To minimise profit-stealing downtime, cement plant managers need reliable, efficient maintenance methods that get production back up and running quickly. This requires the right equipment that is made from the best materials.

Wear-protection expert Kalenborn reports on some of its recent activities…

Melón Cementos is the oldest cement producer in South America, having been in continuous production at its La Calera site since 1908. The company spent time as part of Blue Circle and then Lafarge, but has been part of the Peruvian conglomerate BRECA Group since 2009. Today it operates three sites and will shortly open a fourth. Iván Marinado, Melón’s CEO for Cement and Aggregates, recently took time out of his busy schedule to talk to Global Cement about the company’s Puerto Montt grinding plant..

Global Cement speaks with Dr Arif Bashir, Director (Technical & Operations) at DG Khan Cement, about the construction of its Hub plant, the local market and its technology, with a focus on its Loesche vertical roller mills for raw meal, coal and clinker grinding...

Authors from ABB discuss how digital solutions are optimising performance and electrical supply at Tan Thang Cement’s new plant in central Vietnam.