Discovering calcium hydroxide and its varied applications

CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS Discovering calcium hydroxide and its varied applications Hydrated lime, also known as calcium hydroxide, is a versatile product with interesting properties that brings great benefits for industry, construction and the environment because it can be applied in several formats. Production and traditional application Calcium hydroxide which to some […]

Lime in the industrial flue gas treatment

CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS Lime in the industrial flue gas treatment Thermal industrial processes give off polluting flue gases and these pollutants, which start out as part of the raw material being processed, become gaseous when the temperature rises during manufacturing. The drawback is if these gases are given […]

Lime, an essential component in the steel industry

CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS Lime, an essential component in the steel industry The steel industry cannot be conceived without the use of lime, ever-present during the whole steel-making process. The addition of lime is necessary in electric arc furnaces, AOD converters, in refining ladles… Lime in steel-making can be […]

Celebrating Santa Barbara, a family tradition at Calcinor.

CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS Celebrating Santa Barbara, a family tradition at Calcinor. December holds a special meaning for workers at the central office of Calcinor in the province of Gipuzkoa – Spain. A land where traditions, family and work are deeply-rooted and highly respected. And it precisely this province […]

Lime, a three-in-one product for stabilizing soils

CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS Lime, a three-in-one product for stabilizing soils High water content and the presence of clay in soils makes construction works difficult. But lime provides a swift solution to this type of problem, as well as being economical. Lime has three effects on soil stabilization and […]

If the minerals from Calcinor could speak…

CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS If the minerals from Calcinor could speak… They would say that they were carefully selected, extracted and treated, so that at the end they bcome the best calcium products available. The truth is that behind all their preparation there is, working behind the scenes, a team of […]

Calcium Carbonate and its most surprising applications. Part I

CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS Calcium Carbonate and its most surprising applications. Part I We spoke in our previous article “If the minerals from Calcinor could speak…” about the importance of the purity of the limestone rock used as raw material because this determines the quality of the Calcium Carbonate […]

Calcium Carbonate and its most surprising applications. Part II

CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS Calcium Carbonate and its most surprising applications. Part II Just as we were saying in Part I of this article, speaking about Calcium Carbonate is to speak of a versatile product that is of great importance to Calcinor. Calcinor obtains this product of high-quality and applicability from […]

Small-scale lime production in Kenya

CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS Small-scale lime production in Kenya Photo: Pablo Moñino. Current advanced lime production processes cannot always be employed and even less so in countries and territories where natural resources are limited, sometimes complicating the locals chances of survival. This is the actual situation in Turkana, a […]

New products and applications from Calcinor

CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS CATEGORIES: ALL CORPORATIVE PRODUCT REVIEWS New products and applications from Calcinor Mineral products are employed in such a wide range of applications, in many different sectors, that it would be difficult to think of our day to day lives without them. Calcinor, with its wide range of exceptional calcium products, […]