Cement Manufacturing
Cement Chemistry and Quality
Raw Materials and Industrial Processes in Cement Industry
The materials a cement plant consumes, their variability, and the processes that prepare them.
- Duration
- 5 days
- Contact hours
- 30
- Level
- Intermediate
- Fee from
- On enquiry
Overview
A cement plant is constrained by what is in its quarry. This week starts there: deposit assessment, reserve quality and the variability a plant has to absorb, then works through extraction, crushing, prehomogenisation and raw mix design. Corrective materials and alternative raw materials are covered practically, including the contaminant limits that decide whether a cheap material is actually cheap. The theme throughout is managing variability before it reaches the kiln.
Who should attend
Quarry and raw materials managers, process and quality engineers, geologists supporting cement operations, and procurement staff buying corrective and alternative materials.
What you will be able to do
- Assess a deposit for cement raw material suitability.
- Plan extraction to control chemical variability.
- Design a raw mix to hit the target moduli.
- Evaluate corrective and alternative materials including contaminants.
- Specify prehomogenisation and blending to the variability present.
How it is taught
Short input, then work, across 5 days of roughly 6 teaching hours each. Exercises run on situations delegates bring rather than on a case study written for a different organisation. Cohorts are capped so that everybody is asked something.
Available as classroom, live online, in house.
Programme outline
Day 1
The deposit
- Limestone and clay quality requirements
- Reserve estimation and quality modelling
- Deleterious components and their limits
Day 2
Extraction
- Selective quarrying and grade control
- Drilling, blasting and fragmentation for the crusher
- Haulage and crusher feed consistency
Day 3
Preparation
- Crushing and size reduction
- Prehomogenisation stockpiles and their effect
- Moisture and drying
Day 4
Mix design
- Target moduli and the calculation
- Corrective materials
- Alternative raw materials and contaminant limits
Day 5
Control
- Online analysis and sampling
- Blending silo performance
- Managing a variable quarry
What you leave with
- A raw material quality assessment.
- A raw mix design with corrective material selection.
- A variability control plan from quarry to kiln feed.
Dates and fees
| Dates | Location | Format | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 to 27 November 2026 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 30 November 2026 to 4 December 2026 | Cape Town, South Africa | Classroom | R15,000 |
| 7 to 11 December 2026 | Port Louis, Mauritius | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 14 to 18 December 2026 | Nairobi, Kenya | Classroom | US$1,500 |
Fees are per delegate and cover tuition, all programme materials and the certificate. Travel, accommodation and visas are arranged by the delegate. Registration closes two weeks before a programme starts.
Certificate
A GATI certificate recording what was attended, issued after the programme has run and attendance has been taken. Attending at least 80 per cent of the days earns a certificate of completion; attending less earns a certificate of attendance stating exactly what was attended. Every certificate carries a code that anybody can check against GATI's own record.
It records participation. and GATI does not claim one it does not hold.