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Use Ceramic Tile in Your Home
Ceramic tile is a versatile material that can be used in countless ways throughout your home. Whether using tile for utilitarian purposes in a shower or entryway, or for decorative reasons, like on a bar wall or backsplash, our handmade ceramic tile is the perfect fit for your next project. Take a look at some […]
How to Use Food-Grade Calcium Hydroxide
Food-grade calcium hydroxide is used to make authentic corn tortillas from whole corn. When you soak the corn in calcium hydroxide (or “Cal” as it’s called in Spanish) it significantly increases the bioavailability of niacin in the corn. Using this alkaline compound also makes the corn easier to digest. It’s used in a similar fashion when making […]
Uses of Quick Lime
Quick lime, chemically known as calcium oxide (CaO), is a commonly used chemical compound. It exists as a white crystalline solid. Quicklime is manufactured from the calcination of limestone which is the thermal decomposition of limestone, which contains calcium carbonate. Calcination of limestone is executed by heating the material to a high temperature of above 825°C. Due to […]
Container throughput at Panama ports increased by 8.8% in the first 5 months of the year
According to statistics from the Panama Maritime Authority (PMA), container cargo throughput at Panama’s ports increased by 8.8% to 2.01 million TEU from January to May 2021 compared to same period last year. Colon Container Terminal (CCT) in Panama Manzanillo International Terminal-Panama (MIT), located on the Atlantic side, leads the way in container cargo volume with […]
HYDRATED LIME FOR WATER TREATMENT
Hydrated Lime is vital to municipalities, as it is used for potable water softening PH, removal of heavy metals and impurities from drinking water. Further to this hydrated lime is a highly cost effective method for treating sewage sludge and animal waste from concentrated animal feeding operations. Hydrated Lime has a number of benefits when […]
Container supply chain disruptions could affect shipments until Christmas
Although the Ever Given vessel can resume sailing from the Suez Canal and Yantian Port has returned to service, China’s Covid-19 control efforts could affect shipments until Christmas, Yantian Port, China Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT) said it is now back to normal, handling about 40,000 teu a day across about 20 berths. However, the […]