Economies may be reopening as the Covid-19 pandemic recedes, but new issues have arisen for the cement sector in 2021, including weakened supply chains and rising inflation. Work towards net-zero targets gives the impression of accelerating, but will it ever be enough for the green lobby? Global trends continue, with China facing a real estate crisis, India booming, the US finally passing that infrastructure bill and much else...
Peter Hartvigsen, CEO and Founder of construction robotics start-up Kobots, speaks about his company’s plans to empower construction sector workers, including those who install cement-based boards.
Global attention will soon focus on industrial decarbonisation during the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), which will take place in November 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Some cement producers have moved ahead of the curve, with a number of longstanding CO2 capture and storage projects and a burst of new ones announced in September 2021. Here, Global Cement rounds up those projects currently in progress.
Global Cement speaks with Tuan Hoang Minh of Song Lam Cement, a major Vietnamese cement producer and part of The Vissai Cement Group...
Fortera’s Dr Ryan Gilliam and Lehigh Hanson’s Keith Krugh outline the benefits of the Fortera process, which could dramatically reduce the CO2 emissions associated with global cement production.
