Aspdin‚ an English Mason. He named the product as Portland cement as its color resembled to the rock found in Portland‚ a place in England. Concrete is the second most used commodity in the world after water. During 2000-2001‚ it is estimated nearly 1 ton of concrete is used by each person on earth. The production of cement is presently estimated at 2000 Million Tons. The strength of cement when it was invented was about 10 MPa which has Continuously increased to 75-80 MPa and through better understanding
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With the Cement industry showing a downward trend in profit margins‚ better logistics management proves beneficial to many of the cement manufacturers. Let us explores the various modes of logistics that can provide a cost-effective means of cement transportation. Cement‚ being a bulk commodity‚ transporting is a costly affair. The selling and distribution costs account for around 21% of production cost. In 2009-10‚ top 30 cement companies spent more than Rs 10‚000 crore to carry cement to the consumer
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| ANALYSIS ON THE CEMENT INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN | Managerial Economics | | Javeria Siddiqui & Mohammed Tallal | 12/17/2011 | | TABLE OF CONTENTS STUDY OBJECTIVES & HYPOTHESES 3 METHODOLOGY 3 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW 4 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS * Market Structure 5 * Growth Trends & Expansion Cycles 8 * Factors Affecting Growth 10 FUTURE OUTLOOK 12 CONCLUSION 12 APPENDIX 1 – Herfindahl Calculation 13
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Series The Global Cement Industry Cement is a basic ingredient for the construction industry. Cement is made out of limestone‚ shell‚ clay mined out of a quarry close to the plant. The raw material is crushed‚ and then heated at temperature in excess of 1000 ºC in rotating kiln to become clinker. Clinker is then mixed with gypsum and ground to a fine powder to produce final grade of cement. The technology is a continuous process and is highly energy intensive. Cost of cement is 29% energy‚ 27%
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CORROSION OF CEMENT PASTE In general terms cement products have good durability‚ but their strength will decrease or even damage structures with the role of some erosive media (such as soft water‚ acid water)‚ known as the erosion of cement paste. The main reasons for corrosion are: Soft-water Corrosion (Dissolution Corrosion) Rain‚ snow‚ distilled water‚ industrial condensate water‚ and the river water and lake water with low bicarbonate content‚ all of them belong to soft water. When hardened
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sectors like industrial sector especially mentioned the “Cement Industry”. Cement industry is fast growing due to the growing real estate market in the country and especially in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. At present‚ there are nine cement factories in United Arab Emirates and they produce 8.5 million tons of cement every year. The emirate of Ras Al Khamah is the largest cement producer in United Arab Emirates. In our report‚ we studied the cement industry in UAE and analyzed them financially for the years
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FUJAIRAH CEMENT INDUSTRIE: FUJAIRAH CEMENT INDUSTRIES known as FCI is placed at Dibba‚ a small town in the emirates of Fujairah in United Arab Emirates.FCI was established in December 1979 to produce Portland cement and Sulphate Resisting cement meeting the requirements of American and British Standards.Fujairah Cement has one of the most modern cement plants in the Middle East‚ enabling the corporation to become one of the country’s top-ranked producers. Facilities are established in the
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Case Study: Ordinary Portland Cement INTRODUCTION • Cement – Is a material with adhesive and cohesive properties which is capable of bonding mineral fragments into a compact-solid whole • Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) – Is a hydraulic cement. It is used in the making of concrete with property of setting and hardening‚ of which when the chemical properties reacts with water. OPC Does not disintegrate in water as it sets and hardens in water • Reason of widely usage in Malaysia – Is because
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MGMT2055 (3 and 4) Jexon J. Martinez Case 1 (10% Percent of final grade) Your Case response is due in class on Thursday February 13th‚ 2014. Do not submit by email. No late submissions will be accepted (Late submissions constitute‚ anytime outside of your respective class times i.e.: Section 3‚ 7:00pm-8:15pm; Section 4‚ 5:30pm-6:45pm). Term Papers are to be
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