Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement

The Eight Core Approach: Quality is never an accident

The consistent production of high-quality cement can be achieved by any cement plant... ...with the right approach.

Cement plants demand a strict quality regime throughout production in order to maintain control of quality. This is of increasing importance today: New kilns are increasingly in the 10,000 - 12,000t/day range, meaning that loss of quality over even a short period can result in a large amount of unsaleable product. At the same time, cement plants are using an increased range of raw and supplementary cementitious materials, as well as increasingly complex fuel blends, making consistency more of a challenge than in the past.

Filling the void: Break the inertia of inaction

James Pope, one of the co-founders of Beaumont Bailey, is an executive head-hunter specialised in placing board level, senior functional, country and cluster leadership across the building materials industries, with a particular focus on cement.

How the global cement industry can bridge the gap between retiring senior leadership and promising early career talent.

A changing picture for basic refractories

$With new fuels, CCS and the possibility of lower-temperature clinker processes coming down the track, there are interesting times ahead for cement producers and refractory manufacturers alike. Source: Seyed Mohamad Ali Alavi, Sabzevar Cement, Iran.$

Bernd Scheubel looks at how changing cement sector dynamics, in particular the drive to reduce CO₂ emissions, could affect the global refractories sector.

Novel gypsum purification process could cut costs for Indian cement producers

Byproduct phosphogypsum is piling up in stockpiles around India.

Carbon Cycle has developed a novel method to purify gypsum that could transform the supply of gypsum to the Indian cement sector...

Cement in China

Beijing has enjoyed lower levels of pollution in recent years after government-mandated reductions in coal burning and industrial activity. Image source: Picrazy2, CC BY-SA 4.0.