Issue introduction

What skills will cement industry leaders need in the future...?

In the second part of her PR101 series, Mary Beth Kramer asks: How can cement producers build sustainable and beneficial relationships with media outlets?

Silicon Valley start-up Atollogy has developed a range of image recognition algorithms that offer cement plants advantages in terms of customer experience, health and safety and optimisation. David Perilli spoke to Atollogy to find out more...

The stable running of a cement plant’s kiln results in quality clinker and lower operating costs due to electricity and fuel savings. Having a work team - control room operators, supervisors and bosses - with clear and uniform operating concepts facilitates the achievement of stable kiln operation and therefore the optimisation of costs. The latter is difficult to evaluate because of the many others external factors that influence costs. Nonetheless, if we improve the kiln running stability, sooner or later this indicator, as well as the quality of the cement and its constitency, will improve.