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The January 2009 issue of International Cement Review covers Global production rises, Making Hungarian headway and New line designs. Further cement industry reports examine Tadipatri’s big sixer, Energy saving roller press and Mercury purge.
In this issue
Explore the January 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. Cemex expects 27 per cent fall in EBITDA, Dangote suspends works on four lines, multinationals reportedly in talks for stake in Andhra Cements, and Spanish demand expected to drop 23.5 per cent.
Global production rises
ICR looks back at major cement plant construction projects over the last year and takes a glimpse at the future, as orders for new clinker lines and production equipment arrive from around the world.
Making Hungarian headway
A TEC reports, as consultant and supervisor, on Strabag’s development of Nostra Cement Kft and the `230m project to construct a 1Mta cement plant near the village of Királegyehza, Hungary.
New line designs
China DCDI is an international turnkey supplier with engineering, equipment manufacture and procurement services that have helped build many greenfield plants.
Tadipatri’s big sixer
Loesche GmbH installed the first six-roller LM 69.6 roller article reports on the installation and mill design.
Energy saving roller press
Chengdu Leejun Industrial considers the recent arrival of the roller press in China and its development for raw material grinding with a V-Separator at Taiyuan Zhihai’s Yuci cement plant.
Mercury purge
Dr Clark highlights the US cement industry’s emergent regulatory issue of mercury levels and looks at how fly ash can help solve high mercury levels through mixing with raw materials and grinding in final cement.
Cement raw materials – chalk
Arthur Harrisson assesses the importance of chalk as a raw material in cement manufacture, investigating moisture content, rock hardness, wet and dry-process utilisation, plus the absence of raw material grinding.
Loma Negra expansion
Argentina’s Loma Negra cement company is investing in a cement capacity expansion project, while improving its environmental performance and management processes and practices.
When to enrich the kiln?
Air Products considers when it is the right time for cement factories to employ oxygen enrichment.
Kiln process improvements
Fives Pillard details how its NeutiNOx® system is able to reduce NOx emission levels.
Benefits of oxygen injection
Praxair investigates the usage of alternative fuels and how to improve combustion of such lower calorific fuels while also increasing procduction levels with the supplementation of oxygen enrichment.
Trade in emerging markets
Raza Trading Company is profiled along with its cement export destinations of Africa, the Middle East and India.
Steel silo selection
Tank Connection explains some of the main differences between alternative types of steel bulk storage silos.
Aumund’s mighty feeder
Aumund Group reports on the abilities of its Samson feeder with handling bulk materials.
TXI’s geodesic dome
Conservatek Industries Inc construct a 60,000t limestone storage dome for TXI Cement in Oro Grande, USA.
Computational fluid dynamics
Process Barron describes how CFD modelling and Finite Elemental Analysis software can help solve fan buildup problems, improve performance and reduce costs at cement plants.
Blast-free, selective mining
Larsen & Toubro’s specialist knowledge of surface mining and studies on how its equipment operates on various degrees of rock hardness is detailed, along with news of its latest design.
Expansion boldly goes ahead
The South African cement industry continues to push ahead with plans for increasing capacity, despite the world economic downturn. Major infrastructure projects and strong demand keep cement sales high.
Product News
A demolition robot, slurry valves and a thermal imagery camera line up in ICR’s product news.
New Orders
FLSmidth wins an order from Spain, ABB to upgrade Holcim plant and Polysius is busy in Guatemala.