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The December 1994 issue examines Malaysia's fast-growing cement industry and intensifying competition in Singapore, with surveys of white cement and floating cement terminals. Technical reports cover kiln and mill power trains, waste-derived fuels, Russian oil-shale waste, online raw-material...

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...

The October 1994 issue documents the rebuilding of eastern Germany's cement industry, including Bernburg, Dyckerhoff and Rüdersdorf, and reviews German engineering capability. Further coverage examines steep-angle and capsule conveyors, growth in Central America and the Caribbean, Polysius control...

The September 1994 issue completes its review of leading cement groups and profiles Iceland's distinctive industry. Technical and plant reports cover a rapid cooler retrofit at Milaki, recycled raw materials at Lafarge, roller-press economics, refractory-brick development and dryout, ventless grate...

The August 1994 issue begins its annual review of Holderbank, Lafarge, Cemex and other global cement groups and tracks sustained recovery in Texas. Six technical studies address modern kiln design, computerised dispatch, process control for giant plants, Combiflex mill drives, specialist cement for...

The July 1994 issue introduces financial reporting on major producers and finds the UK cement industry emerging from recession. It reviews dry-mortar plant technology, the IEEE meeting in Seattle, Ash Grove's urban cement works, gear lubrication and maintenance, and Spain's return towards stronger...

The June 1994 issue assesses whether Nepal can meet rapidly rising cement demand and reviews new crushing technology and international project contracts. Other reports examine blast-furnace slag in oilwell cement, Romania's market transition, quarry optimisation, faster quality-control analysis and...

The May 1994 issue considers consolidation in the Nordic cement industry and the economics of Siwertell ship unloading and Halla ship loading. Technical and regional coverage examines Lafarge kiln control, emissions from secondary fuels, Centurion kiln monitoring, Jordan's investment prospects, US...

The April 1994 issue follows new terminals, production and trade around Hong Kong and southern China and assesses Saudi Arabia's renewed capacity expansion. It profiles Cimalit's Bordeaux import terminal, European overcapacity, the Arctic Kjøpsvik works and Norway's market, with environmental...

The March 1994 issue maps the world's floating cement terminals and examines growing private ownership and capacity plans in Pakistan. It previews Intercem Istanbul, profiles Turkey's transformed cement sector and reports on high-technology maintenance, Fuller-Kovako, paper sacks, the recovering US...

The February 1994 issue reviews record production and planned privatisation in Tunisia and Lafarge's extensive modernisation of Karsdorfer Zement. Further reports cover smaller cement bags, Egypt's El Minya white-cement plant, ancient concrete, alkali-activated slag cement, Yemen's improving market...

The January 1994 issue reports on UK slag-market consolidation, prospective Bulgarian privatisation and Indonesia's major capacity expansion. It also examines petroleum-coke and anthracite firing, China's plant modernisation, Beijing's YanShan works, road-tanker technology and quarry equipment...