The December 2020 issue of Global Cement Magazine continues the year's trend towards sustainability, with contributions on carbon capture from LafargeHolcim and solar-power cement production from Cemex. We run-down the biggest trends of the year in our annual news review and list the Top 100 cement producers.

There are plant reports from Pakistan and Chile, plus technical contributions on automation, refractories and wear protection, as well as all of the latest global cement news.

The November 2020 issue of Global Cement Magazine has a strong sustainability focus, from the use of Graphene in cement to a plant report from Nuh Çimento, Turkey's largest clinker producer, and a facility that has undertaken a number of less common green projects. In between there is discussion of alternative fuel trends, maintenance approaches and explosion protection, plus mill upgrade, conveying and coal grinding case-studies, as well as the latest on the cement sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council.

The October 2020 issue of Global Cement Magazine has a unique look at the relative sustainability performance of the top multinational producers, as well as how the physical properties of SCMs can be used to reduce the CO₂ emissions of cement and concrete.

There are technical contributions on gear renovation, air cannons and silo management, while our regional focus shifts to Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. There is also a candid interview with Bassam Abdrassoul, Technical Director at Sinai Cement in Egypt.

The September 2020 issue of Global Cement Magazine has strong innovation focus, with contributions from Cementir, KHD Humboldt Wedag and cement consultant Xavier d'Hubert. We also feature a wide-ranging interview with VDZ CEO Dr Martin Schneider as VDZ moves into its new building, plus a review of the German cement market. Elsewhere, we look at the cement sectors of selected countries in Central America and the Caribbean, plus carbon capture and concrete dispatch logistics.

The July - August 2020 issue of Global Cement Magazine has a health and safety focus, with contributions on the safety of conveying systems, silos and refractory installation. Health and hygiene considerations, rarely in the spotlight before the Covid-19 outbreak, are represented in the form of social distancing technology, paperwork handling systems and training.

The issue also takes in the effect of the coronavirus outbreak on recent cement sector trends, Global Cement's annual look at the Top 10 cement producers and the cement industries of China and Pakistan. We also feature an insight into Cement-Lime JSC, Mongolia's largest cement producer, plus a look at Ecocem's innovative Eco2floor floor screed.