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Table 3 - Hydraulic Cement – production – Asia and The Pacific (thousand metric tons) [3] Country 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 Afghanistan 37 38 36 50 50 50 — — 120 120 120 120 120 116 116 116 116 Australia 8,600 8,600 9,000 9,200 9,400 9,500 9,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 7,550 7,500 7,500
Cement clinker is a solid material produced in the manufacture of portland cement as an intermediary product. Clinker occurs as lumps or nodules, usually 3 millimetres (0.12 in) to 25 millimetres (0.98 in) in diameter.
In 2002, 1,352,000 tons of limestone mined in Togo were used to manufacture 950,000 tons of clinker. [5] The clinker plant commissioned in 2015 has a capacity for the production of 5,000 tons of clinker per day, amounting to 1.5 million tons per year. [6] Togo has several areas with deposits of diamonds and gold.
Heidelberg Materials is a listed building materials company based in Heidelberg, Germany.The company has been operating since 1873 and originated from a brewing family. Heidelberg is the current world leader in producing construction aggregates (293.7 million tonnes/year), 2nd largest in cement production (126.5 million tonnes/year) and 3rd largest producer of ready-mixed concrete (45 million ...
Egyptian Cement Company recently became Lafarge Cement Egypt with a total production capacity of about 10 million tons of cement coming from five lines designed and manufactured by POLYSIUS FRANCE, LCE arranged as the second plant all over the world on the cement production. Sinai White Cement Portland. Misr-Beni Suef. Misr-Quena.
Portland cement clinker was first made (in 1825) in a modified form of the traditional static lime kiln. [2] [3] [4] The basic, egg-cup shaped lime kiln was provided with a conical or beehive shaped extension to increase draught and thus obtain the higher temperature needed to make cement clinker.
Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat. Products with more evenly distributed production see more frequent changes in the ranking of the top producers.
The company also exports cement and clinker to nearby countries, including The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Malawi, Zimbabwe and Burundi. In 2020, the company recorded 225,000 tonnes of Clinker export sales and 740,000 tonnes of Cement sales, 293,000 of which was sold to export markets.