Sinoma (Tianjin) Grinding Technology Equipment Co., Ltd. has signed a contract for China’s first VRM for tuff grinding. Tuff is a common volcaniclastic rock that Tianli Building Materials Company is looking at as a potential cement additive. The company selected Sinoma-tec Grinding Company on the basis of its R&D strength.
Sinoma will supply a TRM32.2 vertical roller mill for this project.
Data from the Brazilian construction industry association states that 91% of all cement commercialised in Brazil in 2013 has some additive to supplement the clinker content.
The American Concrete Institute has announced the formation of two new technical committees: Committee 240, Natural Pozzolans, and Committee 241, Nanotechnology of Concrete.