Welcome to the March 2015 issue of Global Cement Magazine - the world’s most widely-read cement magazine.

For a number of years the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) has been a relatively minor factor in the cost of running a cement plant. Here however, Philipp Ruf of ICIS warns that the easy times are over for manufacturers that have not hedged their carbon exposure.

JSW Steel, with its unique LD slag granulation facility, has developed granulated LD slag (GLDS), which has favourable physical and chemical properties. Here its effective use as a raw material for cement production is reported.

In the second article in our series on the use of alternative fuels in cement industries around the world, Global Cement looks at two countries in southern Europe: Greece and Spain.

Established partners in explosion protection Thorwesten Vent, Yara Industrial and robeccohave held a seminar on explosion protection for Egyptian cement producers that are making the switch to firing with coal.