Russia: SLK Cement has announced the production of AI-42.5B, a CEM-II limestone cement, at its Sukholozhskcement plant in Sverdlovsk Oblast. SLK Cement quality director Roman Stikharev said, “the decision to start mass production was made after successful laboratory and industrial tests, as well as receiving positive ratings from customers who participated in the tests.” The cement’s benefits are ‘high strength at an early age.’ SLK Cement’s next step will be ‘the improvement of cements with mineral additives.’
