Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement

: Written by Peter Edwards, Global Cement Magazine; 21 October 2021

The Amigo robot speeds up cement board installation, while providing safety, cost and sustainability advantages compared to traditional approaches.

Peter Hartvigsen, CEO and Founder of construction robotics start-up Kobots, speaks about his company’s plans to empower construction sector workers, including those who install cement-based boards.

: Written by David Perilii, Global Cement Magazine; 21 October 2021

A view of the Norcem Brevik plant, arguably the site of the cement sector’s most well-known CCS project. Source: Norcem website.

Global attention will soon focus on industrial decarbonisation during the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), which will take place in November 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Some cement producers have moved ahead of the curve, with a number of longstanding CO₂ capture and storage projects and a burst of new ones announced in September 2021. Here, Global Cement rounds up those projects currently in progress.

: Written by Peter Edwards, Global Cement Magazine; 27 September 2021

A view of the Song Lam Cement plant’s two large cement production lines. They will shortly be joined by two more.

Global Cement speaks with Tuan Hoang Minh of Song Lam Cement, a major Vietnamese cement producer and part of The Vissai Cement Group...

: Written by Ryan Gilliam, Fortera & Keith Krugh, Lehigh Hanson; 27 September 2021

Low angle shot of modern glass buildings and green with clear sky background. Image by jamesteohart on Shutterstock.

Fortera’s Dr Ryan Gilliam and Lehigh Hanson’s Keith Krugh outline the benefits of the Fortera process, which could dramatically reduce the CO₂ emissions associated with global cement production.