Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement

The Republic of Austria, situated in central Europe, is a federal republic with 8.46m inhabitants in 2012.¹ Spanning 83,855 square km, 68% of Austria is more than 500m above sea level. Austria is characterised by an extremely low poverty level, high living standards and a GDP/capita of US$43,100 in 2012, rendering it one of the richest countries in the world. To coincide with the Global CemFuels Conference on 24 - 25 February 2014 in Vienna, Global Cement Magazine has produced an overview of the Austrian cement industry, with particular focus upon new technologies and recent developments.

The Lafarge Mannersdorf cement plant in Mannersdorf, Austria, is one of two Lafarge facilities in the central European country. In this plant visit report, plant manager Dr Joseph Kitzweger provides a detailed run-down of the plant's history, production process, use of alternative fuels, environmental performance, products and distribution. Dr Kitzweger also gives his frank assessment of the Austrian cement market and his thoughts on the EU Emissions Trading scheme.

To coincide with the first Global Boards conference being held on 30 - 31 January 2014, Global Cement has condensed the fundamental facts about cement boards, including manufacturing processes, different types of cement board, the global cement board industry and cement board companies.

Here Global Cement looks at some of the latest products and projects carried out by suppliers of chains to the cement industry.

Since the publication of the Global Cement Directory 2006 – 2007, Global Cement has continued to collect data on cement plants throughout the world, each year adding to and improving the data. To coincide with the release of the Global Cement Directory 2014, we take a more detailed look at some of the world's most significant cement-producing countries and regions.