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Lafarge Cement adds Rapid Set Cement to product range in UK
04 January 2019UK: Lafarge Cement, part of the Aggregate Industries business, has introduced Rapid Set Cement to its packed product range. It is an Ordinary Portland Cement containing calcium aluminate for rapid hardening. The product is designed for use in screeds and renders to prepare wall and floor surfaces prior to installing most tile types. It’s suitable for dry and wet installations, including swimming pools, and can be pumped for fast application. It is available in 25kg paper bags and is a quality-assured BS EN 197-1 CEM II, cement carrying CE marking.
“This new product follows significant investment over the last 18 months in expanding our portfolio of packed cement products. All of our products are designed to offer a solution to everyday problems faced by the trade. Rapid Set Cement ensures a strong, durable high quality finish in a fraction of the time compared with standard cement,” said Jamie Stratford, National Sales Manager at Lafarge Cement.
INC launches new masonry cement product during shortage
07 December 2018Paraguay: Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) has launched a new masonry cement product ‘CAB 4.5.’ The new offering is intended for small scale applications. It will be sold in 40kg bags. However, local media has questioned whether the state-owned producer should be launching a new product during a cement shortage.
LafargeHolcim obtains American Petroleum Institute certification to produce oil well cement at Theodore plant in Alabama
30 November 2018US: LafargeHolcim has received American Petroleum Institute (API) certification to produce oil well cement at its Holcim Theodore plant in Alabama plant. It says it is one of only four cement plants in the country with an API 10A Monogram and Q1 Quality Management System. Production of Class A oil well cement will start immediately at the site and the company plans to add Class H production in the future.
In order to earn the certification, LafargeHolcim spent more than a year in a process of investing in additional testing equipment, developing a quality management system, conducting internal audits and passing an audit by the API. Oil well cement is designed to meet demanding requirements. It is continuously tested for chemistry, thickening time, fluid loss, free fluid, rheology and compressive strength.
Production at the company’s Theodore plant will complement LafargeHolcim’s ability to maintain a consistent supply of oil well cement to customers in the Gulf region and beyond. The company also produces API A and H well cements at its Joppa cement plant in Illinois.
Aumund promotes chain products for conveyors
29 November 2018Germany: Aumund is promoting its chain products for use in conveyors. The conveyor engineering company is emphasising its 40-year experience in designing chains for applications in heavy production industries across over 18,000 references in more than 140 countries. It says it has more ‘heavy duty, highly rated’ chains in operation than any other supplier. It adds that its chains can handle the differing requirements between a large ball mill circuit bucket elevator or a high capacity steep pan conveyor.
Munson releases new model of De-Clumper Rotary Lump Breaker
29 November 2018US: Munson Machinery has released a new model, RDC-2424-MS, of its De-Clumper Rotary Lump Breaker. The product is recommended for breaking lumps in product flows of bulk materials such as cement powders, sodium or calcium carbonates, fertilisers and bulk chemicals of all types.
The manufacturer says that the compact, low profile design allows inline placement in restricted spaces between upstream and downstream processing, packaging or bulk storage equipment. With an optional feed hopper and support structure, it can also operate as a stand-alone unit. It is built with maintenance in mind. For example, bearings can be lubricated through external fittings and are isolated from the product processing area with air purged shaft seals. Suitable for industrial and chemical applications, it is also offered in 304/316 stainless steel and finished to sanitary standards for food, dairy, pharmaceutical or industrial applications.
Cementa reporting supply problems with Bascement product
28 November 2018Sweden: Cementa says it is has supply problems delivering its Bascement product. The delivery issues have been caused by frequent power cuts to its Slite plant, weather-related delays to its shipping schedule and high cement demand. The subsidiary of Germany’s HeidelbergCement said that it was keeping its customers regularly updated.
Al Khalij Cement Company obtains American Petroleum Institute certification to produce oil well cement
27 November 2018Qatar: Al Khalij Cement Company has obtained certification from the American Petroleum Institute (API) to produce oil well cement. The certification allows it to make Grade (s) HSR class G oil well cement at its Umm Bab plant, according to the Gulf Times newspaper. The API has awarded Al Khalij Cement a three-year licence to apply the API monogram on its products. 11 other companies are certified to produce by the API to produce oil well cement in the Middle East.
Ciments Calcia launches Hop dissolvable cement bag product
23 November 2018France: Ciments Calcia has launched Hop’ pour les Pros, a dissolvable cement bag product. Cement sold in the bags can be placed directly into a mixer to make ready-mix concrete. Its puported beneifts include reduce spillage, time savings and no packaging. CEM II 32.5 R cement will be used in the product manufactured at he company’s Bussac-Forêt cement plant in Charente-Maritime.
CMS launches Portland Limestone Cement product
14 November 2018Malaysia: Cahya Mata Sarawak (CMS) has launched a new Portland Limestone Cement (PLC) product. The 32.5N strength product is targeted for low-rise concrete structures such as single storey residential, office and commercial buildings. It is also intended for plastering, bricklaying and for use in the construction of drains and rural or kampong roads. CMS has also been conducting trials with Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) on testing it as a binder for soil stabilisation. The new cement type will compliment CMS’ existing Portland Cement 42.5N product.
CMS operates one integrated cement plant and two grinding plants. Both grinding plants, at Pending in Kuching and Bintulu, have direct access to ports allowing entry to export markets for bagged and bulk product. The state-owned cement producer also operates two bulk marine terminals at Sibu and Miri.
LafargeHolcim launches road cement product in Ivory Coast
09 November 2018Ivory Coast: LafargeHolcim has launched Bélier Cement CemRoute, its first road cement product in the country. It was presented at the Exhibition of Infrastructures of Abidjan. It follows joint work between LafargeHolcim’s research centre and the Laboratory of Public Works of Ivory Coast.
The cement producer says that the new product offers specific advantages to road builders including releasing less heat than other comparable products, less cracking and increased durability of pavements by improving the bearing capacity of the soil.
LafargeHolcim also used the product launch to introduce the ‘LaboMobile,’ a mobile laboratory for on-site analysis. The laboratory is intended to help builders improve the performance of their work through material identification, concrete formulation, optimisation studies and/or control.