Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement

Hope Construction Materials is a new cement and building materials producer in the UK with assets that include the largest cement plant in the UK at Hope. Although the cement plant itself is over 80 years old, the company is looking towards the future. Global Cement recently visited the plant and met key figures at this ambitious new company...

2012 and the opening months of 2013 saw the UK celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. However, it also saw the country dealing with a faltering economy, cost reduction and job losses, the failure of some cement companies and the birth of two new ones. New fuels, packing plants, trials of new cements, improved water management, a railway extension, crises in the carbon market and the construction of two Climafuel plants for Cemex have also hit the headlines. Let's have a look in more detail...

Lafarge recently completed its second successful industrial trial for Aether®, its new-generation clinker for lower carbon cements. These trials have confirmed the feasibility of industrial-scale production of Aether cements, in existing installations and using conventional raw materials, for a lower overall environmental footprint. Aether cements open up a new avenue for CO₂ mitigation in the cement sector.

The 55th annual IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference was held at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida, USA on 14 - 18 April 2013. The event attracted a total of 916 delegates from across the US and further afield who heard a total of 45 high-quality presentations and were able to visit 165 different exhibitors.

Donaldson, a leader in filtration technology, has released a new dust collector range with innovative PowerCore® technology. The PowerCore VH series for abrasive dust applications complements the existing PowerCore CP series, which is especially well suited to fluffy and fibrous dust applications. The PowerCore dust collectors handle high airflow, heavy dust loading and challenging particulates and can be fitted into the smallest places. The filter changeout is easy, quick and astonishingly clean compared to traditional filter bags and cartridges. This enables easy and safe maintenance.