Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement

As VDZ members sit down at the VDZ Annual Cement Conference on 27 - 28 September 2016, they will be doing so in one of the most technologically-advanced, environmentally-conscious and competitive cement industries in the world, as well as in a country where cement demand could be set to increase in light of massive new infrastructure spending...

The UK, EU and much of the rest of the world is still reeling from the UK’s shock decision to leave the EU in a referendum held on 23 June 2016. Although the country already has a new Prime Minister and the Pound has fallen somewhat against the Euro and US Dollar, the full economic and political effects of the decision, nicknamed ‘Brexit,’ will take years to unfold. Here Global Cement takes the views of Edwin Trout of the Cement Industry Suppliers’ Forum (CISF) in the UK, with his comments coming just days after the vote.

Total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to rise despite the considerable efforts of a growing number of sustainability leaders. Under the current trajectory, temperatures are predicted to rise by almost 5°C by the end of the 21st Century, well beyond levels identified as ‘safe.’ With the legally-binding deal to limit global warming to 2°C signed in Paris in April 2016, how can cement companies prepare for future conditions...?

Cenin Cement’s Martyn Popham argues that major cement producers should recognise how carbon costs will come to bear on the cement sector in the future, and offers a solution from the ancient past...

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.