Article ID: | iaor19942270 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 13 |
Issue: | 5 |
Start Page Number: | 639 |
End Page Number: | 651 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1985 |
Journal: | World Development |
Authors: | Stewart D.F. |
Keywords: | developing countries |
This paper examines the technical options for local production of cement to satisfy Papua New Guinea’s needs. Both rotary and vertical kiln methods and different plant sizes are compared on economic grounds and also assessed against national objectives. Because of Papua New Guinea’s small and scattered demand for cement and high internal transport costs, the smaller vertical kiln units are more economic while small-scale manufacture is also more in line with national objectives.