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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Whitehopleman
It was good to read on CemNet Newsroom on 20th February that profits surged at Arabian Cement, Saudi Arabia in the 4th quarter of 2017 compared with 2016, although not compared with the 3rd quarter 2017. For the year as a whole profits were down compared to 2016. Might an increase in 4th quarter pro...
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Whitehopleman
CemNet Newsroom says Bloomberg reported that Dangote Cement Plc is potentially reviving plans for an Initial Public Offering sale in London. If so Whitehopleman will be very interested and the directors and senior staff will be interested to purchase shares in after market if such an IPO comes to pa...
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Whitehopleman
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...
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Whitehopleman
Whitehopleman was surprised by the news on CemNet Newsroom on 19th February that Breedon is in talks to acquire Lagan Group. However, why should we be surprised? Both are super companies where Whitehopleman has had significant involvement. Dr Clark began his career at Breedon's Hope cement factory m...
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Whitehopleman
Whitehopleman was delighted to read on CemNet Newsroom on 16th February 2018 that Arkan has posted an AED30m + profit following the closure of the Emirates cement factory. Nevertheless, Whitehopleman also has fond memories of the benchmarking audit undertaken on the Emirates cement factory in 2013....
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james
In December 2017 Whitehopleman were retained by Povazská Cementáreñ a.s., Ladce, Slovakia to upgrade the software of the kiln feed batch control and kiln alkali cycle monitoring software that was first commissioned more than 10 years previously. Ladce are Whitehopleman’s oldest and one of our most v...
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james
Dr Clark will again be leading technical workshops in conjunction with the Cemtech Middle East and Africa conference in February 2018.