Vietnam Cong Thanh Cement Orders first Haver Packing Machines Also the Vietnamese market demands progressive, high performance, compact, and easy to maintain technologies. This is reflected by a recent order for four Rotoclassic® 8 RCC packing machines from Cong Thanh Cement for a cement plant currently under construction in Thanh Hoa, approx. 200 km from Hanoi.
USA CoorsTek Acquires Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics CoorsTek, Inc., now the world’s largest technical ceramics manufacturer, has aquired the advanced ceramics business of Saint-Gobain. Augmenting an already expansive market presence, CoorsTek now owns and operates 44 facilities on four continents.
Germany Steuler and KCH Combine their Skills in a New Company Steuler has incorporated Keramchemie GmbH (KCH) and its international subsidiaries in the Steuler Group in recent months.
Vietnam Bauxite Mine Complex to Open in Highlands The Viet Nam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) has announced that its bauxite mining and processing complex in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong will begin commercial production in April.
United Arab Emirates The Aluminium Industry in the Gulf Countries Investments into the Gulf’s aluminium industry are currently estimated at around USD 30 billion and could reach as much as USD 55 billion by 2020 due to up-coming smelter expansions and new projects.
Australia Flooding Impacts Supply of Aluminium from Boyne Smelters Rio Tinto Alcan gave notice to its affected customers of a force majeure event impacting the supply of aluminium from Boyne Smelters Ltd. near Gladstone as a result of the severe flooding across Queensland.
Oman Third Klinker Kiln at Oman Cement in Operation Oman Cement´s 3rd clinker kiln commenced trial operations, effectively contributing to a doubling of the plant’s total clinker capacity to 8000 t/d, while raising cement production capacity to 8500 t/d.
Germany Thinking Tools Modeled on Nature A cliff line, the foot of a tree, a mammalian bone, washed-out areas of an iceberg, or the tree top sheared by wind can be described by the same contour as a torn-off scrap of paper. Three generally understandable thinking tools (shear quadrangles, tension triangles, and force cones) are sufficient to analyze structures in nature and engineering without the use of a computer and to prevent component damage by simple shape optimization.
China International Symposium on Refractories 2012 The 6th International Symposium on Refractories will be held on 18 to 21 October 2012 in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. It will be organized by the Chinese Ceramic Society and the Chinese Society for Metals under the topic “Refractories Serving Low Carbon Economy“.
Russia / Denmark FLSmidth to Supply New Cement Production Line FLSmidth has received a contract worth approximately EUR 30 million from Russian Open Joint Stock Company Sebryakov Cement for the supply of equipment for their new cement production line. The plant is located in Mihkailovka city, approximately 180 km North of Volgograd.