The September 2017 issue of Global Cement Magazine contains technical articles on cement plant engineering, low CO2 concrete, electrical efficiency, chromium six reduction, logistics, alternative fuels, conveyors and a review of the recent Global CemTrans Conference, which took place in Antwerp, Belgium. To coincide with its distribution at the VDZ Annual Conference in Düsseldorf, Germany, we look at the current state of play in the German cement sector and also carry a look back at 60 years of cement production at the Lafarge Cauldon plant in Staffordshire, UK.
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From the Thames Tideway Tunnel to schemes such as the HS2 rail line, London Heathrow’s third runway and a possible Crossrail 2 project underneath London, the UK’s infrastructure pipeline dominates the headlines – good and bad. What attracts considerably less airtime is how we will build these once-in-a-generation projects and ensure we get the required materials in the right place at the right time.
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One of the worst things that we can all imagine is unauthorised access to and abuse of our private computer networks. But what about cement distribution networks? How secure are they?
A common mistake many companies make on the road to digital transformation in cement logistics is to focus only on the technology. But key to success is putting the right people into the right seats…
The service provider in waste recycling and alternative fuel producer N+P recently held an event at its new headquarters in Nieuw-Bergen, the Netherlands to celebrate 25 years in business. Global Cement was in attendance, along with 200 guests from the cement, power and paper sectors.
Scrap tyres are now increasingly recycled rather than used energetically. This affects the supply of a reliable high-heating value fuel for cement plants. In the future, companies will have to pay particular attention to the high quality of the waste and have it checked regularly in the laboratory. In order to meet these requirements, Erdwich Zerkleinerungssysteme GmbH now offers equipment that automatically takes representative samples of the fuel material and processes them for laboratory use.
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