Global Cement caught up with Micheál McKittrick, Ecocem’s recently-appointed Managing Director for Northern Europe, to talk about the company’s development, current trends and future plans.
Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement
The Eight Core Approach: Quality is never an accident
Cement plants demand a strict quality regime throughout production in order to maintain control of quality. This is of increasing importance today: New kilns are increasingly in the 10,000 - 12,000t/day range, meaning that loss of quality over even a short period can result in a large amount of unsaleable product. At the same time, cement plants are using an increased range of raw and supplementary cementitious materials, as well as increasingly complex fuel blends, making consistency more of a challenge than in the past.
Filling the void: Break the inertia of inaction
How the global cement industry can bridge the gap between retiring senior leadership and promising early career talent.
A changing picture for basic refractories
Bernd Scheubel looks at how changing cement sector dynamics, in particular the drive to reduce CO2 emissions, could affect the global refractories sector.
Novel gypsum purification process could cut costs for Indian cement producers
Carbon Cycle has developed a novel method to purify gypsum that could transform the supply of gypsum to the Indian cement sector...
