Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement

Silicon Valley start-up Atollogy has developed a range of image recognition algorithms that offer cement plants advantages in terms of customer experience, health and safety and optimisation. David Perilli spoke to Atollogy to find out more...

Global Cement caught up with Micheál McKittrick, Ecocem’s recently-appointed Managing Director for Northern Europe, to talk about the company’s development, current trends and future plans.

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.

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

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