- Written by Peter Edwards, Global Cement Magazine
The Islamic Republic of Iran is located in the west of Asia and shares borders with Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. It covers a total of 1.65 million km2, has 82.8 million inhabitants and has the eighth-largest cement sector in the world, according to active capacity listed in the Global Cement Directory 2017. It was previously as high as fourth-largest in 2014/2015, and is aiming to improve its ranking in the near future.
- Written by Peter Edwards, Global Cement Magazine
Once the epitome of the rapidly-rising BRIC group (Brazil, Russia, India and China), Brazil’s economy and cement sector have taken a massive knock since 2008. This has been due to the global economic downturn exacerbated by the country’s reliance on mineral exports and accompanying political upheaval. Here we look at the country’s cement producers, recent production and consumption trends, recent news events and sector outlook.
- Written by Xavier D’Hubert, Combustion Consultant
In this article each cement burner OEM was given the opportunity to present the main features of its burners as well as provide insight into design concepts and their evolution. The emphasis is on the latest offering of each OEM, even though several still sell burners from previous generations. As not all OEMs responded, the excersise has been completed using information found in the available literature. For more information on the evolution of burner design trends, see the February 2017 issue of Global Cement Magazine.
- Written by Peter Edwards, Global Cement Magazine
The Iberian Peninsula is located in the south west corner of mainland Europe. Around 85% of its land is occupied by Spain, with smaller Portugal occupying around 15% in the far south west. Andorra, France and Gibraltar (UK) also occupy very small areas. Spain has the largest population, economy and cement sector in the region, with Portugal operating a far smaller cement sector. Here, we discuss the main players, trends and prospects of these two national industries ahead of the Global CemFuels Conference, which takes place in Barcelona, Spain on 1 - 4 February 2017.
- Written by Xavier D’hubert, Combustion consultant
This article was inspired by comments made by a representative of a major cement group during the Global CemFuels Conference & Exhibition in Prague, Czechia in February 2016 that can be best summarised as: ‘There is no perfect rotary kiln burner on the market.’ This may well be true, but there are some very good ones available these days for those that want to optimise their production process and understand that burners are not just pieces of steel, bought by the kilo...
