What does the cement industry of 2050 look like? Thomas Petithuguenin, Head of Research and Partnerships for Cement at FLSmidth, talked to Global Cement about his vision for the future, the thing most likely to stop us from getting there, and the need to unleash the industry’s creativity.
Joe Harder of OneStone Consulting looks at how the cement industry is expanding its cement and clinker capacities, despite the Covid-19 pandemic and overcapacities in many countries, drawing on the findings of OneStone’s new multi-client market report Cement Projects Focus 2025.
Global Cement speaks with Marmara Cement’s Yiğit Gündoğdu about Turkey’s newest cement plant.
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...
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.
