Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement

Marmara Cement: Turkey's newest cement plant

View of the kiln at Marmara Cement Factory.

Global Cement speaks with Marmara Cement’s Yiğit Gündoğdu about Turkey’s newest cement plant.

2021 in Cement

Aerial view of the Suez Canal. Its blockage in March 2021 was just one of a number of interruptions to cement sector supply chains in 2021. Image by Pabkov from Shutterstock.

Economies may be reopening as the Covid-19 pandemic recedes, but new issues have arisen for the cement sector in 2021, including weakened supply chains and rising inflation. Work towards net-zero targets gives the impression of accelerating, but will it ever be enough for the green lobby? Global trends continue, with China facing a real estate crisis, India booming, the US finally passing that infrastructure bill and much else...

KOBOTS: Empowering cement board installers

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.

CCS: CO2 capture & storage in cement

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.