is a...
(22) 25.08.2015(43) 28.03.2019(57) Provided is a cement composition that has high fluidity (for example, a -drop flow value of 200 mm or more) before curing and exhibits high compressive strength (for...