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The December 2009 issue of International Cement Review covers Recession hits Lone Star state, GCC’s modern terminals and Tour de Kansas. Further cement industry reports examine Towards a low carbon economy, Cement sustainability update and Mapping out the road ahead.
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Explore the December 2009 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.
World news
All the essential news from the global cement industry. Lafarge does well in Asia and the Middle East in the first nine months of 2009, Holcim adds 5.6Mt of new capacity this year with more to come, and Itaclementi's growth in Egypt insufficient to cover reductions elsewhere.
Recession hits Lone Star state
In land mass, the state of Texas is equivalent to the size of France. Its cement manufacturing base is an important contributor to USA’s construction sector and analysts are keen to see whether it is starting to head out of recession.
GCC’s modern terminals
Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua has invested in new dome storage at its Irondale and Brookings Terminals.
Tour de Kansas
Ash Grove’s Chanute plant welcomes a cycling party raising awareness of conservation for natural resources.
Towards a low carbon economy
VDZ, the German manufacturers' association, recently held its Sixth International Congress in Düsseldorf. ICR reports on the presentations which looked at sustainable energy use and environmental challenges.
Cement sustainability update
ICR interviews Dr Howard Klee, programme director of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Martin Casey of Cemex and Peter Gysel of Holcim about the industry’s response to climate change.
Mapping out the road ahead
The International Energy Agency is expecting carbon capture to play a significant role in the fight against rising carbon emissions. ICR investigates how the cement industry is developing solutions.
Colombian white cement
Cementos Argos is in the prime position of being Colombia’s only white cement producer with its Nare facility, which began operations in 1933, some 250km from Medellin city.
Optimisation around the world
FLSmidth Automation highlight the abilities of its ECS/ ProcessExpert systems for optimising plant performance.
Enterprise asset management
OPMAC (Pvt) Ltd reports on how its enterprise asset management system can improve performance.
Poised for growth
The region of Central America is receiving great attention from investors and multinational cement producers as increasing cement demand and population growth point towards the potential for further development.
Moving the bulk of it
Metso Minerals (India) Pvt Ltd describes how it has supplied bulk handling machinery to India’s emerging market to enable companies such as Aditya Birla raise cement capacity.
Turning up the heat
Christian Pfeiffer reports on its new heat-treatment plant in Mezzomerico which allows the company to manufacture high-chromium alloyed cast grinding media for the cement industry.
Preparing new ground
Quality control for alternative fuels is an area where Retsch is expanding its equipment range.
Touch-screen weighing
Cachapuz Bilancia group has released a DIADE touchscreen weighing instrument for fast terminal weighing.
Alkalis in cement
Arthur Harrisson explores how alkalis can cause weakness in Portland cement when reacting with silica and shows how the presence or absence of sulphate in the kiln will have an effect on alkali behaviour.
Refractory ‘Terminator’
Inferno attempts are rather unusual review of refractory performance over the past decade for the cement industry from the 1980s – The Terminator.
Refractory supply for Fauji
Siam Refractory Industry Company provides Fauji Cement factory in Pakistan with its refractory needs for its new 7200tpd kiln line which, upon completion, will be the largest in the country.
Russia’s return to normality?
The remarkable changes in Russia’s cement market over the last few years were highlighted at Cemtech Monte Carlo 2009, when Yuri Serov reviewed why such turnarounds in imports and exports have featured.
Product News
A new X-ray spectrometer, online analyser, low-dust gunning and a refractory loyalty club make their debuts.
New Orders
New Libyan 4600tpd works, Doncement bag fi lter, Cong Thanh kiln control system and Venezuelan order.