The July - August 2020 issue of Global Cement Magazine has a health and safety focus, with contributions on the safety of conveying systems, silos and refractory installation. Health and hygiene considerations, rarely in the spotlight before the Covid-19 outbreak, are represented in the form of social distancing technology, paperwork handling systems and training.

The issue also takes in the effect of the coronavirus outbreak on recent cement sector trends, Global Cement's annual look at the Top 10 cement producers and the cement industries of China and Pakistan. We also feature an insight into Cement-Lime JSC, Mongolia's largest cement producer, plus a look at Ecocem's innovative Eco2floor floor screed.

The June 2020 issue of Global Cement Magazine has a Covid-19 and lockdown focus, with features on how the outbreak will affect demand to 2025 and on day-to-day plant operations, as well as the myriad possibilities of remote and digital access after the outbreak has passed.

Other contributions include a look at the futures of cement grinding and quarrying and there are technical articles on conveying, kiln maintenance, refractories and chains. We also have our annual look at the UK cement sector, plus all of the latest news from around the world.

The May 2020 issue of Global Cement Magazine has a strong slag theme to tie in with the Global Slag Virtual Conference on 6 May 2020, (with the live Global Slag Conference now following in November 2020). We speak to ZAG International's Charlie Zeynel about recent slag / SCM trends and visit the Ecocem Dunkirk plant in France, the most modern in the Ecocem Group, while Vortex offers slag handling advice. Elsewhere in the issue, there is a full plant report from the HeidelbergCement Burglengenfeld facility in Bavaria, Germany - to tie in with the Global CemProcess Virtual Conference on 21 - 22 April 2020. Plus technical articles on emissions monitoring and reduction, digitisation, gears and fans and a review of the cement industries of Switzerland and Austria.