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My friend Bob Gower, who I talk to primarily through Facebook, his family is in cement. | (source unknown) ''"My friend Bob Gower, who I talk to primarily through Facebook, his family is in cement. His brother has been doing interesting things making his own cement mixing machines, and making interesting mixes, for quite an enjoyable while. My friend Bob talked to him. He's not into the sustainability model. He just loves cement. We can establish a relationship with him if we have more expert questions about cement.'' | ||
His brother has been doing interesting things making his own cement mixing machines, and making interesting mixes, for quite an enjoyable while. | |||
My friend Bob talked to him. He's not into the sustainability model. He just loves cement. | |||
We can establish a relationship with him if we have more expert questions about cement. | |||
George D. Gower, P.E. | George D. Gower, P.E. | ||
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Book: "Small-scale production of Portland cement"
From the foreword: One of the main reasons for the limited expansion of the production capacity of the cement industry has been the choice of technology in favour of large-scale production facilities. Most developing countries, in the past, have opted for large-scale rotary-kiln technologies, requiring large investment and long gestation periods. For a variety of reasons, such as supply-side constraints imposed by energy costs, the size of the market and its volatility, and rising distribution costs, these large plants have neigher been able to achieve economies of scale nor have they been able to bridge the demand-supply gap.
The advantages of small-scale, decentralized cement production are being increasingly recognized. The inherent flexibility of small-scale operations to cope with volatile and shifting demands, and their ability to take best advantage of available factors of production in developing countries are the main sources of their strength. Yet, the total installed capacity of mini-cement plants outside China and India remains very limited, mainly because of the lack of wide-scale dissemination of the required information relating to this technology among prospective entrepreneurs.
Original source: "Small-scale production of portland cement"
On Google books: "Small-scale production of portland cement"== By United Nations Centre for Human Settlements, 1993; 92 pages
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Communications
(source unknown) "My friend Bob Gower, who I talk to primarily through Facebook, his family is in cement. His brother has been doing interesting things making his own cement mixing machines, and making interesting mixes, for quite an enjoyable while. My friend Bob talked to him. He's not into the sustainability model. He just loves cement. We can establish a relationship with him if we have more expert questions about cement.
George D. Gower, P.E. Refractory Minerals Co., Inc. W-610-869-3031x201 C-484-467-2333 refmin@verizon.net