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• Cement in Africa — is made by various companies in different countries: Countries flagicon|Algeria Algeria flagicon|Angola Angola * Lobito proposal 2006 [ http://eiu.ecnext.com/coms2/gi 0294 122247/The domestic economy Portuguese company.html ] * Nova Cimangola… …   Wikipedia

• cement — cementable, adj. cementer, n. cementless, adj. /si ment /, n. 1. any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material. 2. any of various… …   Universalium

• cement board — noun a) A building material made of cement and glass fibers formed into sheets, used as tile backing board. b) A sheet of the building material. Syn: backer board …   Wiktionary

• Cement kiln — Cement kilns are used for the pyroprocessing stage of manufacture of Portland and other types of hydraulic cement, in which calcium carbonate reacts with silica bearing minerals to form a mixture of calcium silicates. Over a billion tonnes of… …   Wikipedia

• Cement — Ce*ment (s[e^]*m[e^]nt or s[e^]m [e^]nt), n. [OF. cement, ciment, F. ciment, fr. L. caementum a rough, unhewn stone, pieces or chips of marble, from which mortar was made, contr. fr. caedimentum, fr. caedere to cut, prob. akin to scindere to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cement-bonded wood fiber — is a composite material manufactured in Canada. It is made from wood (usually waste wood), chipped into a specially graded aggregate that is then mineralized and combined with portland cement. It may be used as a substitute for asbestos in some… …   Wikipedia

• cement — [sə ment′] n. [ME & OFr ciment < L caementum, rough stone, chippings < * caedimentum < caedere, to cut down: see CIDE] 1. a) a powdered substance made of burned lime and clay, mixed with water and sand to make mortar or with water, sand …   English World dictionary

• cement — ► NOUN 1) a powdery substance made by calcining lime and clay, used in making mortar and concrete. 2) a soft glue that hardens on setting. ► VERB 1) fix with cement. 2) establish or strengthen: the occasion cemented our friendship. DERIVATIVES… …   English terms dictionary

• Cement — In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance which sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. The name cement goes back to the Romans who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry… …   Wikipedia

• Cement mill — A 10 MW cement mill, output 270 tonnes per hour A cement mill (or finish mill in North American usage[1]) is the equipment used to grind the hard, nodular clinker from the cement kiln into the fine grey powder that is cement. Most cement is… …   Wikipedia

• cement — [[t]sɪme̱nt[/t]] cements, cementing, cemented 1) N UNCOUNT Cement is a grey powder which is mixed with sand and water in order to make concrete. Builders have trouble getting the right amount of cement into their concrete. 2) N UNCOUNT Cement is… …   English dictionary