Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement

Better and cheaper cement: Optimising raw material properties

Limestone may be the main ingredient of cement production, but minor constituents can play a major role in clinker and cement quality. Source: Shutterstock.

Neil Taylor of Intec Services presents the third article in his series on better and cheaper cement, this time looking at what gets fed into the process.

Better and cheaper cement: Optimising the right clinker properties

Figure 2: Large clinker nodules can cause all sorts of cooling, process and quality problems.

Neil Taylor of Intec Services presents the second article in his series on better and cheaper cement, this time looking at clinker quality.

Kayrros: Measuring cement production from space

Figure 1: Kayrros uses satellites to assess activity at individual cement kilns. Source: Shutterstock.

Global Cement speaks with Kayrros, an advanced data analytics company that is using satellites to offer new insights into the global cement sector.

Carbon Re: Lowering CO2 emissions with AI

Cement production is a complex process and no two plants are alike. Carbon Re’s AI solution can be tuned for each plant and continues to adapt as it learns more about how it behaves. Source: Shutterstock.

Representatives from Carbon Re discuss the development of their company’s artificial intelligence (AI) driven approach to lower cement sector CO₂ emissions.

Better and cheaper cement: An overview

Figure 2: Optimised clinker with a narrow PSD and low dust content.

Neil Taylor of Intec Services presents the first in a series of articles that aims to help cement producers deliver competitive product quality without sacrificing process performance or profitability.