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24 Mandate or more of the same? (U.S. Executive keynote address), by John A.

Love, chairman of the board and president of Ideal Basic Industries

26 Marketing prospects in developing nations, (Overseas executive keynote ad¬

dress) by Olivier Lecerf, president-director general Lafarge

29 Operating experience at Irish Cement's Platin plant, by John S. Holmes, plantmanager, and Anthony P. Mullins, production manager Irish Cement Ltd.

40 Fuel savings in wet process kilns based on Ciments d'Originy experience, byAnde Devilliers, deputy general manager, Ciments D'Originy, and Juan S. Folch,director business development, Holderbank Consulting Ltd.

47 Atlantic Cement's new slag facility, by C. S. Burriss, vice president operations,Atlantic Cement Co.

51 Designing a pyroprocessing system for cement, by Dr. George Gouda, man¬

ager cement technology, Fuller Co. (GATX)

62 The Oklahoma Cement expansion program, by T. A. Templet, consultant, Lone

Star Industries

66 Is indirect coal firing the way to go?, by Charles W. Bush and R. J. Krekel, man¬

ager engineering projects, Kaiser Engineers, and R. J. Schmidt, manager of

engineering projects, Combustion Engineering

74 Ideal's newest operating facility, by C. David Good, Southern regional techni¬

cal supervisor, Ideal Basic Industries

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80 Everyone's perfect cement plant (cartoons), by David Walker, Ideal Basic In¬

dustries

84 Smaller cyclone preheater, by Jorgen Emsbo, director of engineering, F. L.

Smidth & Co.

89 Effective lubrication provides potential for energy conservation, by Jack E.

Waite, manager of field engineering, Imperial Oil & Grease Co.

93 The Rohrbach process of producing cement using oil shale, by Heinrich Wef-

ing, general manager, Process Division, Deutsche Babcock A.G.

98 Expansion of Canada's most northern plant—Inland Cement at Edmonton, byA. R. Watt, senior vice president, Inland Cement Industries Ltd.

104 Raw material stockpiling, reclaiming, and blending, by N. H. Toepsch, division

manager, Materials Handling Div., Buhler-Miag

110 Cement kiln system buildups, by Dr. Muhammad S. Y. Bhatty, senior research

chemist, Portland Cement Association

116 Design and construction of a gas-fired precalciner addition, by Tony Hague,

plant manager-Exshaw, Canada Cement Lafarge, and Charles St. John, manag¬

er-process department, Lafarge Consultants Ltd.

121 Conversion and flash calcining experience at Medusa's Charlevoix plant, byGerald D. Staublin, assistant plant manager, Medusa Cement Co.

128 One company's experience with a modernized packhouse, by Dr. Helmut S.

Erhard, director-Werk Weisenau, Heidelberger Zement A.G.

132 "Update '81", by Gene P. Gardner, president, Louisville Cement Co.

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