Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement

The 57th IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference has successfully taken place in Toronto, Canada, on 26 - 30 April, welcoming over 900 delegates from North America and from further afield and including a field trip to the St Marys Bowmanville cement plant. The next edition of the event will take place on 15 - 19 May 2016 in Dallas, Texas.

The 24th AFCM Technical Symposium took place on 21 - 24 April 2015 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam. It was hosted by the Vietnam National Cement Association (VNCA). The theme of the symposium was 'Upgrading technologies for sustainable development.' At the symposium, 22 technical papers relating to waste treatment, new environmental protection and kiln troubleshooting were given. Here is Global Cement's image gallery from the event.

The St Marys Cement plant in Bowmanville, Ontario is the largest producer of cement clinker in Canada. In operation since 1968, the plant underwent a major upgrade in the early 1990s to replace two former wet process kilns with a single dry FLSmidth kiln with a preheater. To coincide with the tour by delegates of the IEEE-IAS/PCA taking place in nearby Toronto, Plant Manager Jim Storey recently took the time to speak with Global Cement about the plant's history, production process, markets and the future.

The 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, all have active cement industries. In 2015 their trading landscape will change dramatically with regional economic integration, which will eliminate tariff rates on commodities like cement. Here, Global Cement provides an overview of the ASEAN cement industries, including cement plants, market observations, recent news and an outlook.

The Republic of India has been independent from the UK since 1947. Composed of 29 States and seven Union Territories, India is the seventh-largest country by land mass, spanning 3.29km². It is the second most-populous country in the world, with 1.24bn inhabitants in 2014.¹ India had the world's third-largest economy by GDP (PPP), at US$7.28tn in 2014. It is a major hub for agriculture and tourism and has a rapidly-expanding service industry. With the second-largest cement industry in the world, India is home to a busy and diverse market. Here, Global Cement reviews India's top cement producers and trends from 2014.