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Dealing with natural variation

26 January 2015, Published under Cement News

The variability in deposition environment and the depth of its location in the quarry mean that limestones show significant variation at different places. For the cement producers, this presents challenges to obtain a uniform raw material supply. Stratigraphical variation in the quarry presents challenges to obtain a uniform raw material supply Cement clinker is made primarily from naturally-occurring raw materials, the highest proportion of which is limestone. Most limestones w...