The September 2017 issue of Global Cement Magazine contains technical articles on cement plant engineering, low CO2 concrete, electrical efficiency, chromium six reduction, logistics, alternative fuels, conveyors and a review of the recent Global CemTrans Conference, which took place in Antwerp, Belgium. To coincide with its distribution at the VDZ Annual Conference in Düsseldorf, Germany, we look at the current state of play in the German cement sector and also carry a look back at 60 years of cement production at the Lafarge Cauldon plant in Staffordshire, UK.
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Global Cement recently travelled to Germany to visit Hoffmeier Industrieanlagen in Hamm-Uentrop, North-Rhine Westphalia in order to catch up with the company’s news regarding latest investments and the special services being offered to clients.
Here Siemens’ Susanne Weissmann describes how the company’s equipment helped a remote Bolivian cement plant bring all of its electrical generation in-house, saving CO2 emissions and money.
Here, Robert Niven from CarbonCure explains how the company’s technology has the potential to ‘close the loop’ on CO2 in the cement and concrete sector by re-using CO2 from cement production in concrete manufacture itself.
For cement manufacturers, the European Directive that prohibits the sale of cement containing more than 2ppm of hexavalent chromium (Cr VI) after hydration adds a further constraint as they look for efficient, economical and flexible solutions that enable them to comply with regulations.
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