Cement News tagged under: GGBS
Fly ash and slag cements27 July 2016, Published under Cement NewsWhile cements containing fly ash or GGBS have different strength properties to ordinary Portland cement, they also benefit from improved durability and workability. A key factor in strength development is the provision of calcium silicate hydrate. Concrete made with cement which includes fly ash or ggbs will have different strength properties than that made with cement which contains purely clinker and gypsum Although a particular material may be cheaper per kilogram or per t... |
Ecocem to invest EUR5m in two UK terminals21 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsIreland-based Ecocem will open a new terminal at Runcorn, on the Manchester Ship Canal, to help the company import into the UK, and plans a second terminal later this year in the southeast of the country. The two terminals represent an investment of EUR5m. The closure of steel plants and coal-based power stations in the UK has led to a decreased supply in key raw materials for blended cements such as Ecocem’s ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) cement and together with a fall in U... |
Loesche wins VRM slag grinding order25 February 2016, Published under Cement NewsYoo Gyeong CM Co of Korea has awarded a contract to Loesche for the grinding of granulated blast furnace slag at its brownfield KyungNam terminal. At the core of the order is a Loesche LM 41.2+2 CS mill with a capacity of 90tph at 4500Blaine. The gearbox of this mill has a power output of 2800kW. The scope of supply also includes the filter, fan and hot gas generator. All of the equipment is to be delivered in 6-9 months, with the Loesche mill scheduled to be put into operation in Octobe... |
South Korea: Loesche wins new order from Sun Cement28 October 2015, Published under Cement NewsSouth Korea-based Sun Cement Co Ltd has placed an order for a Loesche vertical roller grinding mill for granulated blast furnace slag. Plans have been made to replace the current outdated ball mill at the cement producer's Mokpo works with a new grinding plant. Loesche has been commissioned to deliver a LM 35.2+2 CS mill for the project. The vertical roller grinding mill will produce slag cement with a fineness of 4600 Blaine, at a capacity of 45tph. The capacity of the gearbox will be 160... |
CMA welcomes recent sale of UK plants07 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsThe UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has welcomed the sale of plants by Lafarge Tarmac and Hanson. In the Competition Commission’s (CC) market investigation report published in January 2014, the CC had ordered Lafarge Tarmac to sell one of two cement plants and Hanson to sell one of its ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) plants to enhance competition in the cement and GGBS markets in Great Britain. Lafarge Tarmac and Hope Construction Materials Ltd (Hope) both appealed... |
Francis Flower acquires Hanson Cement's GGBS unit, UK04 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsMineral resources company Francis Flower yesterday announced the acquisition of the ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) facility in Scunthorpe, UK, from Hanson Cement. The business is capable of producing more than half a million tonnes of GGBS every year and supplies customers in the Midlands and North of England. GGBS complements Francis Flower’s existing range of high quality powdered minerals, which originate as by-products from various industries reducing the need for mineral ... |
Ecocem awarded first self-handling stevedoring licence for Dublin Port03 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsEcocem has been issued the first self-handling stevedoring licence at Dublin Port where it operates a slag grinding facility. Conor O’Riain, managing director of Ecocem Ireland, told the Irish Times that the company spent about €400,000 on a second-hand crane which was used last week to unload its first consignment of slag. Self-stevedoring would cut the company’s costs, he added. Ecocem will unload two ships a month with the slag coming from northern Spain and western France. |
Spenner Zement commissions slag cement mill20 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsSpenner Zement has started production of slag cement from its new blastfurnace slag grinding plant at Hüttenheim, Germany. At the end of February, the first truck with blastfurnace cement, produced with slag from the Krupp Mannesmann metallurgical plant and cement from Spenner’s Erwitte works, set off to deliver the product to customers. "We are in the commissioning phase," said Dr Heinrich Sievers, production director at Spenner. By the end of May, the remaining work on the facilityare e... |
UK regulator demands domestic shake up17 January 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe structure and conduct of the UK cement sector restricts competition, costing consumers around GBP50m annually, and therefore requires decisive market intervention, according to the conclusions of the two-year investigation by the UK’s Competition Commission published this week. The investigation did not, however, identify any problems with the markets for aggregates or RMC. The Commission’s report sets out a series of remedies it claims will increase competition in an effort to provide... |
UK watchdog to force Hanson to sell GGBS production facility14 January 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe UK’s Competition Commission (CC) plans to force Hanson to sell off one of its facilities as part of a move to introduce a fifth player to the market to increase competition. In its final report into the domestic aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete markets, the CC said identified competition problems resulting from there being only one domestic producer of GGBS in Great Britain (Hanson) with exclusive rights to use the output of Lafarge Tarmac, the single domestic producer of GBS.... |