NCB’s '15th International Seminar on Cement, Concrete and Building Materials’ witnessed nearly 1,000 delegates congregate in New Delhi to deliberate on cement, concrete and construction technologies.

From the early days of human civilisation, habitats and trade centres developed around rivers. This was no accident. Rivers provided a source of water, the elixir of life; helped irrigate lands for farming and provided an easy solution for sanitation (although unacceptable by today's standards).

With the introduction of PAT targets for cement sector, most of the cement plants are trying to increase alternative fuels like biomass, industrial waste (hazardous and non-hazardous) in cement kilns.

A cement clinker is usually ground using a ball mill. This hardware is generally divided into two or three chambers, with different size of grinding media. As the clinker particles are ground further, smaller media are more efficient at reducing the particle size even further.

According to news reports, UltraTech Cement's Rs 16,189 crore acquisition of the cement business of Jaiprakash Associates may be 'completed soon', according a top executive in the know of the situation.

The gypsum demand-supply deficit in India will cumulatively widen to nearly 105 million tonnes from 2017-2031, creating a lucrative market for Omani gypsum, says Ramachandran, Director, Zawawi Gypsum LLC.

FLSmidth's 'From the mine to the product' seminar will provide building material professionals with an opportunity to learn how to improve the quality of their processes.

The National Council for Cement and Building Materials´ (NCB) Centre for Continuing Education Services (CCE) is organising a training programme on ´Quality Orientation for Marketing Executives in Cement Industry

Designing a better or a different clinker is a time-consuming effort. Right from the raw mix, the coal and the operating parameters of the kiln have to be changed. Often, this can impact the sta-ble running of the kiln which becomes very expensive in terms of fuel consumption and sub-optimal production.