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International Cement Review - November 1994

Issue summary

The November 1994 issue discusses German allegations of Polish cement dumping and Portugal's privatisation programme. Its broad technical coverage includes heat-exchange chains, Lithuania's Pagiriai anhydrite deposit, large-scale gypsum filtration, Rüdersdorf lime modernisation, vertical lime kilns, German demand forecasts and process-control renewal in Guatemala, alongside reports on Ireland and Kuwaiti reservoir construction.

Key topics

  • Poland cement trade
  • Portugal privatisation
  • kiln chains
  • gypsum filtration
  • lime kilns
  • Ireland cement industry

In this issue

November 1994 contents

Explore the November 1994 issue of International Cement Review, the leading magazine for the global cement industry. Browse cement industry news, expert market analysis, regional reports, plant projects and technical articles covering cement production, equipment, processes and technology.

  1. 2

    A perfect process

    Cementos Progreso SA of Guatemala upgraded their plant and installed a modern process control system for their kilns without causing production losses.

  2. 4

    World News

    The latest news, projects and technical developments from around the world.

  3. 15

    Forecasting German cement demand

    ICR suggests likely trends in German cement consumption, 1994-2014.

  4. 17

    Poles refute German cement claims

    Professor Wieslaw Kurdowski comments on the German anti-dumping case presently before the European Commission.

  5. 22

    Portugal goes private

    Emilio Alvarez describes the Portuguese cement industry, the government's privatisation plans and outlines the prospects for the next few years.

  6. 35

    Forging chains

    Friedrich Wilhelm Trautes explains the different characteristics of heat-exchange chains for rotary cement kilns, resulting from different chain production methods.

  7. 39

    Brave New World

    Adolfas Lasys and Valentinas Kadunas describe the geology and prospects for the Pagiriai Anhydrite deposit in Lithuania.

  8. 41

    The biggest gypsum filter

    The world's biggest continuous belt filter system for the vacuum filtration of Flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) gypsum is currently being installed—ICR reports.

  9. 43

    Constant renewal

    The history and modernisation of the Rüdersdorf Lime IT Works is described, from 1579 to the impressive changes of today.

  10. 48

    New Lime Generation

    Fercalx describes the innovations in the latest version of vertical lime kiln.

  11. 58

    Cjg All’s well on the Emerald Isle

    Rebecca Gallagher reports on developments in Ireland; will new import flows start to make inroads into the tranquil world of the Irish cement industry?

  12. 64

    Seven pillars of Wisdom

    Morrison International describes the difficult construction of Umm Ghudair, an underground reservoir in the Kuwaiti desert.

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