Issue introduction

Some things never change, but in the years to 2050, we can expect profound shifts in societies, demographics, technologies, business and the environment. All of these factors will have huge effects on the cement and concrete industries. Using data from a wide variety of sources, here I give some suggestions on how the global cement industry will look in 2050.

Wikov Industry’s Lukas Steiner looks at lateral gear drives for the cement sector and the separate lubrication system that was originally developed by Wikov Gear in the Czech Republic back in 2008 and first commissioned in 2009.

Global Cement recently spoke to the Chairman of the Executive Board of the German vertical roller mill supplier Gebr. Pfeiffer about the company’s corporate culture, current cement grinding trends and future trajectories...

In March 2019 Iraq-based Ready Engineering Company received a maintenance order to rehabilitate one of the cement mills at the LafargeHolcim Karbala cement plant in Iraq. Here the company presents a summary of the work carried out...