invented in 1824 by Joaeph 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
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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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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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I. Introduction: In this report will show the manufacturing of Portland cement and the Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general use around the world‚ used as a basic ingredient of concrete‚ mortar‚ stucco‚ and most non-specialty grout. It usually originates from limestone. It is a fine powder produced by grinding Portland cement clinker (more than 90%)‚ a limited amount of calcium sulfate (which controls the set time) and up to 5% minor constituents as allowed by various standards
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cement grinding station Divided by cement production process as cement clinker factory‚ clinker grinding station and the preparation of four types of plants. Clinker grinding station‚ including: cement grinding‚ preparation of cement‚ cement and bulk packaging manufacturing processes of enterprises. Cement grinding station is mainly used for a variety of vertical roller mill slag‚ limestone‚ barite and other minerals in the milling process. Increasingly widespread use of slag‚ fly ash will be
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DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS PERFORMANCE OF INDIAN CEMENT INDUSTRY: THE COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE By L. G. Burange Shruti Yamini WORKING PAPER UDE(CAS)25/(9)/3/2008 APRIL 2008 2 DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI Vidyanagari‚ Mumbai 400 098 Documentation Sheet Title: PERFORMANCE OF INDIAN CEMENT INDUSTRY: THE COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE Author(s): L. G. Burange Shruti Yamini External Participation: ----Contents: 41 P‚ 12 T‚ 8 F‚ 28 R. No. of Copies: 100 WP. No.: UDE(CAS)25/(9)/3/2008
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GLOBAL CEMENT to 2020 Country-by-Country Forecasts of Cement Supply & Demand The world cement industry is a complex structure of local‚ national‚ regional and global markets and cement/clinker movements. The structure is ever changing‚ being closely tied to changes in a range of variables – including macro-economic growth‚ housing sector booms‚ public spending levels‚ trade protectionism‚ and transportation costs. With a relatively small number of multinational companies dominating cement capacity
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Calculation of EVA for ACC Company {draw:frame} Group members: *Company Profile*: The corporate and registered offices are at Cement House‚ Mumbai. The company has two subsidiaries namely Bulk Cement Corporation India which caters to bulk cement requirements and ACC Machinery Company which manufactures machinery and equipment for use in chemicals and cement industries. It has associations with Yanbu Cement Company‚ Saudi Arabia for operating and managing their cement plant and Dangote Industries
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INDEX 1. CEMENT AND ITS TYPES 2. INDIAN CEMENT INDUSTRY OVERVIEW STRUCTURE MAJOR PLAYERS GOVT. POLICIES CEMENT EXPORTS PORTER’S 5-FORCE MODEL . SWOT ANALYSIS 3. INTRODUCTION ULTRA TECH CEMENT 3.1 PRODUCTION UNITS 3.2 ULTRA TECH ADVANTAGES 3.3 AWARDS 3.4 EXPORTS 4. PROJECT WORK 4.1 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY 4.2 RESEARCH DESIGN
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BRAND PERCEPTION OF DALMIA CEMENTS IN RELATION TO COMPETING BRANDS AND MARKET ANALYSIS OF 4(P) AND STUDY THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE SALES OF DALMIA CEMENTS TO SUGGEST WAYS TO ENHANCE THE MARKET SHARE IN NON-TRADE SEGMENT BY VYOM SHAKTI NIGAM PG20095502 DALMIA CEMENTS (BHARAT) LIMITED A REPORT ON BRAND PERCEPTION OF DALMIA CEMENTS IN RELATION TO COMPETING BRANDS AND MARKET ANALYSIS OF 4(P) AND STUDY THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE SALES OF DALMIA CEMENTS TO SUGGEST WAYS TO ENHANCE
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