Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement

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.

In discussion: Song Lam Cement

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...

Fortera: Low-CO2 cement inspired by nature

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.