Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement
- Written by Edwin Trout, Cement Industry Suppliers Forum
As the consequences of a market competitiveness investigation and the LafargeHolcim mega-merger continue to play out in the UK cement industry, Edwin Trout of the Cement Industry Suppliers’ Forum (CISF) looks at these and other aspects of the UK cement sector over the past 12 months. Over the past couple of years the UK cement market has recovered, the market fundamentals remain sound and most forecasts are positive.
- Written by Peter Edwards, Global Cement Magazine
Entsorga Italia SpA is based in Tortona, Italy. It was founded in 1997 on the basis of leveraging technology to improve environmental protection and standards. Today, Entsorga is a leading provider of technologies such as composting, mechanical biological treatment (MBT) and anaerobic digestion for both organic and municipal solid wastes. Here, the company’s Managing Director and President of the Board Pier Cella speaks to Global Cement’s Peter Edwards about a new and exciting project with the Essroc Martinsburg cement plant in West Virginia, USA.
- Written by Jacqueline Clark, Ash Grove Cement Company
Global Cement Magazine visited with key Ash Grove manufacturing executives recently to hear about the Midlothian plant’s history and the transformational changes it has undergone in the past few years.
- Written by Matt Drew, Saxlund International
Cement production is one of the world’s most fuel-intensive industries. Fossil fuels, mostly coal, have tended to be the industry’s main power source, although increasingly, cement manufacturers are replacing up to 80% of their fossil fuels with more sustainable waste-derived fuels (WDF). Using WDF reduces production costs and improves energy efficiency. Here Matt Drew, Managing Director of Saxlund International, discusses the challenges faced by Hope Construction Materials in the UK and how these were overcome.
- Written by Neslihan Akgün and Özlem Başaran, Aslan Çimento
Aslan Çimento has been part of OYAK Group since 2009. OYAK Group, one of Turkey’s major cement producers, has over 17.5Mt/yr of cement production capacity across six geographically well-positioned cement plants. The Aslan Çimento plant in Kocaeli has 1.25Mt/yr of clinker and 2Mt/yr of cement production capacity. Here, Neslihan Akgün and Özlem Başaran, Environment, Health and Safety Manager and Production Engineer, respectively, from Aslan Çimento describe the results of recent environmental upgrades, including the new solid-recovered fuel (SRF) unit and the waste heat recovery (WHR) system.
