Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement

The Lixhe cement plant, operated by HeidelbergCement subsidiary CBR, has been producing cement since 1950. Ahead of the visit by Global CemFuels’ delegates
on 22 February 2019, Global Cement spoke to Plant Manager Benoit Gastout...

Vincent Grosskopf has more than 45 years of experience in bulk material handling, particularly regarding the safety of coal grinding systems. As the founder of Coal Mill Safety, he acts as a consultant to those seeking to design and build safe greenfield coal grinding systems or improve existing installations. However, since such systems are often an ‘afterthought’ within the cement sector, there’s a lot of work to be done...

Global Cement Magazine recently visited the Fushë Krujë Cement Factory (FKCF) in Albania - a ‘hybrid’ plant with aspects of both the old and the new - to understand the unique challenges that the plant faces and the strenuous efforts that it is taking to overcome them.

Identifying potential faults in cement plants is crucial to enable smooth and stable operation. Condition monitoring is a powerful approach that can also lead to reduced downtime and increased production rates...

Fans are the unruly teenagers of the cement plant. They often do what they shouldn’t and don’t do what they should. If we can understand why they behave as they do, they can be helped to fit better into their surroundings and maximise their output.