cement industry

collocation in English

meaningsofcementandindustry

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cement
noun[U]
uk
/sɪˈment/us
/səˈment/
a grey powder that is mixed with water and sand to make mortar or with water, sand, and small stones to ...
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industry
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.də.stri/us
/ˈɪn.də.stri/
the companies and activities involved in the process of producing goods for sale, especially in a factory or ...
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(Definition ofcementandindustryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This thesis is probably correct in overall terms, but not when referring to thecementindustry, given its specific characteristics.
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Tariff policy possibly inhibited the development of a nationalcementindustryin many countries, while in a minority it became a powerful stimulant.
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In order to do this it analyses the performance of one particular sector, thecementindustry.
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Although fuel consumption was very high, the common assumption that thecementindustrywas extremely energy-intensive has to be qualified.
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It analyses the development of a basic industrial sector, thecementindustry, which was driven by a natural substitution of imports.
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This case also highlights the fact that, on occasion, public sector demand could consolidate the development of the domesticcementindustry.
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A brief initial section clarifies the belated development of the moderncementindustryin the most developed countries at the end of the nineteenth century.
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Thecementindustrytoo must comply with the strict emission standards.
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So co-incineration, including in thecementindustry, must comply with the requirements for tough emission values.
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I have discussed with thecementindustryvarious measures for increasing overall supplies, and considerable improvement has already been achieved.
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We should have consultations in the steel industry, the coal industry, thecementindustry, the agricultural machinery industry, the textile industry and so on.
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We must face the fact that ourcementindustryis a monopoly.
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That meant an unexampled drain on thecementindustry.
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The total amount of duty paid in 1970 on hydrocarbon oil purchased by thecementindustrywas probably of the order of £2 million.
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In thecementindustrythe employers did not adopt dilution.
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My constituency suffered for a long time from the dust created by thecementindustry.
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The paper-making industry has been contracting and thecementindustryhas been undergoing a period of automation.
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Likewise, for example, as labour becomes available, thecementindustryand the foundries producing builders' castings will be brought back into full production.
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I have been interested for some years in what has been happening in thecementindustry.
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We visited thecementindustry, which argues that what it does is not incineration; it burns at much higher temperatures.
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