The January 2023 issue of Global Cement Magazine takes stock of our sector at the start of the year, with Proudfoot's 5 point plan, consumption growth forecasts to 2026 and a run-down of the world's Top 10 cement producers by installed capacity. Technical features include heat batteries, kiln optimisation, wear parts, fans and concrete recycling.

Our regional focus heads to Northern Europe, while we also showcase the winning entries and other finalists from the Global Cement Photography Competition 2023.

The February 2023 issue of Global Cement Magazine looks at the trend of cement manufacturers sub-contracting non-core activities - 'X' as a Service, with technical contributions concerning refractories, optimisation, clay calcination and syngas as an alternative fuel.

The issue's national reports come from two large - and growing - markets in the Americas: Brazil and the United States.

The March 2023 issue of Global Cement Magazine contains in-depth interviews with Claude Lorea, Global Cement & Concrete Association, on the latest findings of its Getting the Numbers Right (GNR) database, and Leah Ellis, co-founder of room-temperature cement manufacturing technology start-up Sublime.

There's a pair of contributions on waste handling / alternative fuels from SINTEF and Lafarge Africa, while Stela Laxhuber and Martin Engineering provide insights into solid fuel drying and conveyor safety, respectively. There's also a look at the cement sector of Germany, with a focus on Bavaria, to tie in with the location of the forthcoming Global CemProducer Conference in Munich, Germany.

The April 2023 issue of Global Cement Magazine has a range of US-related content to tie in with the IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference in Dallas, Texas, including interviews with PCA CEO Mike Ireland and its Chief Economist Ed Sullivan.

We also speak with the Global Cement & Concrete Association on the topic of Innovandi, its innovation arm, which has just launched its second Open Challenge. John Kline looks at how concrete can act as a carbon sink, while there's a report from Green Cement in Dubai and technical features on air cannons, monitoring and dust.

The May 2023 issue of Global Cement Magazine contains the first in a series of articles on the cement sector through the decades, starting with the many technical changes and emergence of large players between 1980 and 1989.

There are technical contributions on the benefits of using carbon nanotubes in cement and concrete products from CHASM Advanced Materials, waste heat recovery with Siemens Energy, alternative fuels with Vecoplan, conveying with Martin Engineering and a brace of articles on wear solutions for concrete producers. There's also a look at two of Europe's most technologically-advanced cement sectors - Austria and Switzerland - plus analysis of multinationals' responses in the Russian market after more than a year of war.