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Standard: NA 442-2013. Available Packaging / Format: • Bags • Bulk / Vrac. Usage: • Large infrastructure and superstructure works requiring high mechanical strength • Projects needing faster formwork removal • Heavy and light prefabrication works • Buildings and engineering structures • Concrete works in cold weather.  Main Product Benefits: • Reduced stripping time • Exceptional durability • Suitable for buildings, engineering works, and cold-weather concrete. Technical Characteristics: • SO₃: < 2.5% • Chlorides (Cl): < 0.1% • MgO: < 1% • Loss on ignition (PAF): 0.5 – 1.5% • C3S: ≥ 60% • C3A: 3 – 7.5% • Normal consistency: 26 – 28% • Initial setting time: ≥ 45 min • Final setting time: 150 – 230 min • Expansion: < 5 mm • Fineness (SSB): 3200 – 3800 cm²/g • Compressive strength at 7 days: ≥ 20 MPa • Compressive strength at 28 days: ≥ 52.5 MPa. Keywords / Tags: cement, gica indjazat, cem i 52.5 n, high strength cement, portland cement, infrastructure cement, prefabrication cement, cold weather concrete cement, bulk cement, bagged cement, algerian cement GICA INDJAZAT CEM I 52.5 N is a high-performance Portland cement designed for major projects that require elevated mechanical strength and fast execution. The official GICA page presents it as a solution for large infrastructure and superstructure works, with reduced stripping times, exceptional durability, and suitability for cold-weather concreting. It is also recommended for heavy and light prefabrication, buildings, and engineering structures. Available in both bagged and bulk formats, this cement is positioned for demanding construction projects where strength, durability, and productivity are critical.

Standard: Algerian standard NA 442-2013. Available Packaging / Format: • Bags • Bulk Usage: • Marine and hydraulic works • Desalination and wastewater treatment stations • Projects requiring low heat of hydration and improved durability, such as dams • Reinforced concrete in aggressive environments, including seawater or selenitic water • Massive concrete works and continuous concreting in hot weather • Massive structures such as ports, bridges, dams, retaining walls • Road concrete, including extruded concrete for safety barriers Technical Characteristics: • SO₃: < 2.5% • Chlorides (Cl): < 0.1% • MgO: < 1% • Loss on ignition (PAF): 0.5 – 1.5% • C3S: ≥ 60% • C3A: ≤ 5% • Normal consistency: 26 to 28% • Initial setting time: ≥ 60 min • Final setting time: 200 to 400 min • Expansion: < 5 mm • Fineness (SSB): 3200 – 3800 cm²/g • Compressive strength at 7 days: ≥ 10 MPa • Compressive strength at 28 days: ≥ 42.5 MPa GICA MOUDHAD CEM I 42.5 N SR5 is a sulfate-resistant cement developed for aggressive environments and demanding infrastructure works. According to the official GICA page, it is designed for marine and hydraulic construction, desalination and treatment plants, and projects that require low heat of hydration and improved durability, such as dams. It is also suitable for reinforced concrete exposed to aggressive conditions, massive structures, continuous concreting in hot weather, and road concrete applications. The product is available in both bagged and bulk formats, making it suitable for distribution as well as large-scale industrial and civil engineering projects.

• 50 kg bags • 25 kg bags • 16.7 kg bags • 10 kg bags • Big bags • Bulk. Standard: NA 442-2013. Usage: • Mortars • Ordinary concrete • Lightly reinforced concrete • Road concrete and large concrete works • Non-reinforced prefabricated products such as blocks and hourdis • Soil stabilization • Large-mass works such as dams • Shotcrete, pumped concrete, and concrete for waterproofing • Self-compacting concrete • Construction works requiring high strength and delayed stripping.  Technical Characteristics: • SO₃: less than 2.5% • Chlorides: less than 0.1% • MgO: less than 1% • Loss on ignition: 0.5–8.5% • C3S: about 60% • C3A: 3–7.5% • Normal consistency: 26–28% • Initial setting time: at least 60 min • Final setting time: 150–350 min • Expansion: less than 5 mm • Fineness (SSB): 3200–4200 cm²/g • Compressive strength at 7 days: at least 10 MPa • Compressive strength at 28 days: at least 42.5 MPa. GICA BETON CEM II/A-L 42.5 N is a Portland limestone cement designed for construction works that require high strength and reliable performance. The official page presents it as suitable for mortars, ordinary and lightly reinforced concrete, road concrete, large concrete structures, non-reinforced prefabricated products, soil stabilization, and large-mass works such as dams. It is also recommended for shotcrete, pumped concrete, waterproofing concrete, and self-compacting concrete. The product is available in multiple packaging formats, from small bags to bulk supply, which makes it suitable for both retail distribution and large construction projects.

GICA Benian CEM II / B-L 32.5 N is a Portland limestone cement designed for common masonry and civil works. The official product page states that it is specially intended for masonry work, soil stabilization, wall rendering, and screed applications, and that it is available in both bulk and bagged formats. It is also presented as suitable for ordinary or structural concrete, finishing mortars, and road paving. The product complies with Algerian standard NA 442-2013 (EN 197-1), making it a practical cement solution for routine construction projects that need reliable performance with competitive value

GICA Clinker is an industrial cement clinker product presented by Groupe Industriel des Ciments d'Algérie. The official product page lists chemical characteristics, mineralogical composition, modules, and physical properties, showing that the product is positioned as a technical raw material for cement manufacturing rather than a finished retail cement bag. The page also links to a technical sheet and references standard NA 442. • Chemical composition values are listed for elements such as SiO₂, Al₂O₃, Fe₂O₃, CaO, MgO, SO₃, K₂O, Na₂O, Cl, CaO L, and PAF. • Mineralogical composition is listed with values for C3S, C2S, C3A, and C4AF. • Modules shown include LSF, MS, and MA. • Physical properties include flexural and compressive strength values at 2, 7, and 28 days. • The page also provides a technical sheet link