Paraguay President Horacio Cartes met late last month with Edgardo Srodek of the KBR Group, executives from Holcim, and Jorge Méndez, the head of the country’s cement company Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC), to discuss a new 4,000-tpd cement production line for INC’s Vallemí plant.
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Cemex Plant Runs on Solar Energy
Cemex has launched a 1.5-megawatt solar power plant to supply renewable energy to its cement plant in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, according to the Dominican Today.
Read MoreMSHA Posts Fatal Accident Report
The Mine Safety and Health Administration has released its investigation report for the July 23 fatal accident at the Cemex Brooksville South Cement Plant in Florida.
Read MoreExhibitor Registration Open for Cement Technical Conference
The 57th annual IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference will be held at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto April 26-30, 2015. Every major cement manufacturer will be represented.
Read MoreCamfil APC Names New Global EVP
Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC), a leading global manufacturer of dust, fume and mist collection equipment, announced that Alan O’Connell has been appointed executive vice president in charge of worldwide operations. He replaces Lee Morgan, who will resign as Camfil APC president after remaining onboard through the end of the year to ensure a smooth management transition. O’Connell is uniquely…
Read MoreLafarge Plant ‘Viable’ Solution for Fracking Wastewater
The Lafarge Brookfield plant in Nova Scotia has been deemed a “viable disposal solution” for getting rid of treated hydraulic fracturing wastewater being held in storage ponds at Atlantic Industrial Services (AIS) in Debert, reported the Truro Daily News. The pilot project, approved last April by the Nova Scotia Department of Environment, permitted the transport of 2 million liters of treated wastewater from the AIS…
Read MoreSchenck Process Alternative Fuel Feeding Systems Reduce Emissions
The Schenck Process Alternative Fuel Feeding system for cement manufacturers provides the environmentally friendly solution. Key to the system is the ability to meter waste materials such as PET bottles, saw dust, tires, paper, wood chips, rice, bone meal, and others to the main burner and calciner of a cement kiln reducing the need for non-renewable fossil fuels such as…
Read MoreHaver Filling Systems Adds Palletizing Machines To Product Line
Haver Filling Systems Inc. has added fully automated bag palletizing machines manufactured by Newtec Bag Palletizing to its line of bulk material packaging equipment. The low- and high-level Haver palletizers precisely stack bags that are made of various materials and filled with a wide range of dry bulk products to form compact, stable bag stacks. They are used primarily for…
Read MoreNew Klüber Multi-Purpose Lubricant Withstands Extreme Temps
Klϋber Lubrication introduced Klübertemp GR AR 555, a multi-purpose lubricant offering exceptional corrosion protection and high evaporation stability. Developed for high-temperature applications (up to 250 C) and applications exposed to aggressive media, Klübertemp GR AR 555 is a white, homogeneous long-term grease based on a perfluorinated polyether oil (PFPE) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The product is NSF H1 registered. Common applications…
Read MoreSingle-Piece Flow/No Flow Detection Sensor
BinMaster introduced the Flow Detect 2000, a reliable, non-intrusive instrument for the detection of solids flow or no flow in various applications in the material handling industry. It prevents downtime caused by blockage, conveyors running empty, no material flow to-and-from a process, or loose slide gates that can cause production loss and equipment failure. This new low-cost, non-intrusive, microwave-based flow/no…
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