Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement

The March 2014 issue of Global Cement Magazine includes a number of environmentally-themed features ahead of the 2nd Global EnviroCem Conference & Exhibition in London, UK. These include a keynote article from the Cement Sustainability Initiative, three features on environmental abatement technologies and a look at global environmental emissions standards for the cement industry. We also look at lime industry contracts, oil well cement production trends, ship-unloading and a review of the recent and well-received Global Boards Conference & Exhibition.

The February 2014 issue of Global Cement Magazine includes a number of alternative fuels features ahead of the 8th Global CemFuels Conference & Exhibition in Vienna, Austria. These include an interview on global alternative fuel trends with Dirk Lechtenberg of MVW Lechtenberg, an in-depth look at alternative fuels at the Lafarge Mannersdorf plant near Vienna and a detailed look at Unitherm's MAS burner. Also from Mannersdorf, there is a full technical breakdown of the plant's semi-dust SCR system, installed in 2012. We also look at gas filtration, quality control, grinding and have a full review of the Austrian cement industry.

The January 2014 issue of Global Cement Magazine - the world's most widely-read cement magazine - features articles on cement boards, well cement production, slag processing, chains, loading/unloading, fans and a look at the Indian cement industry in 2013. There are site visit reports from Celenit, an Italian cement board producer, and Union Cement, a well cement producer based in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE.

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.

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.