Holcim (Brasil) S.A. has awarded the Spanish EPC leader Cemengal a contract to supply a state-of-the-art cement grinding station to increase the capacity of its Barroso works located in the Brazilian...
The renown Krallerhof in Leogang/Austria was the centre of interest for 3 days for the latest developments and technologies for the dedusting of industrial off gases and maintaining a clean...
1 Introduction
Pure quicklime (CaO) is a white, solid material at room temperature, prepared by the thermal decomposition of limestone (CaCO3). Of the heavy industrial chemicals, lime is second only...
Experiments were conducted on the quality of the bonding achieved by tile adhesives with various pre-treated rear sides of tiles. Conclusions drawn from the results point to ways of improving the...
5 The contents of EN 459, Part 3 – Scope
The standard defines the procedure for evaluation of the conformity of building lime with the EN 459, Part 1, product standard, and is therefore addressed...
Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association is organizing 11th Technical Seminar to be held in Swissotel Grand Efes Izmir Hotel / Turkey between October 11th and 14th 2011. 11th Technical Seminar is...
Arrigorriaga is a cement plant located in the Viscaya region of Spain with a capcity of 1350 t/d. Wishing to improve the lifetime of their clinker crusher hammers, Arrigorriaga decided to test...
Every firing technician knows that a firing system can only be as good, as regards the flame stability, as its fuel feed. If standardized liquid or gaseous fuels, such as fuel oil or natural gas, are...
Effective February 1, 2012 Bernard Fontana (Fig.), presently CEO of Aperam, a company recently spun-off from ArcelorMittal, is to assume the position of CEO of Holcim Ltd. He is replacing departing...
The essential provisions of the standard concerning all questions of conformity evaluation are examined and discussed below. The relationship between the conformity requirements of EN 459, Part 1 and...
