Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement

Coolbrook: Harnessing electricity for cement production

Close-up of Coolbrook’s pilot plant in the Netherlands.

Coolbrook, a manufacturer of electrically-powered thermal processing equipment, has made a number of high-profile announcements in 2022. Here, Global Cement speaks with Joonas Rauramo, CEO of Coolbrook, about how its technology could revolutionise our sector.

Plant Report: Drake Cement

Overview of the Drake Cement plant, located in Paulden, Arizona.

Global Cement speaks with Enrique Rozas, CEO of Drake Cement, a major producer of cement in Arizona, US.

PRISMA Liquid Air Battery at Cauldon

PRISMA Liquid Air Battery at the Cauldon cement plant. Photo: Jo Branch, Innovatium.

Innovatium’s Simon Branch looks at how the company’s PRISMA Liquid Air Battery can increase the efficiency of compressed air systems in the cement sector, while reducing costs and CO₂ emissions.

Big changes at Cookstown

The Cookstown Cement plant, going it alone since January 2022.

Global Cement visited the new management team at Cookstown Cement in Northern Ireland, to hear about its plans for the future of the plant.

In discussion: CCS with the WCA

View of the LafargeHolcim Mannersdorf plant in Austria, which will see full-scale CCS by 2030 as part of the Carbon2Product Austria (C2PAT) project.

In April 2022 the World Cement Association (WCA) announced that it was helping cement producers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to develop their decarbonisation journeys. Here, Global Cement speaks with Ian Riley, CEO of the WCA, about the state of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) around the world.