The May 2018 issue of Global Cement Magazine has a wealth of material related to the IEEE-IAS/PCA Conference in Nashville, including interviews with the PCA President and its Chief Executive, a look at the past 12 months in the US cement sector, a plant report from the Cementos Argos Roberta plant and a look at that plant's recent CARBON X-PRIZE CO₂ capture trial. To coincide with the visit by delegates of the forthcoming Global CemProcess Conference in London, UK, there is also a detailed plant report from Breedon's Hope plant, plus technical articles on fans, conveyors, chains, slag handling and a review of the AFCM Conference in Bandung, Indonesia.