Effective and timely collaboration regarding decarbonation technologies will be key to minimising the effects of climate change, no more so than in hard-to-abate sectors like cement production. It is with this aim that the World Cement Association and Decarb Connect began a new partnership in 2020. Global Cement recently spoke to both parties about the journey so far and what cement producers can learn from other sectors.
The Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA), founded in early 2018, released its 2050 Climate Ambition in September 2020. The ambition statement outlines the aims of the industry to transition to a low-carbon future and produce CO2-neutral concrete by 2050. It represents the first time that the industry has come together to jointly state such a bold and wide-ranging set of sustainability targets. Its CEO Dinah McLeod recently took time out of her busy schedule to talk to Global Cement.
Global Cement speaks to BIGBOSS Cement’s Ishmael Ordonez about the company’s background, its unusual production process and local market conditions, with a focus on its recently-commissioned Gebr. Pfeiffer ready2grind modular grinding system.
Global Cement kicks off 2021 with a look at the cement sectors of Denmark, Estonia, Finland Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.
Melón Cementos is the oldest cement producer in South America, having been in continuous production at its La Calera site since 1908. The company spent time as part of Blue Circle and then Lafarge, but has been part of the Peruvian conglomerate BRECA Group since 2009. Today it operates three sites and will shortly open a fourth. Iván Marinado, Melón’s CEO for Cement and Aggregates, recently took time out of his busy schedule to talk to Global Cement about the company’s Puerto Montt grinding plant.
