Global Cement Magazine 2013

The January 2013 issue of Global Cement Magazine has all of the latest global cement news and features on storage, ship unloading, chains, fans, filtration and the results of the Global Cement Photography Competition 2013. It also has country reports from Ethiopia and Iraq, a review of the AUCBM's Arab-International Cement Conference & Exhibition and a look forward to Global Cement India in February 2013.

The February 2013 issue of Global Cement Magazine has all of the latest global cement news and features on alternative fuels, crushing and mortars. It also has a comprehensive review of the 'incredible' Indian cement industry to coincide with the 2nd Global Cement India Conference & Exhibition, which is taking place in Mumbai, India on 18-19 February 2013. Also in this issue is a review of the Brazilian cement industry to coincide with the V Brazilian Cement & Lime Seminar in São Paulo, Brazil on 27-28 February 2013 and the Portland Cement Association's latest forecast for the US cement industry in 2013.

The March 2013 issue of Global Cement Magazine has all of the latest global cement news and alternative fuel features to coincide with the Global CemFuels Conference & Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey on 11-14 March 2013. The two cement plants that will be visited by delegates to the conference are described in detail in two articles and there is a major feature on the ever-growing Turkish cement industry.

Elsewhere in the March 2013 issue there are features on wear protection, explosion protection and a review of the successful Global Cement India Conference & Exhibition, which took place in February 2013.

The April 2013 issue of Global Cement Magazine features all of the latest global cement news as well as extensive coverage of the US cement industry to coincide with the IEEE-IAS/PCA conference in Orlando Florida. This includes an interview with PCA chairman Cary Cohrs, a comprehensive review of the country's cement industry, a report of a plant visit to American Cement Company and a run-down of key exhibitors at the IEEE-IAS/PCA event.

Elsewhere in the April 2013 issue there are features on selected exhibitors from the BAUMA and POWTECH exhibitions in Germany, gear lubrication, dust control and a review of the successful Global CemFuels Conference & Exhibition, which took place in March 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey.

The May 2013 issue of Global Cement Magazine contains the latest global cement news and features a full research article on Lafarge's Project Aether into a new class of low-carbon clinkers, a detailed look at the cement industry in Germany and reviews of POWTECH 2013, bauma 2013 and the IEEE-IAS/PCA 55th Cement Industry Technical Conference.

Elsewhere the issue contains technical contributions on maintenance, waste heat recovery, conveying and weighing.

The June 2013 issue of Global Cement Magazine contains the latest global cement news and has features on waste heat recovery, refractories, plant upgrades and burners. There is a detailed look at the UK cement market, with a full review of the industry and interviews with representatives from new UK producer Hope Construction Materials and from the Mineral Products Association.

The July-August 2013 issue of Global Cement Magazine contains the latest global cement news and has features on alternative fuels, material handing and the Caterpillar Asia Pacific Quarry Days event held in Tokyo, Japan. The country focus in this issue is on China, the world's largest cement producer. There are also reviews of the recent Global CemTrader and Global CemPower events, both of which were held in London, UK.

The September 2013 issue of Global Cement Magazine includes a look at the large industrial plant manufacturing sector in Germany and a round-up of refractories in the cement industry as well as technical updates on silos, testing equipment and valves in the industry. The issue's regional focus takes in South America (excluding Brazil), to coincide with the location of the XXX FICEM Technical Technical Congress in Lima, Peru.

The October 2013 issue of Global Cement Magazine includes features on the global lime industry, solar power in the cement industry, material transport, pneumatic conveying and expansion joints as well as a look at the oft-neglected negative aspects of using alternative fuels. There is also a look at the forthcoming TCMA International Technical Seminar, plus a review of the recent 7th International VDZ Congress, which took place in Düsseldorf, Germany on 25 - 27 September 2013.

The November 2013 issue of Global Cement Magazine includes features on the use of treated medical waste as an alternative fuel, a novel clinker substitute, the global white cement industry, a review of the 7th European Slag Conference, held in IJmuiden, Netherlands and an in-depth look at the cement industries of sub-Saharan countries in east and west Africa.

The December 2013 issue of Global Cement Magazine includes Global Cement's listing of the Top 75 cement producing companies, breakdowns of capacity density in major cement producing countries and regions and the final part of Dirk Lechtenberg's research into alternative fuels in the German cement industry. To coincide with the themes and location of the forthcoming Global Slag Conference & Exhibition in Dubai, UAE, we review selected cement industries of the Middle East and look at a new slag analyser.