Great Britain Appointment of Mark Robertshaw to SEGRO’s Board of Directors The Morgan Crucible Company plc has announced that Mark Robertshaw, Chief Executive of Morgan Crucible, will join the Board of SEGRO plc as a non-executive director, effective 1 June 2010.
Great Britain CERAM Strengthens its Team of Refractory Consultants Expert materials testing, analysis and consultancy firm CERAM has appointed Paul Myers to the post of Principal Consultant for Refractories.
Australia Bauxite Resources Ltd. Appoints Yan Jitai As Non-Executive Director The Board of Directors of Bauxite Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Yan Jitai as a Non-Executive Director.
USA Global Cement Demand to Reach 3,5 billion t in 2013 Global demand for hydraulic cement is forecast to rise 4,1 %/a to 3,5 billion t in 2013, valued at USD 246 billion.
Asia and Russia RHI AG Supplies Complete Refractory Systems for Siemens VAI Projects RHI AG will supply a wide range of refractory products and system solutions for two major Siemens VAI projects to India and Russia. The contract value totals EUR 4,5 million.
Canada 5th International Symposium on Advances in Refractories V (ISAR 2010) – The Michel Rigaud Symposium The Symposium to be held 03 – 06 October 2010 will provide an opportunity for manufacturers, users and academics to share their technical achievements in producing, testing or characterizing bricks, monolithics and insulating refractories for metallurgical industries:
Venezuela Sidor Refractory Brick Supply to be Normal by April 2010 BNamericas reported that Venezuelan company Ceramicas Carabobo’s supply of refractory bricks to local steelmaker Sidor will likely return to normal by April 2010, after the nationalization process at the former has been completed.
China New Riedhammer Kiln for Refratechnik China Riedhammer GmbH, a Nuremberg based company of the Sacmi Group, successfully completed delivery and commissioning of a 112-m high-temperature tunnel kiln in the plant of Refratechnik Yingkou in China.
France ICG Workshop in Glass Science and Technology in Montpellier Passing on knowledge, and stimulating and encouraging the next generation to think creatively in key technical areas that underpin the society is a key objective of the International Commission on Glass (ICG).
Germany New Dates for CERAMITEC: 22 – 25 May 2012 The new dates for CERAMITEC 2012 have been fixed. The 12th International Trade Fair for Machinery, Equipment, Plants, Processes and Raw Materials for Ceramics and Powder Metallugy will take place from 22 – 25 May 2012 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre