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.
Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement
ECOncrete: Building with Nature
ECOncrete’s CEO Ido Sella presents his company’s sustainable approach to marine construction projects that use concrete.
The Pegasus Project
The Pegasus (Plant Evaluation, Gap Analysis and Support Service) Project is a multi-company benchmarking and knowledge sharing project. It is designed to help World Cement Association (WCA) member cement plants identify the gap between their plants and industry best-practice. This will help cement producers to prioritise performance improvement projects, evaluate investment options, gain different perspectives and, ultimately, achieve greater overall sustainability. The Pegasus Project 2020 and the first round of data collection was launched in September 2020. It gathered data from 10 WCA members, with a total of 90 integrated lines and 31 grinding stations that jointly represent 107.6Mt/yr of cement production capacity.
Recruitment strategies to attract diverse talent
The global cement sector ranks poorly compared to others in terms of diversity. Why does this matter and what can be done to open up the sector?
Better and cheaper cement: Optimising raw material properties
Neil Taylor of Intec Services presents the third article in his series on better and cheaper cement, this time looking at what gets fed into the process.
