Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement

In the British cement industry restructuring has been prompted partly as a response to the ongoing challenge of weak market conditions. In 2009 the UK saw a sharp decline into recession, in 2010 it saw the first tentative suggestions of a return to stability and in 2011 it saw hopes of a modest revival, albeit at much lower level than in the early to mid-2000s.

John Kline, VP of technical expertise at Lafarge, gave a well-received paper at the 54th IEEE-IAS PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference in San Antonio, Texas, on 14 - 17 May 2012 entitled 'Cement and CO₂ - a victim of success.'

IEEE-IAS PCA cement industry technical meeting 2012

A video by Global Cement of the IEEE-IAS PCA cement industry technical meeting 2012 in San Antonio, Texas, 14 - 17 May 2012, featuring a tour of the event's exhibition and brief visits to the event's two cement plant field trip destinations (and including footage of a blast in the cement quarry at Cemex Balcones).

Pakistan exports cement to a number of neighbouring countries and territories further afield. In the 2010 and 2011 fiscal years, it exported mainly to Afghanistan to the north, a trend which is continuing in the current 2012 fiscal year. Pakistan also exports to Iraq, South Africa, Tanzania and Mozambique. Recent speculation about how the end of Saudi Arabia's cement import ban will influence Pakistan's exports are examined in this article, which also gives a summary of supply and demand in the region.

The United States of America is the third largest¹ and third most populous¹ nation on the planet and is the richest in terms of GDP.² It has achieved steady economic growth throughout most of its history through the application of free-markets to almost every area of its economy. Historically a strong manufacturer, the country has suffered during the ongoing economic crisis, which has strongly hit construction and the cement industry.