Whitehopleman is responding to trends in the cement industry by combining two of our long established services, technical training and technical audits. Cement companies have an increasing need to train and develop their personnel in the technical detail of the cement manufacturing process. Whitehop...
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Good to receive news on 24th May that Whitehopleman's old friends at FCT Combustion headquartered in Adelaide, Australia will be supplying a complete raw material drying system to Cemento Chimborazo, Ecuador. The project consists of a 41.2 tph Triplex drier and a fluidized bed combustion system for...
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Risk is a basic feature of business and certainly part of cement manufacturing. All cement companies need to undertake a process of risk identification, assessment and risk management or mitigation. Once risks have been identified they need to be managed appropriately. There are different types of r...
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Good to read on CemNet Newsroom on 25th April that Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) quintupled net income in the 1st quarter of 2018 to US$11.3m from US$1.7m in the first quarter of 2017. That will take some maintaining! GCC used to be a vert good customer of Whitehopleman, although not since the f...
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On 4th April CemNet Newsroom reported that Cementir Holding completes today the acquisition of an additional 38.75 per cent stake in Lehigh White Cement Co. Dr Clark's PhD is in the chemistry of the production and quality of white cement, which lead him to be asked to visit Lehigh White's cement pla...
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It's amazing that a couple of small stockpiles at Port Kembla have attracted so much attention. CemNet Newsroom reported on 12th March that Cement Australia's Christy Drive operation has been served fines of AUD30,000 (US$23,500) from the Environment Protection Authority for improper storage of its...
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On 7th March CemNet Newsroom reported that Breedon Group PLC reports revenues grew by 43 per cent to GBP652.4m, including a full-year contribution from Hope Construction Materials, which was fully integrated into the group less than 12 months after completion of the acquisition, and from Sherburn Mi...
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Dr Clark undertook a further independent monitoring consultant visit to the Derba Midroc Cement plant in Ethiopia visiting the factory on 25th February. These are difficult times in Ethiopia with the state of emergency having been reinstated and the Prime Minister having resigned. Thankfully the soc...
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The 3-day technical workshop alongside Cemtech Dubai was successfully completed on 20th February 2018. The first part of the workshop covered the topics fuels, combustion and emissions. The second half covered grinding technologies and product development. Participating in the workshop were people f...
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On 19th February CemNet Newsroom reported that minority shareholders Aalborg Cement Company Inc and Cemex were to acquire the HeidelbergCement stake in its subsidiary Lehigh White Cement Company. Dr Clark's PhD is in the chemistry of the production and quality of white cement, which lead him to be a...